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Stewart Jumps on CNN, Fox SCOTUS Flub

Obama, Romney also get jabbed on last night's 'Daily Show'

(Newser) - The AP may have told its reporters to stop mocking CNN and Fox News for getting their initial coverage of yesterday's ObamaCare ruling wrong, but Jon Stewart had no such compunctions last night . "It was a moment of great drama and, like many of our greatest dramas, a...

Romney Blasts 'Bad Law', as Obama Lauds SCOTUS 'Victory'

Romney vows full repeal on Day 1 if elected

(Newser) - President Obama and Mitt Romney wasted little time responding to the Supreme Court's ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act today. Romney went first, speaking at a podium emblazoned with the words, "Repeal and Replace ObamaCare," and that's indeed the message he pressed. The court, he said,...

GOP Wastes No Time: #FullRepeal

House to vote to repeal the law on July 11

(Newser) - Democrats wasted no time in celebrating the Supreme Court's ObamaCare ruling ("it's constitutional. Bitches" tweeted the DNC's executive director); Republicans wasted no time in readying the counterattack. Eric Cantor announced that the House will vote (again) to repeal the law after the July Fourth recess, on...

Romney Camp: Dinner With Trump 'Won't Be Happening'

Mitt camp surprised by Trump's claim to be hosting dinner

(Newser) - Donald Trump's claim to be co-hosting a glitzy fundraising dinner with Mitt Romney in New York City tonight apparently came as a surprise to none other than the Romney campaign, the AP reports. Trump tweeted that he was looking forward to the "Dine With Mitt and Donald" event...

Poll: Obama Clinging to Lead

Pessimistic voters not enthused about either candidate

(Newser) - President Obama is still on course to narrowly win a second term despite recent setbacks, according to the latest Wall Street Journal /NBC poll. Obama is ahead of Mitt Romney 47% to 44%, according to the poll. The survey also finds the president further ahead in a dozen swing states...

Election 2012 Just Sucks
 Election 2012 Is Just Boring 
OPINION
Jun 26, 2012 1:09 PM CDT

Election 2012 Is Just Boring

Richard Cohen: It's all about the economy, so why bother?

(Newser) - We're in the midst of a race to decide the future of our country, yet somehow it's managed to be unbelievably boring at the same time. In fact, "if the presidential campaign were a TV program, it would have been canceled by now," writes Richard Cohen...

Arizona Ruling a Quagmire for Romney, GOP

Hispanic vote needed for swing states, but GOP loves tough policies

(Newser) - With Republicans and Mitt Romney struggling to get Hispanic votes, yesterday's Supreme Court ruling mostly striking down Arizona's tough immigration law has just muddied an already difficult dilemma, reports the Washington Post . Getting tough on illegal immigration fires up the GOP base, but Romney needs upward of 40%...

Condoleezza as Romney VP? 'No Way'

She also criticizes Obama's foreign policy

(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice gave an unequivocal "no," this morning when asked if she'd be Mitt Romney's running mate—despite polls showing she's the most popular pick for the job. "Charlie, I didn't run for student council president," Rice told Charlie Rose on CBS'...

Murdoch to Romney: Stop 'Playing It Safe'

Grumpy mogul complains Mitt doesn't 'look like a challenger'

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is flummoxed by Mitt Romney's campaign. "When is Romney going to look like a challenger?" he said yesterday in a tweet spotted by Mediaite . "Seems to play everything safe, make no news except burn off Hispanics." This shouldn't be so hard, the media...

Scalia: Arizona Ruling 'Boggles the Mind'

Justice unloads on Obama, even as both sides declare victory

(Newser) - Reactions are flying in to the Supreme Court's decision to strike down much of Arizona's immigration law, but one of the most extreme came from the court itself. Speaking in dissent of the ruling, Antonin Scalia questioned whether Arizona and other states would have even joined the union...

