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Romney stumbles as Gingrich eyes Trump boost
Republican White House frontrunner Mitt Romney stumbled a day after his Florida triumph with a gaffe about poor Americans, while rival Newt Gingrich eyed a boost Thursday from Donald Trump. Populist real estate tycoon and reality TV star Trump, who flirted with running for the presidency himself last year, was…
Gingrich super PAC adviser: Democrats want to abort black babies
A senior adviser to the pro-Gingrich super PAC “Winning Our Future” claimed on Tuesday that Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was not using coded racial language, and pointed the finger at Democrats for once having a “racist platform.” Following Mitt Romney’s win in the Florida Republican primary, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow…
Mitt Romney declared the winner of the Florida GOP primary
Former governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) was declared the winner of the Florida primary shortly after the voting polls in the Central time zone closed on Tuesday night, after retaking the lead in opinion polls and surviving two bruising debates in the state. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) came in…
Gingrich to Obama: ‘Respect our religion,’ not ‘every other religion’
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says he’s had it with President Barack Obama “respecting every other religion on the planet,” and thinks it’s time for him to “respect our religion” instead. At a campaign event in Florida on Monday, Gingrich seized on letters read at Catholic Churches across the U.S.…
Stewart: Romney vs Gingrich is like ‘Mortal Kombat’
Jon Stewart on Monday evening compared the duel between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich ahead of the Florida GOP presidential primary to the famous fighting video game “Mortal Kombat.” The Daily Show host was first intrigued by Gingrich’s confidence in believing he would not only have one, but two terms…
Eliot Spitzer: Gingrich’s campaign ‘an act of self-indulgence’
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer blasted Newt Gingrich on Monday for boasting about his chances to win the Florida primary, despite being 14 points behind Mitt Romney. “This is becoming an act of self-indulgence, an act of complete self-centered maniacal behavior by Newt Gingrich,” he said on Current TV’s…
Obama camp slams Republicans over immigration
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign on Monday charged that top Republican White House hopefuls Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich had alienated Latino voters with “extreme rhetoric” on immigration. In a memo sent to journalists, the campaign said Romney and Gingrich “may very well have already sealed the political…
Vitter attacks CNN for comparing his sex scandal to Gingrich’s
Republican Louisiana Sen. David Vitter lashed out at a CNN host on Monday for asking if there were similarities between his prostitution scandal and the infidelities of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. “Newt Gingrich has been suffering some heat over his cheating on his first wife, cheating on his second…
Romney surges to double-digit lead in Florida
Mitt Romney stormed Monday towards a likely victory in Floridathat would all but lock up the Republican presidential nomination, but rival Newt Gingrich promised a bitter fight all the way to the August convention. Polls Sunday showed Romney pulling clear in the Sunshine State after his campaign team went on the offensive, unleashing blistering…
Hayes: Billionaires could make U.S. elections resemble horse races
In the aftermath of billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson giving $10 million to the Super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes speculated Saturday that unless campaign finance rules are changed, U.S. political elections could start resembling the Kentucky Derby. “According to ‘Forbes, the $10 million Adelson dropped on Gingrich…
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