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Frank Rich: Romney can’t say the word Mormon

Frank Rich, writer-at-large for New York Magazine, said Wednesday that voters were likely to be turned off by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s secrecy. “People don’t really know where he lives,” Rich told Joy Behar on Current TV. “He can’t say the word Mormon without having a heart attack, won’t…

Ohio Dems attack Romney for not being ‘Buckeyes’ fan

Democrats in Ohio want residents of the state to know that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is not a Buckeyes fan. “It’s no surprise that when it comes to making a tough call, Mitt Romney fumbles,” Ohio State College Democrats President Mallory Kimble said Tuesday. “From his plan to ‘let…

Colbert: Romney may tie his horse onto the roof of his car like his dog

Stephen Colbert analyzed a story going under the radar Tuesday evening, in which a horse co-owned by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s wife Ann is could be going to the Olympics after placing third in the national trials. “Though one will imagine it will be a long drive to London…

Romney pledges not to be ‘president of deception’ like Obama

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday suggested that Barack Obama had been governing as a “president of doubt and deception.” At a campaign event in Saint Louis, the former Massachusetts governor blasted Obama for not understanding the “free enterprise system.” “Sadly, it’s become clear that this president simply doesn’t…

Adviser brags Romney told joke about firing hotel maid

A senior adviser to presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said recently that an old joke about firing a hotel maid proved that the candidate wasn’t as stiff as he seems. At a Washington Post event, chief correspondent Dan Balz asked senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom what was the “most fun…

Cheney to host Romney fundraiser in July

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is pulling out the big guns in an effort to catch up with President Barack Obama’s fundraising. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that former Vice President Dick Cheney will host a July 12 fundraiser for the GOP hopeful in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.…

Fox News analyst: Romney gay bullying story is ‘nothing’

Fox News’ senior political analyst on Sunday dismissed a Washington Post story which revealed that presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney had assaulted a gay classmate in 1965. “Look, this was not a prank,” Brit Hume admitted. “This was hazing and it was mean. There was no doubt about it…

Mother of murdered gay son: Romney’s prank was ‘an act of torment’

Judy Shepard, whose son was murdered for being gay, blasted Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for allegedly harassing prep school classmates he judged to be too effeminate. “While this may seem like an innocent prank to some, it was an act of torment against a child for being different,” Shepard…

Romney campaign tries to distance itself from key immigration adviser

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is distancing himself from the author of some of the toughest anti-immigration laws in the country, Kris Kobach, the first in what is expected to be a series of moves aimed at winning over crucial Latino voters. Politico reported today that Kobach, responsible for the…

David Gregory: Romney’s core is essentially Mormon

NBC host David Gregory said Thursday night that nominating Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would be a major achievement for the United States. “This is a significant moment,” he told late night host Jay Leno. “I mean, we have the first Mormon Republican nominee, if everything gets formalized, in the…