Mitt Romney apparently wishes Osama bin Laden was alive because he hired several former Bush administration staffers as foreign policy advisers and criticized President Obama's foreign policy. [Boston Globe] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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Sarah Palin isn't "seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States" - her words. We're not sure that rules her out entirely as a third-party candidate because she might just decide to go rogue again. She won't go away, however, as she still wants to liberate us from President Obama and, ahhh, help America by talking. "I need to be able to say what I want to say," she said.
Bostonist is running out of ways to describe how bad the Red Sox are right now. How desperate is the situation? We might enter Mitt Romney's "Day on the Road with Mitt" contest to avoid the Sox for a day. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
The Republicans running for president debated again last night, this time Google and Fox News presided over the questioning. The clash between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry continued over, well, everything from Social Security to education to immigration to healthcare. The lowlight was the booing of an openly gay soldier serving in Iraq. Today, Romney zeroed in on illegal immigration at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando. Perry supported illegal immigrants paying in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities in Texas.
Republican presidential candidates have finally found an important issue to campaign on, and its not the economy, jobs, social security, the national debt, or two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's the non-scandal involving the Pledge of Allegiance in Brookline. Yes, some town residents are mad about the recitation of the Pledge and wants it banned. It's currently optional. Perhaps Brookline Political Action for Peace isn't aware that means you don't have to recite it.
Mitt Romney and Rick Perry battled each other on jobs and Social Security at the GOP debate at Reagan Library last night.
President Obama and family arrive in Martha’s Vineyard for a well deserved vacation later today. Yes, deserved. Congress has a five week break and Obama can't get a 10-day break from D.C.? He'll be able to govern just fine. He's also not the first president to take heat for vacationing.
Mitt Romney was asked about the possibility of naming Senator Scott Brown as his running mate if he is the GOP nominee for president. Romney is the alleged GOP front-runner, despite an expected poor showing in the Iowa straw poll, and politely dismissed the idea.
Three people were hurt and a fourth died on I-495 in Southborough when a front-end loader fell off a trailer being dragged by a National Grid truck. [WCVB] The British government is considering hiring former Boston Police chief William Bratton as an adviser to help Prime Minister David Cameron deal with a rash of violent looting and rioting in England that led to the arrest of 1,700 people. The shooting death of a man in a poor neighborhood sparked the riots. [WBZ]Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Mitt Romney is making all sorts of news lately, some good, some bad, and some silly. He had an eventful visit to Iowa where he made a few memorable comments during a speech at the Iowa State Fair. He got heckled by some Democrats who were concerned about possible cuts to Social Security. He recalled "a time in this country where we didn't celebrate attacking people based on their success" and said President Obama attacks successful people. It's apparently only okay to attack people who aren't "successful."
Congress and the White House reached an agreement on raising the debt ceiling with just one day to spare. No rush, people. Voting will take place today and nobody can guarantee if it will pass.
Mitt Romney has been polling as the Republcan frontrunner against a bunch of other candidates. Another candidate, Representative Michele Bachmann, has joined the race and is already neck-and-neck with Romney in at least one poll. The Des Moines Register has Romney at 23% in Iowa, closely followed by Bachmann at 22%. Slate Magazine described Romney as leading Bachmann "by a hair." We think that's a deliberate hair pun.
Congressman Barney Frank is commenting on everything lately. The ubiquitous Anthony Weiner scandal, which comes to a head today when he resigns, drew Frank in. He passed on judging the soon to be ex-Congressman by saying "Given these circumstances, where I was myself engaged in activity I shouldn't have been...I just don't think it's appropriate for me to set myself up as the judge of others."
Thursday was supposed to be Mitt Romney's day to start his campaign. He did that, with no necktie, on a picturesque farm in New Hampshire. Romney told us his name - nice touch - and believes in America. He believes President Obama "failed" America. He apparently doesn't believe in the phrase "President Obama."
