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Romney flip-flops on protests: ‘I worry about the 99 percent’
If you want to gauge how effective a popular movement has become, compare the present statements of leading politicians with their prior positions. In the case of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R), the difference is night and day. During an appearance in Florida last week, Romney was calling the…
Rick Perry takes message to New Hampshire voters
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Republican White House hopeful Rick Perry swept through New Hampshire Saturday with a message of smaller government and lower taxes as he tries to revitalize his campaign. The Texas governor’s platform of fiscal conservatism was warmly received by friendly crowds at a town hall, chili fest…
RNC attack on Obama’s bus tour ignores Bush’s political travel costs
The Republican National Committee released a tailored, satirical attack ad Monday as President Barack Obama began a three-day bus tour of the Midwest, focusing on jobs and the economy. The 11-page pdf masquerades as a press guide for what the RNC has dubbed “A Totally Non-Political, Taxpayer-Funded Administration Event That…
Perry: Another Texas governor who would be president
MIAMI — Rick Perry, George W. Bush’s successor as Texas governor, was expected to make his 2012 White House run official on Saturday — touting his state’s robust job growth as a model for the struggling US economy. Perry, who polls show running a close second behind Republican front-runner and…
Obama campaign mulls attacks on Mitt Romney’s religion
President Barack Obama’s advisers consider former governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) their most likely opponent in 2012, according to Ben Smith and Johnathan Martin of Politico. And so, in the words of one anonymous Democratic strategist, they are going to try to “kill” him by borrowing the tactics used by then-President…
Pawlenty, Huntsman attack Romney on health care
WASHINGTON – Two rivals for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination are attacking former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney where it hurts the most: health care. The moves mark the start of the race to challenge Romney, the clear frontrunner, by highlighting his key vulnerability with the conservative base. Former Minnesota governor…
Palin to launch bus tour this weekend as 2012 speculation grows
WASHINGTON – It remains unclear whether she’ll run, but a series of recent moves by Sarah Palin has fueled speculation over whether the former Republican vice presidential nominee will jump into the 2012 presidential race. The move that is generating the most buzz is Palin’s plan to launch a bus…
Mitt Romney accuses Obama of betraying Israel
WASHINGTON — Top Republican contenders for the White House in 2012 accused President Barack Obama on Thursday of betraying staunch US ally Israel in his new long-shot push for Middle East peace. “President Obama has thrown Israel under the bus,” thundered former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, generally viewed as the…
White House dismisses ‘sideshow’ Trump
WASHINGTON – The White House dismissed Donald Trump as a “sideshow” on Sunday and said there was no way the billionaire businessman would be “hired” by the American people as president in 2012. Trump, renowned for his New York bluster, is considering a tilt at the White House and according…
Poll: Nearly half of New Hampshire Republicans are birthers, and many support Trump
Donald Trump’s play into the fictional world of birther politics seems to have paid tremendous dividends in New Hampshire, where a poll this week found that nearly half of likely Republican primary voters don’t believe the president is a U.S. citizen. With Trump pitching himself as the candidate of these…
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