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Finally, Conservatives Get a &#39;Worthy&#39; Foe for Romney
Finally, Conservatives Get
a 'Worthy' Foe for Romney
charles krauthammer
Jan 6, 2012 11:14 AM CST

Finally, Conservatives Get a 'Worthy' Foe for Romney

Rick Santorum is the real deal: Charles Krauthammer

(Newser) - Rick Santorum gets Charles Krauthammer's blessing today, not necessarily as the candidate who should be nominee but as the first "admirably worthy conservative alternative" to Mitt Romney. Yes, others have risen and fallen quickly, but Santorum is different, writes Krauthammer in the Washington Post . "He is the...

Conservative VIPs Plan Meeting to Topple Romney

Group will search for consensus anti-Romney candidate

(Newser) - Apparently, certain conservatives really, really don't want to see Mitt Romney win the nomination. Politico reports that an influential group is holding an emergency meeting next weekend in Texas in order to agree on a "consensus" Republican candidate. Prominent conservatives including Focus on the Family founder James Dobson,...

Also Surging: Santorum's Sweater Vests

Vests get their own Twitter feed, Facebook page, music video

(Newser) - As Rick Santorum surges in the Iowa polls, his collection of sweater vests is also winning popularity. Santorum has taken to wearing the sleeveless V-necks while campaigning in Iowa; the sartorial choice apparently first garnered attention at a Des Moines forum a few weeks ago during which most other candidates...

Newt Gingrich: Mitt Romney Is a Liar ... But I'd Still Vote for Him
 Newt on Mitt: He's a Liar 
'the early show'
Jan 3, 2012 9:57 AM CST

Newt on Mitt: He's a Liar

Gingrich rips Romney on the 'Early Show'

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich went on quite a tear against Mitt Romney this morning on the Early Show , calling him a liar in no uncertain terms. Specifically, Gingrich called Romney out for denying he has anything to do with a Super PAC running negative campaign ads against Gingrich . After all, Romney's...

Iowa Caucuses Nearly Three-Way Tie: Paul, Romney, Santorum Top Latest Poll
 Latest Poll: 
 Iowa Nearly a
 3-Way Tie 
and more from iowa
Jan 2, 2012 7:52 AM CST

Latest Poll: Iowa Nearly a 3-Way Tie

Candidates make last-minute preparations

(Newser) - A day ahead of Iowa voting, three candidates are within two points of each other in the latest poll: Ron Paul is leading the field at 20%, while Mitt Romney follows at 19% and Rick Santorum boasts 18%, having jumped eight points since earlier this week, notes Public Policy Polling...

Romney Compares Obama to ... Kim K.

Harsh, Mitt. Way harsh

(Newser) - Mitt Romney flung a pretty low insult at President Obama yesterday, comparing him to Kim Kardashian. "I’ve been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama, then candidate Obama, going through Iowa making promises," he said at a campaign stop in Iowa. "I think...

Romney, Paul, Santorum 1-2-3 in Another Iowa Poll

And Santorum is surging

(Newser) - Yet another poll puts Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum 1-2-3 in Iowa two days before the state's caucuses. The poll, conducted by the Des Moines Register over four days last week, puts Romney at 24%, Paul at 22%, and Santorum at 15%. However, the pollster says, "...

4 More Join Perry's Va. Ballot Lawsuit

Bachmann, Gingrich, Huntsman, Santorum also missing from ballot

(Newser) - Experts don't believe Rick Perry's lawsuit to get on the Virginia Republican primary ballot will succeed, but that didn't stop four other candidates from jumping on the bandwagon. Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, and Rick Santorum joined the suit, which claims Virginia's ballot laws...

Bachmann Insists: Ron Paul Bribed My Guy

Says Kent Sorenson told her money was involved

(Newser) - Michelle Bachmann may be down in the polls , but she's certainly not backing down. The GOP candidate yesterday continued to insist that her Iowa campaign chair defected to Ron Paul's camp because he was bribed to do so, reports Bloomberg . Kent Sorenson "told me that he was...

Romney: Obama Is Like Marie Antoinette

He's out of touch with regular Americans, Romney argues

(Newser) - In Iowa yesterday, Mitt Romney attempted to turn around a common complaint about himself and use it against Barack Obama, accusing the president of being out of touch. Referring to Obama's statement last year that "things would have been a lot worse" without his stimulus plan, Romney told...

