Rick Santorum's strategy of focusing on low-key races paid off
Washington P
By Jeremy B. White: Subscribe to Jeremy's RSS feed Rick Santorum stuck to domestic policy during a victory speech in Missouri on Tuesday night, lambasting President Barack Obama as someone who "thinks he knows better" and reprising his themes of faith Rick Santorum swept all three GOP contests on Tuesday, declaring himself "the conservative alternative [...]
Read MoreRick Santorum sweeps Missouri, Minnesota, Colorado
CBS News
Rick Santorum was projected the winner of the Minnesota caucus on Tuesday night by NBC News. ABC News projected Ron Paul to finish in second place in the North Star State. By Kim Geiger Rick Santorum won the Colorado GOP presidential preference straw poll, according to the Colorado Republican Party. The victory means a trifecta [...]
Read MoreMitt Romney's Nevada caucus win: What it means
Washington P
As the Republican candidates descended on Sin City in advance of Saturday's caucuses, Tommy Dastamanis was there waiting with a folding table and a trunk full of merchandise. The 28-year-old was laid off by a Florida resort a year ago. As the Republican candidates descended on Sin City in advance of Saturday's caucuses, Tommy Dastamanis [...]
Read MoreFlorida primary exit polls: 2/3rds say debates mattered
CBS News
The Texas congressman left Florida before the state's primary, which polls suggest will hand Mitt Romney a win over closest challenger Newt Gingrich. Paul is now focusing instead on caucus contests of Maine and Nevada, the former of which he thinks he The final FiveThirtyEight forecast model for Florida shows Mitt Romney winning the primary [...]
Read MoreAfter Florida primary, it's Nevada – and a rough month for Newt Gingrich
Christian Sc
MIAMI — Florida broke the presidential primary rules – again – but officials figure it's worth a penalty for their state to maintain a relevant voice in nominating candidates for the White House. When Florida voters choose their The political world is squarely focused on the Florida primary Tuesday, where Mitt Romney is expected to [...]
Read MoreColbert's Super PAC Raises More Than $1 Million
New York Tim
So instead of urging Republicans to pick Colbert in Saturday's primary, the pro-Colbert Super PAC “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow” released an ad Monday night telling supports to vote for former presidential candidate Herman Cain, A Super PAC supporting Stephen Colbert is urging South Carolinians to vote for Herman Cain in their state's Republican [...]
Read MoreCapital Gains Taxes Are Going Up
Wall Street
I'll be on the "Taking Stock" program with hosts Pimm Fox and Courtney Donohoe on Bloomberg Radio today between 4 and 430 pm EST talking about the budget and the State of the Union. You can listen here. I'll be on the "Taking Stock" program with hosts Pimm Fox and Courtney Donohoe on Bloomberg Radio [...]
Read MoreRomney's Tax Returns Show $21.6 Million Income in '10
New York Tim
AP And although Mitt Romney has no responsibility for it, the big picture is damning to him. His tax return reveals that he lives in an entirely different world. 1) Very few American households create tax forms the length of a Tom Wolfe novel. REUTERS/Brian SnyderThen came a duo of debates in which former House [...]
Read MoreNewt Gingrich launches fund-raising, organizing blitz
Washington P
CHARLESTON, SC – Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich cancelled the first of his four events Friday, just one day before the South Carolina republican primary. Turnout at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference had been low all week, COLUMBIA, S.C. — Newt Gingrich, whose candidacy was left for dead in June and then again earlier this [...]
Read MoreHow Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina primary
CBS News
ORANGEBURG, SC – – Newt Gingrich trundles into the meeting hall – – a former X-rated movie theater – – to rapturous applause. He is not the best-looking guy in Republican race or the best-funded or the most ideologically pure. Newt Gingrich speaks during a South Carolina Republican presidential primary night rally, Jan. 21, 2012, [...]
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