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Gingrich: I will tell NAACP to demand paychecks instead of food stamps
Speaking to a crowd at New Hampshire on Thursday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich suggested that African Americans would rather collect food stamps than find employment. “I will go to the NAACP convention, and tell the African-American community why they should demand paychecks instead of food stamps,” he said, according…
Dan Savage: Santorum has an ‘anti-straight agenda too’
Gay activist and sex columnist Dan Savage noted on Countdown with Keith Olbermann that Republican candidate Rick Santorum has said that states have the right to ban birth control. “An overwhelming amount of Americans, including Catholic Americans, use birth control,” he said Wednesday. “One of the constant things I’m reminding…
Romney holds New Hampshire edge, Gingrich slips: poll
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney held a strong lead ahead of next week’s race in New Hampshire, while Rick Santorum, who came out of the Iowa’s contest nipping at his heels, was gaining ground, according to a survey released on Wednesday. But Romney’s closest rivals…
Colbert attributes Santorum surge to ‘fierce’ sweater vest
MSNBC, CNN, and even Fox News would have been hard pressed to top Stephen Colbert’s coverage of the Iowa caucuses Tuesday evening. In his return from the New Year, the Comedy Central host expressed his excitement over the Hawkeye State taking center stage. “It is the Super Bowl of old…
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…
Romney wins Iowa caucus by 8 votes
UPDATE: At 2:30 am ET, the Iowa GOP congratulated Romney as the winner of the Iowa caucus by 8 votes. Iowa officials previously confirmed at 2 am ET that Santorum’s lead had dropped to 4 votes due to undercounted votes for Romney earlier in the evening. Defying all expectations, former…
Ron Paul: Third in Iowa ‘nothing to be ashamed of’
At the Courtyard Marriott hotel in Ankeny, Texas Rep. Ron Paul (R) praised his supporters on Tuesday night after finishing third in the Iowa caucuses. “Tonight we are coming out of an election with essentially three winners, three top vote-getters,” he said in reference to Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and…
MSNBC contributor: ‘Rick Santorum is a homophobe and a bigot’
A regular MSNBC contributor says people should stop beating around the bush and just call Rick Santorum what he is. In a discussion on Tuesday about who would win the Iowa caucuses, United Republic senior strategist Jimmy Williams lashed out at the Republican presidential candidate for being “a homophobe and…
Santorum blames own racial remarks on ‘someone trying to cause trouble’
Rick Santorum felt Monday evening there’s too much being drawn from his recent controversial comments on African-Americans, so he blamed his words on someone else. The GOP presidential candidate was asked by Fox News’ Sean Hannity to explain his eyebrow raising statement on Monday, when Santorum said, “I don’t want…
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…
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