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New information is surfacing about Mitt Romney and his 2016 plans following the 2012 presidential candidate's nationally-covered speech on Thursday morning. The former Mass. Governor and Republican nominee for President spoke out against Donald Trump, calling the Republican front-runner a "phony" and "fraud." He urged Republicans to unite behind another candidate, yet declined to indicate which candidate he would be supporting. An in-depth look at Romney's campaign finance activity, however, shows that the former candidate may be gearing up to take another shot at the White House. In late January and early February of 2016, Romney's campaign finance entities, which...

Santorum's so-called surge is all but gone. Huntsman is catching up.

Newt Gingrich vowed on Friday to campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on his own terms, saying he would do “whatever it takes” to remain in the race despite the exodus a day earlier of nearly his entire senior staff. “There is a fundamental strategic difference between the traditional consulting community and the kind of campaign I want to run,” Mr. Gingrich said. “Now we’ll find out over the next year who’s right.” Even as some prominent Republicans, including Gov. Terry Branstad of Iowa, questioned his viability, Mr. Gingrich made plans to deliver a foreign policy speech in Los...

Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) tells NRO that he is disappointed with how Sen. Joe Lieberman (I., Conn.) has been treated by the Left. “I’m sorry to see how some Democrats and liberals have attacked him in such ferocious fashion,” says McCain. “No one should question Senator Lieberman’s integrity or principles.” McCain’s comments follow Lieberman’s announcement on Sunday that he will not support the Senate’s Obamacare bill in its current form. Since then, Lieberman has been attacked by many liberal bloggers, such as the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein, who writes that Lieberman “seems willing to cause the death of hundreds...

With 40 percent of the votes tallied, it appeared two Houston lawyers - a Republican and a Democrat - will face one another in a runoff to complete an unexpired term in Texas Senate District 17. As of 10:30 p.m., 183,125 ballots were counted. With neither Democrat Chris Bell nor Republican Joan Huffman winning 50 percent plus 1, the candidates will go to a special election in December. Reached at her campaign headquarters, Huffman she was ready to go "head to head" with Bell. She received 26 percent of the votes cast. "We are optimistic," she said. "So far it...

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