Category Archives: Mitt Romney

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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Mitt Romney: ‘I’m not going away’

By ANNA PALMER Mitt Romney’s campaign ended, but he’s not getting out of politics. Romney told top Washington bundlers, donors and senior campaign leadership in a meeting Friday morning that he would help out GOP candidates for governor in 2013, during the upcoming midterm elections and the 2016 presidential race, according to two people who [...]

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The Superb Mitt Romney

By: Jay Nordlinger    NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE About 20 years ago, I often said, “You can say anything about Clarence Thomas. No matter how vile, false, or even racist, you can say it about Thomas, and get away with it. The culture permits it. It’s open season on Clarence Thomas.” Many years later, I said something [...]

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P.J. O’Rourke: Dear Mr. President, Zero-Sum Doesn’t Add Up

  Is life like a pizza, where if some people have too many slices, other people have to eat the pizza box?   By P.J. O’ROURKE Given that hypocrisy is an important part of diplomacy, and diplomacy is necessary to foreign policy, allow me to congratulate you on winning a second term. I wish I [...]

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Barack Obama, Mitt Romney both topped $1 billion in 2012

  By KENNETH P. VOGEL, DAVE LEVINTHAL and TARINI PARTI POLITICO Obama: $1.123 billion vs. Romney: $1.019 billion. That’s the final fundraising tally in the most expensive presidential election ever, according to reports filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission by the rival campaigns and party committees. And that doesn’t include an explosion of late [...]

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Mitt Romney Lands A Job, Returns To Marriott Board

  BY Laura Matthews | December 04 2012 11:20 AM Mitt Romney returned to normal life Monday, rejoining the board of directors of hotel chain Marriott International Inc. (NYSE:MAR) from where he resigned prior to making his presidential bid. Marriott announced Romney’s return on Monday, the same day he began his board term. The former [...]

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Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio’s makeovers

By MIKE ALLEN and JIM VANDEHEI   Marco Rubio doesn’t want to be the “Hispanic candidate.” Paul Ryan doesn’t want to be the “austerity guy.” Both want to run for president, or keep the option wide open. So each is trying to change his own image — and with it, the Republican Party’s — starting [...]

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Romney to use space at son’s firm Solamere

  By MAGGIE HABERMAN | The AP reports on where Mitt Romney will hang his hat during the day — the office space of the venture capital firm co-founded by his son, Tagg: Solamere was founded by his oldest son, Tagg Romney, and Spencer Zwick, the national finance committee chairman for Romney’s presidential bid. Former [...]

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Police probe how Romney security data became New York City parade confetti

  Peter Rudegeair       Reuters   NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police are investigating how shredded documents revealing confidential information, including details about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s motorcade, wound up as confetti on a Manhattan sidewalk during the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Bits of shredded paper from the Nassau County Police Department could still be [...]

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The GOP Turnout Myth

  To win future elections, Republicans will need more than better get-out-the-vote software.   By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL To win the next presidential race, the GOP will have to understand what went wrong in 2012. To do that, they’ve got to come to grips with what did, and did not, happen with turnout. Even as [...]

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