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Tangled web connects candidates to super PACs
For an example of the fluidity of campaign finance rules, as well as the tangled web of connections between candidates and super PACs, look no further than the digital consulting firm Targeted Victory. So far, the firm’s hauled in $4.1 million working for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign and American Crossroads,…
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark accuses Romney of ‘rehashing Cold War fears’
Former Democratic presidential candidate and retired Gen. Wesley Clark on Tuesday blasted Mitt Romney for claiming that Russia was the “number one geopolitical foe” of the United States. “Surely one lesson of the 21st Century is that America’s security in the world depends on making more friends and fewer enemies,”…
Colbert: Romney’s hair snaps on like a ‘Lego man’
On his return from his week-long break, Stephen Colbert couldn’t wait to address Mitt Romney being compared to an Etch A Sketch Monday evening, agreeing that both are “square and colorless.” “Now see, people think that’s a metaphor for Romney being inconsistent but the Etch A Sketch is very consistent,”…
Culture war is about culture
Steve Kornacki at Salon has a piece up about Mitt Romney’s continuing inability to win over evangelical voters. Personally, I’m not surprised evangelical Republicans are refusing to crown Romney the nominee. They were fed George W. Bush in 2000, and that led them to believe that they are the owners…
Romney: Bush saved U.S. from another Great Depression
Former Massachussets Gov. Mitt Romney said Wednesday at a town hall meeting in Maryland that George W. Bush deserved credit for preventing the United States from entering an economic depression, not President Barack Obama. “I keep hearing the president say that he’s responsible for keeping America from going into a…
Santorum: Voters were afraid Romney was ‘Etch A Sketch’
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says that conservative voters now have proof that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney “will say what he needs to say to win the election that is before him.” In a speech on energy policy in Harvey, Louisiana on Wednesday, Santorum noted that Romney Communications Director…
NBC reporter: Jeb Bush ‘a cherry on top’ of the Romney sundae
Following Mitt Romney’s double-digit win in the Illinois Republican presidential primary, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is calling “for Republicans to unite behind Governor Romney.” In a statement released on Wednesday morning, Bush said he was throwing his support behind the former Massachusetts governor. “I am endorsing Mitt Romney…
McCain: Romney ‘has not done as well as we had hoped’
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) didn’t provide the most ringing endorsement of Mitt Romney’s Tuesday morning, claiming the GOP presidential frontrunner has underperformed on the campaign trail thus far. In a phone interview with Fox Business Network’s Don Imus, McCain expressed confidence in Romney still winning the nomination before mentioning his…
Scrambling Santorum lashes out at Romney in pivotal state of Illinois
Rick Santorum, facing a blow to his momentum in Tuesday’s primary, blasts Mitt Romney as a candidate ‘without a core.’ The fierce in-fighting among Republican presidential challengers intensified ahead of Tuesday’s Illinois primary with Rick Santorum unleashing one of his most personal attacks yet on frontrunner Mitt Romney. Santorum, scrambling…
Romney takes large early lead in Puerto Rico primary
Mitt Romney got off to a big early lead Sunday in the US territory of Puerto Rico’s Republican primary, a usually overlooked race with newfound significance in the White House race. Romney snatched 85 percent of the vote, while his closest challenger Rick Santorum stood a distant second at eight…
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