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Romney supporters tell Occupy protesters to ‘get a job!’

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney found himself being “mic checked” by Occupy Wall Street protesters Monday night at one of his last campaign rallies ahead of the Iowa caucuses. While speaking to to about 600 people in Clive, Romney was interrupted by protesters reportedly associated with the Occupy Wall Street…

Gingrich: Romney is a ‘liar,’ but I could support him

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich insisted on Tuesday that that fellow candidate Mitt Romney was a “liar,” but could support him over Barack Obama if the former Massachusetts governor became the eventual Republican nominee. At a Monday campaign event, Gingrich, who is running very few ads because of sluggish fundraising,…

Frank: Dems’ slogan should be ‘We’re not perfect, but they’re nuts’

Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) provided his party a colorful new campaign slogan for 2012 during an appearance on MSNBC Monday night. Appearing on The Last Word, Frank reacted to a montage of lofty promise made by GOP presidential candidates on the campaign trail, labeling them “wacky.” Targeting a contrast between…

Alan Colmes mocks Rick Santorum for ‘playing’ with his dead baby

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum and his wife Karen have reportedly accepted the apology of a Fox News contributor who mocked them for taking their dead baby home, where he said they “played” with it. During a segment on Fox News Monday, Alan Colmes told host Jon Scott that Santorum’s…

Stolen monkey found and returned to San Francisco Zoo

A monkey known as Banana Sam has been returned the San Francisco Zoo two days after he was stolen. The thieves cut a back perimeter gate and took the 17-year-old squirrel monkey from an exhibit. But apparently they had no intention of keeping the primate. He was later found in…

Chris Matthews: Iowa caucuses shaping up to be ‘a victory of dollars over democracy’

MSNBC host Chris Matthews blasted multimillionaire Mitt Romney on his show Monday night, just a day before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses. “This Republican caucus in Iowa has the looks of a travesty,” he said. “A victory of dollars over democracy, financial equity over equality. Romney is destroying the only opponent…

Romney compares Obama to Kim Kardashian

At a campaign stop in Iowa, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney accused Barack Obama of failing to fulfill the promises he made as a candidate four years ago. “I’ve been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama, then candidate Obama going through Iowa making promises,” he said.…

Sen. Wyden: Online piracy bills would ‘turn websites into web-cops’

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) blasted anti-online piracy bills in the U.S. House and Senate, the PROTECT IP Act and the Stop Online Privacy Act, during an appearance on C-SPAN’s The Communicators on Saturday. Critics of the bills say they could destroy the fundamental structure of the Internet in the U.S,…

NBC’s Mitchell: ‘The rap on Iowa is it’s too white’

While covering the Iowa caucus, NBC’s Nightly News Andrea Mitchell said that the state’s influence on the presidential selection process had been lessened due to its lack of diversity. “The rap on Iowa, it doesn’t represent the rest of the country,” she said. “Too white, too evangelical, too rural. Still…

Flustered by reporter, Perry repeatedly demands source’s name

Texas Governor Rick Perry has no love for nameless allegations. When Politico reporter Mike Allen asked him about rumors of discontentment within his campaign Tuesday morning in Iowa, Perry repeatedly insisted that Allen name his source before he’d comment on the story. “I don’t know who you’re talking to so…