Hot Air interview with Mitt Romney ~ VIDEO

“Well, the most recent attacks are really off-target, and I think they know that,” said Romney of the Obama campaign. “They said, ‘Oh, gosh, Governor Romney at Bain Capital closed down a steel factory.’ But their problem, of course, is that the steel factory closed two years after I left. Bain Capital was no longer there, so that’s hardly something that’s on my watch.”



Earlier today, I had an opportunity to speak with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney about the campaign and the economy, as well as Romney’s official endorsement of Connie Mack in the Republican primary for the US Senate race in Florida. Governor Romney is traveling in Florida today, and while he and Mack have often appeared together, Romney’s official endorsement came today. I got the first opportunity to ask him about it, and Romney cited Mack’s fiscal conservatism and leadership in the Republican Party as the reasons why he makes the best candidate to go toe to toe with incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson for the Senate seat in November. More

Poll: Romney leads among women, media largely silent

A new CBS/New York Times poll released Monday evening shows Romney leading Obama among women voters 46 - 44 percent in an eight point switch from April when the President led 49 - 43 percent.

"President Obama’s claim that the GOP is mounting a war on women has proven to be a failure," Paul Bedard wrote at theWashington Examiner.

On Tuesday, Bedard also noted that "[d]espite the media hyping the so-called war on women, no major outlet today noticed Romney’s new lead with women voters." More

Former Obama Adviser, Steven Rattner, Calls Obama Camp’s Bain Ad ‘Unfair’

Steven Rattner, a former Obama administration adviser on the auto bailout, said in a television interview Monday morning that the new Obama campaign ad attacking Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital is “unfair.”
Rattner, who was known as President Obama’s “car czar,” also said that job losses — like the ones featured the new ad — while unfortunate, are “part of capitalism.”
“Look, Mitt Romney made a mistake ever talking about the fact that he created 100,000 jobs,” Rattner said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “Bain Capital’s responsibility was not to create 100,000 jobs or some other number. It was to create profits for its investors — most of whom were pension funds and endowments and foundations.”
The Obama campaign’s new ad tells the story of a Kansas City steel company, purchased by Bain in 1993, that subsequently went bankrupt.
One of workers who lost their job at the plant, Joe Soptic, appears in the ad: “It makes me angry,” he says. “Those guys were all rich. They all had more money than they’ll ever spend, yet they didn’t have the money to take care of the very people that made the money for them.”
But Rattner insisted that he portrayal of the private equity firm that Romney ran was skewed in Obama’s ad.




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Exaggerating and justifying bad behavior !!!

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Restore Our Future: Happy Mother's Day From Obama's Team !!!

Video: MSNBC Host Kicks Conservative Off the Air

The topic? Romney's decades-old alleged bullying, natch. And without a shred of irony, host Tamron Hall bullies conservative guest Tim Carney right off the air:

After fight with Tim Carney, MSNBC host Tamron Hall mutes mic.

Gov. Romney: Marriage issue isn't about fundraising ~ VIDEO

2012 candidate on his same-sex marriage, president's stance.

Santorum sends late-night email to supporters endorsing Romney because "Obama must be defeated."

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rick Santorum is endorsing his one-time bitter rival Mitt Romney in a late-night e-mail to his supporters.

Santorum on Monday urged his supporters to join him in working with the effective Republican nominee to deny President Barack Obama a second term. In his message, Santorum reminded his supporters of areas where he disagreed with Romney during their slog of a primary.

Yet Santorum says that, in his words, "above all else, we both agree that President Obama must be defeated."

During their contest, Santorum bitterly clashed with Romney. At one point, Santorum called Romney the worst Republican in the country to challenge Obama.

The two met on Friday at the office of Santorum's strategist, and Romney sought to assure Santorum of his conservative credentials.

Slap at Obama, Romney, or both ??? Jimmy Carter: I’d be ‘comfortable’ with Mitt Romney

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Former President Jimmy Carter said he expects President Obama to win reelection, but Mitt Romney would be his top choice on the Republican side.

"I think of all the Republican candidates who are prominent, I think Romney would be the one I would rather see have a slight possibility to be president," on MSNBC's "Jansing & Co" in an interview that aired Wednesday.

When pressed on whether he would be "comfortable" with a Romney presidency, Carter responded, "I would rather have a Democrat, but I would be comfortable."

"I think Romney has shown in his past, in his previous years as a moderate, a progressive that he was fairly competent as a governor and also running the Olympics. As you know, he has a good solid family," Carter said.
Carter accused Romney of going to the "extreme right wing" to win in the GOP primary, but said he believes candidates on both sides of the aisle tend to move toward the middle during the general election.

"I think he's gone too far in the conservative positions to suit the average American, that's why I think President Obama is going to be reelected," he said.  More

VIDEO ~ Santorum: 'Of course' I'd consider being Romney's running mate !!!

