Despite barreling forward with two back-to-back persuasive victories, Mitt Romney could face a significant challenge in the races ahead, including in Minnesota, where Rick Santorum may have an advantage over the front-runner in a state where Republicans have turned decidedly conservative following a bitter government shutdown last year. In all 17 states will vote in the next 30 days. Three states go to the polls on Tuesday. Colorado and Minnesota Read More ...
Mitt Romney, able to seize the offensive in Iowa’s Republican presidential contest, turned overnight into a front-runner on the defensive as rivals stepped up attacks on the former Massachusetts governor in advance of New Hampshire’s pivotal Jan. 10 primary. Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich spent much of yesterday in New Hampshire targeting Romney, calling him “a person who accommodated liberalism in Massachusetts.” He also questioned Romney’s truthfulness U.S. Representative Read More ...
As reported on Fox and Friends, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has cancelled her visit to South Carolina and her campaign has called a press conference for 11:00a ET on Wednesday. SOURCE Related Blogs
A new two day tracking poll from Public Policy Polling finds that Ron Paul is still leading the race in Iowa just one day before voters take to the polls. The race between Paul and Romney is still tight with Paul holding at 20 percent, according to the poll, and Romney at 19 percent. The survey also finds that Rick Santorum is enjoying a late surge in popularity and currently Read More ...
Organizers of a tea party convention scheduled to convene next month in Myrtle Beach are fending off accusations that they called for “armed guards” with concealed weapons permits to staff the event. A senior leader of one tea party group in the Palmetto State raised concern about heat-packing patriots amid a flurry of email backlash after supporters of Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann announced their intention to hold a straw poll Read More ...
The Des Moines Register’s latest Iowa Poll shows a surprise three-way match-up in contention to win the Iowa Republican caucuses: Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum. Santorum, who has been largely invisible in the polls throughout the campaign season, is now beating the other evangelical choices and has a clear shot at victory Tuesday night. But political analysts note there’s little time for Santorum to cash in and regroup Read More ...
In a shock announcement Wednesday night, Iowa state senator and onetime Michele Bachmann campaign leader Kent Sorenson declared that he is now supporting Ron Paul for president. Sorenson made the announcement at a Paul rally with veterans here in Des Moines, telling the crowd: “I believe we’re at a turning point in this campaign.” Calling the decision to abandon Bachmann a painful one, Sorenson said he felt obligated to join Read More ...
Mitt Romney was a moderate governor in Massachusetts with an unimpressive record of governance, who left office with an approval rating in the thirties, and whose signature achievement was a Hurricane Katrina style disaster for the state. Since that’s the case, it’s fair to ask what a Republican who’s not conservative and can’t even carry his own state brings to the table for GOP primary voters. The answer is always Read More ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three Republican presidential candidates, each claiming to be the truly conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, are launching bus tours Tuesday through this early nominating state. Just a week before Iowa’s leadoff caucuses, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich prepared to rumble through small towns aboard their campaign buses. They’re looking for supporters one at a time and Read More ...
Newt Gingrich’s campaign is looking to buck up supporters after their embarrassing failure to get on the ballot in Virginia, likening their inability to secure enough signatures to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. “Newt and I agreed that the analogy is December 1941,” campaign director Michael Krull said in a message posted to Facebook. “We have experienced an unexpected set-back, but we will re-group and re-focus with increased determination, Read More ...
