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    Prospective opponents to Patrick Murphy warned: bring the money

    According to Rep. Patrick McHenry, the National Republican Congressional Committee vice chairman for recruitment, Democrat Rep. Patrick Murphy will be tough to beat in 2014 unless prospective opponents are prepared to raise $3 to $5 million to...

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    Epilogue: Mitt Romney received just 17% of non-white vote

    Pew Research finds that Mitt Romney received just 17% of the non-white vote in last year’s presidential election. “Non-whites were 26.3% of all voters in the 2012 election, a record high share. But they compose an even higher...

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    Tell-all offers inside look on Romney campaign

    The Boston Globe notes the insider account of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign by Gabriel Shoenfeld — to be published next week — is an attempt  to persuade the Republican Party to jettison “the ­mechanical poll- and focus-group-driven ­approach embraced by the...

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  • Duh: Romney strategists say campaign was two years behind Obama’s

    Warner Jones, digital program manager on Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, told Campaigns and Elections that it would have taken Romney’s campaign an extra two years to match the digital infrastructure assembled by President Obama’s reelection effort.  “Romney’s digital team...

    • Posted 32 days ago
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    Morning must-read: Gingrich & Santorum almost formed unity ticket to topple Romney

    It’s one of the great untold stories of the 2012 presidential campaign, a tale of ego and intrigue that nearly upended the Republican primary contest and might even have produced a different nominee: As Mitt Romney struggled...

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    Romney post-script: “We thought we’d win solidly in Florida”

    Mitt Romney told Fox News that “his heart said he was going to win the presidency, but when early results came in on election night, he knew it was not to be.” Sitting down for an interview with Chris...

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    Mitt Romney to speak at CPAC

    Mitt Romney will appear at the Conservative Political Action Conference next month, National Review reports. “This is an opportunity for him to express his appreciation to supporters and friends,” one Romney adviser told NBC News about the speech,...

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    Morning must-read: Marco Rubio gets the Nate Silver treatment

    First, he delivers the Republican response to the State of the Union. Then Marco Rubio became a late-night comedy sensation with his ‘water break.’ Now, the Florida Senator is getting the Nate Silver treatment, as the New...

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    Al Gore now wealthier than Mitt Romney

    TIME looks at Al Gore’s recent business dealings — including a new book – and notes he “has built his net worth to some $300 million, according to the scorekeepers at Forbes. By their measure, he is now richer than...

    • Posted 116 days ago
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    Romney, Rubio skip Inauguration

    For the first time since 1997, a presidential runner-up didn’t attend his opponent’s inauguration ceremony when Mitt Romney was a no-show at President Obama’s inauguration today. Romney spent the day at his home in La Jolla, Californoa, and had...

    • Posted 119 days ago
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