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OPINION

Oct 18, 2011 11:44 AM CDT

8 Dos, Don'ts for Tonight's Debate

Cain needs more substance; Perry just needs a better performance: Politico

(Newser) - Tonight’s GOP debate—the last one for three weeks—is one of the few remaining chances for the Republican presidential candidates to change the opinions (for better or worse) of millions of TV viewers before Iowa’s Jan. 3 caucuses . With that in mind, Maggie Haberman offers some advice...

Romney Backer Is Biggest Occupy Wall Street Donor

Oct 18, 2011 10:36 AM CDT

Romney Backer Is Biggest Occupy Wall Street Donor

His giving is 'a little ADD,' Robert Halper admits

(Newser) - Robert S. Halper is the largest single donor to the Occupy Wall Street movement, having donated $20,000 to the anti-corporate Adbusters magazine, which launched the protests. The weirdest thing about Halper is not that he’s a retired Wall Street trader who used to vice chair the New York...

Obama's 'Bundlers'
Shift Into High Gear

Oct 16, 2011 10:53 AM CDT

Obama's 'Bundlers' Shift Into High Gear

President rakes in donations, but Wall Street turns to GOP

(Newser) - President Obama's big-money "bundlers" are on the rise, with at least 41 supporters now having raised more than $500,000 each for the president, reports MSNBC . That's a sizeable jump from the 27 bundlers—well-connected supporters who help candidates raise big money—reported three months ago. It'...

Obama Plan: Turn
Wall Street Anger on Romney

Oct 15, 2011 9:20 AM CDT

Obama Plan: Turn Wall Street Anger on Romney

But OWS protesters may have different ideas

(Newser) - With Occupy Wall Street building momentum across the US and even the world , the White House has decided to make that anger a central line of attack against Mitt Romney and the Republicans in the 2012 election, reports the Washington Post . “One of the main elements of the contrast...

Rush Limbaugh: Mitt Romney Is No Conservative

Limbaugh:
Romney's No
Conservative

Oct 14, 2011 8:08 AM CDT

Limbaugh: Romney's No Conservative

Country not ready to settle on GOP candidate, Rush says

(Newser) - Mitt Romney might be a nice guy and a "gentleman," but he's no conservative, at least according to Rush Limbaugh. "Romney is not a conservative. He's not, folks," the radio host said on Wednesday . What's more, the argument that Romney's presidential record...

Obama Camp
Rips Romney
Flip-Flops

Oct 13, 2011 4:00 AM CDT

Obama Camp Rips Romney Flip-Flops

Dems already homing in on Mitt-flops

(Newser) - Herman Cain might be leading GOP candidates in the latest poll , but President Obama is already acting like Mitt Romney is the man he'll have to beat. His campaign is lacerating Romney for flip-flops on health care, taxes, and even manipulation of Chinese currency, reports the Washington Post . It'...

Cain No. 1 in National Poll

Oct 12, 2011 4:36 PM CDT

Cain No. 1 in National Poll

Gingrich moves into third, but news isn't all bad for Perry

(Newser) - A new Public Policy Polling survey reflects the Herman Cain surge: While it does not take into account last night's debate , in which Cain was front and center, it shows him comfortably atop the latest national poll. Cain has 30%, followed by Mitt Romney (22), Newt Gingrich (15), Rick...

GOP Debate Winner?
Either Cain or Romney

OPINIONs

Oct 12, 2011 7:40 AM CDT

GOP Debate Winner? Either Cain or Romney

Which isn't good news for Rick Perry: Pundits

(Newser) - The instant analysis from the GOP debate doesn't exactly bode well for Rick Perry, who needed a big night in the eyes of pundits :

"Seems to me that it was a pretty good night for Mitt Romney, and for Herman Cain as well. ... Not sure that Rick Perry

...

GOP Hopefuls Face Off
in 'Well-Mannered' Debate

GOP Debate

Oct 11, 2011 9:05 PM CDT

GOP Hopefuls Face Off in 'Well-Mannered' Debate

Herman Cain gets plenty of attention

(Newser) - The latest Republican debate has wrapped up, this one focused mostly on the economy and on the newest darling of the polls, Herman Cain. If Rick Perry was hoping to land a knockout punch on Mitt Romney, it never arrived. In fact, the night was "exceedingly well-mannered," notes...

ObamaCare
Modeled on
RomneyCare:
Records

Oct 11, 2011 9:14 AM CDT

ObamaCare Modeled on RomneyCare: Records

NBC News obtains records that are sure to play a part in tonight's debate

(Newser) - As the GOP frontrunner, it's widely expected that Mitt Romney will face a tough time tonight —and it looks like tough might be an understatement. NBC News has obtained White House visitor log records that reveal that ObamaCare doesn't just resemble RomneyCare , it was actually modeled on...

