December 13, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich call on each other to return millions 13 Dec 2011 Trading accusations of greed, [sociopaths] Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich challenged each other Monday to return millions made in private business as the race for the GOP presidential nomination turned increasingly acerbic and personal at [...]
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December 13, 2011
December 10, 2011
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich set for showdown in crucial GOP debate
After seeing his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination self-destruct one by one, tonight’s debate in Iowa offers Mitt Romney his best opportunity to arrest Newt Gingrich‘s sudden surge in popularity. As poll after poll in recent days has shown that Gingrich has replaced Romney as undisputed frontrunner for the Republican nomination, Romney’s campaign has [...]
December 9, 2011
Senate Republicans Block Obama Pick to Lead Consumer Panel
December 8, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Senate Republicans Block Obama Pick to Lead Consumer Panel 09 Dec 2011 The Senate blocked President Obama’s nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as filibustering Republicans who oppose the very powers of the new agency successfully challenged one of the administration’s main responses to the [GOP-created] financial [...]
December 4, 2011
Herman Cain suspends campaign for Republican presidential nomination
Beleaguered Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, whose effort to win the White House was rocked by claims of infidelity and sexual harrassment, suspended his campaign on Saturday. Cain, a black former pizza magnate turned hero of the Tea Party right, told a crowd of supporters in his home base of Atlanta, Georgia, that he had [...]
December 4, 2011
Herman Cain: Up like a rocket, down like a stick
Herman Cain‘s decision to quit the race to be the GOP presidential nominee – don’t be fooled by his talk of “suspension,” in presidential politics you’re either in or you’re out – means Cain will quickly fade into the marginalia of political history, a mere footnote of the 2012 campaign. Because Cain didn’t even making [...]
December 4, 2011
Cain Quits US Presidential Race
Former pizza magnate Herman Cain has decided Saturday to suspend his bid to become the U.S. Republican presidential nominee following allegations of sexual harassment and infidelity. Cain was greeted with loud cheers and music as he stepped out of his campaign bus in Atlanta holding his wife’s hand. Cain arrived at the event at what [...]
November 24, 2011
Mitt Romney’s Mormonism costing him support among religious Republicans
Mitt Romney‘s Mormon beliefs are costing him crucial support among some deeply religious Republican voters as he slips back from his former position as frontrunner in the race for the presidential nomination. A poll by the Pew Research Centre released on Wednesday shows that one-third of Republican voters do not regard Mormon beliefs as Christian [...]
November 15, 2011
Newt’s surge: can a wonk be president? | Ana Marie Cox
This isn’t a primary season, it’s a speed-dating session. And the current favorite certainly has some experience with accelerated romance. Pundits (including me) tend to cite Newt’s unusually rapid succession of wives as his biggest hurdle to the nomination, but I’m starting to wonder if that’s true or fair (not that the latter matters much). [...]
November 13, 2011
Republicans debate foreign policy
13 November 2011 Last updated at 04:16 GMT There were no clear winners in the Republican foreign policy debate The eight contenders for the US Republican presidential nomination have debated foreign policy in the state of South Carolina. They said they would stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, but differed over how to do [...]
October 19, 2011
GOP debate: Perry and Romney clash over illegal immigration
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain comes under sharp attack from his rivals during a televised debate as he struggled to explain his tax reform plan. Rick Perry and Mitt Romney clashed over illegal immigration, with tensions between the pair dominating the two-hour presidential debate in Las Vegas as they battle for the party nomination
October 1, 2011
Mike Huckabee Reconsiders Running in 2012
He said back in May that he wasn’t going to run ,but now former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee looks to be joining the seemingly ever-expanding group of GOP politicians pondering last minute bids for the White House. Reuters reported that two sources close to Huckabee confirmed that he’s reconsidering getting in the race after announcing [...]
September 30, 2011
The Right Word: Praying for Chris Christie to run | Sadhbh Walshe
Rush Limbaugh Conservatives are ecstatic at the prospect that Governor Chris Christie might enter the presidential race, despite the New Jersey politician’s repeated assertions that he has no intention of doing so. While he is not everyone’s candidate of choice – Bill O’Reilly thinks he shouldn’t run because he hasn’t been in his current job for long [...]
September 30, 2011
The daily grab bag #2 | Ana Marie Cox
• Petulant Floridians join irritated New Hampshire residents in thinking Michele Bachmann should pay more attention to them, because she needs them to win the nomination. They are totally going to not sit next to her at lunch. • Congressional members can’t stop poking each other. • Here is a picture of a Chia Pet [...]
September 30, 2011
Romney Nomination Not as Inevitable as Pundits Suggest
Read the analysis, listen to the pundits, watch the Republican field shape up, and you come to one conclusion: This is a two-person race, Perry and Romney, and Romney will get the nomination. Possible. The argument is that Romney has the money, he is focused on the jobs/economy message, he has been vetted, the long [...]