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Mitt Romney: Bain record pretty solid

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Mitt Romney on Thursday defended Bain Capital from President Barack Obama's attacks, touting the company's record of growing businesses.
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THE RACE: Romney talks up his private-sector days

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By TOM RAUM AP Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney likes to portray himself as a better job creator than President Barack Obama, but he may have a hard time backing up those boasts.
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Why Colin Powell Bashed Mitt Romney's Foreign-Policy Advisers

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Colin Powell on Wednesday criticized Mitt Romney's foreign-policy sensibility - more specifically, his advisers and his thoughts on Russia - and in doing so, the former secretary of state resurfaced old conflicts with the Republican candidate's team.

Romney visits inner-city charter school in Philadelphia in outreach to black ...

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PHILADELPHIA - When Mitt Romney came to an inner-city charter school here Thursday to promote his new education agenda, he received something of a history lecture about the persecution of blacks in America and the struggles of African American children ...

Mitt Romney and the Fierce Desire for Educational Change

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Mitt Romney says so. That great civil rights issue, he told the Latino Coalition Economic Summit Wednesday, is education. I have been on the front lines of that issue for 14 years and apparently, according to the former Massachusetts governor, ...

Romney Takes School Message to West Philadelphia

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By Sara Murray Mitt Romney participates in a 6th grade class at Universal Bluford Charter School on May 24, 2012 in Philadelphia.

THE RACE: Romney boasts of creating many jobs but many came after he left the ...

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Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney likes to portray himself as a better job creator than President Barack Obama, but he may have a hard time backing up those boasts.
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Mitt Antagonists

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Which environmental policies reflect the real Mitt Romney? Those he displayed as Massachusetts governor, or the ones that the Republican Party is asking him to embrace as a presidential candidate?
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Newt Gingrich to attend Romney fundraiser with Donald Trump in Las Vegas

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Billionaire real estate investor and television personality Donald Trump is hosting a pricey fundraiser for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Las Vegas next Tuesday and Newt Gingrich is expected to make an appearance, ...

Despite apparent courtship of Latino voters, Mitt Romney still faces wide ...

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By Callum Borchers A day after Mitt Romney addressed the Latino Coalition , the presumptive Republican nominee released a second Spanish-language ad outlining the agenda for his first day in office.

The business of being a political businessman

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(CBS News) Mitt Romney is a business guy. That is the core of his campaign. He promises that he will balance budgets, spend wisely and manage complexity just as he did in his 25 years at Bain.

Romney Challenged on How Much Class Size Matters

ABC News (blog) -
Teachers in Philadelphia were quick to take on Mitt Romney Thursday when he said that small class size was not key to students' success.

THE RACE: Romney talks up his private-sector days

Huffington Post -
TOM RAUM | May 24, 2012 01:43 PM EST | AP Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney likes to portray himself as a better job creator than President Barack Obama, but he may have a hard time backing up those boasts.
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What Tony Blair Can Teach Mitt Romney About Faith in Politics

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For some, Mitt Romney needs to tackle the topic in order to connect with religious voters; for others, it's a question of the candidate's honesty and ability to demonstrate core convictions rather than simply strike opportunistic poses.
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Weekly Standard: Why Not Lead From The Front?

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Mitt Romney addresses the Latino Coalition's 2012 Small Business Summit at the US Chamber of Commerce. Much of Romney's campaign rhetoric has been related to jobs.
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Sabato's Crystal Ball

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VEEPSTAKES: HOW MIGHT ROMNEY NARROW DOWN THE FIELD? By Joel K. Goldstein Although his vice presidential selection is likely months away, we suspect that even now, Mitt Romney and his team are beginning to narrow down their list of possibilities.

Romney faces tough questions in event driving education agenda

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By NBC's Garrett Haake PHILADELPHIA -- Mitt Romney took his newly-announced education agenda to a west Philadelphia charter school on Thursday, where he was met by tough questions from both inside and outside the school.
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Mitt Romney: Silicon Valley's New Sweetheart

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By Kate Knibbs Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is making inroads in Silicon Valley while President Obama is falling out of favor in some tech circles.

Obama to campaign in Iowa, promote energy plan

The Seattle Times -
As President Barack Obama readies for a return to the Iowa State Fairgrounds, his campaign is reminding voters that it was in that same spot where Republican rival Mitt Romney declared last year that "corporations are people." By KEN THOMAS Associated ...

Thou Shalt Not Divide

Huffington Post (blog) -
In his latest attempt to appeal to evangelical voters, Mitt Romney missed an opportunity to remind his audience of the true meaning of religious pluralism in America.
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