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Romney dodges multiple marijuana questions
The group Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) has sent dozens of its members to New Hampshire to question the Republican presidential candidates about their views on medical marijuana and other drug laws, but they have so far failed to get much of a response from former Massachusetts Gov.…
South Carolina woman calls Perry ‘homophobic’ and ‘racist’
Texas Gov. Rick Perry was greeted at a restaurant in Anderson, South Carolina with a tremendously-backhanded compliment. A young woman who posed for a photo with Perry on Monday told him it was “good to see someone as homophobic and racist as you,” according to Politico. Perry’s response? He smiled…
Psychic monkey devours Gingrich’s banana
Grandpa the psychic spider monkey is bananas for Newt Gingrich. The New York Daily News‘ Barry Paddock traveled to the Staten Island Zoo to get Grandpa’s prediction for Tuesday’s New Hampshire Republican primary. Grandpa was asked to choose from a series of bananas, each with the name of a GOP…
Todd Palin to endorse Newt Gingrich
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s campaign will be getting a boost from Alaska’s former “first dude.” ABC News reported on Monday that Todd Palin, husband of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, will endorse the former House Speaker. Todd Palin told ABC News that he respects Gingrich due to the criticism…
Romney: ‘I like being able to fire people’
President Barack Obama’s campaign got a huge political gift on Monday when Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney declared that he liked “to be able to fire people.” During a Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Nashua, New Hampshire, the former Massachusetts governor touted the idea of Americans buying their own insurance…
Romney: ‘I know what it’s like’ to worry about getting fired
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday made his latest attempt prove he feels the pain of average Americans. At an event in Rochester, New Hampshire, the multimillionaire told voters that he also had worried about getting a pink slip. “I know what it’s like to worry whether you’re going…
Gingrich group marshals hatred of Wall Street for new anti-Romney film
A pro-Gingrich Super PAC released a trailer late last night for a project former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney cannot be pleased about: a half-hour documentary about Romney’s time running Bain Capital, a venture company that bankrupted nearly a quarter of the businesses it bought-up. Produced by a former top Romney…
RuPaul: ‘I’m a one-issue candidate — love, baby!’
RuPaul loves his fans, but he has a message for them: he is not running for President. And to underscore that point, he headed up to New Hampshire this weekend to talk to voters at the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, a perennial Presidential campaign stop. Confused? According to Yahoo…
Chris Christie to Occupy protester: You’re going down, sweetheart
At a rally for GOP hopeful Mitt Romney Sunday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) called an Occupy Wall Street protester “sweetheart” and told her she was going to “go down.” Romney was first to be interrupted by the chant “Mitt kills jobs!” “You know, it’s wonderful to live in…
Will Obama face blowback for not closing Gitmo?
US President Barack Obama’s unfulfilled promise to close Guantanamo Bay is a lesson in how soaring campaign vows can wilt in the partisan stew and entrenched obstructionism of Washington politics. Stalled efforts to close the war on terror camp also reflect the intricate, and often immovable homeland security state built…
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