It is well known folly to raise politics, religion or race unless you are cruising for a fight. Yet, the president of the United States has managed to serve up a concoction of all three by virtue of his recent pronouncement that he believes gay couples have a right to marry. I’m not sure what […]
Mitt Romney apologized Thursday to classmates he may have offended by “hijinks and pranks during high school” and insisted he didn’t know that some were gay. The Republican presidential candidate issued the apology during a hastily arranged radio interview after The Washington Post reported Thursday that he had held down classmate John Lauber and cut […]
presidential election in November if he doesn’t get substantial support from Hispanics. “It spells doom for us,” Romney said at a fundraiser last week. Romney’s sobering revelation is right on point — and for once, I agree with Romney. Doom is a powerful word for a politician who is running for the nation’s highest office; […]
Mitt Romney on Wednesday reaffirmed his view that marriage should be restricted to one man and one woman, highlighting a sharp contrast with President Barack Obama. Obama declared his unequivocal personal support for same-sex marriage during an interview with ABC News. Reporters asked Romney about the issue after a campaign event in Oklahoma City. “My […]
Republican Mitt Romney is trying to shift his campaign’s focus back to the sluggish economic recovery and will use a commencement speech at an evangelical university to cast strong families as central to a strong economy. “Although opportunities seem scarce in this economy, it is not for nothing that you have spent this time preparing. […]
Mitt Romney apologized Thursday for “stupid” high school pranks that may have gone too far and moved quickly to stamp out any notion that he bullied schoolmates because they were gay. His swift response reflected the Republican presidential candidate’s recognition that his record on gay rights is under heightened scrutiny following President Barack Obama’s embrace […]
Independent groups favoring Mitt Romney already are launching TV advertisements for the general election in competitive states. And that’s providing political cover against President Barack Obama’s well-financed campaign while Republican Romney works to rebound from a bruising and expensive nomination fight. Some conservative organizations also are planning expensive get-out-the-vote efforts to benefit Romney in key […]
Just several hours after Mitt Romney accused President Obama of politicizing the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death, the GOP presidential candidate was at a New York City event with former mayor Rudy Guiliani — marking the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death. Romney was campaigning with Giuliani at the firehouse where the city set […]
Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama shouldn’t use the killing of Osama bin Laden as fodder for negative campaigning. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee spoke to reporters after visiting a New York City fire house that lost 11 men in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Romney was joined by Rudy Giuliani, who was mayor […]
Once a moment of national unity, the political battle over Osama bin Laden’s death intensified Monday as presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sought to minimize the role President Barack Obama has carved out for himself in killing the terrorist leader. The president’s re-election campaign has raised questions about Romney’s willingness to assassinate the mastermind […]
House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that President Barack Obama “checked out” last Labor Day and has been running for reelection, rather than governing, ever since. “He’s spent the last six months campaigning from one end of the country to the other, instead of working with members of both political parties here in Washington to […]
Mitt Romney sought to inoculate himself Tuesday against Democratic charges that he favors the rich, saying his as yet-to-be disclosed tax plans will not benefit the well-to-do at the expense of others. “I’m going to keep the burden on the upper-income people the same as it is today,” the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting said as he […]
