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Romney gets confronted about his opposition to the Dream Act
GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney received a stern question from an unexpected source Tuesday evening. While coming out of an event in New York City, Romney encountered an immigrant named Lucy who asked him about his stance on the DREAM Act. “Are you going to support the DREAM Act?” she…
Romney hits back at Gingrich ahead of key vote
ROCK HILL, South Carolina — Republican White House hopefuls brawled Wednesday ahead of this state’s key nominating primary, with frontrunner Mitt Romney pounding his chief conservative threat, Newt Gingrich. At a campaign rally in Spartanburg, Romney mocked Gingrich’s claims to have helped create jobs during his time in Congress, saying…
White House ups tax pressure on Romney
WASHINGTON — The White House Tuesday cranked up pressure on Republican front runner Mitt Romney to release his income tax records, as Democrats built a pre-election case against the millionaire former businessman. Romney is facing fire from top rivals for the Republican presidential nomination over his failure to so far…
Santorum goes nuclear: Romney ‘deliberately lies’ to win
In the Republican political race, there’s only two top dogs: former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and someone else. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum desperately wants to be that someone else, and he’s pulling out all the stops to transform into the Republicans’ anti-Romney candidate of choice. Appearing at a media…
Huntsman to drop out of GOP race, endorse Romney
According to reports tweeted on Sunday night by New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny, Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is about to leave the race and will endorse Mitt Romney. Zeleny added that “Huntsman was urged by some advisers to stay in the race thrugh South Carolina primary, but concluded…
Fresh questions raised about Romney’s reign at Bain
Recent claims that the anti-Romney campaign ad, “King of Bain: When Mitt Romney Came to Town,” is seriously flawed may lessen its impact on the Republican presidential primaries. A story at the Washington Post, however, adds fresh fuel to the fire by suggesting that Romney’s actions when he ran Bain…
Romney takes a hit from the Christian right
CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney hit a roadblock Sunday in South Carolina as Christian conservative leaders coalesced behind Rick Santorum in the race for the presidential nomination. A group of 155 Christian evangelical leaders from around the country endorsed Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, Saturday after holding…
Colbert: ‘The more money you have, the more you can speak’
Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert declared Sunday that he believes in Super PACs because “the more money you have, the more you can speak.” Last week, Colbert turned the Super PAC that he founded over to Comedy Central host Jon Stewart so as not to run afoul of campaign laws…
Colbert Super PAC attack ad: ‘Romney is a serial killer’
The Super PAC founded by Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert has launched its first ad in South Carolina attacking Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as “Mitt the Ripper” for his record of destroying businesses as the head of Bain Capital. Speaking at the Iowa State Fair last year, Romney asserted…
Maddow to the GOP: ‘Just how anti-gay do you want to be?’
On Friday’s The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel looked at the aftermath of the New Hampshire Republican primary. Now that the national press have left town and the candidates pushed on to South Carolina, the state party is drafting an initiative to enshrine into their state’s Constitution that marriage should be…
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