Romney Wins Nevada Caucuses
Wall Street
As the Republican candidates descended on Sin City in advance of Saturday's caucuses, Tommy Dastamanis was there waiting with a folding table and a trunk full of merchandise. The 28-year-old was laid off by a Florida resort a year ago. The way the Nevada caucuses work, candidate speeches are given by loyal local supporters out [...]
Read MoreRomney wins Florida primary
USA TODAY
TAMPA (Reuters) – Mitt Romney was on his way to winning the Florida Republican presidential primary on Tuesday as partial results showed him with a sizable lead over Newt Gingrich, his closest rival for the party's nomination to challenge President Mitt Romney won Florida (BEESFL)'s Republican presidential primary, re-establishing himself as the front- runner for [...]
Read MoreWest backpedals 'get the hell out'
Politico
Speaking to a Lincoln Day Dinner in West Palm Beach for the Palm Beach County GOP, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla) fired off a humdinger of a line that within minutes drew recriminations from Democrats on Twitter. Allen West. Schultz and his guests, Melissa Harris-Perry and James Peterson, made the point that Priebus's comparison of the [...]
Read MoreNo repeat seen of Groundhog Blizzard of 2011
Capital Time
Groundhog Day is Thursday, and if the Alabama Association of Nonprofits has its way, it will be a day when people give and give again to the nonprofit groups of their choice. It marks the inaugural Alabama Gives Day, 24 hours of fundraising modeled Phil Connors (Bill Murry character): This is pitiful. A thousand people [...]
Read MoreIn Florida primary, Romney and Gingrich's temperaments likely to be deciding …
Washington P
By Brent Budowsky – 01/27/12 10:27 AM ET In a dramatic head-to-head contest that will win huge attention throughout the political world, I now believe that Ron Paul will defeat Mitt Romney in the Virginia primary. The implications could be enormous. PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Rick Santorum is tired, almost broke – and going home. [...]
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