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 Romney: Two Rick Perrys  
 on Social Security
gop debate
Sep 22, 2011 9:56 PM CDT

Romney: Two Rick Perrys on Social Security

And Perry thinks there are two Mitt Romneys on lots of things, too

(Newser) - Republicans got back into debate mode tonight, with Rick Perry and Mitt Romney trading a series of sharp and sometimes sarcastic barbs at one another over Social Security, immigration, and other issues, reports AP . No fewer than nine candidates were on the stage, thanks to the invite extended to former...

Santorum Gripes to Google About Search Problem

He should contact content providers about embarrassing results, says Google

(Newser) - Rick Santorum has complained to Google about his Google problem—without success. Sex columnist Dan Savage long ago ensured that the top Google result for a search of "santorum" is a page defining the word as a graphic term relating to anal sex, something Santorum says Google could fix...

Debate Winners: Romney, Bachmann, Tea Party
Debate Winners: Romney, Bachmann, Tea Party
Analysis
Sep 13, 2011 7:58 AM CDT

Debate Winners: Romney, Bachmann, Tea Party

Rick Perry-bashing pays off for rivals

(Newser) - It was "attack Rick Perry night" at last night's GOP debate in Florida -—to the extent that even Jon Huntsman got in on the act—and the Texan's rivals succeeded in landing a few blows. Mitt Romney, who wisely ignored the Tea Party debate audience to...

Republican Debate: Rick Perry Makes His Debate Debut With Fellow GOP Candidates in California
 Perry, Romney Tee Off 
gop debate
Sep 7, 2011 8:56 PM CDT

Perry, Romney Tee Off

Texas governor makes his presidential debate debut

(Newser) - Rick Perry made his debate debut tonight, and it's clear the new frontrunner is happy to mix it up. He and Mitt Romney went after each other with gusto, notes AP , as evidenced by an early exchange: After Perry criticized Romney's record of creating jobs in Massachusetts, Romney...

Santorum: Gay Community Waging 'Jihad' Against Me

Also, he explains how a napkin relates to gay marriage

(Newser) - You may have heard that certain members of the gay community are not huge fans of presidential contender Rick Santorum. Well, Santorum himself is well aware of that fact, and during a South Carolina campaign stop Friday, he accused the gay community of having "gone out on a, I...

Bachmann Wins Ames Straw Poll

Ron Paul finishes second, Pawlenty third; Perry gets 718 write-ins

(Newser) - Rick Perry may have cast a big shadow over the Republican field today, but Michele Bachmann had a pretty good day, too: She won the Ames straw poll, with 4,823 votes of the nearly 17,000 cast, reports Politico . Ron Paul finished a close second (4,671), followed by...

GOP Candidates Square Off in Iowa

Ames debate much feistier than last go-round

(Newser) - Eight GOP hopefuls castigated President Obama and each other tonight in a frequently testy debate in Ames, Iowa. Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann were especially hostile to each other early, while Mitt Romney largely avoided any one-on-one battles and focused on the president. Overshadowing the debate: News that Rick Perry,...

Santorum: Government Wants to 'Indoctrinate' Kids

GOP candidate decries early education programs

(Newser) - Apparently, early education programs are a government plot. That’s the impression Rick Santorum gave yesterday at a tiny town hall meeting in Iowa. “It is a parent’s responsibility to educate their children. It is not the government’s job,” the GOP presidential candidate told a crowd...

Time to End Myth About 'Stable' Slave Families

Bachmann's vow is part of a 'deliberate amnesia' on slavery

(Newser) - There’s a persistent myth in America that slavery was “an idyllic world of stable families headed by married parents," writes Tera Hunter—a myth that Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum’s endorsement of the “Marriage Vow” served to highlight. It’s time for us to understand...

Savage: If Santorum Isn't Careful, I'll Redefine 'Rick'

Sex columnist recommends Santorum hold off on gay-bashing

(Newser) - Dan Savage knows Rick Santorum is pretty unhappy with him for turning the word "Santorum" into a less-than-pleasant sexual term —but Savage actually "displayed remarkable restraint," he says, by only redefining Santorum's last name. He'll do the exact same thing to Santorum's first...

