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GOP DEBATE

Jan 23, 2012 9:39 PM CST

Mitt, Newt Come Out Swinging

They jab over Freddie Mac 'lobbying,' taxes

(Newser) - Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich came out throwing verbal punches —at each other—in tonight's Florida GOP debate. They traded boast for boast and barb for barb as the first questions presented the contest as a faceoff between the two. Gingrich attempted to appropriate the mantle of Ronald...

Gingrich Blasts CNN
On 'Trash' First Question

gop debate

Jan 19, 2012 8:59 PM CST

Gingrich Blasts CNN On 'Trash' First Question

Santorum gets aggressive as final four candidates debate in SC

(Newser) - The most tumultuous day of the campaign (see reasons one , two , and three ) wrapped up tonight with a CNN debate , and the fireworks started immediately when moderator John King asked Newt Gingrich the first question—about his ex-wife's "open marriage" interview. After blasting the media's "...

Rick Perry Quits, Endorses 'Not Perfect' Newt Gingrich

Perry Quits,
Endorses
'Not Perfect'
Gingrich

Jan 19, 2012 10:47 AM CST

Perry Quits, Endorses 'Not Perfect' Gingrich

But the former presidential candidate notes 'who among us is?'

(Newser) - "I've always believed the mission was greater than the man," said Rick Perry this morning, as he announced that he is no longer the man for the mission. Perry officially bowed out of the GOP race for the presidential nomination in an 11am press conference, and threw...

Rick Perry
to Drop Out
of GOP Race

Jan 19, 2012 8:34 AM CST

Rick Perry to Drop Out of GOP Race

He will endorse Newt Gingrich, sources say

(Newser) - And then there were four: Rick Perry will drop out of the GOP race this morning, sources tell Politico . He will make the announcement at an 11am press conference, in which he is expected to endorse Newt Gingrich. The move fulfills 50% of Gingrich's hope that both Ricks drop...

Jon Stewart:
Real Star of
SC Debate Was...

Jan 18, 2012 8:04 AM CST

Jon Stewart: Real Star of SC Debate Was...

...the audience, declares the 'Daily Show' host

(Newser) - Sure, the pundits may have deemed Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich the winners of Monday's South Carolina debate, but Jon Stewart thinks the audience was the "real star." After all, we're talking about a group of people who booed when Ron Paul mentioned the Golden Rule,...

Mitt Romney on $374K Speaking Fees: Not Very Much

Romney on $374K Speech Fees: 'Not Very Much'

Jan 18, 2012 5:40 AM CST

Romney on $374K Speech Fees: 'Not Very Much'

Romney fumbles common touch again

(Newser) - Mitt Romney is taking flak for a gaffe 37 times bigger than his bet with Rick Perry . The candidate, while discussing the possibility of releasing his tax returns , mentioned that his income includes "speakers fees from time to time, but not very much." Financial disclosure forms reveal that...

Gingrich:
Santorum, Perry
Should Drop Out

Jan 17, 2012 4:39 PM CST

Gingrich: Santorum, Perry Should Drop Out

And back Newt ... Santorum is not enthused

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich must be reading all those positive reviews from last night's debate: He said today it would be a swell idea if the two Ricks dropped out and backed him, reports CNN . "From the standpoint of the conservative movement, consolidating into a Gingrich candidacy would in fact...

Romney Says
His Tax Rate Is
'Closer to 15%'

Jan 17, 2012 1:36 PM CST

Romney Says His Tax Rate Is 'Closer to 15%'

Most of his income taxed as 'capital gains'

(Newser) - Mitt Romney has been evasive about releasing his tax returns , and today he hinted at why, saying in a press conference that his effective tax rate is "probably closer to the 15% rate than anything." That means that most of Romney's earnings—which largely still stem from...

GOP Played Fast, Loose
With Truth in Debate

Jan 17, 2012 10:33 AM CST

GOP Played Fast, Loose With Truth in Debate

Fact Checkers point out inaccurate attacks

(Newser) - The air was thick with half-truths and distortions at last night's combative Republican debate. Here's how fact-checkers score the bout:

Nearly every fact-checker blasted Mitt Romney for asserting that President Obama "has opened up no new markets for American goods around the world." Actually, Obama has

...

Solid Night for Romney,
as Gingrich Emerges

DEBATE ANALYSIS

Jan 17, 2012 7:45 AM CST

Solid Night for Romney, as Gingrich Emerges

Strong performance leaves Gingrich looking like top anti-Romney

(Newser) - Mitt Romney emerged largely unscathed from last night's Republican debate in South Carolina, while consensus pegs Newt Gingrich as the best of the rest. A breakdown of the chatter:

This was Gingrich's "best debate of the entire race," decides Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post . The

...

