PITTSBURGH — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday campaigned in Pennsylvania with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, again prompting questions of whether Rubio will be Romney’s vice presidential pick. As they stood on stage together, both men said they would not discuss the vice presidential selection process. The event proved to be nothing more than [...]
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney stumping together in PA.
Posted on April 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Rick Santorum lasted longer in the GOP race than anyone predicted
Posted on April 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Rick Santorum ended his campaign at least three months later than any pundit could have predicted at any point last year. He also ended it with having accomplished more than anyone would have imagined and he did so at a time putting family first. In other words, Rick Santorum went out on top. He didn’t [...]
Santorum holds strategy sessions with conservatives amid calls to withdraw
Posted on April 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Following a loss to Mitt Romney in three primary contests Tuesday night, Rick Santorum gathered privately with prominent conservatives Thursday to discuss his path forward in the 2012 presidential race, news outlets reported. “I would say the consensus in the room is, we continue to believe that Sen. Santorum has the best message that is most [...]
The 5 things you need to know in the Wisconsin exit polls
Posted on April 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Mitt Romney’s win in the Wisconsin primary on Tuesday night effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination for the former Massachusetts governor. While most people are content to look at the topline numbers — Romney beat former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum by five points — the Fix likes to get our hands really dirty by digging [...]
Mitt Romney wins Wisconsin, Maryland and D.C. primaries
Posted on April 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Following expected primary victories over Rick Santorum in Maryland and D.C. Tuesday night, Mitt Romney won the biggest prize of the evening in Wisconsin, earning a significant number of delegates and bolstering his frontrunner status. Romney’s victory speech before a rally in Milwaukee, Wisc., had the tone of a general election address: he focused on [...]
Recovery threatened by runaway student loan debt – Business – msnbc.com
Posted on April 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
But many borrowers these days are close to flunking out, tripped up by painful real-life lessons in math and economics. Surging above $1 trillion, U.S. student loan debt has surpassed credit card and auto-loan debt. This debt explosion jeopardizes the fragile recovery, increases the burden on taxpayers and possibly sets the stage for a new [...]
April Fools’ prank on Forbes.com runs afoul, claiming Mitt Romney ceded to Rick Santorum
Posted on April 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Web can be full of pranks and pitfalls any day of the year, but the temptation for mischief on April Fools’ Day can lead to trouble, even for news organizations. This seems to be what happened with Forbes.com on Sunday when it declared Mitt Romney had exited the Republican presidential race.An April Fools’ prank [...]
Romney looks to fall campaign, doubts linger
Posted on April 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“We’re looking like we’re going to win this thing on Tuesday,” Romney told supporters, suggesting he could also claim wins in Maryland and the District of Columbia that day. “If I can get that boost also from Wisconsin I think we’ll be on a path that’ll get me the nomination well before the convention.” At [...]
Paul Ryan Endorses Romney for President
Posted on March 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin on Friday endorsed the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney, saying Republicans do not have the luxury of waiting until the party’s convention this summer to rally behind a nominee and start confronting President Obama. “We’re going to be entering a counterproductive phase in this primary [...]
The enlightenment of gaffes: What we learn about politicians from their inadvertent mistakes
Posted on March 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
But the latest political blunders—Romney’s recent “humorous” anecdote about his father’s shuttering a factory in Michigan; Rick Santorum‘s salty smackdown of a New York Times reporter; and President Barack Obama’s Machiavellian-sounding suggestion into a hot microphone that he’d be “more flexible” to discuss missile defense after the election—open a window on these politicians’ psyches. What [...]
