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WATCH: New Pro-Trump Ads Display Shift in GOP Economic Message

Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been massively outspending Donald Trump on advertising since the beginning of this election, including in several key swing states. According to one report, as of July 13th the…

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Why Republicans’ Surrender on Abortion Could Cost Them the Election . . . Again

On the abortion issue, things could not have gone much better for Democrats in 2012. Following Missouri GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin’s now infamous comments on “legitimate rape,” the Democratic…

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These 3 Rule Changes Backfired on the GOP — And Helped Nominate Trump

Mitt Romney may be vehemently opposed to Donald Trump. But Trump could not have won the nomination without him. At least, that is the case put forward by Gwynn Guilford…

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Analysis

Why I Don’t Like Mitt Romney (VIDEO)

Frank Cannon is president of the American Principles Project and a respected conservative political strategist with over 30 years of experience. …Mitt Romney is choosing to dislike Trump for reasons…

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Should Romney’s Refusal to Endorse Trump Outrage Republicans? (VIDEO)

Frank Cannon is president of the American Principles Project and a respected conservative political strategist with over 30 years of experience. The idea that Mitt Romney gets to decide what…

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Romney’s Third Party Flirtations Are Immoral

Newt Gingrich tore into Mitt Romney in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, calling the former Republican presidential nominee pathetic, bizarre, and ineffective — principally for his efforts to derail Donald Trump…

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How Mitt Romney Paved the Way for Donald Trump

Following Mitt Romney’s sound defeat in November 2012, the American Principles Project released a report detailing the reasons he lost. According to the authors, it wasn’t because he was “too…

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Romney Urges Utah to Vote Cruz

In a statement released on Facebook, Mitt Romney said he will be voting for Ted Cruz in Utah and urged others to do so as well to stop “Trumpism”: [facebook…

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Romney Campaigns for Kasich

Not that he has endorsed John Kasich officially, but Mitt Romney showed up in Ohio and did everything but: The 2012 Republican nominee for president, campaigning for the first time since…

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Will an Obscure GOP Rule Ensure No One Can Beat Trump?

An article in RedState by RNC committeeman Morton Blackwell has garnered some attention recently in highlighting a little-known rule instituted in 2012 regarding the Republican nomination process. Rule 40(b) of…

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How Romney Just Helped Trump

I am not happy with the prospect of Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee. But if you are hoping for someone else to be the nominee, I think what…

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New Poll: With Carson Fading, Can Any GOP Candidates Close the “Empathy Gap”?

According to 2012 exit polling on the presidential race, one of the most lopsided measures between GOP nominee Mitt Romney and Democratic incumbent Barack Obama was perceived empathy, or voters’…

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Mitt Romney: Savior of the GOP Elite?

Amidst the near insanity of covering the campaigns of 16 serious GOP presidential candidates (sorry, Jim Gilmore), it’s easy to forget to be grateful for how deep the Republican field…

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Trump in 2012: Romney’s Immigration Plan “Maniacal”

It might be hard to believe given the furor over Donald Trump’s recent anti-immigration comments, but in the aftermath of the 2012 defeat for Republicans, Trump had some harsh words…

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Have Republicans Learned from Romney’s Mistakes?

In many ways, the presidential elections of 2012 seem like ancient history. Since that November two and a half years ago, we have already been through a contentious midterm election…

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Analysis

Can Republican Candidates Avoid Romney’s Fatal Error?

It may be hard to believe about a man who won just 28 percent of the Latino vote, but 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney didn’t plan on making immigration…

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