Romney:
I'll Release
Taxes ... in April

Jan 17, 2012 7:10 AM CST

Romney: I'll Release Taxes ... in April

When he'll most likely have clinched the nomination

(Newser) - Calm down, everyone. Mitt Romney will release his tax returns … just as soon as he has clinched the GOP nomination. "If I become our nominee, and what's happened in history is people have released them in about April of the coming year and that's probably what...

GOP Rivals
Gang Up on
Romney

UPDATED

Jan 16, 2012 10:00 PM CST

GOP Rivals Gang Up on Romney

Unflustered Mitt parries attacks, feisty Newt draws cheers

(Newser) - Republican rivals zeroed in again on Mitt Romney in the South Carolina debate tonight as they made a last-ditch, all-out effort to make certain he doesn't run away with the GOP nomination. They challenged his conservative credentials, his ability to create jobs, his flip-flops—and called on him to...

No One Cares
That Huntsman
Is Quitting

reactions

Jan 16, 2012 10:18 AM CST

No One Cares That Huntsman Is Quitting

Was his whole campaign just a run-up to 2016?

(Newser) - Jon Huntsman is dropping out of the presidential race today—but does anyone care? "The only people really depressed about Jon Huntsman’s exit from the race are people who wouldn’t in their wildest dreams have voted for him—or any Republican candidate, for that matter," writes...

Gingrich
to Release
Tax Return
in Days

Jan 16, 2012 6:23 AM CST

Gingrich to Release Tax Return in Days

Presses Mitt Romney to follow his lead

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich says he is ready to release his income tax return and will do so on Thursday, just two days ahead of the South Carolina primary —and he thinks Mitt Romney would do well to follow his example. "Gov. Romney, if he plans to stay in the...

Jon Huntsman
to Drop Out of
GOP Race

Jan 15, 2012 8:41 PM CST

Jon Huntsman to Drop Out of GOP Race

Will make announcement tomorrow, endorse Mitt Romney: campaign officials

(Newser) - Jon Huntsman will withdraw from the race for the Republican presidential nomination tomorrow. Campaign officials tell the AP that Huntsman will endorse Mitt Romney at an event in South Carolina in the morning. The former Utah governor placed third in last week's New Hampshire primary despite devoting much of...

Show Us Your Money, Romney

OPINION

Jan 12, 2012 10:58 AM CST

Show Us Your Money, Romney

'Washington Post' takes frontrunner to task for keeping taxes, donors secret

(Newser) - Mitt Romney has so far flatly refused to release either his tax returns or his list of fundraising bundlers, and that's "a striking and disturbing departure from the past practice of presidential candidates of both parties," the Washington Post says in an editorial today. Yes, demanding candidates'...

Today's GOP:
Painfully Unfunny

opinion

Jan 9, 2012 7:08 PM CST

Today's GOP: Painfully Unfunny

Republican presidential candidates lack humor: John Dickerson

(Newser) - Amazing how unfunny this year's Republican candidates are. US political history is brimming with great lines, but today the GOP contenders "give speech after speech and draw only a handful of chuckles, and the occasional wry smile," writes John Dickerson in Slate . So what gives? You may...

Chasm Opens
Between Mitt
and 'The Rest'

Jan 9, 2012 2:44 AM CST

Chasm Opens Between Mitt and 'The Rest'

Super PAC ad this week is out for Romney blood

(Newser) - The jumble that has been the race to be the GOP nominee is finally sorting itself out—into Mitt Romney and the rest of them. Romney has been tallying 20 points more than his closest rival in recent polls, and could be unstoppable if he hangs on to that lead...

Romney Braves
Fresh Attack,
But Fumbles

debate reaction

Jan 8, 2012 1:31 PM CST

Romney Braves Fresh Attack, But Fumbles

Republican candidates stage new assault on front-runner

(Newser) - A new day, a new Republican presidential debate. Mitt Romney's opponents took another whack at him this morning after letting him off easy last night. A few takeaways:

Most Romney attacks missed. Mitt held off assaults from Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum, rarely getting flustered, Politico reports.

Newt Gingrich
Leads Charge
Vs. Romney

'Meet the Press' Debate

Jan 8, 2012 8:29 AM CST

Newt Gingrich Leads Charge Vs. Romney

GOP hopefuls again face off in New Hampshire debate on 'Meet the Press'

(Newser) - A scant 12 hours after last night's debate in which Mitt Romney emerged largely unscathed , the Republicans who would be president are again facing off in New Hampshire, this time on Meet the Press with David Gregory moderating. Newt Gingrich answered the overriding question of whether the pack would...