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Romney admits his plan would only cut $167 for middle class
Republican presidential candidate said Sunday that his “intent in running for president is to help middle-income Americans,” but admitted that he would only give them a $167 tax cut. Fox News host Chris Wallace asked Romney why his plan didn’t cut tax rates for the richest Americans from 35 percent…
SC Gov. Nikki Haley endorses Mitt Romney
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) announced Friday that she was backing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “Today is the day that I’m throwing all of my support behind Mitt Romney for president,” the tea party favorite governor declared in an interview on Fox News. Haley’s endorsement comes at a…
Top Gingrich aide quits after calling Romney’s religion a ‘cult’
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s Iowa campaign director quit Tuesday after it was revealed that he referred to Mitt Romney’s religion as the “cult of Mormon.” During a focus group last week with The Iowa Republican and McClatchy newspapers, Craig Bergman noted that many evangelicals would not vote for Romney…
‘Middle class’ Romney tries to bet Perry $10,000
Most Americans these days can barely afford a friendly wager of $5 but Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has claimed he’s part of the middle class, tried to bet fellow-candidate Rick Perry $10,000 Saturday night. During ABC’s debate at Drake University in Iowa, Perry noted that Romney had suggested…
Undocumented immigrant booted from Romney event
A former Washington Post reporter, who says he’s also an undocumented immigrant, was kicked out of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s town hall event in Iowa Friday. Jose Antonio Vargas showed up at the Romney town hall in Cedar Rapids holding a sign that read, “I am an American w/o…
Gingrich surge reshapes Republican race
WASHINGTON — New polls of the volatile Republican presidential race showed Tuesday that surging Newt Gingrich is extending his lead, both in the leadoff Iowa caucus nominating contest and nationwide. Two surveys of likely voters in the Iowa caucuses on January 3 show the former firebrand Republican House speaker a…
Romney staff spent nearly $100,000 to hide records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mitt Romney spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, Reuters has learned. The move during the final weeks of…
Buddy Roemer highlights Romney’s flip-flop on campaign finance reform
Long-shot Republican presidential candidate Buddy Roemer released a video on Sunday comparing the Mitt Romney of 1994 to the Mitt Romney of 2011. The video shows Romney lamenting the influence of money in politics and calling for campaign spending limits during his 1994 bid for the U.S. Senate. The one…
Iowa poll finds Ron Paul in second, edging past Mitt Romney
Libertarian-leaning Texas Rep. Ron Paul (R) is outperforming the odd-on Republican frontrunner, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), in the key GOP primary state of Iowa, according to a new poll out on Sunday. It’s the third poll so far to confirm Paul’s emergence as a leading candidate for the…
Newt Gingrich ahead in Iowa, Paul second, Romney third
Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich has surged to the front of the pack in Iowa, while rival Mitt Romney dropped to third place, a month before the state’s key caucuses, a poll showed. Gingrich earned 25 percent support among likely Republican caucus voters polled by the Des Moines Register…
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