Mitt Romney won't abandon his health care reform plan for Massachusetts because he beieved it was consistent with personal responsibility, the Globe reports. According to Dr. Beach of Florida International University, Coast Guard Beach in Eastham is the nation's eighth best beach. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Memorial Day has signaled the start of political season in New Hampshire and is bringing every possible Republican presidential candidate there. There is a busy undercard visiting the Granite State today with Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, and Rudy Guiliani exploiting stumping on Memorial Day. The main event will wait: Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin are due later this week.
Boston has found the newest "dangerous" thing to focus on: the Segway. Federal prosecutors have issued a subpoena to Boston College for interviews held with members of the IRA. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Governor Deval Patrick continues his media tour as a defender of President Obama's health care reform plan. He visited MSNBC twice to defend reform and also remind people that Massachusetts' insurance plan was initiated by then Governor Mitt Romney, now a Republican presidential contender.
Mitt Romney will finally offer a health care plan. What has taken him so long? Okay, we know our former governor actually already offered a plan. As it was way too similar to the job-killing, sovereignty-stealing ObamaCare*, Romney has to pretend it never happened, and offer a new plan, because there are a lot of Republicans who really do view it as a job-killing, sovereignty-stealing plan regardless of what i's real impact is.
President Obama visited the FDNY firehouse that is home to Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9. That firehouse lost 15 firefighters on 9/11. After that, he met with families of 9/11 victims. A crack in a 200,000-gallon tank closed the New England Aquarium today so it can be repaired. The Aquarium will open tomorrow as scheduled. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Mitt Romney praised President Barack Obama for his decision to order a strike into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden. Swans Romeo and Juliet returned to the Lagoon at the Boston Public Garden today. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Bill Maher interviewed Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick on his HBO "Real Time" show Friday. While the interview was ostensibly set up to promote Patrick's new book, it turned into a defense of President Obama and progressive policy.
Donald Trump's new hobby appears to be Mitt Romney. We bet his pursuit of President Obama's birth certificate probably isn't over. Just in case Donald is reading: The President is Ameican by birth. Trump told CNN that Romney is a "small business guy," and his net worth is "many, many, many times Mitt Romney." Forbes said he's worth $2.7 billion. CNN places Romney's net worth at $202 million.
It's been five years to the day that Massachusetts got a health care reformation from then Governor Mitt Romney. Did it work? Yes and no. Ironically, Mitt Romney announced he was establishing a presidential exploratory committee, a move that puts him a step closer to running for president in 2012, on Monday, just one day before the fifth anniversary of his signature act as governor. Romney can now raise money for his likely presidential bid.
Now that President Obama is in election mode, we guess Bostonist has to worry about 2012, too. Obama is the main event, we know, but after that, unless Mitt Romney is Obama's opponent, then Senator Scott Brown is the focus for political junkies in Massachusetts.
President Obama visited Boston to boost a successful pilot school and raise money for Democrats. He seemed to get a mixed welcome. Glen "Big Baby" Davis was thrilled to see him. Democrats complained, and, of course, Mitt Romney basically took the opportunity to begin his 2012 campaign.
Blue Cross Blue Shield threatened to cancel a Peabody man's prescription coverage over an outstanding bill of $0.10. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan won't continue merger talks. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
A current and former governor of Massachusetts are both receiving added political scrutiny this week. Patrick is also delving into national politics by meeting with David Axelrod, President Obama's political advisor, and Democratic National Committee chairman Tim Kaine. Mitt Romney also referred to President Obama as a "weak president."
Jimmy McMillan said he could pick Romney, or Newt Gingrich, as his VP candidate. In case you forgot, McMillan famously ran for governor of New York on the "Rent Is Too Damn High" platform. One lady, Ann Romney, only has eyes for Mitt. She said Mitt should run for president because we need him.
Romney met with the Massachusetts House Republicans on Friday and that means he was in Massachusetts. He said the meeting wasn't part of a political campaign. "I’m just here for lunch and to talk to some friends and see what’s going on," he said. According to WBUR, Romney bashed President Obama and the federal health care law. He's staying in New England to not campaign next week by visiting New Hampshire.