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Romney campaign disagrees with GOP over Obama’s healthcare ‘tax’
A rift has opened up between presidential challenger Mitt Romney and the rest of the Republican party over the question of whether a key aspect of Barack Obama’s healthcare legislation is classified as a tax. Chief justice John Roberts ruled the individual mandate to be constitutional under the federal government’s…
Maher urges Romney to pick George Zimmerman as VP
On Friday night’s edition of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher asked Mitt Romney to do him a small favor and not choose his running-mate until after August 17, when “Real Time” returns from its summer hiatus. “And furthermore, he must take my advice on who to pick,”…
Romney rakes in $4.3 million after health care ruling
Mitt Romney‘s campaign has taken $4.3m in donations since the supreme court’s decision to uphold Barack Obama‘s healthcare reform. The Republican nominee’s team is citing the influx of cash as a sign that the party base has been energised by the decision and that the issue will play a central role…
Gov. Martinez breaks with GOP: Parts of Obamacare ‘good’
Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday admitted there were good provisions within President Barack Obama’s health care reform package. In a video being promoted by Obama’s campaign, Martinez disagreed with Mitt Romney’s assertion that the law should be entirely repealed. “You know, what I think is important is…
Reporter: How Mitt Romney followed me around the Internet
Last month, I was searching for a peppy Glee song on the music site Grooveshark, and up popped two ads for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. One invited me to “Learn More.” The other suggested that I “Donate.” Had Romney’s campaign decided that swing voters might frequent an Internet music site…
Suspended Politico reporter: Breitbart media ‘in the business of gathering scalps’
Suspended Politico reporter Joe Williams on Monday accused conservative publications like the late Andrew Breitbart’s Big Media and Tucker Carlson’s The Daily Caller of acting like a “schoolyard bully” by deliberately targeting him after he said GOP hopeful Mitt Romney was more comfortable around “white folks.” Speaking out for the…
Obama sounds alarm over Romney campaign cash
MIAMI — US President Barack Obama, renowned as a champion fundraiser who piled up $750 million in 2008, warned supporters he would be outspent by his foe Mitt Romney in this year’s election. The president lashed the Republican for huddling last weekend at a “secretive retreat” for rich donors and…
Biden says Romney good at creating jobs — in China
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden kept the pressure on Mitt Romney’s White House bid Tuesday, lampooning the Republican as an expert at job creation — in rival China and growing economic power India. President Barack Obama’s re-election team pounced last week on a Washington Post report that former private…
Romney fails to mention inspiring ‘truck driver’ is billionaire super PAC donor
Mitt Romney says he’s been encouraged by all of the regular Americans who have pulled themselves up by their bootstraps that he has met while traveling across the country stumping to be the next president of the United States. On Tuesday, the presumptive Republican nominee told supporters in Salem, Virginia…
John Fugelsang to Mary Cheney: Did Mitt Romney send you a gay wedding present?
Monday, actor John Fugelsang stood in for former NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Spitzer’s Current TV program “Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer” and had a few things to say about LGBT marriage, Republicans in general and Mitt Romney in particular. Fugelsang began by congratulating Mary Cheney and her partner Heather…
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