Mass. GOP’s move to invalidate caucus ballots - The Boston Globe
27 May 2012, 11:33 pm
A month after Mitt Romney’s loyalists were trounced by supporters of Ron Paul in the former governor’s home state caucuses, the Massachusetts Republican Party is trying to invalidate some ballots. The move, some say, could oust Paul backers ...

Angara to vote first, Enrile last - Global Nation
27 May 2012, 11:51 am
This may sound elementary, but in recent caucuses, 23 senators grappled with a rather minor question about the sequence to be followed by the chamber sitting as an impeachment tribunal. “Why can’t we start with (letter) V for a change?” Senator ...

Iowa GOP gives caucuses high marks - Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
25 May 2012, 11:11 am
CEDAR RAPIDS --- Nearly eight in 10 Iowa Republicans rate the accuracy of the tabulation of Iowa precinct caucus results as excellent or good, according to a non-scientific poll conducted by the Republican Party of Iowa. Seventy-nine percent of the 669 ...

Romney to talk about US debt in swing-state Iowa - Yahoo Finance
25 May 2012, 9:02 am
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is criticizing President Barack Obama's handling of the national debt in Iowa, a Midwestern battleground he hasn't visited since the state's leadoff nominating caucuses.

Five Clark County Republican Party officials quit because of Ron Paul uprising - Examiner
25 May 2012, 4:08 am
Yesterday, five Clark County Republican Party officials quit their positions because of Ron Paul supporters dominating at the Republican Party Presidential caucuses in February and their control at the Republican Party State Convention earlier this month ...

Gingrich to join Romney (and Trump) at Vegas fundraiser - MSNBC Firstread
24 May 2012, 11:48 am
Rumors broke just days before the Feb. 4 Nevada caucuses – and were confirmed by several news outlets -- that Trump himself would endorse Gingrich. Hours later, however, the casino mogul endorsed Romney. A joint public event with the two ...

Iowa GOP officials say email survey shows Republicans have positive view of caucuses - Des Moines Register
23 May 2012, 9:19 am
State Republican officials say a non-scientific survey shows 79 percent of Republicans thought the accuracy of the presidential vote tabulation process used at the 2012 Iowa caucus was excellent or good. The online survey of 669 Republicans by ...

Chaos at the caucuses - Down East
18 May 2012, 12:38 pm
Maine and New Hampshire are similar in many ways: They’re neighbors with a shared New England colonial legacy, they’re largely rural and white, and they have almost identically sized populations. But when it comes to nominating the leader of the free ...

Continued: In first visit to Iowa since caucuses, Romney says Obama has fed a 'prairie fire' of debt - Minneapolis Star Tribune
15 May 2012, 5:06 pm
DES MOINES, Iowa - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday painted President Barack Obama as a reckless steward of the country's economy and, as proof, pointed to "a financial crisis of debt and spending that threatens what it ...

FIRST EVENT: Romney’s 1st Since caucuses - msnbc.com
15 May 2012, 1:14 am
Mitt Romney will return to Iowa for the first time since the caucuses Tuesday with an event at the Hotel Fort Des Moines. “For the past couple of cycles Iowa has been important in the general election and I think this is just proof that it’s ...