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It’s Still A Horse Race! (Update)

February 7, 2012

This evening GOP caucuses in Minnesota, Missouri, and Colorado show that it’s not a done deal for Mitt Romney.  Although Romney at this writing is eking* out a narrow victory in Colorado, Rick Santorum took Minnesota (even though former Gov. Tim Pawlenty has supported Romney since withdrawing from his presidential bid) and Missouri, with a [...]

Tagged as: anti-romney vote, Colorado, Conservative Vote, GOP caucuses, MCCL, Minnesota, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Missouri, Mitt Romney, MO, Reformed Liberal, Results of GOP caucuses in MN, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Santorum takes all 3, Santorum Wins Colorado

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Dumb and Dumber…

February 4, 2012

I don’t know if Romney’s handlers are just stupid or if the candidate is just being himself and going off script, but come on, having The Donald endorse you the day after you put your foot into it by saying that you don’t care about the poor because they have a safety net; are you [...]

Tagged as: Donald Trump, Donald Trump endorses Romney, GOP, GOP Campaign Issues, GOP Primary Oops, Mitt Romney

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Florida Primary Not ‘Winner Take All’

January 31, 2012

Former RNC Chair Michael Steele on MSNBC today explained that Florida is not a winner take all state this time since new regulations written by Steele and others dictate that states holding their primaries before April would have their delegates proportionately allocated.  Still many of the media are incorrectly reporting that the winner will get [...]

Tagged as: Florida Primary 2012, Florida Primary Not Winner Take All, Inaccurate Reporting by MSMedia, Michael Steele, MSNBC, proportional voting in Florida 2012, Rule No. 15 & 16 RNC

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Herman Cain Endorses Newt Gingrich

January 29, 2012

Right before Florida’s primary on Tuesday, former candidate Herman Cain came out and endorsed Newt Gingrich on Saturday.  How much this endorsement will pay off  for Gingrich is unseen. Cain had strong support in Florida from his earlier campaign and still has support there.  However, mainstream media is  playing down the endorsement  saying that it [...]

Tagged as: Florida Primary, Fred Thompson, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich endorsements, Palin, Rick Perry, Tea Party

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Romney Discloses Taxes, But Breaks Ranks With Dad

January 24, 2012

As a result of pressure by his competitors, Mitt Romney released his taxes today.  However, he released only for the 2010  tax year with a promise to release his 2011 tax return once prepared and filed.  He did not disclose, as his father George Romney did, tax returns going back  12 years.  And there is [...]

Tagged as: Bain Capiital, George Romney, Mitt Romney, Rnomney investments overseas, Romney 2010 taxes, Romney paid 13.9% in taxes

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Timing…

January 20, 2012

The timing for the  recent revelations about the personal life of Newt Gingrich by his ex-wife was rightly questioned by the Speaker in last night’s debate.  Word has it that the media had this exposé  for two weeks prior to leaking it at a time when Gingrich was beginning to surge in South Carolina.  Coincidence?  [...]

Tagged as: abc, CNN, gingrich exwife, january 19 2012 gop debate, media v. privacy, Newt Gingrich, open marriage and gingrich

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VIDEO: Gingrich Suggests Romney ‘Looted’ Companies at Bain Capital, Leaving Behind 1,700 Families Without a Job

January 9, 2012

Gingrich alluded to this article on Reuters: “Those of us who believe in free markets and those of us who believe that in fact the whole goal of investment is entrepreneurship and job creation would find it pretty hard to justify rich people figuring out clever ways to loot a company, leaving behind 1,700 families without [...]

Tagged as: Bain Capital, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Reuters

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Romney: “I Like Being Able To Fire People Who Provide Services To Me”

January 9, 2012

He might be the gift that keeps on giving to Obama. Today he said: I like being able to fire people who provide services to me. If someone doesn’t give me the good service I need, I’m going to go get somebody else to provide that service to me. While he was mainly talking about [...]

Tagged as: Bain Capital, Health Care Insurance, Mittism, Presidential Election Ads, Romney

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Corporate Raider, Not a Job Creator

January 8, 2012

Capitalism made America great – free markets, innovation, hard work – the building blocks of the American Dream. But in the wrong hands some of those dreams can turn into nightmares. This film is about one raider and his firm and how they destroyed that dream for thousands of Americans and their families – Mitt [...]

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The Most Presidential Moment Thus Far From Any Candidate

January 8, 2012

When you can just put an ad of your candidate speaking with out any other sexy images of children, or flags or anything else, and you can just captivate viewers with their stage presence alone and the applause of the debate crowd, that’s how you know you’ve got a winner. We are releasing a new [...]

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Jon Huntsman: I Put My Country First

January 8, 2012

Governor Huntsman made it abundantly clear this morning why he is the best candidate to take on President Obama. With polls showing even more movement, momentum is clearly on our side! Governor Huntsman’s response to Mitt Romney’s attack against his tenure as our Ambassador to China earned the loudest applause of the debate, as he [...]

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