Chris Christie: Rick Santorum’s Satan Comments Are Relevant
Rick Santorum says his 2008 comments that “Satan has set his sights on the United States of America” are “not relevant” to the 2012 presidential race, but Chris Christie told me on “GMA” that Santorum is wrong. “Listen, I think anything you say as… Read More »
EmailWhy Michigan Is Romney’s D-Day
All eyes are on Michigan and if Mitt Romney can pull off a win in this large industrial state. Carter Eskew, a Democrat, weighed in Tuesday writing that Romney will not win the nomination if he doesn’t win the Michigan primary first. Eskew might be… Read More »
If Rick Santorum Wins Michigan, He’s the New Frontrunner, Matt Dowd Says
That’s what ABC News contributor Matt Dowd told me this morning when I asked him what happens if Mitt Romney loses his home state of Michigan on February 28. “This is a huge, crucial moment. I think it’s actually the most important moment for Romney… Read More »
Liz Cheney: ‘Political Expedience’ Drove President Away From 1st Amendment
ABC News contributor Donna Brazile said on the “This Week” roundtable today that the Obama administration shouldn’t expect to reach a compromise with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on religious institutions providing birth control to their employees given the “zero tolerance with regards to… Read More »
Jack Lew Defends Tax Increases in 2013 Budget, Insists Congress Extend Payroll Tax Cut
Less than 24 hours before President Obama’s 2013 budget is delivered to Congress, White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew aimed to pre-empt the inevitable onslaught of criticism Sunday, defending the budget’s $1.3 trillion in additional deficit spending and $1.5 trillion in added tax revenue. “We… Read More »
Rick Santorum Says Mitt Romney Is ‘Desperate’; GOP Contest Will Be ‘Two Person Race’ By March
Still riding high off of his three-win streak in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado last week, Rick Santorum blasted Republican rival Mitt Romney on Sunday, saying the GOP frontrunner was getting “desperate” by trying to paint Santorum as anything less than a true conservative. “For him… Read More »
Paul Ryan Denounces Obama’s Contraception Compromise as ‘Accounting Trick’
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., shot down the Obama administration’s compromise on contraception Sunday, discounting the plan that requires insurance companies, instead of religious hospitals or universities, provide access to free birth control under the new health care law as nothing more than… Read More »
My Bottom Line: Mitt Romney’s Trap
What a week in politics. This Republican primary is full of surprising twists and turns, even for someone who has been watching politics as long as I have. So, this week for the Bottom Line I asked you on Twitter and Facebook what you want… Read More »
After Rick Santorum’s Sweep, How Worried Should Mitt Romney Be?
I put that question to ABC News’ political contributor Matt Dowd this morning. He summed up Mitt Romney’s standing in the Republican race after Rick Santorum’s three state win like this: “After Florida [Romney] thought he had gotten engaged and a wedding date was set… Read More »
George Will: Football Is a ‘Mistake’
On Super Bowl Sunday, ABC’s George Will called football a “mistake” on the “This Week” roundtable. “This is the second-highest calorie day in American life, second only to Thanksgiving, and people are betting and eating,” Will said. “Football, as I say, combines violence punctuated by… Read More »
