Mitt Romney
Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and Republican political figure who was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts (2003 ... More »
Apple: Think Different. Tax Different
When Mitt Romney tried to stem the tide of negative tax press by forgoing deductions, he was derided for that too. See Romney Paid 14% in Taxes This Year but Could Have Paid Less. All the way around, taxes make a poor spectator sport. Tax evasion? Bad. Tax avoidance? Less so. Tax planning? ... Read more »
Obama scandals vindicate the so-called 'poll truthers'
That is what cost Mitt Romney winning this election. Maybe the polls showing Romney closing the gap and taking a lead were right, if millions of those intended voters the polls had measured hadn't been suppressed and therefore stayed home in the millions. The scandals that are ... Read more »
Paul Ryan is writing a book
The Romney-Ryan campaign will also be part of the book, but there will only be kind words and appreciation for Mitt Romney, who put Ryan on the GOP ticket. They remain close and Ryan has assured his friends that he won’t write a tell-all memoir. In CONTROL, Glenn Beck presents a ... Read more »
Sonia Sotomayor And Alley Bar Skate Crew Share Fondness For D.C. Restaurant The Greek Spot
... here to see Outrageous Burger Toppings Photo Credit: © Wells Blue Bunny Ice Cream Famous for its chocolate-covered bacon and Krispy Kreme cheeseburger, The Machine Shed in Rockford, Ill., has been visited by Mitt Romney and Rick Perry this year... Read more »
Heather Taylor-Miesle: Republicans, Democrats Agree: Romney and Tea Party Were Wrong
During his long campaign to win the Republican nomination for President, Mitt Romney flip flopped and said that he would "get the EPA out of its effort to manage carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles and trucks. " Keeping EPA involved in the process means that we'll reduce more ... Read more »
5 things you should know about immigration reform
Latinos backed President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by a 44-point margin. GOP strategists are concerned about the party's long term viability in national elections if that trend is not reversed. Some congressional conservatives say opposing the "Gang of Eight" immigration reform plan ... Read more »
Obama Announces Members of Election Commission
... the president’s former lawyer and White House counsel, and Benjamin L. Ginsberg, a Republican lawyer who worked for Mitt Romney, would be co-chairmen of the panel, said on Tuesday that he would round out the panel with representatives from business, public servants and state election officials... Read more »
Seth Lipsky: America’s founding prayer
Gov. Mitt Romney told the story when he was preparing his campaign for president in 2008. Romney quoted Sam Adams as saying he’d be prepared to hear a prayer from anyone of piety, so long as he was a patriot. So Reverend Duché stepped up and preached on the 35th Psalm. Then he ... Read more »
SMOKING GUN: Obama Met With IRS Union Chief the Day Before Agency Started Targeting Conservatives
‘It was flat-out dirty politics.’” As I mentioned in my earlier post, I didn’t want Mitt Romney as president, and I don’t want to re-run the 2012 election. And certainly Republicans need to do more to attract Hispanic voters. Despite the Obama IRS enemies list harassment of Republican ... Read more »
Tesla Repays $465 Million Government Loan Early
Mitt Romney included Tesla in a batch of companies he called “losers” during last year’s presidential contest. Tesla’s exit from the government loan may now refresh the debate over how much support to give young, clean-energy firms. “Tesla is repaying early and it’s a great vindication,” ... Read more »
EDITORIAL: Another crony for the Cabinet
... more than $1.8 billion (not that there’s anything wrong with that), will face tough questions from the committee’s Republican minority about her taking advantage of offshore tax havens — the same practice for which Mr. Obama and his fellow Democrats vilified Mitt Romney during the 2012 campaign... Read more »
TYRRELL: The beauty of confusion in officialdom
The other day a woman called Rush Limbaugh on his radio show and said she had been a fundraiser for Mitt Romney in 2012. According to her, the White House is happy to have the IRS story out there, for the story intimidates potential Republican donors from donating to Republican ... Read more »
Some criticize Corbett remark on Latinos on staff
" Diaz, a lawyer and former Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge, said Corbett's "find us one" remark reminded him of GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" comment while debating President Obama last fall. Hispanics accounted for just under 6 percent of ... Read more »
Green billionaire Steyer plans to get involved in Massachusetts Senate race
Majority PAC has not yet spent in the race, and there's no indication they have plans to do so, but after Gomez won the primary, the PAC issued a memo calling him "Mitt Romney Jr." Lehane echoes that characterization in his memo to the campaign team, where writes that the committee has found ... Read more »
President Barack 'Faux-Bama' Accepts 2013 'Best Writing' Award On Behalf Of Stun...
The premise behind "Presidential Clippings" was as follows: During their 2012 presidential campaign runs, President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney actually shared a barber. With "hidden cameras" placed within the barbershop, the comedy series presented what the two ... Read more »
Joe Williams Fudges Weather Fact
By Eddie Scarry on May 22, 2013 2:15 PM Politico parted ways with Joe Williams after he said in the 2012 election that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney wasn’t comfortable being around black people. That, however, hasn’t stopped him from blurting out head scratchers, like the one he ... Read more »
Boston private equity flocks to Gabriel Gomez's Senate campaign
Gomez got more than $12,000 from employees of Bain Capital, the investment company founded by 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. He got around $30,000 from employees of the Boston-based investment firm Berkshire Partners. Bain Capital managing director Stephen Zide and ... Read more »
Instapundit » Blog Archive » SHOCKER: Liberal Nonprofit Groups Actually Love Corporate Cash, Wall St...
“During the 2012 election, the Democratic PAC American Bridge attacked Mitt Romney and other prominent Republicans every time one of them attended a “high-dollar fundraiser” or revealed close ties to Wall Street. Yet there was one group that American Bridge never attacked: Bain Capital. ... Read more »
Rand Paul tries to bind N.H. GOP, libertarians
The Texas libertarian icon captured roughly 23 percent of the vote in 2012, second only to eventual nominee Mitt Romney. Former New Hampshire House Speaker Bill O’Brien, a Republican, said he believes that Mr. Paul ’s political makeup meshes well with the electorate in his state and that ... Read more »
‘Loser’ No More: Tesla Repays $465 Million U.S. Loan
“Today, Tesla employs more than 3,000 American workers and is living proof of the power of American innovation.” The loan repayment is a major victory for Tesla, which was branded as a “loser” company by Mitt Romney during his unsuccessful 2012 Republican presidential campaign. “I would ... Read more »
