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Romney misses his 'Sister Souljah' moment
Now that Mitt Romney has corralled enough delegates to the Republican National Convention to assure his presidential nomination, political wisdom might suggest that he end his conspicuous romancing of his party's right wing and start reaching out to the...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, Republican Party, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Clinton
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Jules Witcover: Romney's presumption
As Mitt Romneycontinued to build his delegate count for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with five more primary victories, his new campaign slogan proclaimed: "A better America begins tonight." The message seemed to announce that...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Primaries, Republican Party, Jules Witcover, Jimmy Carter
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GOP upstart defeats party stalwart for national political seat
SOLOMONS — A conservative activist running an insurgent candidacy against the Maryland Republican establishment seized the post of national committeewoman at the state GOP convention Saturday, beating longtime party stalwart Audrey E. Scott. The...Tags: Executive Branch, Annapolis, Bowie, David Brinkley, Tea Party Movement
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Romney: The ideal foil for Democrats' class warfare campaign
It was going to happen anyway, but Mitt Romney's wealth and history as a healer of troubled corporations doubly assures that this year's presidential campaign will see a return in spades to good old "class warfare." David Axelrod, President Obama's chief...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Lyndon B. Johnson, David Axelrod, Joe Biden, Labor Legislation
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Jules Witcover: Goodbye, Gingrich
The silence of the other shoe dropping pretty much describes the clamor that greeted the departure of Newt Gingrichfrom his overblown, self-centered fight for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. The man who vowed he would go all the way to the...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Michele M. Bachmann, Dylan Thomas
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Group seeks access in Md. for third-party candidate
A non-partisan, national group that plans to run a third-party presidential candidate nominated by an online convention will submit more than 18,000 signatures to the Maryland State Board of Elections on Wednesday with the hope of gaining a spot on the...Tags: Democratic Party, Libertarian Party, Charles Elson Roemer, III, Republican Party, Voting
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What now for Republicans?
Rick Santorum deserves credit for his impressive primary victories in Mississippi and Alabama. Newt Gingrich led us to believe he would win both states. He didn't, but he has vowed to fight on as the "real" conservative candidate, as opposed to Mitt...
Tags: Mitt Romney, John F. Kennedy, Republican Party, U.S. Postal Service, Tampa
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Romney to visit in advance of Md. primary
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will swing through Maryland on Wednesday in advance of the April 3 primary, the first indication that a state often overlooked in presidential contests could play a more significant role this year. Romney...Tags: Mitt Romney, John McCain, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Annapolis, Republican Party
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Biden shows what Romney lacks
As the Republicans continue to fret over Mitt Romney's authenticity or lack thereof, the Democrats unleashed their version in Ohio the other day by sending Vice President Joe Bidento a United Auto Workers hall in Toledo. Talk about sending coals to...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Mitt Romney, Al Gore, George Bush, Joe Biden
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Early voting for presidential primary begins Saturday
Early voting for the 2012 presidential primary elections begins Saturday, March 24. In addition to Democrats and Republicans voting for their respective presidential nominees and delegates to the national convention, primary contests for Maryland's U.S....Tags: Democratic Party, Primaries, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Annapolis
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Md. Republicans to have a say in presidential race
The protracted battle for the Republican presidential nomination is about to thrust Maryland's GOP voters into the unusual position of having a voice in a national political contest even though they live in one of the country's most reliably blue states....Tags: Mitt Romney, Baltimore County, American Legion, Annapolis, Polls
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Misplaying the political game
Republican presidential politics in the era of multiple state primary and caucus elections is a two-step dance. Candidates first must waltz their way to the approval of the most conservative voters to nail down the nomination. Then the survivor must...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Primaries, Viral Diseases and Infections, Joe Biden, Tea Party Movement
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