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Tag Archives: MittRomney
Romney / Ryan 2012…Really?
The president was half joking when he compared Mitt Romney to the reverse Robin Hood but truthfully Romney has selected his Sheriff of Nottingham. It should come as no surprise that Mitt Romney chose the Representative from Wisconsin Paul Ryan as his running … Continue reading
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Tagged Marco Rubio, MittRomney, Paul Ryan, Rob Portman, Romney, Vice president
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The Tipping Point in the Presidential Election is…Omaha?
It’s a tight race. President Obama has maintained the lead but surprisingly, for an incumbent, not by very much. Conservatives have wistfully hoped that there would be some watermark that would propel Mitt Romney into the lead but it has never materialized. … Continue reading
Bracketing the General Presidential Election
The Republican Primary is effectively over as first Rick Santorum and then Newt Gingrich finally threw in the towel and suspended their campaigns. The outcome was pretty much as expected with Mitt Romney being the presumptive challenger to President Obama … Continue reading
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Tagged Huffington Post, MittRomney, Obama, Rick Santorum, University of Virginia
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Silver Foot-in-Mouth Disease
It didn’t take long for the political gaffe sound bite uttered by the Romney campaign’s lead political strategist, Eric Fehrnstrom, to hit the airwaves. Fehrnstrom made a comment that the Romney campaign was like an Etch-a-Sketch, the popular toy originally called … Continue reading