Romney Can Win—if He Goes Beyond Applause Lines

Peggy Noonan: He needs to figure out the 'meaning of his run'

(Newser) - There's a school of thought out there that Mitt Romney can win by not saying or doing much of anything. In fact, Romney himself seems to have bought into the philosophy judging by his recent speeches, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . They're filled with superficial...

In Romney's Bain History: A Lot of Jobs Outsourcing

'Washington Post' digs into securities filings

(Newser) - Mitt Romney likes to talk about the jobs created by Bain Capital, and today the Washington Post takes a look at the ones Bain helped create in places like ... India and China. During Romney's decade-plus at Bain, the private equity firm owned companies that led the way in terms...

Politico Reporter Suspended Over Romney 'White Folks' Dig

Joe Williams implies Mitt 'awkward' around non-whites

(Newser) - Politico has suspended White House correspondent Joe Williams following his implication that Mitt Romney is only at ease among "white folks." Williams told Martin Bashir on MSNBC yesterday that Romney is "very, very comfortable ... with people who are like him," Thus he can be "awkward"...

Romney Sings Different Tune on Immigration

He softens stance in speech to group of Latino leaders

(Newser) - In what his critics will no doubt call an " Etch a Sketch " moment, Mitt Romney now sounds a lot more relaxed about immigration than he did during the Republican primaries. When he spoke to a gathering of Latino voters in Florida yesterday, his talk of "self-deportation" was...

Don&#39;t Be Duped By Privatization Proponents
 Don't Be Duped 
 By Privatization 
 Proponents 
gail collins
Jun 21, 2012 2:19 PM CDT

Don't Be Duped By Privatization Proponents

Gail Collins reels off 'privatization disasters'

(Newser) - There's been a lot of talk about the benefits of privatization lately—particularly from Mitt Romney, who has appeared sympathetic to those who'd privatize Medicare, veterans' health care, and even public schools, via vouchers. "Birds do it. Bees do it. Even Harvard PhD’s do it,"...

Romney to Florida: Hush Up on the Great Jobs News

Sources say campaign feels Rick Scott's good news is off message

(Newser) - Florida Gov. Rick Scott has been touting the Sunshine State's sunny jobs news—and the Romney campaign would like his forecast to get a little cloudier, two sources tell Bloomberg . Scott's re-election campaign recently boasted that Florida's unemployment rate dropped to 8.6% in May from 8....

Heckling Reporter Should Be Fired

 Heckling Reporter 
 Should Be Fired 
dana milbank
Jun 20, 2012 12:13 PM CDT

Heckling Reporter Should Be Fired

Dana Milbank: Our political discourse is getting lower and lower

(Newser) - Respect for the presidency has reached a new low, as proved by a pair of incidents this week, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post . There was the bullet-riddled outhouse labeled " Obama Presidential Library " at a Montana GOP convention, which showed that political discourse hasn't just "...

Romney Advisers' VP Favorite: Pawlenty

He's easygoing, and will do well with the working class

(Newser) - Despite the fact that Mitt Romney just made waves by confirming Marco Rubio is being vetted as a possible runningmate , Tim Pawlenty is the No. 1 pick for VP among several of Romney's top advisers, sources tell Politico . His most winning quality seems to be his appeal to regular,...

Obama Has Staggering 13-Point Lead Over Romney
Obama Has Staggering 13-Point Lead Over Romney
new poll
Jun 20, 2012 9:02 AM CDT

Obama Has Staggering 13-Point Lead Over Romney

But take poll with 'big grain of salt': Kornacki

(Newser) - The political world is buzzing today over a new Bloomberg poll that shows Barack Obama clobbering Mitt Romney by a whopping 53% to 40% margin. This comes despite voters widely disapproving of Obama's handling of the economy—only 43% approve, while 53% disapprove. So why is Obama winning? Because...

Romney: Rubio Is Being Vetted for VP

He dismisses reports that Florida senator is out of the running

(Newser) - Mitt Romney doesn't like to talk about his VP short list, but this morning's reports suggesting that Marco Rubio is out of the running caused him to make an exception today. "I can't imagine who such people are," he said, referring to the anonymous advisers...

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