Category Archives: Politico

Chris Christie vetoes gay marriage bill

By TIM MAK and MACKENZIE WEINGER Just hours after the measure landed on his desk, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday vetoed a bill legalizing gay marriage. Christie, a Republican, wrote in his veto message that he favors a statewide voter referendum on the issue. “Today, I am adhering to what I’ve said since [...]

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Mitt Romney rallies in Maine

By TIM MAK | 2/10/12 8:32 PM EST PORTLAND, Maine — Mitt Romney on Friday held his first town hall meeting in nearly a month, slamming President Barack Obama’s decision to alter his policy requiring certain religious groups from distributing contraception to their employees as part of their health benefits. “Today, [Obama] did the classic [...]

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Newt Gingrich is angry

By ROGER SIMON ORANGEBURG, S.C. – – Newt Gingrich trundles into the meeting hall – – a former X-rated movie theater – – to rapturous applause. He is not the best-looking guy in Republican race or the best-funded or the most ideologically pure. But he has found his shtick, and he is shticking to it. [...]

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South Carolina primary: Scramble ahead of Saturday vote

By BILL NICHOLS COLUMBIA, S.C. The four surviving combatants in the 2012 Republican presidential field were crisscrossing South Carolina on Friday in the final hours before a critical primary that could either end the race or raise dramatic new questions about Mitt Romney’s hold on the nomination. After a tumultuous Thursday that saw Rick Perry [...]

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Mitt Romney and the Bain bomb

[ Editor's Comment:  As we all know by now, the media loves a horse race. It's good for circulation, for viewership and for website traffic. That being said, a lot of what passes as "news analysis" is pure propaganda. When the race card doesn't work to keep people interested in a race when a candidate [...]

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Jon Huntsman smacks Mitt Romney for South Carolina trip

By JAMES HOHMANN NEWPORT, N.H. — Jon Huntsman finished a day of reaping the benefits of his non-stop presence in the first-primary state by whacking Mitt Romney for the day he spent away in South Carolina. “If you’re in South Carolina with days to go before the New Hampshire primary, that pretty much suggests you [...]

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Mitt Romney on Newt Gingrich: He’s the front-runner

By MIKE ALLEN MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney, who just a month ago had hoped to seal the GOP presidential nomination with Florida’s primary on Jan. 31, tells POLITICO that he now foresees an epic fight with Newt Gingrich that could last through the California primary on June 5. Asked if the former House speaker [...]

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Martin May Switch to Missouri Governor’s Race

By: David Cantanese Former U.S. Senate candidate and current Missouri congressional candidate Ed Martin is now considering his third contest of the 2012 cycle: A race for governor. Appearing on Mark Reardon’s St. Louis radio program Tuesday afternoon, the conservative talk show host asked Martin to get in the race and Martin replied, “I will [...]

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Newt Gingrich’s chance to narrow GOP field

By JONATHAN MARTIN Months of speculation about whether the GOP race would eventually come down to two candidates may finally be coming to an end. If Newt Gingrich can seize the opportunity. The exquisite timing and validating effect of the New Hampshire Union Leader’s endorsement presents Gingrich with the biggest boost yet to his resurgent [...]

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DNC “Deceive America” Ad Reacts To Romney Salvo

[Editor's Note: Mitt Romney's campaign has clearly drawn blood (figuratively speaking) with it's latest attack ad criticizing Obama's fiscal policies. With the economy in a tailspin, 9% unemployment, a credit downgrade (and maybe a second one coming), the last thing the incompetents in the White House want to talk about is their financial record.] In [...]

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