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Santorum: ‘I’ll die’ to stop same sex marriages
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is deadly serious about stopping gays from getting married. Earlier this week, the former Pennsylvania senator told Caffeinated Thoughts that he would be willing to “die” in the fight against marriage equality. “The battle we’re engaged in right now is same sex marriage, ultimately that…
Cain reveals tax loopholes, says plan is really 9-0-9
At a campaign event in Detroit Friday, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain revealed exceptions to his 9-9-9 tax proposal that make the plan less like the flat tax that his supporters have made it out to be. Cain scheduled Friday’s speech after other Republican candidates attacked his plan at Tuesday’s…
Maddow invites Romney to ‘man cave’ for sex education talk
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney seems to be confused about how birth control works. So on Thursday, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow invited him to a place where he might be more open to learning: the man cave. A woman at a town hall event in Iowa Thursday told Romney that his…
Republican candidates’ tax plans may fall flat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A proposed overhaul of the tax system is catching fire among some Republican presidential candidates who see its potential to win over voters with its sheer simplicity, but there is skepticism among experts that a flat tax will prove a winning strategy. Texas Governor Rick Perry, running…
Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson visits ‘Occupy Wall St.’ protest
Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson on Tuesday visited the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstration in New York City’s Zuccotti Park to talk with the protesters. The former Governor of New Mexico and libertarian is an outspoken opponent of the drug war, is in favor of same sex marriage, and supports withdrawing…
Iowa woman schools Romney on anti-abortion amendment
A woman in Iowa on Thursday gave Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney a lesson in why his support for a state constitutional amendment to define life as beginning at conception would have effectively ended up banning many forms of birth control. Earlier this month, the candidate told Fox News host…
Romney pulls ad slamming Perry’s debate skills
Mitt Romney’s campaign released a new web video on Wednesday highlighting Rick Perry’s poor debate performance, only to pull the video offline later that day. The ad showed clips of Perry getting tongue-tied, rambling and stumbling over his words during the recent Republican presidential debates. The clips of Perry were…
Rick Perry to propose flat tax as part of economic plan
Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry will unveil a national flat tax as part of his economic plan, according to the Washington Post. Perry announced his plan at the Western Republican Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, but gave no details. “A change election requires a new direction, and…
Axelrod: Romney has no ‘core’ principles
President Barack Obama’s campaign advisor David Axelrod slammed Mitt Romney Tuesday morning for the former Massachusetts governor’s comments on illegal immigration at the latest CNN GOP debate. On CBS’ The Early Show, Axelrod said that Romney gave a “unintentionally revealing moment” when responding to Texas governor Rick Perry’s attack on…
Maddow blasts ‘Conservadem’ Ben Nelson for cheering Herman Cain
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow wasn’t surprised Tuesday to find out that “sort-of Democratic” Sen. Ben Nelson had been seen cheering then-Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain during his 1991 parody of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” Talking Points Memo spotted then-Nebraska Gov. Nelson in the video after it surfaced Monday. “Do you see who…
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