Tag: Mitt Romney

At a June 30th fundraiser in Wheeling, West Virginia, Speaker John Boehner told the audience of 200-300 that Republicans don’t need to love Mitt Romney to get behind him.  The comments came in response to a woman asking Mr. Boehner

Who’s the worst outsourcer in today’s presidential race? It isn’t Mitt Romney – it’s Barack Obama. Obama’s second largest fundraiser is John Rogers, the CEO of investment giant Ariel Capital Management. He has raised more than $1.5 million for Obama’s reelection

A fading recovery and weak jobs growth mean President Barack Obama must defy history to win reelection, while Republican Mitt Romney has a fresh chance to market his candidacy. An economic dip has come at just the wrong time for

Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard Law School professor, liberal Democrat, and pro-Israel icon, has warned fellow Democrats to stop attacking Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who has emerged as the top Republican donor in the 2012 election cycle. President Barack Obama’s

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) spoke at a fundraiser in West Virginia on June 30 and conceded that very few people will go to the voting booth because they are enthused about or in love with Mitt Romney or his

As fundraising efforts for the 2012 presidential election kick into high gear, activists are ramping up actions to disrupt those efforts and are targeting donors directly. The latest front involves a protest scheduled for tomorrow at the private residence of

By KASIE HUNTAssociated PressWOLFEBORO, N.H.Mitt Romney’s large family is at the center of his life and his presidential campaign. His five sons, five daughters-in-law and 18 grandchildren _ “a bevy of Romneys,” he’s called them _ were front and center

Would you like to purchase a home for pennies on the dollar? We all would, but that is too bad, because President Obama is reserving that privilege for large venture capital firms or, as he likes to call them, “vulture

According to a new Gallup survey, 47 percent of those surveyed — a plurality — believed that the Supreme Court’s upholding of Obamacare as a tax would hurt the economy. Thirty-seven percent  of those surveyed thought Obamacare would help the

On a day when Americans found out that the economy is completely and utterly stagnant, as Americans worry about their financial futures, the Obama campaign has its head screwed on straight: they’re asking for more cash. Urgently. Here’s the email

Mitt Romney may not have been the candidate that some Republicans wanted, but it doesn’t matter; they are coalescing behind him financially in staggering numbers. Rick Wiley, the Republicans’ national political director, acknowledged that the Romney campaign raised over $100

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONU.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is struggling three years after the recession ended. The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment

The Obama campaign has tried to distract from its failures and the latest abysmal jobs numbers by pointing and shouting about Mitt Romney’s Swiss bank account and other offshore investments.  Apparently, while America slept, a law was passed which criminalized

In an interview with CBS News, Mitt Romney’s wife Ann said that the campaign had been looking at the possibility of picking a woman as Romney’s running mate. “We’ve been looking at that,” Ann said. “I’d love that option as

President Obama’s new campaign slogan – “Betting on America” – is slightly less atrocious than his prior attempts at bumper sticker politics, “Forward,” “Winning The Future,” “A Fair Shot,” “An America Built To Last,” and “We Can’t Wait.” It’s a

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chair of the House Budget Committee–and potential running mate of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney–told Breitbart News this week that the party’s leaders are “absolutely” committed to repealing Obamacare.  “It would have been nice for the

On a hurriedly-arranged, on-the-record conference call this morning, Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and former Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota sought to reassure conservatives that Mitt Romney intends to take the fight to Barack Obama. The call followed widespread criticism

As Mitt Romney kicks off a campaign bus tour into what ABC News calls “hostile territory,” Barack Obama is waging a defensive campaign, visiting states he won in 2008. It is clear, from campaign schedules alone, that Obama does not