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Maddow wonders whether Maine GOP ‘rigged’ caucuses
In a segment Wednesday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explored the murky waters currently occupied by the Maine GOP, which she suggested may have actually “rigged” the recent caucuses in favor of Mitt Romney. “Hey, beltway media: over here!” she said. “This is not a Ron Paul conspiracy theory. I…
Romney is machine gun-toting ‘Rombo’ in new Santorum ad
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has released a new ad warning voters to expect an onslaught of attack ads from former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. In the new commercial, a Romney look-alike uses an assault rifle to fire mud at Santorum. “Mitt Romney’s negative attack machine is back on full…
Poll finds low enthusiasm for Republican candidates
WASHINGTON — Most Republicans believe Mitt Romney will be their party’s presidential nominee and that he has the best chance to beat President Barack Obama in November, a national poll released Tuesday found. But the CNN/ORC International poll found little enthusiasm for the former Massachusetts governor’s presidential bid, instead favoring…
Santorum surging in Republican presidential race
WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum’s drive to capture the Republican presidential nomination gained momentum Tuesday as he surged to the front of the field in national polls and extended his lead over Mitt Romney in his rival’s native Michigan. But Romney’s supporters were just rolling out the big guns — massive…
Republicans trying to unring the bell
Steve Kornacki has a good horse race summary taking the temperature of Mitt Romney’s campaign. Diagnosis: not good. While Romney basically can’t lose, barring some kind of weird delegate wrangling that I suppose is always possible but seems unlikely, the knocks he’s taking are leaving him in poor fighting condition…
Obama unveils ‘fair shot’ election-year budget
President Barack Obama Monday proposed a $3.8 trillion budget brimming with populist tax hikes on the rich and jobs spending designed to outmaneuver Republicans as he takes aim at reelection. But Obama’s possible Republican foe in November, Mitt Romney, slammed the document, which foresees a fourth consecutive year of budget deficits over $1 trillion, as…
Santorum suggests Romney ‘rigged’ CPAC straw poll
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Sunday dismissed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s win in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll by insinuating the vote had been rigged. On the third an final day of the conference, CPAC announced Romney had beaten Santorum, 38 percent to 31 percent.…
Romney wins Maine caucuses
Mitt Romney has broken his recent streak of losses by winning the Maine caucus, according to a report on MSNBC.com. The former Massachusetts governor won 39% of the vote, closely followed by Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul, who was three percentage points behind Romney at 36%. Rick Santorum took third…
Romney wins CPAC straw poll
Mitt Romney has won the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll, according to a report on CNN’s Political Ticker. Romney had been the race’s presumed front runner for weeks, but a string of victories in midwestern caucuses has vaulted former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum into the lead in…
Santorum takes the bait
Greg Sargent catches another Republican stepping into the trap that Obama set. Sam Stein asked Santorum if he’s happy with the accomodation on the contraception mandate, and Santorum not only said no, but he said some laughably assholish things. “This has nothing to do with access,” he said. “This is having…
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