Mitt Romney ecstatic over Trump endorsement: “There are some things that you just can’t imagine happening in your life — this is one of them. Being in Donald Trump’s magnificent hotel and having his endorsement is a delight.”
There’s talk of a maneuver that could hurt Romney’s delegate count in Virginia… but could Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum swallow their political pride for long enough to pull it off?
David Taintor has a recap of just how Donald Trump drove a madcap media narrative today.
Meanwhile, here’s Evan McMorris-Santoro on why the Donald’s endorsement is something of a poisoned chalice.
The GOP suggests a plan for holding off Defense cuts without increasing taxes.
Meanwhile, Sahil Kapur outlines the standoff, and why Dems think they won’t be the ones to blink.
All joking aside, in American popular culture, Donald Trump is iconically tied to the phrase “You’re fired.” And not a pained “You’re fired” but the pleasure of chopping wood job well done “You’re fired.”
During season one of the Apprentice he even had this custom firing hand gesture. 90 degree angle hand, flat hand, “You’re fired.” Mitt Romney is going to appear together with him? For pictures? If I were one of the guys at the RNC in charge of getting Mitt elected in November, I really think I’d be shaking my head right now.
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It happened in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana. Now Republicans are moving to push a raft of fiercely anti-union legislation in Arizona. And Labor is scrambling to react.
Almost all Super PAC money comes in contributions of $100,000 or more.
Unions scramble as Arizona Republicans move to rush through tough anti-Labor bills.
Benjy Sarlin reports from a gathering of young Las Vegas Republicans… who aren’t into Ron Paul.