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Romney's Health Plan: The New 'Public Option'

Mitt's approach to Medicare looks a lot like Dems' original proposition: Ezra Klein

(Newser) - He wouldn’t put it this way, but Mitt Romney’s newly unveiled health care plan effectively offers the public option Republicans so opposed in 2009. Romney proposes providing seniors an as-yet-undetermined lump sum to pay either for Medicare or one of many private health plans. This could take his...

Election 2012: Republican Slate Should Have GOP Panicking, Writes Matt Latimer

 Dear GOP: 
 It's Time to Panic 
OPINION
Nov 7, 2011 11:09 AM CST

Dear GOP: It's Time to Panic

GOP field can't beat struggling Obama: Matt Latimer

(Newser) - On the surface, things aren’t looking good for President Obama—but if Republicans want to beat him, they’ll need a viable candidate. And that’s something they don’t appear to have, writes Matt Latimer for the Daily Beast . Instead, they’ve got battered Herman Cain, who’s...

5 Reasons the Republican Presidential Primary Race Is Unusual
 5 Ways the GOP 
 Race Is Just Weird 
'post' analysis
Nov 5, 2011 4:50 PM CDT

5 Ways the GOP Race Is Just Weird

Late starts and low fundraising set a different tone in 2012

(Newser) - This year's race for the Republican presidential nomination is rather odd, and not because of sexual harassment allegations or possibly drunken speeches . The Washington Post lists five ways this year is a weird one:
  • Starting late and developing slowly. Republicans lollygagged out of the gate, with Mitt Romney filing
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Obama&#39;s the Underdog
 Obama Is the Underdog 
Nate Silver
Nov 3, 2011 9:40 AM CDT

Obama Is the Underdog

If economy falters, and Mitt Romney is the nominee, watch out

(Newser) - It’s too early for Nate Silver’s usual granular state-by-state election calculus, so the New York Times political prediction guru is looking at the big picture. Obama faces three main challenges: voters think he’s not up to the task, they’re terrified of the economy, and they’re...

Romney Skeptical on Human Role in Climate

Critics think he's shifting to the right

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's views on global warming are back in the news. This week, he reaffirmed his skepticism about humans contributing to climate change. CBS News detects a "rightward shift" as the campaign goes on, and both Democrats and Rick Perry agree, notes CNN . Judge for yourself, as Politico...

GOP Candidates Reveal Favorite Movies

Rick Perry has one you probably never heard of

(Newser) - Who needs debates? The Washington Times rounds up the GOP candidates' favorite movies:
  • Herman Cain: The Godfather. (Yes, the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza winked when he answered.)
  • Newt Gingrich: "Probably Casablanca."
  • Michele Bachmann: "Braveheart, or maybe Saving Private Ryan."
  • Rick Perry: Immortal Beloved.
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Google Apparently Doesn't Like Romney's Chances

The phrase 'Romney can win' doesn't go over so well

(Newser) - Mitt Romney can't catch a break. First George Will dumps on him , and now it looks like Google's search engine isn't a big fan. The folks at Slate's Browbeat blog have noticed that when users type the phrase "Romney can win" into the search bar,...

George Will Really Doesn't Like Mitt Romney

Conservatism has sunk to this? he asks

(Newser) - George Will's Sunday column in the Washington Post isn't out yet, but Politico's Playbook has an early snippet that makes clear it won't be welcome reading in the Mitt Romney household. He calls Romney a "recidivist reviser of his principles who is not only becoming...

Poll: Only 42% Know Romney Is a Mormon

Evangelicals only group becoming more aware of his religion

(Newser) - Despite Mitt Romney's religion getting plenty of press—especially when a Rick Perry backer called it a cult —fewer than half of Americans know that he is a Mormon, according to a new poll. The Public Religion Research Institute poll found that 42% correctly identified him as a...

