Mitt Romney wins Nevada caucuses, CBS News projects
CBS News
With the doors closed at caucus precincts across Nevada, CBS News projects that Mitt Romney has won the Nevada Republican caucuses by a sizable margin, giving him his third victory in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Some observers believe Romney, who carried Nevada in the 2008 GOP caucus, again will do well in [...]
Read MoreFlorida primary results: Romney most 'electable,' but GOP base still wary (+video)
Christian Sc
As the Florida primary results were announced last night they read like this: Mitt Romney took 46.4% of the votes to win, while Newt Gingrich took 31.9% and Rick Santorum 13.4%. The Florida primary is a very different contest to any of the previous Get the latest breaking Florida Primary results and news right here. [...]
Read MoreFlorida Cements Mitt Romney's Front-Runner Status (The Note)
ABC News (bl
Lots of numbers are being thrown around since Mitt Romney (finally) released his tax returns last week: 13.9 percent tax rate, nearly $43 million income in two years, 10 percent tithing to the Mormon Church. We've collected Lots of numbers are being thrown around since Mitt Romney (finally) released his tax returns last week: 13.9 [...]
Read MoreFlorida Primary Results: Mitt Romney Routs Field, Back in Control of …
The Hollywoo
Not long after the Florida 2012 primary results were projected, each of the Republican presidential candidates delivered speeches to their supporters and the nation. Mitt Romney, the winner of Tuesday's primary, focused his Mitt Romney was projected the winner of Tuesday's presidential primary election in Florida by the Associated Press. The former Massachusetts governor was [...]
Read MoreFlorida primary exit polls: 2/3rds say debates mattered
CBS News
The Texas congressman left Florida before the state's primary, which polls suggest will hand Mitt Romney a win over closest challenger Newt Gingrich. Paul is now focusing instead on caucus contests of Maine and Nevada, the former of which he thinks he Mitt Romney jumped ahead in early returns Tuesday night as he reached for [...]
Read MoreWest backpedals 'get the hell out'
Politico
All the crying going on from Camp Mittens denying that Romney set out to screw Congressman Allen West out of his seat in Palm Beach County is just the usual exaggerated outrage that we should be accustomed to from Mitt and Company when they've been On Fox News' The Five, co-host Bob Beckel has a [...]
Read MoreRick Santorum's Daughter's Diagnosis: What Is Trisomy 18?
TIME
2chambers : Santorum joining @tppatriots call now from his daughter's hospital room. "Thank you all for your prayers." By Nia-Malika Henderson Sarasota, Fla.— A Rick Santorum campaign event here Sunday opened with a moment of silence for his daughter, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Sunday his daughter Bella remains in the hospital with pneumonia [...]
Read MoreIt's Groundhog Day. Haven't I heard that before?
Brooklyn Dai
Mitt Romney called President Barack Obama's tenure a “Ground Hog Day presidency,” saying Mr. Obama hasn't delivered on the change he promised. Florida's primary is Tuesday. Will Gingrich still be shadowing Romney by Thursday? Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2012 3:00 pm Q What is Groundhog Day and do the forecasts work? A Long before computers, [...]
Read MoreCapital Gains Taxes Are Going Up
Wall Street
So, the case for low rates on capital gains is that by taxing investment income as ordinary income, we effectively discourage saving: if you spend your income now, you pay taxes only once, while if you invest for the future, you Currently, most investment, or unearned, income from capital gains and dividends is typically taxed [...]
Read MoreHow Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina primary
CBS News
CHARLESTON, SC — Despite a discomforting third-place finish here, Rick Santorum has a rationale for soldiering on to Florida: Newt Gingrich could still implode. The South Carolina GOP primary might have belonged to the former House Speaker but even By Steve Holland | GREENVILE, South Carolina (Reuters) – Presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich [...]
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