2012 already? GOP wannabes jockeying early

Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the recession.

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Romney: Obama economic stimulus plan is a failure

Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney says the time has come to stop the economic stimulus program, contending that it has not worked as the Obama administration planned.

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Romney prods Obama to decide Afghan strategy now

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is accusing President Barack Obama of acting too slowly to decide what U.S. policy is needed in Afghanistan.

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Romney taunts Democrats with memories of Carter

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney reflects conservatives' growing confidence when he taunts Democrats, saying "I'll bet you never dreamed you'd look back at Jimmy Carter as the good old days."

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Romney: Liberals given too much say in health care

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama is struggling to get a health care bill because he has been too deferential to the liberal wing of his party.

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Romney grading Obama better now on Iran statements

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is giving President Barack Obama higher marks now for his response to civil unrest and a government crackdown in Iran.

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Romney raps Obama's speechmaking style overseas

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday accused President Barack Obama of failing to sufficiently highlight America's strengths in his travels and speeches around the world.

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Romney raps Obama's 'tour of apology'

Republican Mitt Romney, seen as a likely contender for the White House in 2012, scolded President Barack Obama on Monday, arguing that he has failed to take a tougher line against U.S. critics in the global arena.

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Romney: Va., NJ races will give GOP its voice back

The nation's Republican Party has a chance to reclaim its voice in governors' elections this fall in Virginia and New Jersey, former Republican presidential prospect Mitt Romney said Friday.

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Steele praises Romney after criticizing him

The head of the Republican Party said Tuesday he regrets the public interpretation of comments in which he said the GOP voted against Mitt Romney last year in part because he was a Mormon. "Chairman Steele regrets the way his comments have been interpreted," Republican National Committee spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said in a statement.

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Romney's work puts him in 2012 political spotlight

Mitt Romney doesn't have a job for the first time in his adult life. That hardly means he's not working. In ways both subtle and overt, the 2008 Republican presidential contender, former Massachusetts governor, one-time Olympics chief and high-flying businessman is building toward a 2012 White House campaign by judiciously engaging and disengaging with the national debate.

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Jewelry stolen from Mitt Romney's Utah home

Police in Utah say up to 20 pieces of jewelry have been stolen from a ski resort home that is being sold by former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

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Mo. governor to join Massachusetts equity company

Missouri's outgoing governor has been hired by an equity firm led by a son of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

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Romney adamantly against auto industry bailout

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is standing steadfastly behind the forces opposing a $25 billion "bridge loan" for struggling Detroit auto manufacturers.

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Romney calls for end to liberal Washington

Vanquished Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney got an enthusiastic greeting when he appeared to speak Wednesday night to delegates at the Republican National Convention.

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Text of Mitt Romney's speech

Text of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's speech Wednesday to the Republican convention, as prepared for delivery:

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McCain's words not always in synch with GOP

John McCain claimed the Republican nomination Thursday before a surprisingly united Republican convention. But McCain has often been out of sync with many in his party. His prior statements help explain why.

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Giuliani, other also-rans go to bat for McCain

Rudy Giuliani, mayor of New York during the Sept. 11 attacks, said Wednesday night that Barack Obama and the Democrats "are in a state of denial" about the threat of terrorism against the United States.

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Romney readies for White House run if McCain fails

Like his father, Mitt Romney ran for governor and won. Like his father, Mitt Romney ran for president and lost.

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Romney `not disappointed' at missing McCain ticket

Mitt Romney said Tuesday he was "not disappointed at all" at being passed over for the Republican vice presidential nomination, but also said he wouldn't be interested in a Cabinet post in a McCain administration.

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Romney, Pawlenty on attack in GOP veep tryouts

Mitt Romney, a potential John McCain running mate playing Republican pit bull on the periphery of the Democratic National Convention, charged Tuesday that a Barack Obama presidency would "make America a weaker nation."

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Romney urges China to grant Olympics visa to Cheek

Mitt Romney has asked Chinese officials to restore the visa of Olympic speedskater Joey Cheek so he can attend the Beijing Games.

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Foes no more, McCain, Romney warm to each other

Just as Republican John McCain was unloading on his Democratic presidential rival Friday, he was offering warm, effusive words for once bitter foe Mitt Romney. And Romney, the mega-millionaire former Republican governor of Massachusetts, was pledging to help McCain's presidential campaign financially — and in any other way.

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Romney reverses on McCain's economic credentials

Mitt Romney said Tuesday that Sen. John McCain's Washington experience counts in drawing up economic policy.

