TagsTagsAnd now, with the closing speech at an event that prominently featured white nationalists, the delightfully perky word salads of half-governor Sarah Palin. Click for Video Related: CPAC Panel Will Feature White Nationalist Leader Peter Brimelow Rick Santorum's Dinner With a White Nationalist
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Mitt Romney is just beginning his speech at CPAC, sharing billing with white nationalists, Birthers, and sovereign citizen weirdos. Why hasn't the presence of outright racists at the most high profile Republican event been a bigger story? Shouldn't presidential candidates be held responsible for legitimizing the views of these disgusting ...
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Rick Santorum's big wins last night in Minnesota, Colorado, and Missouri are important signs of the power of reactionary religious thinking in today's right wing. Of all the candidates, Santorum is by far the most fanatical; he's absolutely opposed to all contraception, wants to see abortion made completely illegal, is anti-gay ...
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Republican anti-choice activist Karen Handel is resigning from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, with an angry statement defending her work against Planned Parenthood: Karen Handel Resigns From Komen for the Cure. I am deeply disappointed by the gross mischaracterizations of the strategy, its rationale, and my involvement ...
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Mitt Romney may have won the Nevada caucuses with over 50% of the vote, but the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that President Obama is pulling ahead of Romney for the general election. Overall, 55 percent of those who are closely following the campaign say they disapprove of what ...
Here's an open thread to keep up on news from the Nevada GOP caucuses, in which Mitt Romney is expected to thoroughly trounce Newt "Poor Kids Make Great Janitors" Gingrich. Ron "I Can't Help It If White Supremacists Dig Me" Paul, for some reason, seems confident that he'll beat Gingrich for ...
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Looks like Nevada Republicans are starting to get used to the idea of holding their noses and taking their Mitt Romney medicine: Romney Poised to Roll, Poll Shows. A new poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney headed for a blowout victory Saturday in Nevada's GOP caucuses. Romney wins support from ...
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For some reason, it's supposed to mean something that Birther moron Donald Trump has decided to endorse Mitt Romney instead of Newt Gingrich. TIME has an all-caps BREAKING! headline to announce the earth-shaking news: BREAKING: Trump to Back Romney. I'm sure Mitt Romney's relieved to know he can count on the ...
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Here's an astoundingly tone-deaf statement from Mitt Romney, tailor-made for his rivals to exploit: "I'm not concerned about the very poor." Obviously, Romney isn't really saying that he doesn't care about people living in poverty; he's arguing that a social safety net exists that can take care of them. But to phrase ...
Here's a thread to keep up on breaking news from the Florida GOP primary election. Currently, with 56% of the vote counted, it's 48% for Romney vs. 31% for Gingrich. It's going to be a landslide for Romney. UPDATE at 1/31/12 5:03:29 pm And that's it -- Associated Press just called the election ...
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The Florida primary may already be over. Tampa, Florida (CNN) - It's primary day in the Sunshine State, but more than 600,000 people have already voted in Florida's Republican presidential contest. And a new public opinion poll indicates that the ballots already cast may help former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney ...
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The latest poll from Quinnipiac University is even more bad news for Newt Gingrich: he's behind Mitt Romney in Florida now by 14 points. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a 43 - 29 percent lead over former House Speaker Newt Gingrich among Republican likely voters in Florida, the nation's ...
Nate Silver is now projecting mega-millionaire Mitt Romney to win the Florida GOP primary; Newt Gingrich's surge has evaporated. Is it another case of the dreaded Sarah Palin Kiss of Death?
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This is why I continue to believe that Newt Gingrich has no real chance of becoming the Republican nominee for President; he's even disliked by most of his own party: Rubio scolds Gingrich camp, says ad bashing 'anti-immigrant' Romney is 'inaccurate, inflammatory'. Sen. Marco Rubio scolded Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign ...
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Why did it take Mitt Romney so long to bring up Newt Gingrich's record of ethics violations? Mitt Romney: Newt Gingrich is a 'failed leader,' 'disgrace'. As the GOP's anointed successor, Romney got overconfident and relaxed on these issues, while Newt Gingrich skillfully played on the race grievances of the GOP ...
The latest Florida primary projections from Nate Silver are really bad news for Mitt Romney.
What can you even say about this? Mitt Romney clearly understands that the GOP base is responding to Gingrich's ugly race-baiting, so he's jumping right into the sewer with Newt. TPM’s Benjy Sarlin is at a Romney Rally in Ormond Beach, Florida and tweets that the former Gov. said “I ...
CNN commentator and right wing hate spewer Erick Erickson finally wrote something today with which I can agree wholeheartedly: The base is revolting... Absolutely! When a conservative audience boos gay soldiers, cheers for letting uninsured people die, cheers Newt Gingrich's blatant race-baiting, boos Juan Williams, and shouts "string him up" ...
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Here's a thread to keep up on breaking news from South Carolina, where it looks like a former Speaker of the House who was forced to resign in disgrace is going to be the choice of the Republican Party... UPDATE at 1/21/12 5:11:19 pm And there we have it -- Mitt Romney ...
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Here's a second thread for the South Carolina GOP debate, because the first one's filling up fast. My take so far: Get used to saying it: "Romney's the nominee." Say it ten times fast.
It's looking more and more like the nutty right wingers who've been rabidly attacking Mitt Romney for being a RINO (and worse) are going to have to hold their noses and vote for him: Romney way up in Florida. Mitt Romney's in a strong position to win this weekend in ...
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Here's Newt Gingrich's bizarre 28-minute video attack on Mitt Romney; bizarre not because of the subject matter (which is pretty devastating to Romney), but because of the political orientation. Gingrich is coming at Romney from a position that can only be described as "left wing" -- criticizing Romney for precisely ...
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Tea Partiers and religious social conservatives are now in a sheer panic at the prospect of a Mitt Romney candidacy, desperately hoping that some last minute far right savior will appear to rescue them from the dreaded Mormon moderate. (Romney's not really a "moderate" at all, of course, but compared to ...
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NBC News is calling the New Hampshire primary for Mitt Romney, followed by Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman. The results so far: Romney - 36% Paul - 25% Huntsman - 17% Gingrich - 11% Santorum - 10% Perry - 1% Some obvious conclusions: it's all over for Rick "Evolution's Just a Theory" Perry, and Newt Gingrich's bizarre ...