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Jeb Bush slams Norquist’s tax pledge: Don’t ‘outsource your principles’
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Friday suggested that Republicans were outsourcing their “principles and convictions” by signing Grover Norquist’s pledge to never raise taxes. During a House Budget Committee hearing, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) asked the former governor if he agreed with the Americans for Tax Reform…
Bill Clinton: Romney had a ‘sterling business career’
Former President Bill Clinton has become the latest high-profile Democrat to undermine the Obama campaign’s message that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would be bad for the economy because he had a record of killing jobs as the CEO of Bain Capital. “I don’t think that we ought to…
Barrett to Walker: ‘You should be ashamed’ of ‘dead baby’ commercial
Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett (D) on Thursday blasted current Gov. Scott Walker (R) for using “Willie Horton” style tactics by running a commercial that includes pictures of a dead toddler. “He’s running a commercial right now that shows a dead baby,” Barrett charged during the final debate before voters…
Is John Edwards verdict the last straw for campaign finance?
John Edwards may have committed many sins, as his defense attorney noted, but a North Carolina jury on Thursday did not convict him of any crimes. The jury returned a not guilty verdict on the key charge in the federal campaign corruption……
Romney wins endorsement of Nancy Reagan
WASHINGTON — Nancy Reagan, the 90-year-old widow of president Ronald Reagan — an icon among Republican Party faithful — announced that she was endorsing Mitt Romney in this year’s contest. Romney and his wife Ann “joined me at my home for some lemonade and cookies and I offered my firm…
Romney aides feared Obama conspiracy to block Solyndra visit
Mitt Romney’s campaign aides said on Thursday that they kept the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s visit to a bankrupt company secret because they worried the White House would conspire with local officials to block the event. CNN’s Jim Acosta explained that the trip was “steeped in secrecy and mystery” until…
Axelrod to pro-Romney hecklers: ‘You can’t handle the truth!’
Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod took the president’s re-election pitch to his opponent’s home turf in Boston on Thursday, but presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s supporters did their best to drown out his message. During a news conference outside the Massachusetts Statehouse, Axelrod faced relentless booing, heckling and chanting…
Tony Perkins: Gay tourism ad shows Obama’s ‘radical values and backwards priorities’
Christian think tank leader Tony Perkins is blasting President Barack Obama over an effort to market the U.S. that includes images of LGBT people. During a Thursday radio address, the Family Research Council president pointed to a recently created tourism advertisement that shows two gay men vacationing together. “A new…
Obama takes new swipe at Romney record
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s camp took aim at Mitt Romney’s governorship of Massachusetts, saying his “disastrous” tenure resulted in fewer jobs and more debt but left the wealthy better off. The offensive came as a report suggested that Romney’s allies in big business could pour $1 billion into the…
Condoleezza Rice endorsing Romney: campaign
LOS ANGELES — Former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice will endorse Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney for president Wednesday at a fundraiser in California, his campaign said. Few details were provided about the West Coast event but Rice, the top US diplomat of president George W. Bush’s second…
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