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McCain, Romney Campaign Together in Utah

In a show of Republican unity, one-time bitter foes John McCain and Mitt Romney raised money and campaigned together Thursday for a single goal — getting McCain elected president.

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"That was my problem with the Massachusetts Romneycare," Beck said, referring to a three-year-old mandate that requires everyone in the state to have health care. "I remember saying to him, 'Mitt, you're not king. You're not going to be there forever.

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The former chief executive of Wal-Mart is joining a Lexington private-equity firm co-founded by Mitt Romney's son and others with ties to the former Bay State governor.

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Almost a year after his election as President, Barack Obama continues to lead his most likely 2012 rivals in hypothetical contests for reelection. Obama leads Mike Huckabee 47-43, Mitt Romney 48-40, Sarah Palin 52-40, and Tim Pawlenty 50-30.

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On Sean Hannity's Fox News show, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney propagated a fearmongering claim that a public health insurance option would bring death to the country.

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A GOP Leader Has Yet To Emerge: This Could be Good for the GOP

If an extra-terrestrial life force were to touch down at the GOP headquarters and ask the receptionist to take him to her leader, he would be met with bewilderment. For the first time since 1994, The GOP controls neither the Presidency nor either chamber of the U.S. Congress.

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Romney's strategy in the last campaign was not to run as the social conservatives' candidate. It was to run as the movement-conservative candidate….

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excerpt: ""Earlier this year, the so-called "fair and balanced" network launched its Fox Nation website, an opinionated online forum.

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A new Public Policy Polling poll shows that President Obama still maintains comfortable leads over all of the Republicans who’ve been mentioned as potential opponents in 2012: [Obama] leads Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush, and Sarah Palin by anywhere from 7-15 point …

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excerpt: ""The Foreign Policy Initiative (aka "PNAC 2.0"), an organization which is headed by neoconservatives Bill Kristol, Robert Kagan, and Dan Senor, is holding a conference today and tomorrow on "Advancing & Defending Democracy." FPI arose after its previous incarna …

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excerpt: "" Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the Values Voter Summit's 2012 presidential straw poll Saturday, grabbing nearly 29 percent of the vote in a crowded field. ""

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In April 2006, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to require that all of its residents purchase health insurance.

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The Right's Nonexistent Predictive Power Regarding Gay Marriage

This is only the beginning, if we allow this [ same sex marriage ] to happen we will, in effect, have destabilized the basic institution of our society, which is marriage between a man and a woman - Brian Camenker, President of the Parents' Rights Coalition, as quoted by MassNews …

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The Mormons are mobilizing NATIONWIDE to fight a simple city ordinance in a suburb. According to my friend, Mitt Romney has already weighed in on the issue denouncing the ordinance.

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Whether Massachusetts law is changed or not, the state will host a special election in January to fill the vacancy left by Sen. Edward Kennedy. It's likely that Massachusetts will elect a Democrat, but it's also likely that Republicans will at least field a candidate.

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A cancer-stricken Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has written a poignant letter to Massachusetts leaders asking that they change state law to allow a speedy replacement of him in Congress.

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The Council on Foreign Relations published a speech by Mitt Romney in their July/August '07 issue of Foreign Affairs, titled "Rising to a New Generation of Global Challenges."

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While hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in battles over President Barack Obama's ambitious legislative agenda in Washington, underneath the radar some of the Republican Party's next best hopes are laying the groundwork for the bid to replace him — or at least secure …

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excerpt: ""...some of the Republican Party's next best hopes are laying the groundwork for the bid to replace him — or at least secure their place in the GOP hierarchy. ""

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In 2006, the state of Massachusetts required every single one of its residents to get health insurance, and every single one of its businesses to provide it. Otherwise, residents and employers would be fined.

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It may be getting time for the White House to polish up on that well-worn political line that public opinion polls don't matter. President Barack Obama got hit with a one-two polling punch today.

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They'll be on an even playing ground Maybe. Obama hasn't helped the economy yet.

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Gallup has released the results of a survey about potential GOP 2012 nominees, and it contains much good news for Romney fans.

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I have been reading about this GOP woman, but I had no idea that the party "seems" to think it's OK. I really don't think there is anything to add. Maybe it is time to find out WHY the leaders of the party think this is OK.

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In 2006, Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was praised for his visionary approach to health care. Now, the government is looking for national health care reform and attention has been brought to the Massachusetts approach.

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Mitt Romney should have been in a celebratory mood all weekend when one of his chief rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, darling of the right-iest of the right, Sarah Palin, inexplicably and incoherently quit as governor of Alaska.  Ed Rollins, a rare GOP  …

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