26% - Romney Jumps Into The Lead In South Carolina, Thompson Loses Ground
Jonathan Torgovnik | Newsweek
Mitt Romney submitted to what he jokingly called "35 minutes of torture." In a wide-ranging talk with NEWSWEEK's Jonathan Darman and Lisa Miller, Romney touched on his family, his religion, his management style—and, excerpted here, Iraq and the distinction he draws between his own leadership style and that of the current president
NEWSWEEK's HIT on MITT: Mitt's Mission, Voters can't connect with a candidate they feel they don't know. Mitt Romney has to decide how much he wants to share.
Who is Mitt Romney: the early state GOP frontrunner is the Newsweek cover boy. The article is not flattering
The reporter assumes that Romney has a problem. If reporters weren't so arrogant, they might realize that they are the ones having problems. They are the ones that should be embarrassed for asking him questions that no other candidate has to answer. They should be the ones that realize that Romney's specific religious beliefs have little to do with what kind of president he will be.
They don't need to explain their conclusion, this is journalism! I want some data. Journalist just make crud up. Like saying that Romney has downplayed his family. What other candidate has spoken more about their family?
The identity of his biggest multimillion-dollar donor, and how Romney could blow away his GOP competitors on campaign spending.
Putting his money where his mouth is...Campaign Expects Former Gov. To Contribute $15 Million Of His Own Money
"He can quite literally write a $20 million, $30 million, $40 million check on New Year's Day, and no one will know," says a strategist for another Republican candidate. "All the campaigns are preparing for that. Everybody knows it will happen, we just don't know when or how big it will be."
Romney are expected to have raised somewhere in the neighborhood of $10 million for the quarter but how much of his own fortune will Romney kick in this quarter?
Aides to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney let slip that they expect he will have finished September having raised more than $40 million overall.
Romney’s campaign advisors are fond of reminding us, we do not have a national primary and the success of each candidate depends on how well he does -- and more importantly, how well he manages expectations -- in the series of primaries and caucuses that will determine the eventual nominee
Clinton, Romney strategists face off on ads
Twenty-four percent of likely Republican caucus-goers supported Romney.
"Not one [Democratic] candidate was uncomfortable with young children learning about same-sex marriage in the second grade," said Romney, who has vocalized his opposition to same-sex “marriage.” "This is a subject that should be left to parents, not public school teachers
Josh Romney said he and others are working hard to educate Wyoming residents about Mitt Romney's campaign
Republicans say they receive the most calls from Mitt Romney's campaign. Some are taped messages, others are from supporters. "He's the most active on phone calls — by far," says Mike Miltner, who owns an insurance agency.
Colorado: Mitt Romney was the least recognized name, with 67 percent
Lauren Daigle, the college coordinator for Mitt Romney's campaign, urged pro-life voters to support the former Massachusetts governor, whom she said is the strongest candidate on the issue and also is the candidate best poised to the lead the country.
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Giuliani's (Un-) Electability
Religious right may blackball Giuliani
Giuliani in YouTube's Crosshairs ... Again
Rudy analogizes self to adulterous woman...Hmmmm?
RUDY: "I think there are some people that are very judgmental."
RUDY'S "DO NOT JUDGE" FALLACY
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BREAKING NEWS: Giuliani fundraiser was mystery initiative backer
Giuliani cites 9/11 in explaining cell phone gaffe
White House Says Mukasey (Attorney General Candidate) Would Skip Giuliani (close friend) Issues (there are many of these)
Rudy's Flip Flops:
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Looking Presidential
After surveying the entire field of Presidential candidates, I made the decision several months ago to give my tentative support to the campaign of Fred Thompson. I believed Thompson to be the most electable candidate whose views aligned most closely with my own.
Now I'm not so certain. His views of the federal marriage amendment, the Schiavo case, and his general position on federalism are troubling. For me, conservatism trumps federalism, while the position Thompson endorses seem to reverse that order.
Evangelicals turn on Thompson
"Underwhelming," is how Bill Ballenger, editor of the influential "Inside Michigan Politics" newsletter characterized Thompson's address.
Businessman Tom England of Gladstone, Michigan, who had described himself as "leaning to Fred" at the dinner the evening before, told me after Thompson's remarks: "I'm a fan of Fred's. But he needs to give me more. He was too laid back, he didn't address a lot of issues. And I'm a country boy myself but Fred needs to get off my grand-daddy's porch."
