Romney’s 300 paths to 270 votes
Coming out of its convention in Tampa, Florida, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign sees paths before it. All lead to the same place: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C. For months GOP...
View ArticleSilicon Valley’s conservatives try to up their game
Eric Jackson, a former PayPal executive, joked on stage at a conference about what its like to be a libertarian-leaning conservative in Silicon Valley. Technology workers are, of course, overwhelmingly...
View ArticleRepublicans for wealth redistribution?
Mitt Romney spent a significant portion of his 2012 presidential campaign slamming President Obama for believing “that if you simply take from some and give to others, then well all be better off.”...
View ArticleFormer McCain staffers on ditching politics for Silicon Valley
The legions of campaign workers whose candidates lost an election on Tuesday need not necessarily worry about finding their next gig. As other publications have noted, technology companies are more...
View ArticleDecoding Mitt Romney’s new mission to ‘end the scourge of poverty’
In a political twist, former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney recently announced he is seriously considering another run for president in 2016, but this time under the...
View ArticleRomney abandons 2016 campaign for president
This post is in partnership with Time. The article below was originally published at Time.com. By Zeke J. Miller, TIME Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney told donors and supporters Friday that he...
View ArticleJeb Bush just released his tax plan and it has some issues
Jeb Bush on Wednesday rolled out his plan for unleashing 4% economic growth by overhauling the tax code. It has some issues. Let's start with the tax proposal itself. Bush's proposed overhaul would cut...
View Article5 of the weirdest rumored candidates for Speaker of the House
Last month, Speaker of the House John Boehner announced that he would resign from his leadership post, and from Congress altogether, by the end of October. Almost immediately, speculation began to...
View ArticleThe Republican debate completely smashed CNBC’s ratings record
Surprising no one, CNBC easily destroyed its personal television ratings record last night with help from Donald Trump and company. Despite complaints from Republicans about moderators’ questions,...
View ArticleWhy Overseas Trips Often Spell Disaster For Presidential Candidates
With the terrorist attacks in Paris, the 2016 Presidential campaign swiveled 180 degrees as candidates abruptly shifted their focus from jobs, the economy, and abortion to national security. This is...
View ArticleThis is the Romney Campaign Promise that Obama Upheld
With the Bureau of Labor Statistics release Friday showing that the U.S. economy gained a more-than-expected 211,000 seasonally-adjusted jobs in November, the unemployment rate held steady around 5%....
View ArticleRubio Denies Report of Imminent Romney Endorsement
Mitt Romney may soon endorse Marco Rubio, according to reporting by The Huffington Post. Two Republican sources told HuffPo that Romney had hesitated to endorse Rubio while Jeb Bush was still in the...
View ArticleDonald Trump Says Mitt Romney Is a ‘Dope’
As Donald Trump increases his odds to win the Republican presidential nomination, one big question keeps popping up: Will he release his tax returns? It’s not a requirement for candidates, but the...
View ArticleDonald Trump Completely Blew Up the Republican Party’s Post-2012 Game Plan
In the wake of Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential election defeat, the Republican party put together a bold report--many called it an autopsy--detailing the ways the party needed to retool to attract more...
View ArticleMitt Romney’s Withering Attack on Trump May Have Just Sealed the Republican...
On Thursday, Mitt Romney gave a speech in Utah in which he forcefully pushed back against the idea of a Trump candidacy. He called the Republican presidential frontrunner a “phony, a fraud.” He said...
View ArticleWhat Mitt Romney Doesn’t Understand About His Own Party
Mitt Romney's vicious dismantling of Donald Trump--as a candidate, as a businessman, and as a human being--marks a turning point in the modern history of the Republican party. It could well become the...
View ArticleThis Won’t End Well For Republicans
If you didn't watch Mitt Romney yesterday eviscerating Donald Trump, I would urge you to do so today. It was a brilliantly crafted and delivered speech - leaving many wondering where that Romney was...
View ArticleMitt Romney Says He Will Not Run For President
Mitt Romney has shut the door on a presidential run. Speculation ran high that the former Republican nominee would consider a third run for the White House after he took to the stage on Thursday to...
View ArticleStocks, Primaries, and ECB Rates—5 Things to Watch for the Week Ahead
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View ArticleMitt Romney’s Speech May Have Actually Helped Donald Trump
When Mitt Romney spoke in Utah last week, he was hoping to galvanize Republicans to vote against Donald Trump, denying the New York businessman and currently Republican presidential frontrunner the...
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