N2K Presidential Race: Around the World with Mitt romney
25 May 2012, 9:28 am
More uneven than any individual component of Mitt romney’s approach to foreign policy is the sum of its parts. Recent criticism from the Republican center, most notably Colin Powell’s scoffing, has underscored that how romney would handle the country’s affairs past the water’s edge is largely unknowable.Part of this is that his political background is a governorship, which does not lend itself ...

Mitt romney admits he's ‘haunted' by past verbal gaffes
25 May 2012, 9:17 am
Mitt romney admits he's "haunted" by the verbal gaffes he's made during his second run for president but says he's the victim of a media environment that encourages "spontaneous" actions, yet pounces on mistakes.In an interview with the Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, romney acknowledges that he's forced himself to "be a little more careful in what I say" after mistakes that "make me want to ...

Mitt romney says he’s ‘haunted’ by past verbal gaffes
25 May 2012, 9:06 am
Mitt romney admits he's "haunted" by the verbal gaffes he's made during his second run for president but says he's the victim of a media environment that encourages "spontaneous" actions, yet pounces on mistakes. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, romney acknowledges that he's forced himself to "be a little more [...]

Mitt romney Is Haunted by the Dumb Things He's Said
25 May 2012, 8:40 am
Lots of people have forgotten about the gaffes Mitt romney made during the Republican primary—a gaffe, by definition, is amusing yet inconsequential—but Mitt romney hasn't. Though many reporters have suggested romney is overly cautious when speaking in public because his father's presidential campaign was killed by one gaffe, it's romney's own mistakes "that make me want to kick myself in the ...

romney’s Most Important Demographic
25 May 2012, 8:05 am
Mitt romney’s visit to an inner-city, predominantly African-American West Philadelphia charter school Thursday looked like a curious move for his campaign, pitching his message of education reform.

romney wants more federal intervention, not less, on school vouchers
25 May 2012, 8:00 am
romney rolled out his education plan on Wednesday. The setting was the vault-like confines of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where Latino businessmen and women applauded his speech attacking teachers unions and federal overreach. Read full article >>

romney campaign begins quiet push for African American voters
24 May 2012, 7:48 pm
Mitt romney’s campaign team has been quietly laying plans for an outreach effort to President Obama’s most loyal supporters — black voters — not just to chip away at the huge Democratic margins but also as a way to reassure independent swing voters that romney can be inclusive and tolerant in his thinking and approach. Read full article >>

romney running mate search enters audition phase
24 May 2012, 2:40 pm
Mitt romney's vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions.

romney faces tough questions from black leaders
24 May 2012, 1:47 pm
Mitt romney struggled to find support for his education proposals while campaigning at an inner-city school Thursday, one day after declaring education the "civil rights issue of our era."

romney in new China dig at Obama
24 May 2012, 12:08 pm
Mitt romney fired a fresh jab at President Barack Obama Thursday over his China policy, in a new web video vowing to make China "play by the rules" of global trade on his first day in the White House.