Mitt Romney
Meat Loaf Endorses Romney at Campaign Rally in Ohio
October 26th, 2012 6:03 PM
Rock singer Meat Loaf endorsed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at a campaign rally in Defiance, Ohio, Thursday.
After singing to the crowd estimated at 12,000, he spoke of his enthusiastic support for the former Massachusetts governor.
Cal Thomas Column: So What Exactly Is Our Foreign Policy, Mr. Presiden
October 26th, 2012 5:45 PM
After watching the third presidential debate, are you clear on America's foreign policy? I thought not. That's because there appears to be no singular foreign policy, rather a series of foreign policies, which must be tailored to fit each nation.
I expected Mitt Romney to go after President Obama on his most recent foreign policy failure, the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi…
NBC's Todd Hypes 'Speed Bumps' for Romney: Mourdock and 'Eyebrow-Raisi
October 26th, 2012 3:40 PM
On Friday's NBC Today, political director Chuck Todd described how "both sides are dealing with some unexpected political speed bumps on the trail" and began by detailing the supposed obstacles for the Romney campaign:
...it's Indiana's Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, who made controversial comments about abortion and rape on Tuesday...another unforced error for Team Romney and…
Cintas CEO Sends Email To Employees Condemning ObamaCare and Over-Regu
October 26th, 2012 10:04 AM
Scott Farmer, the CEO of uniform manufacturing giant Cintas, sent an election email message to employees last Friday attacking ObamaCare and excessive regulations.
Its contents were posted at AliciaNewton.com:
CBS Prompts Pro-Obama Powell on If He's 'Still Republican'; Ignores Li
October 25th, 2012 7:02 PM
CBS This Morning brought on liberal Colin Powell on Thursday so he could break his endorsement of President Obama and boost the Democratic candidate that he supported in 2008. Norah O'Donnell spotlighted Powell's service with "several Republican presidents" and wondered if he was "still Republican." When the former secretary of state claimed that he's a "Republican of a more moderate mold,"…
ABC Links 'Landmine' GOP Senate Candidate to Romney, Hypes 'Firestorm
October 25th, 2012 5:02 PM
World News on Wednesday night continued to try and link Mitt Romney to the comments of a Republican Senate candidate in Indiana. Anchor Diane Sawyer began the program by hyping, "The Romney campaign wrestles today with a landmine on a big issue for women."
On Tuesday, Richard Mourdock said that life is a "gift from God" and that "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that…
NYT's Zeleny: 'Closing Days of the Race...Like Watching '08 in Reverse
October 25th, 2012 4:25 PM
It's becoming very clear that Obama's media are starting to realize the candidate they helped get elected four years ago is in serious trouble.
Count New York Times Washington Bureau correspondent Jeff Zeleny who tweeted moments ago, "In closing days of the race, Romney frames his candidacy as 'big-choice' vs. status quo of Obama. It's like watching '08 in reverse":
CBS Hammers Haley Barbour on 'Impact' of Mourdock on Women's Vote
October 25th, 2012 4:14 PM
Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell badgered former RNC head Haley Barbour on Thursday's CBS This Morning on Indiana Republican Richard Mourdock's strongly pro-life stance, that even children conceived in rape are "God intended." Rose strongly hinted that the media firestorm surrounding Mourdock could affect the presidential race: "Romney may be gaining support among women. And the question arises…
NBC: Romney 'Dealing With a New Controversy' After Mourdock Abortion C
October 25th, 2012 3:25 PM
Continuing to hype Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's opposition to abortion as some kind of scandal for Mitt Romney, on Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Peter Alexander proclaimed: "...the Romney campaign is also dealing with a new controversy, trying to distance itself from this comment..."
After playing a sound bite of Mourdock explaining in a Tuesday senatorial debate…
NYTimes's Matt Bai Calls Bill Clinton a 'Centrist' and Suggests Rush L
October 25th, 2012 1:45 PM
Bill Clinton the centrist, Rush Limbaugh among the "far right"? That's the gist of New York Times magazine political writer Matt Bai's thesis Wednesday on how the former president may actually have hurt President Obama's chances for reelection. Bai also made his usual case about "extreme forces" in the Republican Party.
Bai argued that Clinton made a strategic misstep when he advised Obama to…
Leno Asks Obama ‘What Is the Cure for Romnesia
October 25th, 2012 12:02 PM
NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno actually asked guest Barack Obama Wednesday evening, "What is the cure for Romnesia?"
This came as one of the questions posed via Facebook and from members of the studio audience (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Sarah Palin Calls Out Chris Matthews for Accusing Her of Racist Attack
October 25th, 2012 1:59 AM
As NewsBusters reported, MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Wednesday said Sarah Palin's recent "shuck and jive" comments about Barack Obama's ever-changing story on the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, were a racist "dog whistle."
Palin responded on Facebook Wednesday evening:
Noted: Obama Got More Speaking Time at Every Presidential Debate
October 24th, 2012 7:17 PM
Now that all three presidential debates are history, did using only liberal moderators have any impact on the amount of time Democratic incumbent Barack Obama and GOP presidential candidate Milt Romney had to make their case for occupying the White House next January?
The answer to that question is a definite "Yes," since President Obama got a total of 8 minutes and 8 seconds more time than…
NBC Claims Romney 'Taking Positions He Has Not Taken Before' on Foreig
October 24th, 2012 3:50 PM
In a continued effort to tag Mitt Romney with a flip-flopper label, on Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams proclaimed that Romney's performance in the final presidential debate "seemed to be a move to the center" on foreign policy issues and asserted that the Governor was "taking positions he has not taken before."
In the report that followed, correspondent Andrea Mitchell…