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Mitt Romney stories: 313 news summaries

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Beck, Limbaugh & Co. Scare
GOP Brass

Top Republicans complain talkers are pushing party to fringe

Oct 22, 09 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Top Republicans are fed up with Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh—off the record at least. Without naming names, Politico says that “congressional leaders” privately complain that the conservative commentariat is hurting their chances in 2010 by pushing the party too far to the fringe. Operatives close to top... More »

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Mitt Romney • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Glenn Beck • right-wing media • conservative base

OPINION

In 2012, GOP Goes With Heart (Palin) Over Head (Romney)

Who knows, maybe her star power will make her the next Reagan

Oct 20, 09 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - No matter what kind of gains Republicans make in the midterm elections next year, it’s going to be tough to unseat President Obama—and that’s why the GOP is going to choose Sarah Palin, its heart’s preferred candidate, over Mitt Romney, its head’s favorite. Or as... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Barry Goldwater • Richard Nixon • Ronald Reagan • Republican Party • Bob Dole • Sarah Palin • incumbents • Election 2012 • President Obama • midterm elections • presidential nominee

ANALYSIS

 Glenn Beck's Mormonism 
 Is the Apocalyptic Kind 

Ties to radical mid-century LDS thought could sully Romney 2012

Oct 8, 09 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most of the media has been understandably wary of tying Glenn Beck’s Mormonism to his jeremiad against President Obama and the enemies of freedom, Adam Reilly writes. And yet, Beck is a clear inheritor of a particular strain of mid-century Mormon political ideology that espoused virulent anti-communism and the... More »

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Mitt Romney • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Communism • Glenn Beck • US Constitution • Obama administration • Joseph Smith

 McCain Warms to Romney 2012 

Former rival lends his name to big fundraiser

Oct 1, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney let bygones be bygones when he campaigned for John McCain last year, forgetting an acrimonious relationship with his erstwhile rival for the GOP presidential nomination. Now, McCain appears to be repaying the favor and ginning up support for the former Massachusetts governor’s 2012 bid, reports the Boston ... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Bobby Jindal • Republican nomination • political endorsement • Election 2008 • presidential election • Election 2012

Huckabee Wins Conservative Straw Poll

Palin lags behind
with Pawlenty,
Romney, Pence

Sep 19, 09 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee easily won a presidential straw poll today at a conference for social conservatives, Politico reports. The former Arkansas governor garnered 28% of 597 votes at the annual Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC. Tying for second, each with about 12% of the vote, were former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt... More »

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Mitt Romney • Mike Pence • conservative • Mike Huckabee • straw poll • Tim Pawlenty • Family Research Council • Sarah Palin

 Pawlenty Rips Obama's 
 Pre-9/11-Style 'Appeasement' 

Blasts talks with Iran, N. Korea, says similar moves didn't stop Nazis, Soviets, terrorists

Sep 18, 09 10:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a possible Republican presidential contender in 2012, tonight compared President Obama’s diplomatic moves on Iran, North Korea and the missile shield to pre-World War II and pre-9/11 “appeasement,” Politico reports. “The lessons of history are clear,” he told Christian conservatives. “... More »

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Iran • Mitt Romney • North Korea • missile shield • Nazi • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • foreign policy • appeasement • 9/11 attacks • Election 2012 • President Obama • Values Voters Summit

 In Politics and Love, 
 Vicki Rescued Ted 

Politically savvy wife brought long-sought happiness to senator

Aug 29, 09 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - As a love story and a political partnership, Ted Kennedy's relationship with wife Victoria defined the last decades of his life, the New York Times reports in a piece on the most powerful and politically savvy of the Kennedy wives. When the senator fell in love with banking lawyer Victoria... More »

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Mitt Romney • Ted Kennedy • Victoria Reggie Kennedy

Interview

Policy-Wonk Pawlenty Steers Clear of Wackos


Aug 20, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Voters are “ticked off and scared,” by Barack Obama’s health care plans, says Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, because those plans are “out of step with common sense, out of step with the notion that the government isn’t going to run everything.” Pawlenty, an oft-mentioned... More »

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Mitt Romney • Tim Pawlenty • health care reform • Election 2012

(Newser) - Mitt Romney is writing a new book, and it sounds mighty presidential, the New York Times reports. Romney signed a deal with St. Martin's Press for No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, in which he will lay out his plans for the economy, health care, education, and everything else... More »

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Mitt Romney • Republican • GOP • book • Election 2012

OPINION

 GOP Needs Its Brains Back 


Jul 31, 09 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican sycophants may think Sarah Palin’s resignation was brilliant, “but don’t kid yourself,” writes Robert Eisinger in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The GOP is in trouble.” The party has lost its intellectual coherence, and if it wants it back, it’s got to look beyond... More »