The mediocre reviews came after a day in which Thompson had what a BBC Radio correspondent described to me as "the biggest scrum of all."
Clearly, Fred Thompson drew the biggest buildup of any of the '08 contenders arriving at the Grand Hotel--and clearly suffered the biggest letdown after his remarks.
Fred, Lies, and Audiotape
Thompson's folksy candor, which his advisers had thought would be a priceless asset to his late-breaking presidential campaign, instead has sometimes produced a comedy of errors that has forced his long-suffering aides to patiently amplify and correct his vague pronouncements
Dobson (Enormously Influential Evangelical) Says He Won't Support Thompson
Dobson Refuses to Vote for Thompson
Dobson informs friends he won't back Thompson: The founder of Focus on the Family says the GOP presidential hopeful is wrong on issues dear to social conservatives
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McCain's foot finds home in mouth
Sluggish John McCain Campaign Out of Date on Updates
Bad News For McCain, Thompson
McCain Considers First Television Ad
McCain: 'Agree to Disagree' with NRA on Campaign Finance Reform
McCain says Ultimate Fighting is "human cockfighting"
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Keyes needs a miracle
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has proposed giving every baby born in the United States $5,000 to start an account to use for paying for further education
Clinton Talks Reform But Takes Cash
Hens Cackle, so do witches. And, so does the front-runner in the Democratic presidential contest
Is Clinton the New Gore?
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Clinton's Game of Dodgeball
Is Edwards Toast?
Obama Helps Dems Gain Ground among Cubans
Clinton Beats Obama in Black Caucus
Hillary: The New Pin-up of the GOP Right
King & King: It's OK with your Dem Frontrunners if a Child's Book About Two Princes Falling in Love is Read to Your Second Grader
Michelle Obama: 'If Barack Doesn't Win Iowa, It's (the Presidency) Just a Dream
New Hampshire Debate Not Hillary's Best
Ducks and Dodges Undercut Hillary's Image
Downside of Measuring the Drapes: Hillary was the Target, She Didn't Do Well"
It's not Clintonomics, it's Mondalenomics...
...as Mondale is Set to Endorse Hillary
Richardson to Refuse Honorary Chair of the Boy Scouts because of BSA's Gay Policy
Socialism? 'Edwards Outlines Plan to Restore economic fairness to rural New Hampshire
Clinton Haters Outpace Obama Supporters on Facebook
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Thomas hearings
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The Roberts Court Returns
Cause for a pause: The Supreme Court agrees to examine executions by lethal injection
Hear, Hear: Americans should not fear talking--and listening--to those whose views we loathe
“No-shows may need to rethink political strategy”
The limits of free expression: A rough ride for Iran's president
Big Coffers and a Rising Voice Lift Group on the Right
Presidential Race Influencing Congress on Iraq
How Activism Matters
They held a debate among Republican presidential candidates over minority issues Thursday night and the big loser was the GOP
David Harsanyi documents in appalling and encyclopedic detail exactly "how food fascists, teetotaling do-gooders, priggish moralists, and other boneheaded bureaucrats are turning America into a nation of children."
Is Industry-Funded Science Killing You? The overrated risks and underrated benefits of pharmaceutical research "conflicts of interest"
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Iraq has become a liability the Republican Party can hardly afford. But George W. Bush intends to leave the Grand Old Party (and the Iraqis, and the US military) 'twisting slowly in the wind' through 2008 and the 2008 election - as he refuses to change course
Bush Quietly Advising Hillary on war
Podhoretz secretly urged Bush to bomb Iran
GOP expects to lose more House seats
Worried About '08, Republican Party Taps Candidates For Money
National Republican Senatorial Committee released a petition today, calling on Democrats to return the money they have received from MoveOn.org
Capitol Visitor Center Has Become a Money Pit
Tom Davis and the Politics of MoveOn Bashing
Politics in black and white
Get a Political Job!
