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TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

May 6, 2012 1:16 PM CDT

McCain to Mitt: Pick a VP You Trust

Gingrich says it's 'inconceivable' that he'll be the pick

(Newser) - And on the seventh day, inquiring Republicans again debated who Mitt Romney will pick to run for vice president: John McCain, a person who knows a little something about picking a veep, said qualifications reign supreme —and that Sarah Palin's won her the No. 2 spot on his...

Geithner:
Romney
Claim on
Women Is
'Ridiculous'

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Apr 15, 2012 1:28 PM CDT

Geithner: Romney Claim on Women Is 'Ridiculous'

Plus, Darrell Issa wants to clean house at Secret Service

(Newser) - Tim Geithner today summed up Mitt Romney's contention that women had lost the majority of jobs in the recession: "Ridiculous," the Treasury secretary told This Week. "It’s a political moment. You’re going to see a a lot of politicians choose to campaign in fiction,...

McCain Jokes:
Palin for VP

Apr 4, 2012 10:35 AM CDT

McCain Jokes: Palin for VP

He calls GOP campaign so far 'disastrous'

(Newser) - John McCain stopped by CBS This Morning today and held forth on a number of topics, including health care reform, the GOP presidential contest, and most amusingly, the vice presidential sweepstakes. Asked who Mitt Romney should choose as his running mate, McCain, unable to keep a straight face, replied, "...

Romney
to Obama:
Fire 'Gas-
Hike Trio'

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Mar 18, 2012 1:04 PM CDT

Romney to Obama: Fire 'Gas- Hike Trio'

Mitt blames president for high gas prices

(Newser) - President Obama is not only responsible for high gas prices, he actually wants them, and he needs to can the three Cabinet secretaries who share the blame, Mitt Romney charged today. "When he ran for office he said he wanted to see gasoline prices go up, he said that...

GOP Liked McCain Way
More Than This Year's Field

Mar 16, 2012 8:47 AM CDT

GOP Liked McCain Way More Than This Year's Field

Poll: Only about a third would vote 'enthusiastically' for Romney, Santorum

(Newser) - Believe it or not, Republicans are not terribly excited about their presidential candidates. A new Gallup poll found that only 35% would vote "enthusiastically" for Mitt Romney, with an essentially identical 34% saying the same for Rick Santorum. To put those numbers in perspective, during the 2008 primaries, 47%...

Intervening in Syria Riskier Than Libya: US Officials

Mar 12, 2012 9:35 AM CDT

Intervening in Syria Riskier Than Libya: US Officials

Military intervention would likely require long, dangerous mission

(Newser) - Using the US military to intervene in Syria would be much more complicated and dangerous than the military intervention in Libya was, senior Pentagon officials say. President Obama asked the Pentagon for preliminary military options following increasing pressure from Republicans including John McCain , the New York Times notes. However, the...

McCain Blasts Game Change

Mar 11, 2012 9:54 AM CDT

McCain Blasts Game Change

'I'm not going to watch it,' says Arizona senator

(Newser) - Maybe John McCain also wanted Brad Pitt to play him , but he's certainly no fan of Game Change, deriding the movie based on his 2008 presidential campaign to Fox News Sunday as "based on a book that's completely biased and with unattributed quotes. I'm not going...

Santorum Call
Could Backfire,
McCain-Style

Steve Kornacki

Feb 28, 2012 12:49 PM CST

Santorum Call Could Backfire, McCain-Style

Mitt Romney will be able to slap an asterisk on Michigan results: Steve Kornacki

(Newser) - Rick Santorum's attempt to rally Michigan Democrats to his cause via a robocall makes strategic sense—he needs to do something to overcome Romney's presumably already banked lead among early voters—but it could backfire, and "give Romney an opportunity to argue that the Michigan result should...

Julianne Moore:
Sarah Palin Is
'Very Canny'

hbo's 'game change'

Feb 26, 2012 3:36 PM CST

Julianne Moore: Sarah Palin Is 'Very Canny'

Star of HBO movie 'Game Change' feels for former VP candidate

(Newser) - Julianne Moore can sympathize with Sarah Palin after walking in her high heels through an upcoming HBO movie, the New York Post reports. “I do think the situation that she was put in was a completely untenable one,” says Moore, who plays Palin in the film Game Change,...

Romney Helped
Marriott Dodge Taxes

Feb 23, 2012 2:46 PM CST

Romney Helped Marriott Dodge Taxes

'Son of BOSS' scheme implemented during his audit board tenure

(Newser) - Another ghost from Mitt Romney's business past may be coming back to haunt him. Romney has long maintained close ties with Marriott International, and he led its audit board for several years, Bloomberg points out. During that time, Marriott instituted a tax maneuver it nicknamed "Son of BOSS,...

