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Romney thanks Maine voters in a statement (AP)

Editor - Political News — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:54 +0000

PORTLAND, Maine – Mitt Romney is thanking Maine voters after the state party chairman declared him the winner of that state.

The former Massachusetts governor issued a statement instead of delivering a speech.

Romney had visited Maine earlier in the day but he wasn’t in the state when he was declared the winner. He was on the West coast and was scheduled to attend a fundraiser.

In the statement, he says that Maine voters sent a clear message that it is past time to send an outsider to the White House. And he cast himself as a conservative with a lifetime of private sector experience, who — in his words — “can uproot Washington’s culture of taxing and spending and borrowing and endless bureaucracy.”

Conservatives shrug at Obama birth control rewrite (AP)

Editor - Political News — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:32 +0000

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s political shifting over contraception coverage has united conservative Republicans in protest even as they split over which GOP presidential hopeful should face him in the general election.

The candidates themselves, campaigning for votes in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s straw poll Saturday, competed to present themselves as most opposed to Obama’s health care law.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the straw poll Saturday, followed by former Sen. Rick Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who did not attend the annual conference of conservative activists.

On Friday, after three weeks of controversy that pitted the nation’s Catholic bishops against the White House, Obama revised his policy. Instead of requiring employers to cover contraception, the policy would now require insurance companies to provide free birth control coverage in separate agreements with workers who want it.

Conservatives scoffed.

“It’s an accounting trick — the employer still plays

Romney thanks Maine voters in a statement (AP)

Editor - Political News — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:32 +0000

PORTLAND, Maine – Mitt Romney is thanking Maine voters after the state party chairman declared him the winner of that state.

The former Massachusetts governor issued a statement instead of delivering a speech.

Romney had visited Maine earlier in the day but he wasn’t in the state when he was declared the winner. He was on the West coast and was scheduled to attend a fundraiser.

Romney thanks Maine voters in a statement (AP)

Editor - Political News — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:09 +0000

PORTLAND, Maine – Mitt Romney is thanking Maine voters after the state party chairman declared him the winner of that state.

The former Massachusetts governor issued a statement instead of delivering a speech.

Romney had visited Maine earlier in the day but he wasn’t in the state when he was declared the winner. He was on the West coast and was scheduled to attend a fundraiser.

Romney adds to delegate lead with Maine victory (AP)

Editor - Political News — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:09 +0000

WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney added to his lead in the race for delegates Saturday with a narrow victory in the Maine Republican presidential caucuses.

Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, won 11 delegates and Texas Rep. Ron Paul won 10, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich were shut out.

Romney leads the overall race for delegates with 123, including endorsements from members of the Republican National Committee who automatically attend the party’s national convention and can support any candidate they choose.

Santorum has 72 delegates, Gingrich has 32 and Paul has 19. The race for delegates is still in the early stages. It will take 1,144 delegates to win the Republican nomination for president.

Maine’s delegates to the party’s national convention are not bound by the results of local caucuses. The caucuses were the first in a multistep process to award the

Conservatives shrug at Obama birth control rewrite (AP)

Editor - Political News — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:38:09 +0000

The candidates themselves, campaigning for votes in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s straw poll Saturday, competed to present themselves as most opposed to Obama’s health care law.

Conservatives scoffed.

“It’s an accounting trick — the employer still plays

Maine GOP chairman say Romney wins caucuses (AP)

Editor - Political News — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:37:44 +0000

PORTLAND, Maine – Mitt Romney narrowly won Maine’s Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign with a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week. But the former Massachusetts governor won just a plurality of the Maine vote, suggesting he still has work to do to unite GOP voters behind his candidacy.

At a gathering in Portland, state Republican Chairman Charlie Webster announced Romney had won with 2,190 votes, or 39 percent, compared to 1,996 — about 36 percent — for Paul, the only other candidate to aggressively compete in the state. Rick Santorum received 989 votes and Newt Gingrich won 349, but neither actively campaigned there. Other candidates drew 61 votes.

The totals reflected about 84 percent of the state’s precincts. Webster insisted that any caucus results that come in after Saturday wouldn’t be counted no matter how close the vote.

“Some caucuses decided not to participate in

Romney adds to delegate lead with Maine victory (AP)

Editor - Political News — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:37:40 +0000

WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney added to his lead in the race for delegates Saturday with a narrow victory in the Maine Republican presidential caucuses.

Santorum has 72 delegates, Gingrich has 32 and Paul has 19. The race for delegates is still in the early stages. It will take 1,144 delegates to win the Republican nomination for president.

Maine’s delegates to the party’s national convention are not bound by the results of local caucuses. The caucuses were the first in a multistep process to award the

Conservatives shrug at Obama birth control rewrite (AP)

Editor - Political News — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:37:39 +0000

The candidates themselves, campaigning for votes in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s straw poll Saturday, competed to present themselves as most opposed to Obama’s health care law.

Conservatives scoffed.

“It’s an accounting trick — the employer still plays

Maine GOP chairman say Romney wins caucuses (AP)

Editor - Political News — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:37:14 +0000

The totals reflected about 84 percent of the state’s precincts. Webster insisted that any caucus results that come in after Saturday wouldn’t be counted no matter how close the vote.

“Some caucuses decided not to participate in

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Romney thanks Maine voters  in a statement (AP)

Conservatives shrug at Obama birth control rewrite (AP)

Romney thanks Maine voters  in a statement (AP)

Romney thanks Maine voters  in a statement (AP)

Romney adds to delegate lead with Maine victory (AP)

Conservatives shrug at Obama birth control rewrite (AP)

Maine GOP chairman say Romney wins caucuses (AP)

Romney adds to delegate lead with Maine victory (AP)

Conservatives shrug at Obama birth control rewrite (AP)

Maine GOP chairman say Romney wins caucuses (AP)

Romney thanks Maine voters in a statement (AP)

Romney thanks Maine voters in a statement (AP)

Romney thanks Maine voters in a statement (AP)