Read more George Wallace stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10339/george-wallace.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 16 May 2012 15:51:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39751/furor-ignites-after-ga-rep-blasts-mccain.htmlWesley Oliver<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=143741&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401002414' border='0' />A day after igniting tensions in both campaigns, civil rights icon John Lewis sought to soften remarks that seemed to compare John McCain to segregationist George Wallace, Politico reports. “It was not my intention or desire to do so,” Lewis said last night. “My statement was a reminder to all...Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., says he never meant to compare John McCain and segregationist George Wallace.http://www.newser.com/story/39751/furor-ignites-after-ga-rep-blasts-mccain.htmlSun, 12 Oct 2008 10:38:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/16115/blogfather-to-mich-dems-vote-romney.htmlJonas Oransky<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=63025&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401023423' border='0' />Left-wing netroots tastemaker Markos Moulitsas Zúniga is endorsing Mitt Romney in next week’s Michigan primary. You read that right. In Michigan's open primary system, any registered voter can cast a Republican ballot, and the blogger calls for strategic sabotage. With the Democratic race uncontested, the Michigan left can back a...Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney smiles as he boards a jet in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero)http://www.newser.com/story/16115/blogfather-to-mich-dems-vote-romney.htmlFri, 11 Jan 2008 15:05:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11321/would-be-wallace-killer-walks-free.htmlJonas Oransky<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=44361&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401030028' border='0' />The man who tried to assassinate George Wallace in 1972 walked free from prison today after serving 35 years of his 53-year sentence. Arthur Bremer opened fire on the Alabama governor as he campaigned for president in Maryland, leaving him paralyzed. Before he died in 1998, the onetime segregationist wrote...A gun, center, held by Arthur Bremer is fired repeatedly in the direction of presidential hopeful Alabama Gov. George Wallace (not pictured) during a Laurel, Md., campaign rally, May 15, 1972.http://www.newser.com/story/11321/would-be-wallace-killer-walks-free.htmlFri, 09 Nov 2007 10:50:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/6341/wallace-assailant-earns-release.htmlZach Samalin<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=21813&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401032831' border='0' />The man who shot George Wallace in 1972 and later called him a "segregationist dinosaur" will be released from prison later this year after serving 35 years of a 53-year sentence, the AP reports. The Alabama governor was forced to drop out of the presidential race after a bullet fired...Arthur H. Bremer, who has been charged in the shooting of Ala. Gov. George C. Wallace, is taken into custody by police and agents moments after Wallace was shot, May 15, 1972, following a campaign speech in Laurel, Md. Bremer was sentenced to 53 years in prison for shooting Wallace and three bystanders. Bremer will be released from prison in 2007, an official said Thursday, Aug 23, 2007. He has served 35 years of the sentence. (AP Photo/File)http://www.newser.com/story/6341/wallace-assailant-earns-release.htmlThu, 23 Aug 2007 16:26:20 CDT