CARACAS, Venezuela — State governor Henrique Capriles won Venezuela’s first opposition primary vote by a wide margin on Sunday, emerging as the single candidate who will try to end President Hugo Chavez’s 13 years in power. Read full article > >
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Capriles wins Venezuela’s first opposition primary vote, will challenge Chavez
A painting in the Illinois governor’s mansion long believed to depict Mary Todd Lincoln turns out to tell a different story.
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Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln Is Deemed a Hoax
The parallels between Mitt Romney and his father, George — both businessmen, both Republican governors of blue states, both presidential candidates — make for tantalizing psychological comparisons. ¶ Is the younger Romney less concerned about economic fairness than was his late father, who helped create Michigan’s first income tax and famously returned a big bonus when he was chief executive of American Motors? Does Mitt’s cautious style reflect the bitter experience of George, whose 1968 presidential run collapsed after he used the term “brainwashing” to explain his early support for the Vietnam War? ¶ Such speculation can certainly be entertaining for political junkies hoping to glimpse the soul of a would-be president. However, the contrast between father and son reveals less about Mitt Romney’s state of mind than it does about America’s. If Mitt has a tin ear for the concerns of the needy, if he goes along with, rather than resists, the rightward turn of his party , he is simply mirroring the disturbing transformations of American business and politics in recent decades. In his public and private careers, the younger Romney has emulated the retreat of corporate elites and the Republican Party from the model of economic partnership and cross-party compromise that the elder Romney exemplified. ¶ At a moment when America needs both business innovation and effective oversight, vigorous growth as well as economic fairness , we would be better off with George, rather than Mitt, in the White House. Read full article > >
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Romney is the right man for America. George Romney, that is.
LAS VEGAS — Mitt Romney appeared headed for a big victory in Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, an outcome that would give the former Massachusetts governor his second consecutive victory of the year and tighten his claim to dominant front-runner status in what has been a turbulent Republican presidential race. Read full article > >
If the former governor wins the nomination.
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Gingrich Donor Will Support Romney
A harsh new ad from former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney uses news footage from 1997 to remind voters of then-House speaker Newt Gingrich ’s ethics violations. “History Lesson” is unusual in that neither Romney nor Gingrich appears. The entire 30-second spot consists of an NBC News report from Jan. 21, 1997, the day Gingrich was reprimanded by Congress for using tax-exempt money for political purposes and giving the House Ethics Committee false information. Read full article > >
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NBC objects to Mitt Romney’s ‘history lesson’ ad
The mayor of a working-class city roiled by allegations of police discrimination against Hispanics faced scathing criticism Wednesday from officials including the governor for saying he “might have tacos” as a way to do something for the community.
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Conn. Mayor Blasted for ‘Taco’ Quip About Latinos
Governor wants voters to choose without his input.
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Major Florida Republicans Won’t Weigh In
THURSDAY NIGHT’S Republican presidential debate produced more equivocation from former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney about when he would release his tax returns and how many he would release. He was asked by moderator John King if he would follow the standard set by his own father, George, the former Michigan governor who was the first presidential candidate to release his tax returns . He put out 12 years’ worth in November 1967, as he prepared to run for the White House in 1968 — a point also being made in a Democratic National Committee video. All Mr. Romney could muster was an awkward “Maybe.” Wait until April, he said. Read full article > >
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Editorial Board: Republicans are falling short of the Romney standard
The furor over the pardons I recently granted as governor of Mississippi initially focused on numbers. I would like to set the record straight. People thought — incorrectly — that I had let 215 prisoners out of jail because the secretary of state reported that many people received clemency. Read full article > >
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Why I released 26 prisoners
The New Jersey governor insists the sooner the better.
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Chris Christie to Romney: Show Your Tax Returns
Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman ends his Republican presidential bid, saying the campaign has degenerated into negative and personal attacks.
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Huntsman quits presidential race
The former Mississippi governor, under fire for granting clemency to 215 convicts, has been granted unconditional clemency by the world of high-powered lobbying and Republican strategy.
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Despite Clemency Uproar, Haley Barbour Finds Lucrative Nest
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney ’s back-to-back wins in Iowa and New Hampshire over the past 16 days have established him as the heavy favorite for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Read full article > >
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Two reasons why South Carolina is Mitt Romney’s toughest test
Capriles wins Venezuela’s first opposition primary vote, will challenge Chavez
Monday, February 13th, 2012Romney is the right man for America. George Romney, that is.
Friday, February 10th, 2012Editorial Board: Republicans are falling short of the Romney standard
Saturday, January 21st, 2012Two reasons why South Carolina is Mitt Romney’s toughest test
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
