Oh my God, I will never live this down. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The other day George W. Bush, or as Mitt Romney calls him, He Who Must Not Be Named, gave Mitt a rousing endorsement in the form of a four-word "I'm for..
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We are in the second half of the second round, which means we'll now start choosing the quarterfinal matchups. The bracket is here. Today's winner will face off against the GOP debate audience booing the gay soldier. 1. FOR EVERY WOMAN..
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Sam Stein: When it comes time to score Mitt Romney's first general election ad, the independent arbitrators will rank it as a "negative" spot. The ad, released on Friday morning and set to air in key swing states, outlines the specific policies..
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In the fury Thursday that greeted the leaking of a proposal that would try to taint Barack Obama by once again attaching him to the fiery sermons of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Mitt Romney botched his response with a "whatever" statement..
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Renovation of Sawyer Bridge in Hillsborough, New Hampshire: Before on left (afka_bob in Aug. 2008) and after on right (Josh Graciano in Dec. 2011) Classic Mitt Romney: find something that on the surface sounds like a great political hit, but once you.....
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"Is that right? No income taxes? And you don't need a lobbyist for a car elevator? Count me in!" (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Notice that instead of saying he'd be moving from Massachusetts, he says he'd be moving from California... “You know my wife –.....
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Whatever you say.  (Orig. photo: Pool/Reuters)   Mitt Romney, who has a few months yet to stumble-tongue his way into another dozen or so memorable head-shakers before he actually gets the nomination, offered what may well turn out to be th.....
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  Hello, human diary. Mitt here. There was a brief kerfluffle today when a fellow wealthy American (a sports team owner, as many of my acquaintances are) was purported to be considering re-launching old 2008 attacks on Barack Obama involving the.....
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In 1994, Mitt Romney campaigned on rolling back Bill Clinton's economic policies Steve Kornacki reminds us that despite his weird embrace of Bill Clinton in 2012, back in 1994, Mitt Romney campaigned for U.S. Senate on a pledge to roll back..
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Today we're hitting the halfway mark of the second round. The bracket is here. 1. RICK PERRY'S NIGGERHEAD RANCH (with Cain bonus!) In the early years of his political career, Rick Perry began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at his fam.....
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Mitt Romney, asked this afternoon whether he stands by his use of Jeremiah Wright to attack President Obama on Sean Hannity's radio show in February: Uh, I'm actually going to to, I'm not familiar precisely with exactly what I said, but..
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Who do you think you're kidding, Joe? The $10 million attack-Obama proposal put forth by the advertising firm Strategic Perception and exposed by the New York Times Thursday is catching a lot of heat. So much so that the "Ending Spending"..
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Hair length beyond reproach Mitt Romney whines: In the campaign, instead of talking about our respective ideas, what's [Obama is] doing is trying to attack me on a personal basis. And: Character assassination has become the nature of [Obama's] campai.....
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Responding to a local reporter's question, Mitt Romney said Thursday that he doesn't oppose Florida Gov. Rick Scott's attempts to drug test state workers: "The states have rights under their constitution to do what they think is best," Romney said. "T.....
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Mitt Romney may have come off sounding like a robot, but in his most recent response to this morning's report about Joe Ricketts' plan to inject Jeremiah Wright into the 2012 campaign, he finally repudiated the Republican billionaire's plan: I repudia.....
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Billionaire Joe Ricketts reportedly plans to make Jeremiah Wright a 2012 issue Obama campaign manager Jim Messina's statement on this morning's report that Republican billionaire Joe Ricketts is plotting ways to inject Jeremiah Wright into the 2012 c.....
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Bright idea, Mitt. Bright idea. (Darren Hauck/Reuters) Turns out it wasn't a simply a one-time delusional blurt: Mitt Romney's attempt to embrace Bill Clinton—and drive a wedge between President Obama and the Clintons—actually reflects a serious .....
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Mitt Romney's general election fundraising is off to strong start and his Super PACs will provide hundreds of millions more Mitt Romney didn't become the presumptive Republican nominee—a status that enables him to coordinate fundraising with the Re.....
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