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Report: Romney’s ‘binders full of women’ story not true
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s story about having “binders full of women” brought to him while assembling his Massachusetts state cabinet years ago is not true, according to a Boston Phoenix report Wednesday morning. While Romney did get a binder listing qualified female candidates after being elected governor in 2003,…
Romney says he looks forward to debates with Obama
Mitt Romney said he was eager to go up against President Barack Obama in their three debates, beginning with Wednesday’s looming debut showdown in the political battleground of Colorado. “I look forward to these debates…. It’ll be a conversation with the American people that will span almost an entire month,”…
Elizabeth Warren: No, Romney, corporations are not people
Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren struck a strong populist tone in her prime time speech at the Democratic convention Wednesday night, saying that the political system is rigged in favor of powerful interests, but that she and President Obama would work tirelessly to change that. In a rousing stemwinder that…
Herman Cain: Democrats trying to deceive by talking about race
Herman Cain enthusiastically told Mother Jones on Tuesday that several advertisements by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney were free of any racial undertones. “There are no racial implications,” he told reporter Tim Murphy in Tampa. “This is fabricated on the part of the Democrats. Man, I’m just sick of all…
Personhood USA worried fetuses could face ‘death penalty’ under Romney
The anti-abortion group Personhood USA on Tuesday criticized Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney after he sought to distance himself from embattled Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO). After Akin created a firestorm by claiming victims of “legitimate rape” don’t get pregnant, the Romney-Ryan campaign said in a statement that they disagreed with…
Biden warns Romney will ‘put y’all back in chains’
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s financial policies would put voters “back in chains.” At a campaign stop in Virginia, the vice president told a crowd — which included many African Americans — that Romney was “going to let the big banks…
Penn. Republican: Voter ID ‘is gonna allow Governor Romney to win’
At a Republican State Committee meeting in Pennsylvania this weekend, House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R) said that passing a voter ID law would help Mitt Romney win the state in the upcoming presidential election. “Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it’s done. First pro-life legislation – abortion facility regulations –…
Gingrich admits cutting the deficit means fewer teachers
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday acknowledged that budget cuts would lead to the United States have less teachers. “I think we have to come to grips with how big the challenge is, and does that mean there will be fewer teachers?” he told CNN’s John King. “The honest…
Reid to Romney: Tell Republicans that opposing fair pay is ‘shameful’
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Tuesday called out presumptive Republican presidential nominee for refusing to support the Paycheck Fairness Act, a measure that Republicans eventually blocked by filibuster. “For many families in Nevada and across the country, a woman is the only income generator in that family,” Reid…
Clinton says his remarks on Romney were ‘twisted’
When former President Bill Clinton told told CNN on Thursday that presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney “had a sterling business career,” his words were quickly taken as undermining the Obama campaign’s attacks on Romney’s “job-killing” record at Bain Capital. On Friday, however, Clinton used an appearance at a rally…
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