George W. Bush backs Romney for president: report (via AFP) “I’m for Mitt Romney,” ex-president George W. Bush told ABC Tuesday, throwing his support behind the likely Republican nominee to challenge President Barack Obama in November elections. Bush made the remark early Tuesday as elevator doors were closing behind him, ABC said on its blog. The former president…
How did Romney do at Liberty University? Just fine, evangelicals say (via The Christian Science Monitor) posted May 13, 2012 at 11:06 am EDT There was a time in the Republican presidential nominating contest when evangelical Christians and other social conservatives loved anybody but Mitt Romney. He was a suspect character, the former governor of liberal Massachusetts, wobbly on such key issues as abortion…
Romney adamantly rejects same-sex marriage (via AFP) Republican White House challenger Mitt Romney, wooing social conservatives, adamantly rejected same-sex marriage Saturday and trumpeted his belief in Christian values and the family. Three days after Barack Obama became the first US president to approve gay and lesbian marriage, Romney told university…
US conservatives seeking to beat Obama in Virginia (via AFP) US conservatives are stepping up efforts to defeat Barack Obama in Virginia, a state the first US black president carried four years ago. Six months before the election, Virginia is poised to become one of the great battlegrounds of American politics. Since December, Pete Snyder, chairman of the Republican…
In Election 2012, how much is the House in play? Three sides to the story. (via The Christian Science Monitor) posted May 11, 2012 at 7:07 pm EDT Rep. Steve Israel (D) of New York and Rep. Pete Sessions (R) of Texas spend their days locked on to the same task: winning the House of Representatives. At breakfast forums sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor
(via The Christian Science Monitor) It came at 11 p.m. Monday, in the 13th paragraph of an e-mail to supporters: Rick Santorum’s endorsement of Mitt Romney. Former Senator Santorum, whose passionate advocacy for conservatism contrasted sharply with Mr. Romney’s more moderate persona, dropped out of the presidential race nearly a…
(via AFP) Conservative Republican Rick Santorum late endorsed Republican presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney in an email to supporters. During his own push for the Republican nomination Santorum, a staunchly Roman Catholic former senator who withdrew from the presidential race last month, said Romney…
“I do say that I am for the return of the guillotine and that is for the worst of the worst of the guilty.” Actress, comedienne and author Roseanne Barr called for a maximum wage, reeducation camps and beheadings for the rich in an interview with Russia Today (RT). I first would allow the guilty bankers to pay back anything over $100 million in personal
Trouble Is – He Hasn’t Laid Out His Plan Yet From Politico.com comes this story about the President’s Labor Day speech in Detroit. President Obama used a campaign-sounding Labor Day speech to demand that Republicans support the jobs plan he will unveil in a speech on Thursday. Speaking to workers in Detroit, Obama wouldn’t give specifics about his proposal (he said he “didn’t want to
Iowa GOP: Perry 29%, Bachmann 18%, Romney 17%, Paul 14% Texas Governor Rick Perry continues to increase his lead over the rest of the GOP field less than one month after officially entering the race for the Republican nomination for president. Iowa Caucus: Iowa GOP: Perry 29%, Bachmann 18%, Romney 17%, Paul 14% Confirming a surge seen in polling across the nation, Texas Governor Rick
