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Campaign says private Romney emails possibly hacked

WASHINGTON — Authorities are investigating a report that Mitt Romney’s personal email account has been hacked, his presidential campaign said. The website Gawker reported that an unnamed hacker had broken into the Republican flagbearer’s private Hotmail account by guessing the answer to a security question about Romney’s favorite pet. The…

Nevada county Republican Party billboard rips Romney with Bush comparison

The Las Vegas-based Clarke County Republican Party in Nevada is sponsoring a billboard warning that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would be a disaster for the country like George W. Bush. The Las Vegas Sun’s Jon Ralston posted an photo of the billboard on Monday, which also compares Rep.…

GOP strategist: Romney’s factual poor job creation record a ‘misleading number’

Former Bachmann and Santorum campaign press secretary Alice Stewart conceded Monday morning that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had a less than sterling job creation record during his time as Massachusetts governor. In an segment on MSNBC Live, Stewart initially claimed the fact of Massachusetts ranking 47th out of 50th…

Bill Clinton: Romney had a ‘sterling business career’

Former President Bill Clinton has become the latest high-profile Democrat to undermine the Obama campaign’s message that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would be bad for the economy because he had a record of killing jobs as the CEO of Bain Capital. “I don’t think that we ought to…

Maddow calls out Romney for ‘bald-faced lie’

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Thursday accused Republican president candidate Mitt Romney to telling a “bald-faced lie” on the campaign trail. She noted that Romney’s very first ad attacking Obama, which was released before the Iowa caucuses, made it sound like the President had said, “if we keep talking about…

Romney aides feared Obama conspiracy to block Solyndra visit

Mitt Romney’s campaign aides said on Thursday that they kept the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s visit to a bankrupt company secret because they worried the White House would conspire with local officials to block the event. CNN’s Jim Acosta explained that the trip was “steeped in secrecy and mystery” until…

Maddow: Romney campaign ‘playing along’ with birthers

Wednesday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow examined the role of Donald Trump in the campaign of former Massachusetts governor and Republican nominee for president Mitt Romney. On a day that saw the release of Romney’s embarrassing iPhone app and a badly-written gun policy memo which assured…

Obama takes new swipe at Romney record

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s camp took aim at Mitt Romney’s governorship of Massachusetts, saying his “disastrous” tenure resulted in fewer jobs and more debt but left the wealthy better off. The offensive came as a report suggested that Romney’s allies in big business could pour $1 billion into the…

Obama congratulates Romney on clinching nomination

US President Barack Obama Wednesday called Mitt Romney after his foe locked down the Republican nomination to take him on in November’s election and called for a healthy debate on America’s future. “The President called Governor Romney to congratulate him on securing the Republican nomination,” Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said. “President Obama said that he looked forward to…

Romney takes Republican presidential nomination with Texas win

Mitt Romney was on target to clinch the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday by winning the Texas primary, but the milestone was being overshadowed by a rehashed controversy over President Barack Obama’s birthplace. Voters in the second most populous US state cast their ballots Tuesday, with Romney the only Republican…