Now, Trump’s endorsing Romney in Republican race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Businessman and reality TV personality Donald Trump is endorsing Mitt Romney in the race for the 2012 Republican nomination, sources said on Thursday, a day after U.S. media reported the real estate mogul would be endorsing Romney’s rival Newt Gingrich.
Trump, himself an on-again/off-again candidate for president and former Republican, will announce his support for Romney on Thursday, a source close to the Romney campaign and a Republican familiar with the decision said.
Is Romney too rich and out of touch?
Mitt Romney ran into a wall of criticism during what should have been his Florida victory lap when he said live on CNN this morning that he is “not concerned about the very poor” and the country has a safety net to protect them.
Democrats leaped onto the remark as yet another sign that the wealthy Republican frontrunner is out of touch with average Americans. Whether or not that is true, it was another gaffe by a candidate who is becoming increasingly known for misspeaking on the campaign trail, especially on issues related to wealth and poverty, even as he blasts Democratic President Barack Obama for waging “class warfare.”
Romney lead by 15 points in Florida: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House hopeful Mitt Romney’s lead over rival Newt Gingrich has stretched to 15 percentage points in Florida, according to results of a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday, just a day before the state’s Republican primary.
Support for Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and private equity executive, edged up to 43 percent among likely voters in Florida’s January 31 primary, according to the online tracking poll. It had been at 42 percent on Sunday.
Romney lead grows to 15 points in Florida
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House hopeful Mitt Romney’s lead over rival Newt Gingrich has stretched to 15 percentage points in Florida, according to results of a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday, just a day before the state’s Republican primary.
Support for Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and private equity executive, edged up to 43 percent among likely voters in Florida’s January 31 primary, according to the online tracking poll. It had been at 42 percent on Sunday.
Hard to believe there’s room for TV programs in Florida
For those voters in Florida who have felt overwhelmed by political advertisements this primary season — you have been.
By January 25, Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney and his supporters had aired almost 13,000 advertisements on broadcast television in the state, compared with only about 200 spots from Romney’s main rival, Newt Gingrich, and outside groups supporting his presidential aspirations, according to data from Kantar Media/CMAG with analysis by the Wesleyan University media project.
Romney lead over Gingrich up in Florida: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney’s lead over rival Newt Gingrich edged up to 12 percentage points in Florida, according to Reuters/Ipsos online poll results on Sunday, as Romney’s front-runner status stabilized and Gingrich continued to slip.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and private equity executive, was supported by 42 percent of likely Florida voters surveyed in the online three-day tracking poll, just down from 43 percent in the same poll on Saturday. Romney was at 41 percent on Friday.
Economy more worrying than Mideast for Florida Jews
AVENTURA, Florida (Reuters) – Newt Gingrich describes the Palestinians as an invented people and seeks covert action against Iran, while Mitt Romney accuses President Barack Obama of throwing Israel under a bus.
But the Republican presidential candidates’ tough talk on the Middle East in Florida before Tuesday’s primary is doing little to sway the state’s large Jewish population from its longstanding support for the Democrats.
Romney widens lead over Gingrich in Florida: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House hopeful Mitt Romney widened his lead over rival Newt Gingrich to 11 percentage points in Florida, according to Reuters/Ipsos online poll results on Saturday, up from 8 points a day earlier, as he cemented his front-runner status in the Republican nomination race.
With just three days remaining before Florida’s Republican primary, Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, led Gingrich, a former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, by 43 percent to 32 percent among likely voters in Florida’s January 31 primary, the online poll said.
Gingrich organization starts to gel in Florida
PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) – Newt Gingrich has come a long way. After his stunning victory in South Carolina, the Republican presidential hopeful who was tearing around Iowa two months ago in a rental car with a couple of aides has established himself in Florida with the apparatus worthy of a front-runner.
Gingrich has opened seven Florida offices with two more in the works, hired 14 paid staff and signed up 5,000 volunteers in Florida, 500 of them since his upset of front-runner Mitt Romney in South Carolina’s primary on Saturday.
Gingrich, Romney go head-to-head at Florida debate
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) – Rising Republican Newt Gingrich and rival Mitt Romney squared off on Monday at a debate that will help determine which of them has the best shot at winning the pivotal Florida presidential primary on January 31.
Stung by Gingrich’s convincing victory in South Carolina on Saturday, Romney desperately needs a good debate performance to help restore momentum for his campaign.
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