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Romney: I had ‘binders full of women’ as governor
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney responded to a question about job disparity between men and women in Tuesday’s debate by pointing to his hiring record during his tenure as governor of Massachusetts. As he assembled his cabinet, he said, he observed that all of the early applications his staff brought…
Secular group gives Romney a failing grade
The Secular Coalition for America on Tuesday released a presidential candidate scorecard, rating the candidates’ public statements and actions in five categories. “This scorecard shows that our current politicians still have a long way to go in protecting the secular values that America was founded on,” said Edwina Rogers, Executive…
Rosie Perez: Romney would have a better shot as ‘a gay Latina’
The first release from a new “comedy super PAC” features actress Rosie Perez blasting Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for his joke saying that he’d “have a better shot” at winning the election if he were Latino. “Hispanics represent 17 percent of the population and account for less than 2…
Romney: Economy improving because Americans are ‘giving up and dropping out’
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Friday that the nation’s improving unemployment rate actually means that “more and more Americans” have simply decided they don’t want to work anymore, “giving up and dropping out” of the job hunt. “The unemployment rate, as you know, this year has come down very,…
West Wing actor Richard Schiff: Romney like a used car salesman
West Wing actor Richard Schiff on Thursday night said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney had the demeanor of a “car salesman.” “It’s so easy to pick a lie and stick to it,” he told Current TV host Cenk Uygur. “It’s much harder, if you have any semblance of wanting to…
Supporters at Romney rally tell cardboard Obama to ‘Go back to Kenya!’
Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday hurled racist and offensive insults at a life-sized, cardboard poster of President Barack Obama while they were waiting for the GOP hopeful to speak in Denver. The liberal group ProgressNow Action brought the Obama poster and a video camera to the…
Romney promises to honor Obama’s deferred-deportation program
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney changed his tune Monday and told The Denver Post he would honor President Barack Obama’s two-year deferred-deportation program. “The people who have received the special visa that the president has put in place, which is a two-year visa, should expect that the visa would continue…
Ann Romney worries about Mitt’s ‘mental well-being’ if he wins election
Ann Romney, the wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, told a Nevada television station her main concern if her husband wins the upcoming election would be over his state of mind. “I think my biggest concern, obviously, would just be for his mental well-being,” she told KTVN-TV Thursday. “I…
Romney suggests teachers unions should be prohibited from campaign donations
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appeared at a multi-day “Education Nation” event co-hosted by NBC News in New York City at the infamous public library to say that he favored school choice, controversial merit-based teacher pay and even went so far as to suggest that teachers unions should not be allowed…
Romney: Health care ‘through emergency rooms’ is sufficient
On a Sunday interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney claimed that the poor already have health insurance because emergency rooms are obligated by law to treat anyone who comes in. “Does the government have a responsibility to provide health care to the 50 million Americans who don’t have…
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