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Romney rivals seek boost from New Hampshire debates
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — A pair of weekend debates could be the last chance for conservative Republican presidential hopefuls to prove who is the best alternative to frontrunner Mitt Romney ahead of next week’s New Hampshire primary. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, fresh off his nail-biter loss to Romney in…
Gingrich blasts Romney in New Hampshire
LACONIA, New Hampshire — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich hammered Mitt Romney Wednesday, saying only a “Reagan conservative” like himself can unite Republicans to beat President Barack Obama in November. One day after a lackluster performance in the Iowa caucuses, won narrowly by Romney, Gingrich placed a full-page ad in…
Obama team: Romney is ’25 percent man’
WASHINGTON — The Obama reelection machine mocked Mitt Romney as “the 25 percent man” Wednesday, seizing on the Republican favorite’s inconclusive win in the Iowa caucuses to relish a prolonged nominating race. President Barack Obama’s Chicago-based campaign team seemed delighted that Romney failed to pull off the kind of big…
McCain backs Romney to take on Obama
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Republican Senator John McCain, who lost the White House race to President Barack Obama in 2008, endorsed Mitt Romney on Wednesday to take on the embattled incumbent in November. “I’m really here for one reason and one reason only, and that is to make sure that…
Iowa Caucuses do Obama a giant favor
So after 6+ months of a roller coaster ride of candidates rising and falling in the polls leading up to the Iowa caucus, Republicans in Iowa got together and produced the best possible outcome for the Obama campaign. What?, you may say. How is it the best possible outcome? Well,…
Romney’s lawyer insists candidate ‘is never wrong’
The lawyer for Mitt Romney’s campaign may be leery on appearing on MSNBC in the future after an uncomfortable interview Tuesday evening. Pressured by Chris Matthews to explain if his candidate had any conversations on ads with the Super PACs endorsing him, attorney Ben Ginsberg provided a strong, yet dubious,…
WATCH LIVE: Sen. John McCain expected to endorse Mitt Romney
Former Republican presidential nominee John McCain is expected to endorse GOP hopeful Mitt Romney at an event in New Hampshire Wednesday. The event was scheduled to begin at 12:45 p.m. ET. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast Jan 4, 2012. …
Stewart: Republicans are like a box of chocolates
In his return for the New Year, Jon Stewart said Tuesday evening that once the votes are in, the GOP base would most likely unenthusiastically embrace Mitt Romney in the end. “It’s a right of passage for Republican voters known as Romspringa,” The Daily Show host said. “Republican voters know…
Perry calls Romney ‘the magnet’ for undocumented immigrants
During an interview with Fox News on Tuesday morning, Texas Governor Rick Perry accused presidential rival Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, of being a “magnet” for undocumented immigrants. “I think I went after Romney rather stringently when we were in the debates,” Perry explained, giving reason why he’s been…
Gingrich: Romney is a ‘liar,’ but I could support him
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich insisted on Tuesday that that fellow candidate Mitt Romney was a “liar,” but could support him over Barack Obama if the former Massachusetts governor became the eventual Republican nominee. At a Monday campaign event, Gingrich, who is running very few ads because of sluggish fundraising,…
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