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Senor rips GOP officials on about-face

By KEVIN ROBILLARD   A top adviser to Mitt Romney’s failed presidential campaign on Wednesday slammed Republican officials for turning on their standard-bearer after angling for Cabinet posts only a few days earlier.   “It is stunning,” former Romney campaign official Dan Senor said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”   “The Friday night before the election, [...]

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The Party’s Problem

From the forthcoming issue of NATIONAL REVIEW     The first thing conservatives should understand about the electoral catastrophe that just befell us — and it was a catastrophe — is that any explanation of it that centers on Mitt Romney is mistaken.   Much of the discussion of the race among conservatives has made [...]

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The GOP’s Cold Comfort

  Denial is no consolation — it’s time for clear-eyed reassessment. By: Rich Lowry No sooner had the electoral thundercloud arrived last Tuesday than some Republicans began searching it for a silver lining. It is an understandable impulse after a defeat to want to minimize its magnitude and rationalize away its causes. But there are [...]

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‘The candidate of Yes We Can has become the President of No I Can’t': Romney says if Obama can’t change Washington from the inside then ‘he’s going outside!’

BY:  Toby Harnden   Mitt Romney has seized on President Barack Obama’s statement that he ‘can’t change Washington from the inside by telling him: ‘He can only change it from outside? Well, we’re going to give him a chance in November. He’s going outside!’   Speaking at a rally in Sarasota, Florida, Romney reacted swiftly [...]

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The Greatest Piece of Performance Art in American Political History

Ed Timperlake   THE AMERICAN THINKER Americans have a firm appreciation for sports metaphors. So if one looks at our political process to select the President as the “Super Bowl” then it could be implied that the two conventions are the first and second quarters respectively.   The second half, with both conventions gaveled to [...]

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Political Cartoons: Michael Ramirez

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Why the Convention Matters

It’s the only way to introduce voters to Romney’s personal character and virtues.   By Mona Charen We’ve all heard the objection that political conventions have become empty kabuki theater. The high drama of multiple ballots is dead and gone. Uncertainty about the outcome is no more. “Today,” laments political guru Mike Murphy, “delegates are [...]

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Tropical storm Isaac can’t stop Mitt Romney nomination

If weather turns nasty in Tampa, Republicans have contingency plans *** Reuters By EMILY SCHULTHEIS The first day has already been postponed. But if Isaac barrels into Tampa and prevents the thousands of delegates from gathering at the convention hall, not to worry: Republicans will still have a presidential nominee come November. With more than [...]

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Mitt Romney’s top political adviser: Mitt Romney

        By MAGGIE HABERMAN POLITICO When George W. Bush ran for president in 2000, there was never any question about who his political maestro was: Karl Rove, the man later dubbed “Bush’s brain.” Mitt Romney, well into his second, more successful presidential run, still has no Rove-like figure – an all-seeing adviser [...]

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Romney says Obama will erode the rights of gun owners in speech to NRA

FOXNEWS.COM The presidential campaign briefly veered from the emotional Mommy Wars on Friday to the back-burner issue of gun rights, with Mitt Romney telling the National Rifle Association that President Barack Obama is not protecting gun owners — even though the topic has rarely arisen during his time in office. Without offering details, Romney said [...]

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