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Mitt Romney stories: 313 news summaries

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McCain's Dream Ticket? Powell on Veep List, Aide Says

But Romney still likely pick over pro-choicer

Aug 24, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Decorated general and former secretary of state Colin Powell might add another title to his resume, reports Politico, citing a McCain adviser who says his candidate's failure to rule out a running mate who supports abortion rights points to Powell as a possible pick. But Mitt Romney—whose father was... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Katie Couric • Joe Lieberman • vice president • Colin Powell • McCain 2008 • vice presidential sweepstakes • vice presidential candidate

Frank: Romney Will Say Anything to Win

Potential McCain VP pick is 'completely without moral scruple'

Aug 15, 08 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barney Frank ripped into Mitt Romney yesterday as part of a DNC effort to discredit the possible Republican VP choices, the Boston Herald reports. Citing flip-flops on abortion and gay rights, the Massachusetts Congressman called the ex-Massachusetts governor ‘the most intellectually inconsistent politician I’ve ever known.” Romney,... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Mike Huckabee • Democratic National Committee • Barney Frank • DNC • vice presidential candidate

Exec: I Was Fired for Not Donating to Mitt

CEO asked employees to give; denies man lost job over refusal

Aug 7, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - An ex-executive with a Chicago-based consulting group has filed an employment bias complaint, alleging that he was fired in part for his refusal to donate to Mitt Romney’s campaign, the Wall Street Journal reports. The complaint offers a rare glimpse into the machinery of corporate donations. In emails... More »

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Mitt Romney • campaign finance • corporate • Huron • campaign contributions • corporate execs

Evangelicals
to McCain:
No Romney

Mormon on GOP ticket would 'deeply sadden' religious right

Jul 29, 08 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Evangelicals do not want John McCain to pick Mitt Romney as his running mate, and they’re not being quiet about it, the Washington Times reports, with Mike Huckabee fans particularly in oppostion. “McCain and Romney would be like oil and water,” one says, citing the former Massachusetts... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Mormon • Republican evangelicals • evangelicals • running mate • vice presidential sweepstakes

VP Speculation About Pawlenty Mounts

Minn. gov in contention thanks to friendship with McCain

Jul 28, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty is at or near the top of John McCain’s VP dance card, thanks in large part to the Minnesota governor's friendship with the candidate, the Boston Globe reports. Unlike Mitt Romney, Pawlenty simply gets along well with McCain, who's well known for his insistence on loyalty. A... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • John McCain • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • opinion polls

OPINION

Gimmickry Makes McCain
the Howard Dean of 2008

His Berlins ad blast calls to mind antics Dem used in '03-04—when he didn't win, either

Jul 25, 08 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - What’s the most apt parallel for John McCain’s underdog White House run? It’s Howard Dean’s gimmick-loving, maturity-lacking 2004 run, Ezra Klein writes in the American Prospect. McCain’s “whimsy” shone yesterday with ads in Berlin, NH; Berlin, Penn.; and Berlin, Wis. (with Barack Obama in... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Berlin • Howard Dean • Mike Huckabee • gimmicks

Opinion

 No Stopping
 Gay Marriage's
 Mass. Appeal 

Equality has been uphill climb for homosexuals, but history's on their side

Jul 17, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Massachusetts legislators set to repeal a law ex-Gov. Mitt Romney hoped would prevent the state from becoming “the Las Vegas of same-sex marriage,” Gail Collins, in the New York Times, looks at the march toward equality. For one thing, with the economy the way it is, “... More »

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Mitt Romney • gay rights • gay marriage • tourism • Massachusetts • civil rights • interracial marriage

Mass. Senate Votes to Allow Out-of-State Gays to Wed

Bill shoots down 1913 marriage restriction

Jul 15, 08 10:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 1913 law that blocks out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts could soon be history. The state Senate has passed a bill that would repeal the law, which former Gov. Mitt Romney used four years ago to stop gay non-residents from marrying in his state, the Boston Globe reports.... More »

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Mitt Romney • gay marriage • lesbians • Massachusetts • Deval Patrick • gays

 Romney Gains 
 Ground in Veepstakes 

Business acumen is the peg

Jul 15, 08 7:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney’s business acumen, national profile, and fundraising chops have put him among the elite of VP hopefuls, Reuters reports. And while he and John McCain exchanged nasty barbs during the primaries, the mutual resentment seems to have subsided, at least on the surface. "Mitt and Ann Romney... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • vice president • Ann Romney • Cindy McCain • venture capitalists • economy

