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Jindal: Republicans need to stop ‘saying stupid things’
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) continued to critique his fellow Republicans on Sunday, saying in an appearance on Fox News that the GOP needed to stop acting so “stupid.” Jindal, the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, said the party needed to court a wider group of voters in order…
Former adviser: Romney lost because of the far right of this party
Former Bush Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said Sunday that he was shocked by Mitt Romney’s recent comments about President Barack Obama giving “gifts” to win re-election. “I was shocked,” the former Romney adviser told CNN’s Candy Crowley. “And frankly I don’t think that’s why Republicans lost the election. I think…
Republican modernizers desert Romney as GOP looks to the future
A succession of top Republicans have begun distancing themselves fromMitt Romney after the former presidential hopeful made a series of blunt comments about minority groups as he sought to explain why he lost the race for the White House. Romney, who less than two weeks ago was still a real contender to be…
Pawlenty: Voters picked Obama for ‘leadership,’ not ‘gifts’
Speaking to C-SPAN on Friday, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) contradicted failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s assessment of why he lost to President Barack Obama, saying that voters picked Obama for “leadership considerations,” not for the “gifts” he’d supposedly given them. “I think President Obama, first of all,…
Paul Ryan: Obama won because of ‘urban’ turnout
Former Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan says that his party lost the White House in 2012 because so many “urban” voters went to the polls, not because Americans rejected his Medicare and other budget policies. “We were surprised with the outcome,” the Wisconsin Republican told WISC-TV’s Jessica Arp. “We…
CNN panel to Obama: Appoint Romney as ‘secretary of business’
A CNN panel of journalists and other experts on Wednesday called on President Barack Obama to appoint former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as the “secretary of business.” CNN host Wolf Blitzer noted that Obama would need to name new cabinet members after being re-elected and it would be “a…
Redstate’s Erick Erickson: Republican consultants swimming in cash like ‘Scrooge McDuck’
Conservative Redstate co-founder Erick Erickson on Wednesday said that Mitt Romney had lost to President Barack Obama because he had outsourced to his campaign to Republican consultants who were now “swimming” in money like the Disney cartoon character Scrooge McDuck. While reviewing the election results on Wednesday morning, CNN’s John…
ELECTION ALERTS: Full election coverage from Raw Story
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Romney to campaign in Ohio, Pennsylvania on election day
FAIRFAX, Virginia — Mitt Romney will extend his 18-month presidential campaign into Tuesday so he can revisit ultimate battleground Ohio and Democratic-leaning Pennsylvania on election day, his campaign said. The two stops, part of what the campaign described as Romney’s effort to keep working until the polls close, are new…
Watch live: Mitt Romney rallies in Virginia
Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney makes a campaign stop in Lynchburg, Virginia. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Nov. 5. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
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