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Jon Stewart: Christian right ‘hates Obama more than they love Jesus’
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart mocked the debate surrounding Mitt Romney’s faith in Mormonism. Many conservative Christians — a major base of the Republican Party — see Mormonism as a heretical offshoot of their religion. According to a Pew Research Center survey from 2011, 53 percent of white evangelical…
Gingrich officially drops presidential bid
ARLINGTON, Virginia — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich on Wednesday dropped his erratic campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, but pledged to remain in the public eye as an “active citizen.” “Today I am suspending the campaign. Suspending the campaign does not mean suspending citizenship,” Gingrich said in a…
Maddow: Ron Paul supporters infiltrating Republican state leadership
Rachel Maddow discussed Rep. Ron Paul’s (R-TX) continued push to win delegates in the Republican presidential race Tuesday evening, despite that Mitt Romney has the nomination locked up. Paul’s supporters showed up at Republican primary contests in Louisiana, Massachusetts last weekend, allowing him to pick up more delegates. The congressmen’s…
Richard Grenell Quits; Is Too Gay for the Romney Campaign
Nine short days ago, I wrote this: If you were a presidential candidate facing a huge gender gap in the polls, would you: A) Hire as your new spokesman a guy who has made such repeated sexist attacks against women like Rachel Maddow, Callista Gingrich, Hillary Clinton, Condoleeza Rice, and…
Mitt Romney is Lying Out of His Lie-Hole Again, Bin Laden Edition
Mitt the Liar is still trying to pretend like he never said that “it wasn’t worth moving heaven and earth… just trying to catch one person.” That one person being Osama bin Laden, of course. Remember him? We hate him. Now Mitt is all, “Wha!?!! Of course I would have…
Romney heckled in New York: ‘You’re a racist!’
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney came to New York City on Tuesday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden — but had his event somewhat spoiled by a very loud activist who repeatedly yelled that he was a “racist.” Appearing with former New York…
Team Obama targets Romney’s Swiss bank account in economic reelection strategy
A new ad by Obama for America (embedded below) that targets presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s hidden Swiss bank account is the latest in the campaign’s effort to call the former Massachusetts governor’s economic policies into question. Taking a page from Republican strategist Karl Rove, the president appears to…
Christie: Romney ‘might be able to convince me’ to be VP
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Monday said that he could be persuaded to accept the job of vice president because presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is “a convincing guy.” “I really have no interest in being vice president, but if Gov. Romney called and asked me to…
Ann Romney: Mitt is ‘a wild and crazy man inside’
Mitt Romney is the opposite of a boring old stiff as conventional wisdom labels him, according to the description his wife Ann offered on CBS Tuesday morning. “I think in politics this is what always happens, there is a narrative, you like to put someone in a box and keep…
The Romney Campaign is Lying about the Detroit Auto Industry Bailout
Over the weekend, a campaign spokesperson for the Romney campaign said the following: “[Romney's] position on the bailout was exactly what President Obama followed. I know it infuriates them to hear that…. The only economic success that President Obama has had is because he followed Mitt Romney’s advice.“ This is…
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