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The Corner (Free subscription) | yesterday
Marc Ambinder thinks that Romney needs Huckabee to stay strong in Iowa so that he has an excuse for not trying to win the state's caucuses. I think Ambinder is right that Romney, to succeed in 2012, needs to downplay Iowa, although we might not agree on the reasons. (I don't think Romney's Mormonism dooms him in Iowa, but a strong evangelical candidacy would doom him there.) I...
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Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | yesterday
... state provides an excuse for another candidate to play down the stakes. To put it one way: Mitt Romney needs to have a strong Christian conservative candidate in Iowa. Ex-AR Gov. Huckabee's grassroots supporters have been working Iowa hard, and Romney might have gotten a pass if he decided not to campaign in a state where his religion was a barrier to a victory. A "pass"...
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WAAY - WAAY News and Home (Free subscription) | yesterday
Associated Press - November 30, 2009 11:34 AM ET MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has endorsed State Treasurer Kay Ivey...
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Breaking News from The Birmingham News - al.com (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Former Massachusetts governor says Kivey has stayed true to convervative principles
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The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
By Reid Wilson Ex-MA Gov. Mitt Romney is helping two new GOPers raise money for their campaigns, spreading good will in advance of another WH bid, while one of his rivals is taking a first trip to NH. Romney endorsed state Treas. Kay Ivey (R) in the open race for AL GOV over the weekend, returning a favor for a public official who served as his statewide campaign chair in '08. Ivey is...
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Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has endorsed State Treasurer Kay Ivey for governor of Alabama
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The World Around You (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Artur Davis is picking up a key endorsement from Mobile Mayor Sam Jones today (as indicated by George Talbot of the Mobile Press-Register on his Twitter feed). It comes on the heels of Mitt Romney’s endorsement of Kay Ivey. Why Ivey? Well, she chaired his Alabama campaign for president, of course. We are in the season [...] Related posts: Bobby Bright endorses Michael Briddell for mayor...
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Audacity Of Hypocrisy & Deception (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Mike Huckabee at 7 percent, former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney at 6 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 4 percent and conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh at 2 percent. Other current Republican leaders were picked by 1 percent or less of those questioned in the poll. Read the whole story at CNN ShareThis
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Romney Marsh Times (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
With less than a month to go until Christmas, the festive season starts on Romney Marsh tomorrow night - 27th November - with an evening concert of Christmas music at the Methodist Church in New Romney followed by a string of Christmas themed events across the region in the coming days. The Mosaic Singers, who are holding a series of Christmas concerts at local churches in the next few...
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Frontloading HQ (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
There's nothing like Black Friday for a 2012 polling dump. Earlier this week, Rasmussen provided us with its first glance at the 2012 presidential trial heats since July and back in the summer, the firm only included Romney and Palin against Obama. This time they have added Mike Huckabee to the mix, and more interestingly, Lou Dobbs as a third party candidate. But we'll get to that moment. I'll...
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In The Faith (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
A new poll shows that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney now has a less than 50 percent favorability rating among Republican voters.
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Strange Bedfellows (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
A new Rasmussen survey shows that President Barack Obama is tied with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in a hypothetical 2012 matchup. The poll of 800 likely voters also suggests that a third-party presidential candidate - in this case former CNN broadcaster Lou Dobbs - would help Obama.
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In The Faith (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
A new poll shows that former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney now has a less than 50 percent favorability rating among Republican voters.