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 Romney’s administration was legal but unusual for a [...]
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December 6, 2011
December 6, 2011
Outcry at US envoy Israel remarks
5 December 2011 Last updated at 22:04 GMT Howard Gutman is Jewish and his father was a Holocaust survivor The White House has rejected Republican calls to sack the US envoy to Belgium over remarks he made last week on anti-Semitism in Europe. Ambassador Howard Gutman said failure to resolve the Middle East conflict was [...]
December 5, 2011
Source: Herman Cain to Endorse Newt Gingrich Monday
December 5, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Source: Herman Cain to Endorse Newt Gingrich Monday 04 Dec 2011 Herman Cain might be out of the running as a Republican presidential candidate, but his voice still carries weight with his many loyal supporters. Since he bowed out of the race Saturday, there has been much speculation on [...]
December 5, 2011
Herman Cain ends bid for Republican presidential nomination
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain announces the suspension of his 2012 bid for the White House, saying ‘false and unproved’ sexual accusations have made it impossible for him to carry on. Cain’s departure leaves the race a contest between former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and surging rival Newt Gingrich
December 4, 2011
Newt Gingrich leads in Iowa Republican primary race
A surge in support for Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich has made him the new frontrunner in Iowa, which holds the first of next year’s US primaries, according to a closely watched opinion poll. Gingrich, a former speaker of the US House of Representatives, has support from 25% of likely Republican primary voters, up [...]
December 4, 2011
Gibbs: Romney is like the weather
December 4, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Gibbs: Romney is like the weather – he’ll change 04 Dec 2011 Robert Gibbs, former White House Press Secretary and a top campaign adviser to President Obama, argued Sunday that Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney hasn’t “caught fire” with GOP voters because “he will say virtually anything to get [...]
December 4, 2011
Gingrich Surging in Iowa Poll as Cain Exits
December 4, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Gingrich Surging in Iowa Poll as Cain Exits 03 Dec 2011 Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia has opened up a lead in the latest poll in Iowa, the state where the first votes in the Republican Party’s presidential nomination race will be cast a month from [...]
December 4, 2011
Newt Gingrich leads in new Iowa presidential poll
A surge in support for Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich has made him the new front-runner in Iowa, which holds the first of next year’s US presidential nominating contests, according to a closely watched opinion poll. Gingrich, a former speaker of the US House of Representatives, has support from 25% of likely Republican caucus-goers, [...]
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 3, 2011
Herman Cain suspends GOP presidential campaign
Herman Cain has said he is suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in order to avoid news coverage that is hurtful to his family. Cain’s announcement came five days after a woman claimed she and Cain had an affair for more than a decade, a claim that followed several allegations of sexual harassment [...]
December 3, 2011
Herman Cain on the campaign trail – in pictures
A look back at the rapid rise and fall of the once strong contender for the Republican presidential nomination
December 3, 2011
Cain Suspends Bid for US Presidency
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has suspended his campaign following allegations of sexual harassment and infidelity. Cain announced the suspension of his presidential bid at an event Saturday in Atlanta, the capital of his home state of Georgia. Saturday’s event was originally scheduled to mark the opening of the former pizza executive’s new campaign headquarters. [...]
December 3, 2011
Gingrich’s ‘path to legality’: How many would benefit?
(CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich recently declared his support for a “path to legality” for undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. for longer terms, have paid taxes and have strong family and community ties. “If you’ve been here 25 years and you got three kids and two grandkids, you’ve been paying [...]
December 2, 2011
Herman Cain’s support plummets among Iowa Republicans
Support for embattled Republican candidate Herman Cain has gone into a nosedive in Iowa, one of the key early states, according to a poll in the Des Moines Register. The poll, published Friday, shows support among likely Republican caucus-goers has dropped from 23% in October to 8%. The first of a series of allegations that [...]