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What a Romney budget means for America

Reducing government deficits Mitt Romney 's way would mean less money for health care for the poor and disabled and big cuts to nuts-and-bolts functions such as food inspection , border security and education. Romney also promises budget increases for the Pentagon, above those sought by some GOP defense hawks, meaning that the rest of the government would have to shrink even more. Nonmilitary programs would incur still larger cuts than those called for in the tightfisted GOP budget that the House passed last month. Differences over the government's budget and spiraling deficits are among the starkest that separate Republican Romney and Democratic President Barack Obama. Obama's budget generally avoids risk, with minimal cuts to rapidly growing health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid while socking wealthier people with tax increases. It's all part of an effort to close trillion-dollar-plus deficits. Romney, by contrast, proposes broad cuts in go...

Mom's get drafted into the war on women

What could possibly move Ann Romney to start using Twitter? How about an attack on her credentials as a "working" mom?It all began last night on Anderson Cooper's night time  when liberal strategist Hilary Rosen criticized Mitt Romney for leaning on his wife, Ann, when it comes to women's economic issues. Romney has previously said that he knows that the issue woman care most about is the economy, because his wife told him so. Rosen, who was formerly the head of the of the hated music lobby group the Recording Industry Association of America, criticized that approach by saying that "His wife has actually never worked a day in her life." That comment opened the door for the Romney camp, which leapt into a lightning fast counter-attack mode that included getting Ann Romney herself to fire off her first (and so far, only) tweet. Others supporters quickly piled on Rosen accusing her — and by extension President Obama — of attack...

Mitt Romney wins Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington DC

Mitt Romney has taken a stride closer to the Republican presidential nomination by winning primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington DC.He routed his main rival Rick Santorum in Maryland, although his projected margin of victory looked leaner in Wisconsin.Mr Santorum, who has faced calls to bow out of the race in the name of party unity, defiantly vowed to fight on.The eventual winner will face Barack Obama in November's election.   President Obama attacked Mr Romney earlier on Tuesday in the latest sign that he views the former Massachusetts governor as his November election opponent. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Congressman Ron Paul trailed far behind in the primary results. In Washington DC, where Mr Santorum was not on the ballot, Mr Romney took 70% of the vote. Exit polls indicated that Republican voters were primarily concerned with a candidate's ability to defeat Mr Obama. In his victory speech on Tuesday, ...

Hot news for To Restore campaign, Romney must first survive march

Romney magic is awesome to the whole world people. Romney campaign must be change a great rule.  Mitt Romney was right. Alabama and Mississippi proved to be an "away game" for the former Massachusetts governor. Rick Santorum's victories in the two Southern primaries on Tuesday night demonstrated once again Romney's inability to bring very conservative Republicans and evangelical Christians into his fold. A low turnout suggested a continued lack of enthusiasm among Republicans, which is beginning to take its toll on the frontrunner.   "We did it again," a beaming Santorum declared to a ballroom full of supporters in Lafayette, La., home to the next Southern primary on March 24. "This campaign is about ordinary folks doing extraordinary things--sort of like America." The Romney campaign continues to argue that delegate math is on its side. Santorum barely made a dent in Romney's formidable lead in the chase for the 1,144 delegates needed to secur...