For all the scalding comments Rick Santorum has made about Mitt Romney over the past week, he'd still consider joining the Republican presidential front-runner's ticket.
The trailing GOP candidate talked about that possibility in an interview Monday with the Christian Broadcasting Network.
"Of course," Santorum said, when asking whether he'd consider being Romney's running mate.
"This is the most important race in our country's history. I'm going to do everything I can," he said. "We know their future and all of our children's future is at stake in this election, and I don't want to be the guy who has to sit with my granddaughter 20 years from now and tell stories about an America where people once were free. I don't want to have that conversation."
Asked if he's keeping his options open, Santorum responded: "I'll do whatever is necessary to help our country."
Santorum made the comment a day after he declared in Wisconsin that Romney is "the worst Republican in the country to put up against Barack Obama."
Last week, Santorum suggested Americans might as well vote for Obama if Romney wins the nomination -- a remark he later walked back.


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Krauthammer Etch-a-Sketch comment huge blow to Romney campaign

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Krauthammer says that the Etch-a-Sketch comment has caused huge damage to the Romney campaign because it plays right into what many on the right and the left believe about him, that he has no core and can wake up in the morning and remake himself. And to have the perfect analogy that bolsters this narrative used by his own Director of Communications, well it's not good.

BREAKING: Romney wins Puerto Rico primary, CNN projects

(CNN) – Mitt Romney will win the Republican presidential primary in Puerto Rico on Sunday, CNN projects, based on vote results obtained from local party and election officials.

You Might Be a Redneck If...

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy took a break from tweeting about sheds to endorse Mitt Romney for president on Thursday. “Time for Republicans to unite behind Gov/ Romney, a great leader who can win the White House and rebuild our economy for all Americans,” the “redneck” comedian wrote Thursday. Earlier, Foxworthy took to Twitter to crowd source pictures of sheds (“Post your biggest sheds on our Facebook wall and we will share them!”) and bask in the glory of a perfect day (“This will be a good day. Turkey sandwich and the Daytona 500, not much more American than that!!”). His latest tweet? “I've got plenty of new material from all the feedback since my endorsement of @MittRomney.”
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Defending Obamneycare

Remember Obamneycare?

Republicans ran against Obamacare in 2010 and won. How can we run against Obamacare in 2012, if Republicans have to defend Romneycare?

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Mitt Romney: I’m not willing ‘to light my hair on fire’ !!! VIDEO

Mitt Romney said he's struggling to excite the Republican Party's base because he's not making incendiary comments about President Obama. At a campaign stop in Michigan on primary day Tuesday, Romney said he won't "light my hair on fire." (CBS News)

VIDEO ~ Romney Dodges Question About NASCAR Comment

While in Rockford, Mich., on Monday, Mitt Romney didn't acknowledge a question from a reporter about how his recent comments on NASCAR made him appear to voters.

On Sunday at a Daytona 500 race, Romney was asked by an AP reporter if he follows NASCAR. "Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans. But I have some great friends who are NASCAR team owners," he responded.

Watch as Romney is asked about whether this statement makes him seem out of touch:

Mitt Romney alledges hidden camera incident. Mitt's Meltdown Caught on Tape !!!

This is worth watching Romney gets really pissed off at the 18:17 minute mark !!! It's worth watching the whole thing.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney appears in this video as he sat down with an Iowa radio talk show host when an "intense" conversation ensued. Mr. Romney has claimed (with Katie Couric) that he'd unwittingly been captured on hidden camera. There were in fact two camcorders in plain site, both on tripods.

Jan Brewer Endorses Mitt Romney for President: ‘By Far the Person Who Can Go in and Win’

We urge everyone to "unlike" Governor Jan Brewer facebook page considering she has shown that she is not a true conservative by endorsing the liberal Romney. Please share with all your conservative friends, let's make a loud statement !!!

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“I think Mitt is by far the person who can go in and win,” Brewer said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.“ ”I think he’s the man who can go out and carry the day.”

The Republican governor‘s endorsement comes just two days before Arizona’s presidential primary.

“He handles himself very, very well,” Brewer said of Romney. “But more than that he has that pro-business background and he has that political history that I think that he would serve America the best of all the candidates.”

VIDEO~ Romney Couple of Cadillacs Comment: If People Think There’s Something Wrong With Success, Vote for the Other Guy

Mitt Romney on Sunday fired back at the charge that he’s “out of touch” with the American people, following his comment that his wife Ann “drives a couple of Cadillacs.”

Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace pressed Romney about that statement as well as his answer during Wednesday’s GOP debate when he refused to directly answer a question on the biggest misconception about him.

Mark Levin to Mitt Romney: Conservatives have had enough of your sleazy campaign tactics

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Right-leaning radio host Mark Levin launched a scathing attack on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney today, labeling the former Massachusetts governor “sleazy” and “poisonous.”

On his Facebook page today, Levin tells Romney, “Conservatives have had enough of your sleazy campaign tactics.”

Levin pointed to a CNN report, which noted that in the wake of Rick Santorum’s three-state sweep yesterday in presidential primaries and caucuses, Romney would be taking a tougher approach with the former Pennsylvania senator, looking to paint him as a Washington insider.

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Levin’s Facebook Page:

Mark Levin to Mitt Romney: Conservatives have had enough of your sleazy campaign tactics

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Run on your record. Explain your conservative credentials. Tell us how you’ll save this country. If you have a core it is time to reveal it. But stop your poisonous attack dogs and ads. You’re just pissing us off!