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Iowa to launch 2012 White House war
Judgment day dawned for Republican contenders vying to take on Barack Obama in November’s presidential election, with a pivotal vote in Iowa Tuesday likely to dramatically winnow the field of contenders. The mostly rural heartland state’s caucus is the first formal vote of the war for the White House against…
Republican White House hopefuls in last Iowa blitz
One day before Iowa holds the first vote of the 2012 White House race, Republican candidates blitzed the state, with frontrunner Mitt Romney ripping President Barack Obama on the sour US economy. “This American president didn’t cause the recession, but he made it worse and it’ll last longer because of his policies,” the former Massachusetts governor and millionaire…
Obama swaps Hawaii for reelection heat
U.S. President Barack Obama lands in Washington after his Hawaiian vacation Tuesday, facing a buzz saw of Republican campaign attacks as his reelection bid enters an intense new phase. The president on Monday left behind the idyllic beaches, sumptuous restaurants and golf courses of his native state just before voters in chilly Iowa cast…
Chris Matthews: Iowa caucuses shaping up to be ‘a victory of dollars over democracy’
MSNBC host Chris Matthews blasted multimillionaire Mitt Romney on his show Monday night, just a day before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses. “This Republican caucus in Iowa has the looks of a travesty,” he said. “A victory of dollars over democracy, financial equity over equality. Romney is destroying the only opponent…
Romney’s son jokes about Obama’s birth certificate
One of Mitt Romney’s sons did his best on Thursday to promote the rumor that the nation’s first black president may not be a U.S. citizen. Stumping for his dad in Concord, New Hampshire, Matt Romney told a group of senior citizens that the multimillionaire candidate might not release his…
Romney warns Obama’s policies ‘making us like Europe’
AMES, Iowa — Republican White House candidate Mitt Romney wooed Iowa voters with a warning that President Barack Obama’s policies “are making us more and more like Europe.” “I don’t think Europe is working in Europe. I don’t want Europe here. Ours was formed as an opportunity nation,” Romney said…
Dark horse conservative Santorum rides Iowa surge
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, surging in Iowa thanks to the state’s social conservatives, declared Thursday that the party must not compromise its core beliefs to win back the White House. “We don’t need someone who can just be a little better” than embattled Democratic President Barack Obama, the long-shot…
‘Occupy the Caucus’ protesters arrested at Wells Fargo bank in Iowa
Three people affiliated with the “Occupy Wall Street” movement were arrested at a Wells Fargo branch in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. The protesters said they targeted Wells Fargo because the bank gave $61,500 to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. “Wells Fargo along with other banks…
Parody: Flavor Flav moderates ‘Insane on the Campaign’ debate
After making a musical parody of Occupy Wall Street in November, the Cult Comedy Picture Show released their latest video on Tuesday, which pokes fun at the Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. The musical parody is based on Cypress Hill’s hit single “Insane in the…
Romney, Gingrich spar as Iowa contest looms
DES MOINES, Iowa — Mitt Romney taunted his main Republican presidential rival Newt Gingrich on Wednesday after arriving in Iowa ahead of the crucial first vote in the 2012 White House race. Latest polling indicates Gingrich’s popularity slipping in the run up to the January 3 Iowa caucuses after a…
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