Mitt Romney is doing his best to dump advisor and anti-immigration hardliner Kris Kobach as part of his post-primary repositioning. But Kobach isn’t going quietly.
Top Republican says he and his senate colleagues may push a government shutdown to get out of the debt deal agreed upon last year with President Obama.
The Minnesota GOP, facing arguably more immediate concerns, tells college Republicans: Rock out to anti-gay preacher Bradlee Dean, and we might not hire you.
Jay Parmley, who last week resigned his post as executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party amid sexual harassment allegations, has been accused by an ex-girlfriend of infecting her with HIV.
Fox News host person Steve Doocy just went on the air to correct the fabricated version of an Obama quote he used in an interview with Mitt Romney last week. But it was a classic non-correction correction, referring to it as a ‘paraphrase’ and then not explaining the words he had added.
Walmart stock slips as Congress launches investigation of allegations of widespread bribery in Mexico.
I was prepping this morning for the last dry-run for one of the new web shows we’re debuting this month. And I was thinking through the 2012 presidential money chase for story ideas when it occurred to me that one of the most startling facts about this year’s race is sort of hiding there in plain sight: the two major party candidates are both at the extreme opposite edges of the spectrum of how fundraising in this country works, and in ways that mirror their visions and agendas for the country. Read More
At a fundraiser this evening in Connecticut an emotional Ann Romney described her own struggles and recent criticism of her life choices which have made her a top draw among GOP audiences.
Romney spoke for about 17 minutes to the crowd, some of whom were forced to watch her speak on a closed-circuit television in a separate room.
“Some people think that I didn’t work,” Romney said. “I didn’t have help for many, many years.”
Romney said it was only after the birth of her youngest son, Craig, when she had to have emergency surgery, that she enlisted help with running the household.
“I love the fact that there are also women out there that don’t have a choice, that they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids,” Romney said. “Sometimes life isn’t easy for any of us.”
Thanks to TPM Reader JH for sending along the link.
It’s been a while since we checked in on Rudy Giuliani’s long twilight struggle against the specter of his own irrelevance. I’d noticed that Giuliani had just endorsed one-time opponent Mitt Romney. Not surprising. But now it turns out that Giuliani has also recently endorsed the Serb nationalists ahead of next month’s election and plans to become their paid advisor if they unseat the current ruling party. Which is kind of surprising. Read More