Robert Reich: President Obama, Hillary Clinton Likely Ticket for Democrats in 2012 Election

 It's Obama-Clinton in 2012 
robert reich
Dec 29, 2011 1:55 PM CST

It's Obama-Clinton in 2012

Year's 'most admired' man and woman could run together: Robert Reich

(Newser) - Robert Reich may have "absolutely no inside information," but the former labor secretary is making an educated guess as to the 2012 Democratic ticket: It'll be President Obama and Hillary Clinton, Reich writes on his blog . "Obama needs to stir the passions and enthusiasms of a...

Santorum Ad Inspired by ... Pop Up Video

GOP candidate channels VH1's late-'90s hit

(Newser) - GOP hopeful Rick Santorum's latest campaign ad doesn't exactly scream 2012. The video is seemingly inspired by VH1's cult classic TV show Pop Up Video, which was a huge hit after it debuted in 1996 (it was resurrected in October of this year ). In the 60-second...

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley Will Endorse Mitt Romney
 Haley Endorses Romney 
UPDATED
Dec 16, 2011 7:39 AM CST

Haley Endorses Romney

SC governor says he's not part of Washington chaos

(Newser) - Another big endorsement for Mitt Romney, this one a bit more impressive than Christine O’Donnell : Nikki Haley announced her endorsement this morning on Fox and Friends. The South Carolina governor is one of the most coveted endorsements remaining, Politico notes. “When I look at the focus of what...

Our Obsession With LiLo Is Helping Newt
 Our Obsession 
 With LiLo Is 
 Helping Newt 
Meghan Daum
Dec 15, 2011 11:04 AM CST

Our Obsession With LiLo Is Helping Newt

America loves a hot mess: Meghan Daum

(Newser) - How to explain the rise of Newt Gingrich, a “hot mess of a public servant” who has been married three times, left two wives while they were ill, engaged in an extramarital affair, and reportedly got together with his first wife—his geometry teacher—when he was 16 and...

Christine O'Donnell Endorses Mitt Romney
 Christine O'Donnell Endorses... 
Dec 14, 2011 7:43 AM CST

Christine O'Donnell Endorses...

Mitt Romney ... and he actually acknowledges it

(Newser) - Christine O'Donnell is decidedly not a witch, and she's now definite on her horse in the GOP's 2012 race: The onetime US Senate hopeful is endorsing Mitt Romney because she trusts him "to do the right thing," she said in her announcement, adding that "...

How Huntsman Could Actually Win
 How Huntsman 
 Could Actually Win 
nate silver
Dec 13, 2011 12:02 PM CST

How Huntsman Could Actually Win

Thanks to Gingrich, he has a shot: Nate Silver

(Newser) - Back in June, Nate Silver didn't think Jon Huntsman had much of a shot at the Republican nomination—but a lot has changed since then. Thanks to Newt Gingrich, Silver can now see a "path to victory" for Huntsman, which he lays out in the New York Times...

Daily Show: Romney Like the 'Man Who Fired Your Dad'

Money is his Achilles heel, John Oliver explains

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's $10,000 bet was such a big deal, John Oliver explained last night on the Daily Show , because it "feeds into the pre-existing narrative about Mitt Romney being an out-of-touch multi-millionaire." Every candidate has an Achilles heel, Oliver said, and money is Mitt's: "...

Gingrich Offered $1M to Drop Out

Radio host says only Romney can beat Obama

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich seems to like money —and some have speculated that his presidential campaign is all about making more of it —so perhaps he'll like this proposal from conservative radio host Michael Savage, who says he'll pay Gingrich $1 million if he exits the race. “...

GOP, Please Reconsider Jon Huntsman

 Who Could 
 Beat Obama? 
 Huntsman 
OPINION
Dec 12, 2011 1:57 PM CST

Who Could Beat Obama? Huntsman

GOP, please reconsider him: John Avlon

(Newser) - Republicans have been frantically searching for the candidate who can beat Barack Obama, but as their favor has shifted from one "not-Romney" to another—Bachmann, then Perry, then Cain, now Gingrich—their best chance has been right here all along: Jon Huntsman. Huntsman has been overlooked and derided as...

Mitt: Newt Should Return Freddie Mac Money

Romney attacks Gingrich, again

(Newser) - Mitt Romney appears to have no plans to stop attacking new frontrunner Newt Gingrich. Asked on Fox News today whether he thinks Gingrich should return the $1.6 million he got from Freddie Mac , Romney said, "I sure do." He continued, "He says he was in the...

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