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Undocumented immigrant booted from Romney event
A former Washington Post reporter, who says he’s also an undocumented immigrant, was kicked out of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s town hall event in Iowa Friday. Jose Antonio Vargas showed up at the Romney town hall in Cedar Rapids holding a sign that read, “I am an American w/o…
Romney staff spent nearly $100,000 to hide records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mitt Romney spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, Reuters has learned. The move during the final weeks of…
Buddy Roemer highlights Romney’s flip-flop on campaign finance reform
Long-shot Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer released a video on Sunday comparing the Mitt Romney of 1994 to the Mitt Romney of 2011. The video shows Romney lamenting the influence of money in politics and calling for campaign spending limits during his 1994 bid for the U.S. Senate. The one…
Iowa poll finds Ron Paul in second, edging past Mitt Romney
Libertarian-leaning Texas Rep. Ron Paul (R) is outperforming the odd-on Republican frontrunner, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), in the key GOP primary state of Iowa, according to a new poll out on Sunday. It’s the third poll so far to confirm Paul’s emergence as a leading candidate for the…
Mitt Romney demands firing of AG Eric Holder
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney flexed his campaign’s organizational muscle in the key early voting state of New Hampshire on Saturday, unleashing hundreds of volunteers to knock on doors and make phone calls on his behalf. The former Massachusetts governor also criticized the attorney general,…
Newt Gingrich ahead in Iowa, Paul second, Romney third
Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich has surged to the front of the pack in Iowa, while rival Mitt Romney dropped to third place, a month before the state’s key caucuses, a poll showed. Gingrich earned 25 percent support among likely Republican caucus voters polled by the Des Moines Register…
Gingrich surge sets up key Iowa battle with Romney
White House hopeful Newt Gingrich’s surge in the polls has upended the race for the Republican nomination, setting up a key showdown between him and Mitt Romney in the first caucus vote in Iowa. Gingrich has pledged to make near-daily appearances in the state ahead of the January 3 caucus,…
Conservative newspaper: ‘Romney sort of represents the 1%’
The publisher of a conservative New Hampshire newspaper says Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has the best chance against President Barack Obama in 2012 because former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney “sort of represents the 1 percent.” “We would rather back someone with whom we may sometimes disagree than one who…
New Hampshire newspaper backs Gingrich
WASHINGTON — The largest newspaper in the pivotal US election state of New Hampshire on Sunday endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination. Rebuffing longtime frontrunner Mitt Romney, who once served as governor in the neighboring state of Massachusetts, the editors at the New Hampshire Union…
Parody ad shows Romney supporting Obama
In response to Mitt Romney’s misleading ad released on President Barack Obama, the folks at BuzzFeed decided to have a little fun at making their own deceptive commercial. Twisting Romney’s words from his original Youtube video announcing his candidacy for president, BuzzFeed edits the former Massachusetts governor supporting Obama in…
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