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Pawlenty steps down as Romney campaign co-chair
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) is stepping down as co-chair of the campaign to elect former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) president. According to CNN, Pawlenty has been tapped as president and CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable, a Washington-based group that lobbies for banks. The Hill‘s “On the Money”…
Clint Eastwood: Romney campaign ‘dumb enough’ to ask me to speak
Clint Eastwood is continuing to stand behind a bizarre speech that the gave at the Republican National Convention last month and says if that if Mitt Romney’s campaign was “dumb enough” to ask him to speak then they deserve what they got. “People loved it or hated it, and that’s…
Romney’s full ’47 percent’ speech goes public
Mother Jones magazine said Tuesday that it is “happy to oblige” Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s request that they release the full video of his remarks to a small group of wealthy supporters, in which Romney disparages “47 percent” of the electorate for living off the wealthy. Snippets of the…
Last-minute scramble on Romney acceptance speech cut Afghanistan, added Eastwood
In a new report looking at the inside of the Romney campaign, aides reveal that the Romney campaign scrapped a much-belabored acceptance speech from a longtime Republican speechwriter just eight days before the Republican National Convention began. Top campaign strategist Stuart Stevens brought Peter Wehner, a veteran of three previous…
George Will: Romney could not have prevented embassy attacks
The Romney campaign wants voters to believe that if Mitt Romney were president, U.S. embassies across the Middle East would not have come under attack last week. Asked if that’s correct on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday, conservative political columnist George Will had a simple answer: “No.” In admitting as…
Watch live: Mitt Romney campaigns in Virginia
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigned on Thursday at a rally in Fairfax, Virginia. Earlier this week, Businessweek pointed out that a recent Romney campaign ad buy in Virginia, which declares the state is “not better off under President Obama,” undercuts the message of Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell, who had…
Dan Rather: Romney campaign has more twists than a pretzel factory
Appearing Monday night on MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show, Dan Rather said that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign was having an incredibly hard time focusing on the economy and job growth. “Here’s his basic problem,” he explained. “We talked about it before. Does this man know what it is he believes?…
Romney cuts Eastwood from RNC highlights as conservatives cheer empty chairs
A video released by the Romney campaign last weekend excluded Hollywood director Clint Eastwood from a selection of Republican National Convention (RNC) “highlights,” even as Romney’s supporters rallied Monday for what they called “National Empty Chair Day.” A clip of RNC highlights released Sunday by the Romney campaign emphasizes top…
Top Obama advisor: Romney campaign built on ‘tripod of lies’
White House senior advisor David Plouffe struck at the Romney campaign’s honesty during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday, saying that the campaign was based on an unprecedented foundation of falsehoods. “Right now their campaign is built on a tripod of lies,” he said. “A welfare attack that is…
Romney pollster: Campaign not ‘dictated by fact checkers’
Defending a woefully misleading ad about President Barack Obama’s welfare policies, a pollster for the Romney campaign said Monday that the former Massachusetts governor’s messaging strategies are not “dictated by fact checkers.” Pollster Neil Newhouse, co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies, made the comments during an ABC News forum in Tampa,…
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