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Tea party: Warming or resigned to Mitt Romney? (AP)
Feb 7, 2012 Politics Leave a comment
AP – Long skeptical of Mitt Romney, tea party activists are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after abandoning hope of finding a nominee they like better.
FACT CHECK: Gingrich overstates his Fla. results (AP)
Feb 7, 2012 Politics Leave a comment
AP – After losing Saturday’s Nevada caucus race, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sought solace in what he called an encouraging statistic: that his supporters were turning out to vote more enthusiastically than those of his chief rival, Mitt Romney.
Tax reform in this election year: It’s not likely (AP)
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AP – Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax?
Romney works to fend off Santorum challenge (AP)
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AP – Sensing a possible threat, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized rival Rick Santorum’s time in the Senate as “not effective” because of his past support for spending on pork-barrel projects as he worked to fend off an unexpected challenge in the next states to vote.
Obama bemoans wife being dragged into politics (AP)
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AP – President Barack Obama says one of the toughest parts about being president is that his wife has been dragged into the “political realm.”
Romney adds to delegate lead after Nevada victory (AP)
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AP – Mitt Romney has added to his lead in the race for delegates now that Republican officials in Nevada finished the vote count from Saturday’s presidential caucuses.
Gingrich shunned lobbying, but hired lobbyists (AP)
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AP – Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting group never lobbied for clients. But his business hired state and federal lobbyists to work with clients, and some staff left to take lobbying jobs, according to lobbying disclosures and corporate reports.
Critics worry Senate ad will revive Asian-bashing (AP)
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AP – Criticism of a Senate campaign ad featuring a young Asian woman talking in broken English about China taking away American jobs grew Monday as some warned it could revive discrimination against Asian-Americans.
Poverty: Not just Mitt’s PR misspeak (Politico)
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Politico – Opinion: Republicans’ real problem is bad policy and values — not Romney’s bad interview.
Senate sends FAA bill to Obama (Politico)
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Politico – The $64 billion, four-year bill should officially restore stability to the beleaguered agency.