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Mitt Romney: Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside Home Or Lose Benefits

Women who stay at home to raise their children should be given federal assistance for child care so that they can enter the job market and "have the dignity of work," Mitt Romney said in January, undercutting the sense of extreme umbrage he showed when Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen quipped last week that Ann Romney had not "worked a day in her life." The remark, made to a Manchester, N.H., audience, was unearthed by MSNBC's "Up w/Chris Hayes," and will air during the 8 a.m. hour of his show Sunday.

 

Mitt Romney warns NRA against an 'unrestrained' second-term Obama

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney drew a warm reception from the National Rifle Assn. on Friday as he attacked President Obama for “employing every imaginable ruse and ploy” to restrict gun rights, which Romney pledged not to do if elected in November.

 

Mitt Romney Files Extension For 2011 Tax Return

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney's campaign announced at 5:16 p.m. Friday that the presumptive GOP nominee has filed an extension for his 2011 tax return. "Sometime in the next six months, and prior to the election, Gov. Romney will file and release the 2011 return when there is sufficient information to provide an accurate return," wrote Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul in an email to reporters. Six months from now would be Oct. 13, weeks before the election.

 

Why GOP Mega-Donor Sheldon Adelson Is Mad, Bad and a Danger to the Republic

Sheldon Adelson

Time may be up for Newt Gingrich; but his biggest backer is not going away. Sheldon Adelson, the casino billionaire who with his wife donated $16.5 million dollars to a Newt-linked Super PAC – and later said he might be willing to up that to $100 million – has made it plain he’ll eagerly switch his allegiance to whichever Republican faces Barack Obama in the fall.

Senh: Oh yeah, Sheldon Adelson is planning to build a mini Las Vegas in Spain.

 

Why women weather recessions better than men

Jobs Fair

The Romney campaign has been repeating the stat all week: Women account for 92.3 percent of jobs lost under Obama. That number is, everyone agrees, misleading. But that’s politics.

 

Gingrich to send Utah new check

Newt Gingrich's campaign is sending a new check to cover his filing fee in Utah after the first one bounced.

 

Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul Vow To Stay In GOP Primary Race

Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul

Republican presidential contenders Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are vowing to stay in the race even though Rick Santorum is not.Both men say they are the true conservative candidates to beat President Barack Obama in the November election.

 

Gingrich's check bounces for Utah ballot

The Salt Lake Tribune reports Newt Gingrich's $500 check to get on the Utah ballot bounced and he has until April 20 to pay the filing fee.

 

Rick Santorum says he's leaving presidential race

Rick Santorum Bows Out

Bowing to the inevitable, Rick Santorum quit the presidential campaign Tuesday, clearing the way for Mitt Romney to claim the Republican nomination. Santorum, appearing with his wife and family in his home state of Pennsylvania, told supporters the race for him was over, but the fight to defeat President Barack Obama would go on.

 

Opinion: Mitt stronger than he seems

Tim Stanley says Mitt Romney may be exactly the kind of candidate the Republicans need in 2012

 

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