On the homepage, I report that IRS employees donated nearly twice as much to President Obama’s campaign as they did to Mitt Romney’s in the previous election cycle: President Barack Obama received more than twice as much in campaignShow More Summary
The Obama administration didn’t just capitalize on the “war on women” narrative that insisted that Mitt Romney defending religious freedom had to do with a lust for confiscating women’s contraception, they created it with their friends at Planned Parenthood and the rest of the abortion industry, along with willing partners in the media. Show More Summary
Donald Trump’s endorsement of Mitt Romney had no effect on the election, according to top Romney strategist Stuart Stevens. Trump, who had gained notoriety for his “birther” investigations, endorsed Romney last February in Las Vegas....Show More Summary
Top Romney strategist Stu Stevens said today that in the aftermath of the contentious GOP primary, many Americans thought that Mitt Romney opposed the use of contraception. “We found that some incredibly high percentage of people coming...Show More Summary
In his commencement speech, before the famous quiver line, Mitt Romney said, “If you meet a person you love, get married!” During the address, he also said: This is a promise: “Launch out into the deep, and your nets will be filled.” How do you do that? Well, getting married is one way to launch into the deep. Show More Summary
BuzzFeed brings my attention to a segment on CNN yesterday during which Mitt Romney was outed for being a “religious fanatic” who, of course, couldn’t connect with women during the campaign. The conversation was occasioned by a commencement speech Gov. Show More Summary
Thursday’s Piers Morgan Live panel took shots at Mitt Romney, calling him a “religious fanatic” for reading a Bible passage during his commencement speech at Southern Virginia University this week, and saying his large numbers of children put off women voters in the presidential election. Show More Summary
It’s a possibility: San Diego Mayor Bob Filner said Saturday that he wants Mitt Romney to lead a bid to bring the Olympic Games to the city and its Mexican neighbor, Tijuana. Filner, a Democrat, said that he plans to ask the former Republican...Show More Summary
The election is over, but Dan Pfeiffer, a senior White House aide, is still battling Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential nominee. “What this president will not do is come in, right after getting elected, and enact a Romney economic plan,” Pfeiffer said, speaking on ABC’s This Week. Keep reading this post...
It’ll be years before Mitt Romney endorses another presidential candidate, but he is certainly close with Chris Christie. According to Republican insiders, the pair had dinner in Boston on Wednesday, March 13. They reportedly talked about politics, Romney’s presidential campaign, and Christie’s upcoming reelection. Show More Summary
The conventional wisdom among Republican elites about the election congealed seemingly the instant Mitt Romney lost. It was that the party needed to tone down its social-issues talk, embrace comprehensive immigration reform, improveShow More Summary
Here at CPAC, it’s evident that in the aftermath of the devastating November election conservatives are turning not on the losing candidates — Mitt Romney, for one, was warmly received – but on the people who ran their campaigns. With...Show More Summary
The man who captured the 2012 campaign’s most notorious video — in which GOP nominee Mitt Romney told the crowd assembled at a closed-door fundraiser in Boca Raton, Fla. that “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for theShow More Summary
Michigan Democrat senator Carl Levin announced today that he will retire after his current term ends. And while Mitt Romney didn’t win Michigan in the presidential election, currently the state’s governor, Rick Snyder, is Republican,...Show More Summary
Mitt Romney rejected the notion that he became any more conservative as a result of the contentious, long GOP primary. “The idea that somehow … the primary made me become more conservative than I was just isn’t accurate,” Romney said on Fox News Sunday. Show More Summary
Mitt Romney castigated President Obama today for campaigning, not governing. “Right now, I wish I were there,” Romney said on Fox News Sunday. “It kills me not to be there, not to be in the White House, doing what needs to be done. The...Show More Summary
Ann Romney doesn’t think Americans ever saw the real Mitt Romney, in part thanks to the hostile media environment her husband faced. “I believe it was the media’s fault as well,” Romney said on Fox News Sunday, alluding to the campaign’s difficulties in introducing Mitt Romney to America. Show More Summary
Yes, I know: fish in a barrel. Still, Mitt Romney’s latest reflections on his failed non-campaign for the presidency last fall (if you lived anywhere but a battleground state, you missed it) is worth noting. As Bob noted below, in an...Show More Summary
Since that cold night in Boston, Mitt Romney has mostly been at his home in La Jolla, Calif. He’s spent time with family, and he’s made sporadic trips to the local Costco. But now, nearly four months later, he’s quietly reappearing on the scene. Show More Summary
NPR has had many political challenges since its government funding allowed it become branded as the main source of radio news for upper-income liberals. Just last year, Mitt Romney declared he would end federal funding for public broadcasting. Show More Summary