Category Archives: Caucuses & Primaries

Christie: I ‘Agree with Andrew Cuomo on 98% of Issues’

By: Ben Shapiro Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), who is widely expected to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, may have just harmed his chances by signifying his support for the policies of ultra-liberal New York governor – and possible 2016 Democratic opponent – Andrew Cuomo. Talking with union leader Larry Bulman, political director [...]

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Politico Playback Videos: SNL Skit Features Mitt Romney Character

I don’t agree with everything that is said in these POLITICO PLAYBACK videos, but I think it’s O.K. if we Republicans poke some fun at ourselves occasionally and that we we laugh at ourselves when others have some fun with us as well. ~~John Cronin~~ Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet [...]

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Mitt Romney clinches GOP presidential nod

  Mitt Romney’s long and arduous path to the Republican presidential nomination is officially over. By: Ginger Gibson With a victory in Texas on Tuesday night, Mitt Romney secured the necessary delegates to clinch the Republican nomination that will be awarded in Tampa this summer.   “This was a big day by the way – [...]

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“Mitt Romney Will Do Just Fine, Thank You”

By:  J.R. Dunn The  upcoming election will be one of the simplest of our lifetimes.  It is  defined by one axiom: Obama must be defeated. I’m  not one of that crew, sincere but overwrought, who see Barack Obama as some kind  of period to the American story, as a native Anti-Christ by way of Alinsky [...]

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Romney and the Youth Vote

By: Katrina Trinko******National Review Online In March, on the eve of the Illinois primary, over a thousand Bradley University students gathered to hear Mitt Romney. Dressed casually, many in shorts and T-shirts, they stood outside on an unusually warm spring day in Peoria. They listened as 30-year-old Republican Representative Aaron Schock introduced Romney, and watched [...]

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Primary results 2012: Mitt Romney ‘s 5-state sweep

By ALEXANDER BURNS  Mitt Romney swept all five Republican primary elections Tuesday night, putting an end once and for all to any hopes for a comeback by his beleaguered GOP primary opponents. The last state to be called was New York, where voting ended at 9 p.m.; Romney was previously projected the winner in Connecticut, [...]

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Missouri 2nd Congressional District Convention April 21, 2012

On a picture perfect Saturday morning in St. Louis County, Mo., 391 grassroots activists gathered in the Lindbergh High School Gym to take part in the delegate selection process that will send former Sen. Jim Talent, Alan Icecit and Phyliss Schafley (Eagle Forum) to the Republican National Convention this August in Tampa, Florida to select [...]

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Announcing the Solid Principles.com “2012 Benedict Arnold Award” Recipient….Rick Santorum!

It is being widely reported today that Rick Santorum is of the opinion that there is so little difference between President Obama and Mitt Romney that we might as well stick with the President we have rather than elect someone who is the “Etch-A-Sketch” candidate this election cycle……where to begin….. Mitt Romney, highly successful businessman, [...]

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Participatory Democracy: Missouri Caucuses, Bonhomme Township

I had the privilege of taking part in the first round of the delegate selection process during a three hour Caucus held in Bonhomme Township at the Kirkwood Community Center in St. Louis County, Missouri. Before the start of the meeting, I could not have told you much more than about 60 seconds worth of [...]

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The ‘gotcha’ campaign

By REID J. EPSTEIN and ZACHARY ABRAHAMSON MILFORD, Mich. — Caught in a make-or-break moment, Mitt Romney went to the videotape. To hear him tell it, the GOP front-runner clicked on a classic piece of opposition research for a peek. The six-day-old Fox News clip summed up the day’s attacks on Rick Santorum. “Senator, I [...]

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