We are in the second round. The bracket is here. So far, our first two second-round matches haven't been very close. Will today present more of a challenge? 1. MITT ROMNEY WIELDS AN ETCH-A-SKETCH John Fugelsang: Good morning, sir. It's fair to..
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We are in the second round. The bracket is here. 1. MITT ROMNEY'S FORD FIELD FIASCO Original write up here. The Detroit Economic Club expects 1,200 people to attend Mitt Romney event, so they book a venue that seats up to 80,000, and..
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We are finally on to the second round, where I expect far closer contests than we (mostly) had on the first round. The bracket is here. I won't do full writeups of these contestants this round. You can go back..
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Whoowhee! We had a photo finish in yesterday's matchup: Only three more first round matches before we get into the next round. Today's winner will face off against Romney's Ford Field Fiasco in the Sweet 16. 1. RON PAUL DIDN'T WRITE RACIST..
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You can now add Rick Santorum to the list of half-hearted endorsers of Mitt Meh Romney—but don't tell anyone because apparently, it's a secret: Rick Santorum endorsed presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney late Monday night in an em.....
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The bracket thus far is here. Today's winner will face off in the second round against Romney's Etch-a-Sketch. 1. RON PAUL OPPOSES HONEST RAPES Did you know that some rapes are such liars you just can't trust them? MORGAN: You have two daughters......
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Yesterday we concluded the first half of the first round's 16 matches. Now, for the next eight weekdays, we get to see who those early winners will face in the second round. The bracket is here. Today's winner will face the..
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Without giving away too much, I'll just say that there are no more Michele Bachmann candidacies in this tournament. So with both of her entries having lost, we won't be seeing her in the second round ... much like her..
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Does Rick Santorum have a crush on Lindsay Lohan? The former presidential candidate reportedly asked the actress to pose for a photo at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, then awkwardly denied it. Lohan was sitting with Greta Van Susteren, whose.....
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The bracket thus far. The first three rounds have been blowouts. Will today be any closer? 1. HERMAN CAIN'S LONG PAUSE ON LYBIA On Oct. 23, 2011, Libya celebrated its independence from Muammar Gaddafi. It was sort of a big deal, the..
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Now Rick Santorum will have to Etch-A-Sketch his comments about Romney (Robert Galbraith/Reuters) Fox and NBC are reporting that Rick Santorum is suspending his presidential campaign. Santorum is scheduled to speak to media within the next few minute.....
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(Jim Young/Reuters)   Mitt Romney says it's over. Republican super delegates say it's over. But his campaign and his Super PAC are nonetheless planning another wave of television ad carpet bombing, this time in Rick Santorum's home state of Penn.....
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Rick Santorum sunbathing in Puerto Rico via Joe. My. God. Public Policy Polling. Pennsylvania Republican primary voters. 4/4. ±4.9%. (3/8-11 results.) Mitt Romney: 42 (25) Rick Santorum: 37 (43) Ron Paul: 9 (9) Newt Gingrich: 6 (13) Especially in li.....
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But Santorum doesn't want to quit until his Google problem disappears (Robert Galbraith/Reuters) Is Senator Man-on-Dog about to make way for Governor Dog-on-Car? Perhaps, says The Hill: Pennsylvania state Sen. Jake Corman (R), a longtime friend of Sa.....
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Can we get a statement both in favor and opposed to race-baiting political tactics, Gov. Romney? (Matthew Reichbach/Wikicommons) Strong words and tough questions from the New York Times editorial page on the topic of National Organization for Marriag.....
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Mitt Romney looks like he smells sulfur   Mitt Romney might be the nominee, but Rick Santorum still isn't ready to support him. In fact, he seems to truly detest Mitt Romney. Here he is yesterday: Santorum said on Fox that Romney "hasn't..
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Rick Santorum, ignorance on display Yeah, we know it's all the rage to demonize California in right-wing circles. But you'd think they'd at least make a mild attempt at shading their falsehoods a bit. Not if you're Rick Santorum: I was just reading..
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Even Rick Santorum's Etch-A-Sketches are small (Robert Galbraith/Reuters) Wait, I thought conservatives were supposed to be against grading on a curve: “We feel good that we’re going to have a good result here in Wisconsin — we’re going to ha.....
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It's so hard to imagine why women aren't throwing their votes at these guys. (Joshua Lott/Reuters) The War on Women appears to be bearing rotten fruit for Republicans. A USA Today/Gallup poll of 12 all-important swing states finds President Obama tak.....
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Mitt Romney's Etch-A-Sketch Strategy, before the nomination and after National Journal's Beth Reinhard suggests that Wisconsin's political focus on labor is pushing Mitt Romney in a direction he might not otherwise want to go: In a stark example of t.....
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