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Jul 19 2012
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Mitt Romney Brought Bain Capital With Him To The Olympics
When Mitt Romney transitioned from working full-time at Bain Capital to running the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, he did not fully leave the private equity firm. That's not just because he continued to sign documents and take a salary, or because he described himself as Bain's CEO on the Olympics' website, but because he brought with him Bain's personnel, ethos and, most importantly, its
HuffPostJul 05 2012
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Mitt Romney Sours On Chief Justice John Roberts
Sounds like there's trouble in paradise.
During a Republican debate in December, Mitt Romney was asked his favorite Supreme Court justice. The first name he came up with? John Roberts (skip to 8:40). And on his campaign website, the presumptive Republican nominee vows to nominate justices "in the mold of Chief Justice Roberts."
Now, in the wake of Roberts' key vote to uphold
HuffPostJun 11 2012
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Mitt Romney to launch swing-state bus tour
Mitt Romney is this week launching a five-day bus tour that will put him on the ground in battleground states like Michigan, Iowa and Pennsylvania. The “Every Town Counts bus tour  which will kick off Friday in New Hampshire  will put Romney in six states over the course of five days.
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PoliticoMay 31 2012
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Deval Patrick aims for Mitt Romney, hits Obama
Deval Patrick isnt much of an attack dog. And that cant be making the Obama campaign too happy. Thursday is the day when the presidents camp is hitting rival Mitt Romney with a full-on assault on his record as Massachusetts governor, complete with a State House press conference starring top Obama political advisor David Axelrod. So who better to get the party started than Patrick, the current
PoliticoMay 25 2012
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In Philadelphia, Mitt Romney does not get warm greeting
PHILADELPHIA  Mitt Romney ventured into one of Philadelphias poorest neighborhoods on Thursday, visiting a charter school to highlight his education proposals.
West Philadelphia, notorious for its gang and crime problems and rampant poverty, is also home to the Universal Bluford Charter School, one of a network of schools in the city that target inner-city children.
PoliticoMay 29 2012
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Mitt Romney to officially clinch Republican nomination Tuesday
For so long, he was the putative front-runner, the nominal front-runner, the weak front-runner. Then he became the all-but-certain nominee. And by Tuesday night, hell be able to ditch those modifiers.
Willard Mitt Romney is about to do what his father didnt and no one in his church ever has. With Tuesdays Texas primary, he is poised to secure the 1,144 delegates required to clinch the
Washington PostMay 28 2012
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Mitt Romney to officially clinch Republican nomination Tuesday
For so long, he was the putative front-runner, the nominal front-runner, the weak front-runner. Then he became the all-but-certain nominee. And by Tuesday night, hell be able to ditch those modifiers. Willard Mitt Romney is about to do what his father didnt and no one in his church ever has. With Tuesdays Texas primary, he is poised to secure the 1,144 delegates required to clinch the
Washington PostMay 31 2012
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Meg Whitman A No-Show At Mitt Romney's Fundraiser
Mitt Romney held a major fundraiser on Wednesday night at Chateau Carolands in Hillsborough, Calif., described by the event's pool report as "one of the largest private homes in the nation." It was at the event that the Republican presidential nominee formally received the endorsement of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who praised him for, among other things, his recent speech on
HuffPostJun 18 2012
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Bain Capital: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in a muddle
The Obama campaign wants you to know that Mitt Romney took over companies, laid off workers, canceled health plans, shipped jobs overseas and walked away with millions. Not, mind you, that theres anything wrong with that: “He should be proud of the personal success he achieved as the head of a large financial firm, President Barack Obama said last week, of the man his own campaign ads have
PoliticoMay 24 2012
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Mitt Romney Reticent About Bain Capital Debate
Mitt Romney refused to give the green light Wednesday to a full discussion of his career in private equity at Bain Capital.
Time Magazine's Mark Halperin asked Romney twice whether he would "welcome" a discussion about his time in private equity. After the first question, Romney immediately turned the conversation to President Barack Obama.
"Well of course, I'd like to also focus
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