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SECRET VIDEO: On Israel, Romney Trashes Two-State Solution — At a private fundraiser, the GOP candidate calls Middle East peace “almost unthinkable” and says he would “kick the ball down the field.” — At the private fundraiser held May 17 where Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney candidly spoke …
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A Note on Romney's Arrogant and Stupid Remarks — So we have in 2012 two presidential candidates who—when they thought they were speaking privately to their fellow 1 percenters—have shown contempt for fellow Americans. — Here's Barack Obama, on April 6, 2008, in San Francisco:


WATCH: Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser — Mitt Romney wanted the full tape. Here it is. — On Monday and Tuesday Mother Jones published exclusive video that captured Mitt Romney speaking to donors at a May 17 fundraiser, which was held at the home of private equity mogul Mark Leder.

Thurston Howell Romney — In 1980, about 30 percent of Americans received some form of government benefits. Today, as Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute has pointed out, about 49 percent do. — In 1960, government transfers to individuals totaled $24 billion.
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Sen. Brown denounces Romney comments — Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) came out in opposition to Mitt Romney's controversial remarks on the “47 percent.” — Brown, who has been distancing himself from elements of the Republican Party, joins GOP Senate candidate in Connecticut Linda McMahon in coming out against the statements.
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A Golden Opportunity for Mitt Romney — RUSH: I tell you, I really hope that Mother Jones pulls down that Romney video pretty fast. Well, what he said about the Palestinians not wanting peace, that's got the media as riled up as anything. The Palestinians are sacred to some people …
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Eastwood: If they were ‘dumb enough to ask me...’ — (CNN) - Clint Eastwood isn't taking much time to reflect on his unique endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at last month's Republican National Convention, after all he says if they're “dumb enough” to ask him, they'll take what they get.
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Romney Defends Leaked Comments, Hits Obama For 1998 “Redistribution” Line — On Fox News Tuesday, the Republican presidential nominee hit the president for a recently uncovered clip in which he says he “actually likes redistribution.” Romney also defended his comments about 47% of Americans who he says will vote for Obama.
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Conservatives Agree: Romney's Wrong — Plenty of conservatives are pushing back against the worldview espoused by Mitt Romney in his “arrogant and stupid' remarks at a private fundraiser earlier this year. — The conservative case against Romney's analysis is multi-pronged.
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The Right Is Wrong to Pin Obama's Edge on Welfare State — A lot of conservatives are puzzled that polls show the presidential election is even close, let alone that most show Barack Obama ahead. So convinced are they that Obama has failed that they think he ought to be out of the running.
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The Sinister Message Behind Romney's “Gaffe”
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Mitt's Gettysburg Moment
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Romney Has Support Among Lowest Income Voters
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Romney “47 Percent” Fundraiser Host: Hedge Fund Manager Who Likes Sex Parties
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How the Romney video leaked: For Carters, it was personal
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How Jimmy Carter's Grandson Helped Leak the Secret Romney Fund-raiser Video
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Video: Republican Mitt Romney lambastes 2-state solution
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Romney's theory of the “taker class,” and why it matters
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Conservatives Agree: Romney's Right
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OMG, you guys, it's all over! … I can see why Democrats are so offended.
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How the Romney Campaign Scrambled to Respond to Secret Video
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The Real Romney Captured on Tape Turns Out to Be a Sneering Plutocrat

Romney's ‘47 Percent’ Talk Explains His Struggles with Swing Voters

Today, Mitt Romney Lost the Election
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Post Poll: Obama up 8 points over Romney in Virginia — President Obama continues to hold a clear lead over Mitt Romney in Virginia, a new Washington Post poll shows, buoyed by enthusiastic support rivaling what he marshaled in 2008 to snap the Democrats' four-decade losing streak in the state.
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Mitt Romney ‘47 percent’ recording may have been illegal — The secretly recorded video of Mitt Romney decrying the “47 percent” of Americans who won't vote for him might run afoul of state law that bars eavesdropping. — The rules in Florida — where Romney spoke at a private fundraiser …
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The Long Strange Leak Of Mitt Romney's 47% Video
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Puts Voter ID Law In Jeopardy — Last month, a Pennsylvania trial judge upheld that state's Voter ID law, in an opinion that relied at least in part on Nineteenth Century precedent which claimed that vote suppressing laws may be permissible to protect against 'rogues …
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Casts Doubt On Voter ID Law
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‘Innocence of Muslims’ doesn't meet free-speech test — U.S. 1st Amendment rights distinguish between speech that is simply offensive and speech deliberately tailored to put lives and property at immediate risk. — A scene from the 14-minute video trailer for the film “Innocence of Muslims …
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Protester dies after inhaling fumes from burning American flag — Burning an American flag proved fatal for a Pakistani protester, who reportedly died from inhaling fumes from the ignited icon of independence. — Some 10,000 people rallied this week in Lahore, the capital of the Punjab province …
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Pakistani man dies after inhaling fumes from burning American flags at anti-Islam film rally
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Romney's Comment — There are many problems with it starting with the fact, as has already been pointed out in here, that he jumbled together three different groups (the almost half of the country that's going to support Obama no matter what; the roughly half of households that get government benefits …
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Cranston bans ‘father-daughter’ dances as violation of state law — CRANSTON, R.I. — In a move that has taken some parents by surprise, the school department has announced that it is banning traditional “father-daughter” and “mother-son” activities, saying they violate state law. — Supt.
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Gallup poll: Obama's convention bump gone, lead down to 1 point — President Obama's small bounce in the polls following the Democratic National Convention has all but vanished in Tuesday's Gallup daily tracking poll. — Obama takes 47 percent support among registered voters over Romney's 46, according to the poll.
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