Cain Leaps Past
Perry, Nearly
Ties Romney

Poll Numbers

Oct 11, 2011 8:43 AM CDT

Cain Leaps Past Perry, Nearly Ties Romney

Gallup poll shows Romney at 20%, Cain at 18%, Perry at 15%

(Newser) - It’s not a hoax or a dream: Herman Cain really has surged to the upper echelon in GOP primary polls. Cain more than tripled his support in Gallup’s October poll , jumping from 5% in September to 18%, just a hair behind Mitt Romney’s 20%. Rick Perry, meanwhile,...

For Rick Perry,
Tonight Is
Do or Die

GOP DEBATE PREVIEW

Oct 11, 2011 7:57 AM CDT

For Rick Perry, Tonight Is Do or Die

What to watch for in tonight's GOP debate

(Newser) - The Republican presidential candidates head back to New Hampshire tonight for the Granite State's second debate of the year. What to watch for, courtesy of Politico , the Washington Post , and Reuters :

It's now or never for Rick Perry: Following a series of disappointing debate performances, time is running

...

GOP Dances
Around Mormon Question

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Oct 9, 2011 12:43 PM CDT

GOP Dances Around Mormon Question

And the field pounces on Occupy Wall Street, as Pelosi slams Cantor

(Newser) - Republican presidential contenders would not touch the brouhaha surrounding Mormonism with a 10-foot pole today. Michele Bachmann called the issue "inconsequential" and "ridiculous." "We have religious tolerance in this country, and I have a very sincerely held belief on faith, and I think we just leave...

Romney Blasts
'Poisonous
Language' of
Fellow Speaker

Oct 8, 2011 11:39 AM CDT

Romney Blasts 'Poisonous Language' of Fellow Speaker

But he wasn't talking about yesterday's 'cult' slam

(Newser) - Mitt Romney got his turn at the podium at the Values Voter Summit today, though he didn't address yesterday's very public slam by a Baptist pastor that Mormonism is a cult . Instead, he criticized the "poisonous language" of the speaker who was to follow him—Bryan Fischer...

Baptist Perry Backer Calls Mormonism a 'Cult'

Oct 7, 2011 5:03 PM CDT

Baptist Perry Backer Calls Mormonism a 'Cult'

Dallas pastor wants evangelicals to snub Mitt Romney

(Newser) - Rick Perry spoke today at the conservative Values Voter Summit, but the guy who introduced him seems to be stealing all the headlines. That would be Robert Jeffress, a Baptist pastor of a Dallas megachurch who told reporters later that Mormonism is a "cult" and that evangelicals should therefore...

Romney:
God Wants
US to Lead

Oct 7, 2011 12:11 PM CDT

Romney: God Wants US to Lead

He calls for a new 'American Century' in foreign policy speech

(Newser) - Mitt Romney gave his first big foreign policy speech of the campaign today, going strong on American exceptionalism. Full text here . Some parts being highlighted by the Washington Post and Boston Globe :

“This century must be an American century. In an American century, America leads the free world and

...

Romney Calls
Occupy Wall Street
'Class Warfare'

'OCCUPY' ROUNDUP

Oct 5, 2011 9:08 AM CDT

Romney Calls Occupy Wall Street 'Class Warfare'

And other tales from the front...

(Newser) - Occupy Wall Street protesters are unlikely to find a friend in Mitt Romney. While speaking to a retirement community in Florida last night, the presidential candidate responded to a question about the anti-Wall Street protests with a brief but decidedly unsupportive comment, as reported by the National Journal : "I...

Romney Tells Seniors to Beware 'Perry Scheme'

Oct 5, 2011 4:54 AM CDT

Romney Tells Seniors to Beware 'Perry Scheme'

Social Security is safe, he promises

(Newser) - Mitt Romney, speaking at one of Florida's biggest senior citizen communities yesterday, assured his elderly audience that Social Security is safe—despite Rick Perry. The Texas governor, in a book published last year, called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme" because of its funding problems. "I think Social...

Herman Cain
Tied With
Romney Atop
New Poll

Oct 4, 2011 6:46 PM CDT

Herman Cain Tied With Romney Atop New Poll

Momentum carries him to No. 1 spot in CBS poll

(Newser) - If you thought Herman Cain's rise to second place in the new Washington Post poll was impressive, take at look at the new CBS News poll: He is tied at No. 1 with Mitt Romney at 17%. Again, his rise mirrors the fall of Rick Perry, who slipped from...

Vote Romney,
He's Boring

David Brooks

Oct 4, 2011 1:57 PM CDT

Vote Romney, He's Boring

We need a professional, not an entertainer, David Brooks argues

(Newser) - Mitt Romney is running a great campaign—he’s been good in debates, stayed on message, and “taken Rick Perry apart with a cold ruthlessness that is a wonder to behold”—yet the Republican base hasn’t warmed to him, observes David Brooks in the New York Times...