Cain's Smoking Aide Had to Be Drunk: Carville

And Rick Perry is 'incapable of running for president'

(Newser) - James Carville offered an entertainingly disparaging take on the GOP presidential race today, saying that nothing stood in Mitt Romney’s way to getting the nomination—he may be a “serial windsock,” constantly changing his positions, but his opponents are inept. “The best thing Rick Perry can...

Romney's New Pickle: Mass. Health Costs Highest in US

And his GOP rivals are using that fact in their attacks

(Newser) - Five years after RomneyCare took effect in Massachusetts, the state boasts the highest insurance premiums and health care costs in America, a fact that Mitt Romney's competitors in the race for the GOP nomination are increasingly using to attack him with, reports Politico . “Certainly, Gov. Romney made sure...

Polls in Early States: Good News for Romney

He's at the top in the first four, with Cain second

(Newser) - A CNN/Time survey of the first four states to vote bodes well for Mitt Romney. He leads them all, though Herman Cain is within a whisker in Iowa and South Carolina. A quick look at the top two in the state polls:
  • Iowa (Jan. 3): Romney, 24%; Cain, 21%
  • New
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Romney Backpedals: I Back Limits on Unions

He supports Ohio ballot measure to curb collective bargaining rights

(Newser) - Mitt Romney is backpedaling today after right and left slammed his stance—or lack thereof—on union powers in Ohio. Yesterday, Romney told listeners at a GOP phone bank that he was “not speaking about the particular ballot issues” in Ohio, including one that would allow the Republican governor...

Forbes Endorses Perry; Sununu Backs Romney

Two big 2012 endorsements announced

(Newser) - Steve Forbes predictably loves Rick Perry’s flat tax plan , so the businessman and two-time presidential candidate is officially backing Perry for president, The Hill reports. “With firm leadership which Rick Perry will provide—which is why I'm endorsing him for president—I think this will be a...

New Illegal Immigration Problem Looms for Romney

His 2006 health-care law provides medical care to undocumented immigrants

(Newser) - In last week's angry debate, Rick Perry resurrected allegations that Mitt Romney hired a lawn service that used undocumented immigrants—and that may not be the final illegal immigrant discussion Romney gets pulled into. The Los Angeles Times reports that his 2006 health care law's Health Safety Net...

GOP Contenders Try to Win Over Iowa Evangelicals

Major forum tonight could be pivotal

(Newser) - This could be a big night for the Republican candidates, notes the Des Moines Register : A major evangelical forum takes place in Des Moines, which might prove pivotal in getting Christian conservatives to rally behind a single candidate. As the Los Angeles Times explains, the political calculus in Iowa is...

Obama Looks to Bush '04 as Re-Election Role Model

Bush-Kerry race has echoes of current politics

(Newser) - Barack Obama has an unlikely role model in his bid for re-election: George W. Bush, circa 2004. So says the AP and New York Times , who separately report that Obama strategists are so struck by the similarities between Bush's campaign against John Kerry and the 2012 race that they...

Romney, White House Spar Over Iraq Decision

GOP candidate calls lack of new deal an 'astonishing failure'

(Newser) - Republican presidential contenders are railing against President Obama over his decision to bring home all American troops in Iraq by January 1, reports CBS News .
  • Mitt Romney: "President Obama's astonishing failure to secure an orderly transition in Iraq has unnecessarily put at risk the victories that were won
...

Iowa Back in Play for Romney

He's been steering clear, but that looks to be changing

(Newser) - After getting burned badly by Iowa in 2008, Mitt Romney has generally been keeping his distance from the state this time around. But with no other single candidate gathering the support that Mike Huckabee won in the last election, Romney's strategy might be changing, reports the Wall Street Journal...

Romney Camp Yanks Video Mocking Perry

Spate of new stories have same theme: These two don't like each other

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's camp has yanked a particularly nasty video of Rick Perry that splices together some of his bumbling, stumbling moments during the debates, reports the Hill . The campaign pulled the "Ready to Lead?" video after CNN raised objections, given that most of the clips come from the...

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