 Romney Takes Lead
 in VP Derby 

Insiders excited about Romney's fundraising talents, conservative cred

Jun 30, 08 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney is today's top candidate to fill out John McCain’s ticket, Politico reports. The ex-Massachusetts governor has conservative cred, Michigan roots, fundraising chops—and not much chemistry with McCain. McCain hopes to wait out Barack Obama and see the Democratic ticket before announcing his choice, a play one... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • John McCain • Michigan • Rob Portman • campaign fundraising • John Thune

Things Not to Say on the Campaign Trail

'Tar baby' to 'sweetie,' some words are candidate kryptonite

May 27, 08 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a year of gaffe-rich campaign speeches, Republicans in particular are worried that some errant phrase will seem racist or sexist to general-election voters. Politico helpfully catalogs the mines the candidates have already stepped on. Some phrases to avoid:
  • “Sweetie”: Barack Obama used the endearment to address a
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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • race • gaffe

 Rating McCain's
 Potential VPs 

Er, barbecue guests

May 22, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain may claim he’s just having Bobby Jindal, Charlie Crist, and Mitt Romney over for a barbecue this weekend, but it’s pretty clear the GOP’s presumptive nominee is really scouting VP candidates. So Politico ran down the merits of each potential ticket filler:
  •  Louisiana
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Mitt Romney • John McCain • vice president • Charlie Crist • Bobby Jindal • McCain 2008 • running mate • vice presidential sweepstakes

McCain to Meet Possible VPs This Weekend

Crist, Jindal, Romney set to visit GOP candidate in Arizona

May 21, 08 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain will meet with three men this weekend thought to be on his short list of vice-presidential candidates, the New York Times reports: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Mitt Romney. McCain's camp remains mum on possible VPs—though the candidate says he has a list... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Republican • Charlie Crist • Bobby Jindal • vice presidential sweepstakes

OPINION

Romney: Ex-McCain Basher, Now Groveler-in-Chief 

VP wannabe is trying not to suck up to Mac too much

May 19, 08 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney has become so humble since bowing out to John McCain that he is now “the groveler”-in-chief, Eve Fairbanks writes in the New Republic. “Has ever a politician gone so cheerfully into defeat,” she asks? The two men were openly hostile on the trail, but... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • campaign fundraising • pandering

analysis

 6 Ways the GOP
 Can Get Back on Its Feet 

Insiders speak as GOP prepares for a losing November

May 15, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Six months before an election in which some estimate Republicans could lose 20 seats in the House and five in the Senate, insiders tell Politico how the GOP can pick itself up:
  • Write some policy. “It’s critical that our candidates have a very clear set of principles,
... More »

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Mitt Romney • terrorism • sex scandal • GOP • Mitch McConnell • Republican Party • John Boehner • family values • Republican candidate • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

McCain Pitches Bigger Fed Role in Health Care

More choice means more competition, candidate contends

Apr 29, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain unveiled a new health care plan today, urging a larger role for the government while denouncing universal coverage, the St. Petersburg Times reports. The presumptive GOP nominee wants state nonprofit risk pools that would help those without coverage or unable to pay for it. He said, “I... More »

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Mitt Romney • health care • John McCain • universal health care • tort reform

OPINION

 For McCain, Dole 
 Better Analogy Than Ike 

How GOP candidate positions himself for November will prove telling

Apr 18, 08 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The war to define John McCain hasn't started—the Democrats are still working on each other—but while his advisers look to build the next Dwight Eisenhower, some say McCain may be closer to Bob Dole. John Heilemann of New York tags along as McCain, "a candidate of pronounced... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • John McCain • Bob Dole • Dwight Eisenhower

 'A Bitter Man 
 Who Clings to His Guns?' 

Romney jokes on why he left race

Apr 17, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - While the Democratic candidates were grinding away at each other last night, some other normally stiff shirts were loosening up at the Radio and Television Correspondents annual dinner in DC. The high points:
  • Dressed in hunting hat and shades (no naked lady), Dick Cheney spoofed Barack Obama’s blue-collar
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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Dick Cheney • Mike Huckabee • humor

Dean: 'Mitt Was the Candidate
I Feared Most'

Cites Romney's
money, willingness to 'say anything' to win

Apr 11, 08 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney would have been a better GOP candidate than John McCain, Howard Dean told the press yesterday—with unlimited cash resources and a willingness to “say anything” to win. “I know him from New England,” the top Dem said, and he “was the candidate I... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Howard Dean • flip flop • swing voters

 Romney, McCain Join Forces 

Mitt stumps for Mac in Utah, dodges VP query

Mar 28, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain and Mitt Romney buried the hatchet and hit the campaign trail together in Utah yesterday. Romney thumped McCain 90% to 5% in the state's Republican primary, but he's now stumping and fundraising for his former rival in a week-long trip through the West, AP reports. "We are... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Salt Lake City • Utah • campaign fundraising • campaign trail

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