Santorum Hopes to Raise Money Off Google Insult

Asks supporters to help him fight back against Dan Savage

(Newser) - Sex columnist Dan Savage long ago turned Rick Santorum into an R-rated Google joke—the uninitiated can search "Santorum" to see for themselves—and now the GOP candidate is using it as a fundraising tool, reports Politico . "Yes, he may have the right to belittle and degrade us,...

Romney Rejects Controversial Marriage Pledge

Oath against gay unions is 'undignified and inappropriate,' says candidate

(Newser) - Mitt Romney is rejecting an anti-gay-marriage pledge concocted by an Iowa Christian group, becoming only the second GOP candidate—after Gary Johnson—to do so. The controversial 14-point pledge, already signed by Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum, calls on candidates to "defend and uphold" marriage as uniting one man...

Romney Splits With GOP Pack on Abortion Pledge

He won't sign anti-abortion promise with other candidates

(Newser) - The next GOP debate might be a little testier: A rift has opened between Mitt Romney and the rest of the field over abortion, reports CNN . Romney refused to sign an anti-abortion pledge from the Susan B. Anthony List, unlike Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, and Rick...

Bachmann, Romney Score as Debate's 'Big Winners'

Bachmann impressed while Romney held firm, say pundits

(Newser) - Mitt Romney and, more surprisingly, Michele Bachmann looked like the big winners in last night's Republican debate in New Hampshire, analysts say.
  • Bachmann, who announced her candidacy during the debate , was "at ease and forceful without looking at all crazy or out-of-control," writes EJ Dionne Jr. at
...

Leno Or Conan? Debaters Field Personal Questions
 Leno or Conan? Debaters
 Field Personal Questions
GOP DEBATE
Jun 14, 2011 5:56 AM CDT

Leno or Conan? Debaters Field Personal Questions

Bachmann picks both Elvis, Johnny Cash

(Newser) - Good gimmick, or bad? At the Republican debate in New Hampshire , CNN moderator John King occasionally departed from talking policy to ask GOP hopefuls a "this or that?" question.
  • To Rick Santorum: "Leno or Conan?" Leno, Santorum decided after a pause, "but I don't watch either.
...

GOP Hopefuls Target Obama, Not Each Other

Rivals seem united at New Hampshire debate

(Newser) - Seven rivals for the 2012 Republican nomination took to the stage in New Hampshire for a debate tonight, but their focus was on attacking President Obama, not trying to score points off each other. Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Michele Bachmann—who...

Woman Faints at Santorum's Kickoff

2012 hopeful interrupts speech after fan swoons

(Newser) - Polls show that Republican voters aren't exactly swooning over Rick Santorum's White House run, but one woman was overcome during his big announcement yesterday . The former senator interrupted his speech after a woman fainted, apparently from the heat, Vanity Fair reports. Santorum walked offstage to help the woman...

Rick Santorum Announces Presidential Run

'I'm in it to win,' he says

(Newser) - Rick Santorum's big day has arrived: And yep, he’s running for president. Santorum will hold a rally near a Pennsylvania coal mine later today to formally declare his candidacy, but he let the cat out of the bag early on Good Morning America . “We’re ready to...

Top GOP Hopefuls Prep for First Big Debate

First 2012 debate for Romney, Bachmann, Gingrich

(Newser) - Seven top Republican presidential hopefuls will gather this month for the first New Hampshire 2012 debate. Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, Ron Paul, and Rick Santorum will meet at Saint Anselm College for the face-off, hosted by CNN ’s John King. It's the...

Rick Santorum Will Launch His Presidential Campaign June 6: Politico

 Rick Santorum 
 Launches 2012 
 Run June 6 
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
May 26, 2011 12:53 PM CDT

Rick Santorum Launches 2012 Run June 6

He will formally declare from Pennsylvania: Politico

(Newser) - He's been heading toward a presidential run for two years now, and Rick Santorum will make it official next month, reports Politico . The conservative former senator is set announce his 2012 candidacy from his home state of Pennsylvania on June 6. Then he heads for Iowa, where Mike Huckabee'...

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