Florida Republicans Use Democrats' Spat To Convert Voters
Campaigns live in fear of scandals
New York Times
The Dissenter
Courtesy of DHL
Aid Continues to Flow to Peru
Many Americans know little about Islam, Mormonism
Religion's role in the election
Voting Religion and Other Bad Ideas
But if his faith is what holds him back, then a nation founded on religious tolerance will have proved itself less accepting than it was four decades ago
A Reader Chimes in on Mitt’s Mormonism
Temple in Tonga Open for Public Tours
Shedding light on religions' taboos
Post-Meeting Thoughts About Mormonism
Daily Telegraph
TORAH Bright is arguably favourite to take the award as Best Female Action Sports Athlete of the Year
Soothing and soaring: Visitors share a transcendent moment with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mexican Mormonism
Some religions and politics just don't mix
Surely a Mormon Cannot Be President!
Being prepared is part of being Mormon
Rally for Romney (See the audio slideshow)
A computerized, real-time “Leader Board” projected on movie-theater-sized screens shows who’s getting it done at this “Rally for Romney,” one of 55 phonebank days in 27 states which, the campaign says, drew more than 3,500 volunteer fundraisers in 10 days
While Romney is the first choice of 24 percent of likely GOP caucus-goers, none of the Republican candidates comes close to commanding the support of a majority of GOP voters surveyed
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Romney's unsteady Republican poll standings
Romney claims that 9/11 has changed their approach so either the party is correct in changing or Ron Paul is foolish to stick to the same principles as before 9/11
Romney said pouring millions of dollars of his own money into his campaign keeps him free of special interests.
Romney has begun airing a spot chastising fellow Republicans and urging the GOP "to put our own house in order" by reining in spending, cracking down on illegal immigration and tightening the party's ethical standards
Romney's plan is more interesting and more serious
Romney advocates democracy promotion as a key prong in his strategy to "defeat the jihadists."
Romney's struggle to connect with voters suggests that he did. Sorry Governor, the voters just don't warm to guys who are classically handsome, athletic, rich , intelligent, decent, and also ambitious enough to be supple about their political principles
Romney also spoke to members of the Council for National Policy, which is described as a secretive conservative networking group
Besides the video ad contest, Romney is offering college students a 10 percent commission if they raise more than $1,000. Romney's Web site says he has students working in all 50 states and at 200 colleges and universities
Report to Show Romney Fortune's Bigger Role
Romney Tells Utah He Is A Real Conservative
Mike Britt, who previously oversaw the west region for the Office of Political Affairs, has taken over as Romney's fifth regional political director, a Romney aide confirms
Transcript: Romney On Iran, Bush's Leadership & More
Ann Romney In Los Angeles:
The Boston Globe
A new internal Romney campaign memo authored by strategist Alex Gage attempts to frame Romney's position in the national and state polls
Romney camp sees positives in N.H. poll numbers: Says support strong among conservatives
Romney Memo Plays Down Polls
Romney hasn't done anything wrong over the last month, but there seems to be a feeling at least among inside the Beltway types that his campaign has stalled a bit
Romney, strong so far in the financial stakes, has been rewarded by spending millions in Iowa and New Hampshire, with state poll leads
Romney Campaign Announces Jumpcut Results, but Audience Prefers an Alternative
Mashing Mitt Romney
Romney Criticizes Democrats on Sex Ed
Romney says his own donations free campaign from influence
Romney draws crowd at L.B. campaign stop
Romney son helps father campaign
Pancakes and Handshakes on Romney Campaign Stop
"Iowa is Romney territory. New Hampshire is Romney territory. A state like Wyoming is completely up for grabs," Luntz said. "Each one has a chance to score early and spin that narrative."
"Not one candidate was uncomfortable with young children learning about same-sex marriage in the second grade," Romney charged. "This is a subject that should be left to parents, not public school teachers."
Presidential Hopeful Romney In Sacramento
Romney stress the need to invest in alternative fuels as a way to reduce U.S. reliance on oil but don't support a cap on emissions
Romney uses anti-gay marriage ad to differentiate his campaign
"If true, this is an ominous sign for Romney, whose strategy is contingent on building momentum by winning the early states. ... these numbers cut into one of the central arguments made by Romney supporters all year--that although he has lower name recognition than his chief rivals, the more people get to know him, the more the like him. These results would suggest just the opposite."
Among the GOP presidential field, 41% of GOP Insiders favored Mitt Romney
Romney: Turning Over the Turnaround Label
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