Debate Suggests Brutish Campaign to Come
New York Tim
WASHINGTON — Over the past several months, businessman Herman Cain has spent tens of thousands of dollars in campaign cash on his own books and pamphlets, multiple outlets reported on Tuesday. The money — which There's a lot to talk about with regard to last night's debate, but I want to drill down on this [...]
Read MoreRomney on attack at Republican debate
Reuters
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday he thought it was "dangerous" to select a president based on the church or synagogue he or she belonged to – and that doing so would be an "enormous departure from the principles of our He recently gave $2500 to Mitt Romney's campaign for president, after meeting him [...]
Read MoreRomney's Lawn Care History and the Fight Over Immigration
New York Tim
Mitt Romney in various GOP debates, Texas Gov. Rick Perry took off the gloves Tuesday night, calling Romney a hypocrite for hiring a lawn maintenance company that employed undocumented workers. Romney has By JULIA PRESTON, BINYAMIN APPELBAUM and TRIP GABRIEL Rick Perry's most pointed attack against Mitt Romney in Tuesday night's debate concerned an immigration [...]
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New York Tim
This week's Republican debate certainly took little time to distinguish itself from the kitchen table atmosphere of last week's on Bloomberg TV, as candidates dove right in to tearing their tax plans apart with relish. There was no Mitt Romney last night, using a Boston Herald column to blast the signature Massachusetts health-care plan he [...]
Read MoreChristie gives major speech amid White House buzz
USA Today
Chris Christie will deliver a much-anticipated speech tonight at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, as the buzz continues over whether he'll run for president. Christie spokeswoman Maria Comella said the governor will speak about American You know the Republicans aren't doing well when everybody is looking outside the field for the hope of the party. [...]
Read MoreHerman Cain must get serious at Reagan Library debate
Washington P
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Pledging fidelity to the Constitution and vowing to carry the tea party's priorities to the White House, the Republicans chasing the GOP's presidential nomination pitched themselves Monday to their party's Herman Cain: Hoffa, Dems using vitriolic rhetoric because they have 'no plan' | 'That's all they have to intimidate folks' Herman Cain: [...]
Read MoreJon Huntsman On Afghanistan: We've Got To Bring Our Troops Home
Huffington P
Jon Huntsman Is Trying to Get Some of That Confused-Jewish-Donor Money. 9/7/11 at 4:51 PM; Comment. Jon Huntsman Is Trying to Get Some of That Confused-Jewish-Donor Money. Nice try, Huntsman Daughters. [@Jon2012girls/Twitter] Jon Huntsman warned Wednesday night that the GOP shouldn't "run from science." "Listen, when you make comments that fly in the face of [...]
Read MoreWhy Tim Pawlenty's Campaign Never Took Off
The Atlantic
By George Bennett Despite Florida's size and swing-state significance and its efforts to push itself toward the front of the presidential calendar, Tim Pawlenty's dropout is the latest reminder that Iowa and New Hampshire still carry outsize influence Former MN Governor Tim Pawlenty Drops Out of Presidential Race (Video). Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, [...]
Read MoreTim Pawlenty quits after third-place straw-poll finish
Los Angeles
Tim Pawlenty will be fine, though—he's finally free to grow another mullet. The real tragedy here has more to do with what Pawlenty did to position himself as a presidential candidate. Once he set his sights on the next level, Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty dropped out of the race for the presidency on Sunday [...]
Read MoreBachmann, Perry flocking to same event in Iowa
San Jose Mer
Michele Bachmann edges out Ron Paul for victory in Iowa Straw Poll. AMES, IOWA — Marcus Bachmann, standing off to the side of the stage a few minutes before his wife spoke, told The Huffington Post he was optimistic about her chances in the poll. "I appreciate the weather cooperating," he Michele Bachmann, R-Texas, gather [...]
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