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Palin not sure Romney will ‘instinctively turn right’
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin isn’t convinced that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is the best presidential candidate because she’s not sure he will “err on the side of conservatism.” Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday asked Palin if Romney was an “instinctive conservative.” “I trust that…
Rick Santorum: ‘Conservatives beginning to get it’
After sweeping GOP contests Tuesday in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says conservative voters are finally beginning to understand that he is the strongest candidate to take on President Barack Obama. “I believe conservatives are beginning to get it, that we provide the best opportunity to…
NOM sees correlation between its pledge and Ron Paul’s failures
After former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Nevada caucuses Saturday, the National Organization for Marriage noted that Texas Rep. Ron Paul was the only Republican candidate that hadn’t signed its pledge and was also the only one who failed to win a single primary or caucus. The group is…
Romney charity money went to ‘pray away the gay’ group
Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out appeared on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show on Thursday night to discuss how former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney indirectly helped fund so-called “pray away the gay” therapy. The Tyler Charitable Foundation, set up and funded by the Romneys, donated $10,000 in 2006 to the…
Obama: Taxing millionaires about math, not envy
President Barack Obama on Thursday rebutted his Republican critics, like former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who have accused him of having a “politics of envy.” “Do we want to keep these tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans or do we want to keep investing in everything else?” he said at…
Gingrich claims marital infidelity makes him ‘more normal’
In a recent interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) made the surprising claim that his multiple extramarital affairs actually make him “more normal” that his chief opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R). The interviewer was asking Gingrich why he thinks he’s been doing…
Young Turks: Should liberals root for Gingrich or Romney?
In a segment broadcast Monday night, Current TV’s progressive talk show The Young Turks tackled the issue of who liberals should be rooting for in the Republican primaries: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) or former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. “Democrats have thought all along that Mitt Romney would be…
Scarborough: GOP ‘base is revolting’ against Romney
Conservative MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said on Sunday that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s thumping of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in South Carolina Saturday showed that the Republican base was “revolting” against the party establishment. During a round table discussion on NBC’s Meet the Press, Chuck Todd explained that…
Chris Christie: ‘Newt Gingrich has embarrassed the party’
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) says that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has “embarrassed” the Republican Party, but former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney never has. Following Romney’s devastating loss to Gingrich in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, Christie told NBC’s David Gregory that the former speaker just didn’t…
Romney admits ‘mistake,’ will release tax return
After being soundly beaten by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is pledging to release tax returns for at least one year. On Sunday, Romney admitted to Fox News host Chris Wallace that he had made a “mistake” by not…
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