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Cesar, if Mitt Romney is the political answer for conservatives, the question must be, "How might the conservative movement commit intellectual suicide in the quickest manner possible?" His ideas about health care are virtually indistinguishable from those offered by President Obama, save for the fact that Romney is more disingenuous than Obama regarding the reforms he has in mind. Regarding the auto industry, he is indecipherable, having taken both pro-bailout and anti-bailout positions (the former as a candidate, the latter as an ex-candidate in the New York Times, and yes, it's just another of the usual set of politically opportunistic...

Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom confirms that the former Massachusetts governor is helping put together a Boston fundraiser for the Louisiana governor and a possible rival in 2012. --snip- Jindal is up for reelection in Louisiana in 2011, a race that, if — as he's indicated — he enters it, could well rule out a presidential bid.

Conservative activists on Saturday named former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney the winner of a poll for best 2012 GOP presidential candidate. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won 20 percent of the vote in straw poll for presidential favorites. The poll marked the third consecutive year Romney came out on top

If the Republican Party’s conservative wing had the power to choose presidential nominees, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would be the hands-down choice. For the third straight year, activists attending the Conservative Political Action Conference chose Romney, a candidate in the 2008 primaries, as their future presidential favorite in a straw poll. He won 20 percent of the straw poll vote. A relative newcomer who has been much in the news came in second: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was favored by 14 percent of the conservatives at the annual Washington gathering. Third place was a tie between Alaska Gov. Sarah...

When Mitt Romney returns to a favorite forum on Saturday, will he be able to make it three in a row? The former Massachusetts governor has won the closely-watched presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the past two years. He even prevailed last February when he used the conference to announce he was quitting the GOP nomination race, making Senator John McCain the presumptive nominee. Romney drew 35 percent to 34 percent for McCain. In a rousing speech, Romney hit all the hot buttons for conservatives, telling the conference he was ending his campaign so the...