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Gallup: Romney’s lead over Santorum the widest in weeks
The final phase? Rick Santorum still leads in Louisiana, but the three-quarters of voters there who think Mitt Romney will still be the nominee might be right. According to Gallup’s daily tracking...
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Santorum campaign video recruits Massachusetts residents opposed to Romneycare
Are there more than three? As the Supreme Court hears arguments about the constitutionality of the Obamacare individual mandate, Rick Santorum’s repeated emphasis that Mitt Romney is the Republican...
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Newt: I won’t exit the race until Mitt Romney hits 1,144
Terrific. Newt Gingrich confirms with this statement what everybody already knew: His purpose in the race at this point is less to secure the nomination himself (or even to spearhead a movement, like...
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Santorum Super PAC ad: “We just can’t trust Mitt Romney”
All-out negativity. As Rick Santorum has shifted his sights from securing the GOP nomination outright before Tampa to merely blocking Mitt Romney, the pro-Santorum Super PAC Red, White and Blue Fund...
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Marco Rubio: No really, guys, I’m not going to be the vice presidential nominee
Really. In the midst of an interview about the pope’s visit to Cuba, Marco Rubio said to MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell today that he’s not going to be the vice presidential nominee. It’s not the first time...
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Polls: Obama leads Romney by double digits nationally
Obama gaining steam? The outlook might be bleak for Obamacare, but the outlook for Obama himself is downright rosy. Two new polls show the president’s approval rating and electoral prospects much...
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Flashback: Mitt Romney in 2004 mocks John Kerry for having a huge house
Irony. At a 2004 meeting of the Republican Governors Association, Mitt Romney questioned why a man as rich as John Kerry would want to be president. “There’s a senator from my state, you may have...
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Poll: Romney leads Santorum by seven in Wisconsin
Santorum’s dwindling chances. Mitt Romney remains favored to win next Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary, which is arguably Rick Santorum’s last chance to prove he’s competitive. A new NBC-Marist poll shows...
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Mitch McConnell: Mitt Romney will be an outstanding nominee
Joining the chorus. Without issuing an official endorsement, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell joined the chorus this morning, saying it’s time for Republicans to accept Mitt Romney as the...
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Ron Paul: “I haven’t decided” whether I’ll support Mitt Romney if he’s the...
Reservations. For all the talk of an alliance between Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, the Texas Congressman doesn’t sound particularly sold on the presumptive frontrunner. On two occasions this weekend,...
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Spokesman: “Vitriol” against Santorum to blame for expected D.C. loss
Spin. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when Rick Santorum suddenly ceased to be the viable challenger and began instead to be a candidate in denial. Wisconsin is, as Andrew Malcolm put it, Santorum’s...
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McCain: I think Palin should be the VP nominee
The roguest. Yesterday, Sarah Palin emphasized in her interview with Matt Lauer that whoever becomes the GOP nominee should not play it safe in his selection of a vice presidential running mate. She...
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Santorum predicts Pennsylvania win
Leads Romney in latest Keystone State poll. Even after Mitt Romney’s hat trick last night, Rick Santorum still has hope that he can stop the former Massachusetts governor from securing the nomination....
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Kelly Ayotte: Romney will close the gender gap in the general
It’s still about the economy? New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte pushed back this morning against the growing narrative that Mitt Romney will lose the female vote in November: Speaking on...
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Romney leads Santorum by five in Pennsylvania
Eek. In the latest Quinnipiac University poll, Rick Santorum still had a comfortable six-point lead over Mitt Romney in his home state of Pennsylvania. A new Public Policy Polling survey, though,...
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Tweet: Santorum, Gingrich considering “unity effort” to stop Romney
A.k.a. Santorum supporters want Gingrich to drop out. What Time’s Mark Halperin called a “unity effort” to stop Mitt Romney appears to actually be an effort by Rick Santorum supporters to convince...
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Marco Rubio: The primary is over and it’s time now to concede
Strong statement. In a race in which endorsements heretofore have meant little, Marco Rubio’s endorsement of Mitt Romney before the Wisconsin primary, together with the endorsements of George W. Bush...
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Guns: They’re what’s bringing the GOP’s would-be First Ladies together
For “A Conversation Off the Campaign Trail.” It’s a rare event that brings Ann Romney, Karen Santorum and Callista Gingrich together on the same stage — and presumably not to shill for their spouses,...
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Romney: I’m going to win Pennsylvania … in November
Confidence. Mitt Romney is feeling confident — not to say cocky. At the very same time that he downplayed his chances to win the Keystone State primary April 24, he expressed an expectant hope that...
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Ann Romney adds warmth to the Romney campaign in new web ad
“Family.” Whoever had the idea to utilize Ann Romney more on the campaign trail deserves to be richly rewarded. It might be obvious that her sudden visibility is aimed partly to bridge Mitt’s gender...
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Allen West: I’d be the vice presidential nominee if it was the “right fit”
‘Course he would. Florida Republican Rep. Allen West, who’s been cited by both Sarah Palin and Nikki Haley as a potentially “good” vice presidential nominee, told CNN’s Kyra Phillips he’d strongly...
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Gingrich: I’ll support Mitt Romney if he becomes the nominee
So why not drop out? Well, I should think so. After such a long campaign to beat him, then stop him, then force him to “earn” the nomination, though, I guess it wasn’t always guaranteed that Newt...
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Romney camp pulls negative ads in PA as Santorum stays with Bella
Classy. Rick Santorum was supposed to be back to campaigning today, but, with Bella still in the hospital, he’s extended his pause in activity. Out of deference for that decision, the Mitt Romney...
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Obama’s job approval ticks up a point in March, while poll shows he leads...
Likability. Long ago, when I competed in pageants (and I think I’ve referenced this before), a coach told me shrewdly, “You don’t necessarily have to impress the judges. You just have to make them...
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Romney: I talk to Gingrich more than I talk to Santorum
An unlikely friendship. Mitt Romney today indicated that he has been in closer communication with Newt Gingrich in recent days than with Rick Santorum: Romney said he wasn’t surprised by Gingrich’s...
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Newt Gingrich: George Will and other critics are just jealous of me
Because it couldn’t possibly be anything else. Once a fighter, always a fighter, apparently. Newt Gingrich, who has engineered at least a couple of comebacks in the primary season so far but who also...
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Newt Gingrich’s Secret Service is costing taxpayers tens of thousands of...
“Just another example of Newt’s arrogance and self-importance.” Newt Gingrich said he’d be in the presidential race until Tampa — and he’s showing every sign of keeping his word. For the most part,...
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