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  • Role unlikely for George W. Bush in Romney bid

    By Philip Elliott - Associated Press

    Mitt Romney's campaign doesn't foresee the 43rd president playing a substantive role in the presidential race. Published May 16, 2012 Comments

  • GOLDBERG: Romney's media handicap

    By Jonah Goldberg

    Perhaps Mitt Romney played it right when he was meek and contrite in response to The Washington Post's front-page allegations that he bullied a kid half-a-century ago in high school. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • TYRRELL: Dirty days ahead

    By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

    I first heard it two, perhaps 2 1/2 years ago. A sage sitting in his New York City office pronounced it. Said the sage to me: "This is going to be the dirtiest presidential campaign in history." Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • KEENE: Obama's plan to 'crucify' political opponents

    By David Keene - The Washington Times

    When Ronald Reagan took on Democratic incumbent President Jimmy Carter in 1980, I volunteered to run an independent expenditure campaign for the National Conservative Political Action Committee. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • DECKER: Obama's inevitable shellacking

    By Brett M. Decker - The Washington Times

    Just about every objective indicator foreshadows a huge re-election defeat for President Obama. With every day that passes, Mr. Obama looks more like a loser. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • updatedPaul aide: Don't look for a Romney endorsement

    By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

    Ron Paul's campaign conceded Tuesday he won't win enough delegates to be Republicans' presidential nominee, but says he will continue to try to win supporters to influence the GOP's platform and rules at the August convention. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • updatedEx-presidents factor into Romney's campaign

    By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

    Mitt Romney, campaigning in battleground state Iowa on Tuesday, scored a long-awaited — if not exactly surprising — endorsement in Washington from the last Republican occupant of the White House. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • LAMBRO: Making Romney's day over employment

    By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

    President Obama is attacking Mitt Romney's job-creation record when he headed a capital investment firm that turned failing companies and startup businesses into success stories. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

  • Obama ad paints Romney as a job killer

    By Ken Thomas - Associated Press

    President Obama's campaign is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class in a new, multipronged effort that seeks to undermine the central rationale for his Republican rival's candidacy: his business credentials. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

  • Current third-party candidates not on voters' menu

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    There's a substantial appetite among American voters for an option other than the two major parties in this year's elections — but there's little taste for any of the third-party or independent candidates currently competing, according to the latest poll by The Washington Times/JZ Analytics. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

  • Gay marriage gives Romney chance to fire up base

    By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

    While many Republicans consider the sudden emergence of gay marriage as an issue in the 2012 presidential campaign an unhelpful distraction, social conservatives Sunday insisted the Obama administration has given presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney an opportunity. Published May 13, 2012 Comments

  • House GOP works with Romney on health care

    By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

    House Republican leaders are quietly working with Mitt Romney's campaign to fashion a unified GOP health care platform to replace President Obama's health law, according to lawmakers involved in the effort. Published May 13, 2012 Comments

  • Poll shows Obama's chief edge is enthusiasm factor

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Obama are statistically tied with 43.6 percent and 43.2 percent support, respectively, among likely voters surveyed in the first head-to-head matchup conducted for The Washington Times/JZ Analytics poll, which nonetheless found more enthusiasm for the president's campaign than for the GOP's challenger. Published May 13, 2012 Comments

  • Romney backs traditional marriage at Liberty University

    By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

    Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney assured the thousands of conservative Christians gathered for the graduation ceremony at Liberty University, the school founded by evangelical icon Jerry Falwell, that he stands with them on traditional marriage. Published May 12, 2012 Comments

  • Romney urges grads to honor family commitments

    By Kasie Hunt - Associated Press

    Mitt Romney is telling students at a Christian university that marriage is between one man and one woman. Published May 12, 2012 Comments

  • Stakes are high for Romney speech at Christian college

    By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

    Even before President Obama announced his support for gay marriage earlier this week, Mitt Romney faced a delicate balancing act for his speech at the graduating class of Liberty University this Saturday. Published May 11, 2012 Comments

  • LAMBRO: Obama's useless 'to-do' list

    By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

    President Obama sent a warmed-over five-point "to-do" list to Congress this week that he said will create jobs and spur growth. There was nothing new in any of the points. He's offered these ideas before, but Congress rejected all of them. Published May 10, 2012 Comments

  • EDITORIAL: Bad days for Barack

    By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

    It is 178 days until the presidential election. Every day presents an opportunity for the candidates. It will either be an up day, or a down day. At the end of this tight race, the person with the best run of good days will be the winner. Published May 10, 2012 Comments

  • Romney's team starts to look like Bush's

    By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

    Mitt Romney's corps of advisers is heavily salted with figures who surrounded President George W. Bush as he watched over massive increases in federal spending, the creation of more government programs and the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the nation-building efforts that followed. Published May 10, 2012 Comments

  • Poll: Women, blacks help Obama in new survey

    By Charles Babington - Associated Press

    A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that President Obama continues to enjoy strong support among women, minorities and independents. Published May 9, 2012 Comments

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