Mitt Romney Hopes You'll Learn to Love Him
His strategy is based on the GOP settling down after they finish flirting with more exciting alternatives
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In a new interview with CNN's Gloria Borger, Romney showed he's still not a natural in dealing with the press. When asked if he had hard feelings about Chris Christie praising President Obama after Sandy, Romney said no. Instead? "I wish the hurricane hadn't happened when it did because it gave the president a chance to look presidential." There's more.
His strategy is based on the GOP settling down after they finish flirting with more exciting alternatives
Fox News's tally puts him in the top tier with Mitt Romney and Rick Perry
A painting of Bachmann with a serial killer, a Gingrich paper doll, a hideous Palin pot
A surprising result after Perry surged and Bachmann faded in the first caucus state
Plus: Susan Sarandon is briefly occupied, Jamie Rubin out at Bloomberg View
Wall Street executives are taking Obama's criticism pretty personally
2012 GOP candidates all want to meet him -- even though he's not conservative or powerful
A CNN/ORC International Poll found Perry with 28 percent support over Romney's 21 percent
You can't win the Republican presidential nomination without talking to the Fox News chief
Herman Cain surprises Rick Perry with a win in a Florida straw poll
Plus: The inner-workings of your brain as seen as fuzzy movies
Perry hopes there's at least one way he's like George W. Bush
He gave rambling answers and stumbled over even his best attack lines
Nine Republicans debate Social Security, immigration, Israel, and everything else
Florida voters are especially interested in two issues Romney thinks Perry is weak on
A pitched battle with Perry plays to the former frontrunner's strengths
Huckabee absolutely despised Romney--till Perry came along
Getting paid by the news network has been political poison for the GOP's 2012 field
Republicans are attacking Obama's millionaire's tax while Rick Perry tries out populism
Republicans are worrying about the suburban appeal of their frontrunner
Before he ruined Michele Bachmann's day, he was walking all over Sarah Palin
Two new polls give decent showings to Mitt in a head-to-head match up against Obama
Both give Romney and Perry something they sorely needed
His rivals see his beliefs on the program as a big vulnerability
T-Paw gave his full support to Mitt during a Fox News interview
Also, a CNN/Opinion Research shows Michele Bachmann fading fast
Attacking Rick Perry for his comments on Social Security might not help Romney
The lessons learned from last night's Republican debate
The Republican candidate has delivered his first major policy address
Surging ahead of Obama polls, will Rick Perry meet Republican voters' expectations?
Don't get too excited, nation. Colbert is trailing in almost every other category
Everybody talks about Rick Perry but no one knows what to do about him
Romney had snubbed Sen. Jim DeMint's candidate forum
Unpacking Romney's shots at Obama's education
That Jewish voters wrongly think rival is Jewish is only his latest problem
Increasingly clear there's a new frontrunner in the 2012 race
Forget Perry's job record, they'll say, he's too extreme for America
The Republican presidential hopefuls have issues, especially if you read the blind quotes
The corny nice guy tries out the unusual campaign tactic of being mean to voters
Especially as Perry keeps taking shots at him
He leads even among not-yet-announced competitors
Two separate polls, but an odd conclusion when laid side-by-side
Playing it safe as the frontrunner is how Clinton lost the 2008 Democratic primary
Trash duties matter much more when your husband is campaigning to put you out of a job
The candidate who has the most to lose from the newcomer's rise is staying silent
He's looking to quadruple the size of his $12 million California mansion
2011 has been a series of fast-burning media crushes, from Trump to Bachmann
Nothing says "deeply held convictions" like an ironic tee
That didn't stop him from mocking the First Family's vacation, of course
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