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Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich • conservative • Rob Portman • Republican Party • John Sununu • academics • Sarah Palin • Mark Sanford • intellectual

(Newser) - The 2012 presidential race is heating up—at least in a Gallup poll of Republican voters. CQ Politics looks at the results, which have former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney out front, with 26% saying he should top the GOP ticket. Sarah Palin snags 21%, Mike Huckabee gets 19%, and Newt... More »

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Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich • GOP • Mike Huckabee • nominee • Republican presidential primaries • Sarah Palin • Gallup poll • opinion polls • Election 2012

ANALYSIS

Palin's Haul From Small Donors Echoes Obama: Silver

60% of war chest in chunks under $200

Jul 15, 09 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The nearly $1 million raised by Sarah Palin’s political action committee this year is not in itself all that impressive, writes Nate Silver for FiveThirtyEight.com. After all, her figures are dwarfed by Republican players with significantly less star power. But Palin’s fundraising numbers reveal a true strength:... More »

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Mitt Romney • Republican presidential primaries • political donors • political donations • Sarah Palin • fundraising • President Obama • SarahPAC

OPINION

 Keys to Palin's 2012 Run 

Sophia Nelson offers the candidate-to-be some sage advice

Jul 3, 09 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - So Sarah Palin is going to run for president, writes Sophia Nelson for the Huffington Post—her ambition, stated when she announced her resignation today, to "affect positive change from outside government,” is merely “code” for a 2012 bid. So, as a fellow Republican woman, Nelson offers... More »

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Mitt Romney • presidential campaign • GOP • conservative • nominee • presidential candidates • Sarah Palin • Election 2012

(Newser) - Mitt Romney says he’s not running for office, but his former aides don’t believe him, Politico reports. Romney’s campaign staff never really disbanded. Loyalists meet in Washington every month, hold fundraisers, brief Romney on current events, and strategically publicize his every move. It’s a turnkey political... More »

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Mitt Romney • GOP • Republican Party • Republican presidential primaries • campaign staff • Election 2012 • Election 2010

OPINION


 Make Romney 
 the Head of GM 

Former Mass. governor could turn around automaker, says Bennet

Jun 3, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama wants to "take a hands-off approach" with General Motors, but as James Bennet writes in the Atlantic, there's no way to get the bankrupt automaker back into shape "without getting under the hood." GM needs someone who can "bring the hammer down" on its... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • bankruptcy • General Motors • Detroit • automaker • auto industry

(Newser) - A frontrunner has yet to emerge among Republican candidates for the 2012 presidential election, according to a new CNN poll. Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney are currently tied as the most popular potential candidate, each winning roughly 21% of support among those surveyed. They're trailed by Newt Gingrich... More »

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Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich • Mike Huckabee • Republican Party • Jeb Bush • Sarah Palin • opinion polls • Election 2012

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Sebelius: Never 
 Mind Biden; 
 It's OK to Travel 

Newest cabinet member seeks to allay swine flu fears

May 3, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s new Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made the talk show rounds today, insisting that people should continue traveling, despite remarks to the contrary by Joe Biden. “Traveling and being in close places is certainly something we encourage people to continue to do,” she... More »

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Mitt Romney • Joe Biden • travel • Health and Human Services • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Kathleen Sebelius • swine flu

Romney: Don't Wish Failure on Obama

Ex-gov urges GOP to remember president isn't always wrong

Apr 2, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Opposing President Obama shouldn't be a reflex response for Republicans, Mitt Romney told party members at the Republican Senatorial Committee’s spring dinner last night. The former Massachusetts governor spent most of his speech laying into Obama's policies, but also had some words of praise for the president's actions on... More »

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Mitt Romney • Republican Party • President Obama • National Republican Senatorial Committee

Mass. Seeks New Way to Pay for Health Plan

Most insured state
in nation burdened
by priciest care

Mar 16, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three years ago, Massachusetts politicians began what may be the gutsiest health care experiment the country has ever seen, bringing near-universal coverage to the state in record time. There’s just one problem: they put off any attempt to control costs, the New York Times reports. Massachusetts’ health care is... More »

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Mitt Romney • health care costs • health insurance • Massachusetts • universal health care • Deval Patrick

Romney Top Conservative Pick for 2012 in CPAC Poll

Mitt beats out Jindal and Palin in CPAC Poll

Mar 1, 09 4:58 AM CST
(Newser) - GOP right-wingers back Mitt Romney to be the 2012 presidential candidate, according to a straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Convention. Yesterday's survey offers a glimpse of conservative thinking as the party begins to reshape itself after heavy losses, Politico notes. Romney, backed by 20% of those polled, bested... More »

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Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich • straw poll • Bobby Jindal • CPAC • Sarah Palin • Election 2012 • Conservative Political Action Convention

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