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‘Modern Family’ creator tweets gay marriage barb at Ann Romney
The creator of “Modern Family” has fired off a barbed tweet about gay marriage at Ann Romney, after the wife of the Republican White House hopeful said it was her favorite TV show. Romney named the show — which features a high-profile gay couple, Mitch and Cam — as her…
Obama camp shrugs off Ann Romney speech
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — The Obama camp played down talk Wednesday that a widely praised speech by Mitt Romney’s wife at the Republican convention could ease the challenger’s problems with women voters. Ann Romney delivered a heartfelt tribute to her husband Mitt at the party jamboree in Tampa, Florida Tuesday, in…
Megan Carpentier on Democracy Now: Ann Romney’s ‘soft’ appeal is ‘insulting’
In an interview with Democracy Now, Raw Story’s Executive Editor Megan Carpentier and former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson talked about the Republican Party’s ever-shifting position to the right on women’s issues, despite Ann Romney’s “soft” appeal to women voters. Anderson said he used to view Romney as someone more…
Did Chris Christie Just Throw Romney Under the Bus?
I joined Megan Carpentier and others to live-blog and tweet the convention last night, and will be doing so for the rest of the week. I’ve already posted at XX Factor about my response to Ann Romney’s speech, which was apparently supposed to be a big win for “humanizing” Romney,…
Republican Convention Day 2: All you need is love (according to Ann Romney)
“Tonight, I want to talk to you about love,” Ann Romney told the crowd at the beginning of her post-10 pm speech. It was going to be a tough sell for a crowd far more likely to get exercised by hate. It was an odd counterpoint to a night —…
Juan Williams stuns Fox News panel: Ann Romney just a ‘corporate wife’
Fox News political analyst Juan Williams shocked his fellow panelists during Tuesday night’s Republican National Convention when he went off script and said that Ann Romney was just a “corporate wife” whose husband takes care of her. Following Ann Romney’s convention speech, the conservative panelists all offered praise for the…
Republicans insist Romney has no ‘woman problem’
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney badly needs to attract women voters if he is to win the White House, but Republican policies on abortion, contraception and gay marriage risk alienating many. Republican women gathered from across the United States in Tampa, Florida for the presidential nomination convention had little patience with…
Ann Romney: Mitt ‘makes me laugh’
Republicans crowned Mitt Romney their presidential nominee as his wife Ann sold their wholesome family and sweetheart love story to US voters in a prime-time convention speech. Romney took to the stage at the packed convention center in Tampa, Florida to proffer a polite thank you kiss as part of…
Romney deploys wife’s warmth to thaw his frosty image
ABOARD MITT ROMNEY’S CAMPAIGN PLANE — Despite facing the speech of her life within hours, White House hopeful Mitt Romney’s wife Ann had her warmth and charm on display Tuesday as she wooed reporters aboard his jet. While Mitt often appears stiff and awkward as he interacts with voters and…
Romney to fly early to Republican convention
Mitt Romney is set to fly to Florida on Tuesday, two days earlier than expected, as he seeks to prevent Tropical Storm Isaac from overshadowing his coronation as the Republican presidential nominee. In a surprise announcement, aides confirmed only that Romney would be in Tampa, but the expectation is that…
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