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Cory Booker Learns to Backpedal

Matt Cantor — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:16:00 CDT

New Democrat darling Cory Booker made headlines yesterday when he hammered President Obama's ads attacking Bain Capital as "nauseating," and it didn't take long for him to make a sudden recovery. Hours after his comments, Booker posted a YouTube video clarifying his position. "Let me be clear: Mitt Romney has...

Bill Clinton: Smear Romney as a Dirty ... Conservative?

Matt Cantor — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:56:29 CDT

Forget branding Mitt Romney as the father of ObamaCare, a flip-flopper, or a champion Etch-a-Sketcher—just call him a conservative, says Bill Clinton. The former president is pushing the current one to adjust his campaign strategy against the likely Republican nominee: Where the Obama team has long knocked Romney for...

Enough With the 'Wars' on Everything

Matt Cantor — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:05:16 CDT

As the war for the White House heats up, Republicans are accusing President Obama of a wealth of other wars—on oil, coal, energy, religion, the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and reality, to name a few. And now both campaigns are accusing each other of waging a war on women....

Harvard Alum Romney Knocks Obama for Time at—Harvard

Matt Cantor — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:15:02 CDT

As Mitt Romney campaigns in Pennsylvania, he's traded harsh attacks for a more centrist tone—mostly. The campaign "isn't about one person or about even one party," Romney told backers. "We're Republicans and Democrats in this campaign, but we're all connected with one destiny for America." But Romney took one...

Romney Copies Obama's Super PAC Strategy

Matt Cantor — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:48:15 CST

After President Obama announced this week that he'd allow top aides to speak at super PAC events, Mitt Romney is following suit. "President Obama's decision opens a new chapter in this campaign, and we will not play by different rules," said Romney's campaign manager in an email to staff viewed...

Romney Just Keeps Making Stuff Up

Matt Cantor — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:34:05 CST

Mitt Romney doesn't seem to set great store by the truth: Lately, he's been ascribing views to President Obama that are pure fabrication, notes Paul Krugman in the New York Times . Just this week, the former governor implied that Obama sought a society in which "everyone receives the same or...

Cain to Endorse Gingrich

Matt Cantor — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:57:53 CST

Newt Gingrich’s rise from the ashes continues: Just after suspending his own campaign, Herman Cain is set to endorse Gingrich today, My Fox Atlanta reports. A press conference is scheduled for 2pm. While the expected move could be another boon for the former speaker, he faces a big challenge from...

500 Students to Spend Christmas With Ron Paul

Matt Cantor — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:44:05 CST

Some 500 college students will campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire over the holidays as part of “Christmas Vacation with Ron Paul.” The students will head door-to-door and make phone calls for the Texas congressman, the Houston Chronicle reports. “I firmly believe the next generation needs us to fix our...

Mitt Romney's Barber Wants Him to Loosen Up

Matt Cantor — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:02:05 CST

Michele Bachmann recently described Mitt Romney in a word: “Hair.” She’s not alone—Romney’s stupefyingly perfect coif is a matter of much discussion among political observers. Case in point: The New York Times today has a front-page story on the hair it calls a "cosmetological Rorscharch test on the campaign...