Senators McCain, Graham Push to Arm Syrian Rebels

Feb 20, 2012 8:52 AM CST

Senators McCain, Graham Push to Arm Syrian Rebels

They argue that a new government there would weaken Iran

(Newser) - John McCain and Lindsey Graham think the US isn't doing enough to help the Syrian opposition, and have drawn up proposals to provide humanitarian aid and arm rebel fighters. "I believe there are ways to get weapons to the opposition without direct United States involvement," McCain, the...

Gingrich:
Mitt Must Win
Home State

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Feb 19, 2012 11:54 AM CST

Gingrich: Mitt Must Win Home State

Says Romney loses all credibility if he can't win Michigan

(Newser) - Woe be to the GOP candidate who can't carry his own home state, says Newt Gingrich: "If Santorum loses Pennsylvania, Romney loses Michigan, or I lose Georgia, I think you have a very, very badly weakened candidacy, for any one of the three of us," Gingrich said...

Full Game Change
Trailer Debuts

reaction roundup

Feb 1, 2012 9:31 AM CST

Full Game Change Trailer Debuts

And Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin is still pretty scary: reactions

(Newser) - If you thought Julianne Moore's Sarah Palin was terrifying in the first Game Change teaser , wait until you see her in the full trailer, where she utters lines such as, "We have to win this thing. I so don’t want to go back to Alaska." Watch...

Trump:
Don't Make
Me Run

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Jan 29, 2012 11:48 AM CST

Trump: Don't Make Me Run

Hopes he doesn't have to, but would 'after the show ends'

(Newser) - Donald Trump is making noises about a run for the Oval Office again, today telling Face the Nation that "the right independent could win," and that "if I don't see a person that is going to win—that's tantamount—I would certainly think about doing...

John McCain Endorses
Mitt Romney

UPDATED

Jan 4, 2012 1:29 PM CST

John McCain Endorses Mitt Romney

Says his former rival 'will lead from the front'

(Newser) - No last-minute change of heart: As expected , John McCain today endorsed former rival Mitt Romney for president in New Hampshire, reports NPR . "He will lead from the front as Ronald Reagan did, not from behind as this president does," said McCain. Four years ago, Romney endorsed McCain after...

John McCain to
Endorse Romney

Jan 4, 2012 4:14 AM CST

John McCain to Endorse Romney

Move doesn't surprise Rick Santorum

(Newser) - As Mitt Romney heads to New Hampshire following his razor-thin win in Iowa , he can expect an endorsement from the man who trounced him there four years ago . John McCain plans to endorse Romney and will travel with him on his campaign bus through the state, a campaign insider tells...

Game Change
Trailer Stars
Terrifying
Sarah Palin

OPINION ROUNDUP

Dec 22, 2011 11:04 AM CST

Game Change Trailer Stars Terrifying Sarah Palin

HBO debuts first teaser

(Newser) - For all of you who have spent the past nine months wondering how Julianne Moore’s Sarah Palin impersonation will stack up against Tina Fey’s , you finally have your answer. HBO debuted its first teaser trailer for Game Change, the film due in March that's based on the...

Huntsman:
Trump Debate
'a Joke'

and other opinions

Dec 6, 2011 11:41 AM CST

Huntsman: Trump Debate 'a Joke'

And he's not the only one who thinks so

(Newser) - The saga continues: Donald Trump thinks Jon Huntsman is a "joke candidate." Huntsman thinks Trump's debate "is a joke." More from the candidate's comments, made today, plus other reactions to the controversial Dec. 27 debate:

Huntsman: "This is not about ratings for Donald

...

Meghan Joined
'Dark Side' at
MSNBC:
McCain

Nov 29, 2011 5:32 AM CST

Meghan Joined 'Dark Side' at MSNBC: McCain

She'll need to be 'feisty' at new job

(Newser) - John McCain isn’t a fan of his daughter’s new bosses. Taking a job at MSNBC , Meghan “went over to the Dark Side, I guess,” he told Don Imus on the Fox Business Network. Still, “I am very proud of her,” he added. “She'...

Romney Defends Use of Out-of-Context Obama Quote

Nov 24, 2011 4:23 AM CST

Romney Defends Use of Out-of-Context Obama Quote

Ad's message is 'guess what, it's your turn,' he says

(Newser) - Signalling a no-holds-barred fight ahead, Mitt Romney is standing by the use of an out-of-context quote from President Obama in his first TV ad . The ad—slammed by Democrats and called "ridiculously misleading" by non-partisan campaign watchdog Politifact—features Obama saying, "If we keep talking about the economy,...