Tag / mitt romney
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No Sympathy
In the last few days, Mitt Romney has doubled down on his statement that President Obama “sympathized” with the mobs that attacked US embassies in Cairo and Libya that left dozens — including Ambassador Christopher Stevens — dead. Romney’s statement was made in response to the American Embassy in Egypt’s condemnation of an anti-Muslim video…
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Romney’s Gamble
Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his Vice-Presidential candidate continues the trend of peculiar GOP VP selections in recent history. In 2000, George W. Bush tapped Dick Cheney to head up his Vice-Presidential Search Committee. After all signs were pointing to Missouri U.S. Senator John Danforth as the pick, Cheney proceeded to throw his…
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The “Four Years Ago” Folly
“Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” The question hit home with voters in 1980, and now Paul Ryan offers Reagan’s canard in response to DNC fervor. Josh Marshall thinks it’s a bad strategy: George W. Bush is still very unpopular and gets a high degree of blame for the economy,…
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Olympic Mania
The cameras are rolling, the snipers are on the rooftops, and the gymnastics teams have been stowed in the overhead compartments. It’s Olympics time! Mitt Romney attended the opening ceremony as he kicked off a tour of foreign countries. The trip is intended to make him look presidential, but so far, he just looks like…
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Why the GOP Loses with Latinos
Mitt Romney rarely scores a knockout. Usually, his victory (or concession) speeches feature words of caution about it being a long race and that slowly but surely he will garner the delegates necessary to win the GOP nomination. He may think that prospect is inevitable, but to everyone else it just looks interminable. With that…
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The “Liberal Media” Delusion
Greetings from across the pond. I may be abroad in the UK this semester, but even the Atlantic Ocean can’t separate me from the farce that is the GOP nomination saga. Which reminds me… In a recent WUPR column, Ben Cristol finds the media’s reproach of Mitt Romney rather suspicious. To attack Romney, the media…
