When quizzed about his vast personal fortune, Mitt Romney missed a great opportunity to promote himself as an investor in American companies, products and jobs, writes Bob Carr.
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While Labor fights in Qld, its young leader joins GOP campaign
The president of the Queensland branch of the Young Labor Party is a staunch supporter of conservative Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, using leave from the AWU to campaign in the US.
Rundle12: Gingrich’s secret weapon — Mitt Romney
This thing is absolutely on, and it may well go all the way to the last primary – June 26, Utah, which may well be Mormon Mitt’s ace-in-the-hole … or his last stand.
Crikey Says: Cue the Newt puns, the US primaries just got interesting
What was shaping up as a done deal for Mitt Romney, and quite frankly, a decidedly boring outcome for political junkies everywhere, just got interesting.
Fear and loathing in the GOP: Gingrich victory propels panic
Newt Gingrich’s thumping victory over Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary has sent the GOP into the throes of panic, writes Paul Begala.
Megaupload latest casualty in new round of cyberwars
The filesharing company Megaupload has been taken down by the US Department of Justice - which was immediately brought down itself.
Rundle12: Mrs Gingrich throws campaign grenade at egomaniac man-baby ex
Newt Gingrich may not be able to get out of this one with his usual pious “I made mistakes” line, because this is so calculated in the telling that it reminds people Gingrich is a member of the elite he hates.
Obama’s job speech: when you wish upon a star…
On Thursday Barack Obama unveiled a major new plan to boost tourism and jobs but the GOP responded with laughter at his choice of location: Disneyland, reports Jennifer Epstein.
Keane on SOPA: Big Copyright will continue to endanger basic rights
The copyright industry has rejected the opportunity to profit from online content and insisted on maintaining its analog business model.
Rundle12: up close and personal with Rick Perry
Why is Texas Governor Rick Perry still in the Republican race? A campaign stop in South Carolina demonstrated why even the man himself doesn’t seem to think he can win.
SOPA: who did and didn’t join the blackout, and why
A legion of high profile American websites have joined the anti-SOPA blackout and created a massive amount of awareness, writes Will Oremus.
John McCain’s 2000 page dirt file on Mitt Romney
A massive leaked document widely reported to have been created by John McCain’s team during the ‘08 US campaign trail is the mother of all dirt files on Mitt Romney, reports David Martosko.
Rundle12: Gingrich on points in latest debate, but Paul lit the room up
Mitt Romney has sailed about as close to defeat in South Carolina as he is likely to, with a disastrous performance in the first of two South Carolina debates.
Stephen Colbert is running for president! Well, sort of
Released to support comedian Stephen Colbert, an ad that paints Mitt Romney as a serial killer draws on the notion that ‘corporations are people,’ writes Robin Cameron.
The Boston fishing party and Australians’ rights online
A Melbourne activist is caught up in a remarkable social media fishing expedition by the state of Massachusetts.
Rundle12: the Redneck Riviera where there’s 2, 3, many Americas
Jesus, there are probably less appropriate places to spend Martin Luther King day than Myrtle Beach, a resort town at the northern end of the South Carolina coast, writes Guy Rundle from in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
A lesson c/o John Huntsman: don’t believe the hype
He’s good looking, undoubtedly competent and ran a slick campaign embraced by the media but GOP Presidential nominee contender John Huntsman never came close to living up to expectations, writes Beth Reinhard.
Guy Rundle: Pinch of piss in Sth Carolina as Santorum sells lunch pail nostalgia
There is something about Rick Santorum that gets under my skin, and it has nothing to do with his positions on sexuality.
Joe the Plumber on the road to Congress
The man who famously criticised Barack Obama’s tax plan during ‘08 campaign trail, Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, is now running for Congress as a Republican in Ohio, reports Allison Yarrow.
Burma sanctions just reinforce ‘siege mentality’
There is a growing recognition in the international community that engagement, rather than sanctions and diplomatic isolation, is fast emerging as a more productive strategy in pressuring the Burmese government to reform, writes David Hopkins, a foreign relations masters graduate and Burma researcher.
Mitt Romney’s POV on women’s rights — or lack thereof
A perceived belief among some Americans is that Mitt Romney doesn’t really believe what he says about abortion. But a new book reveals contentious actions he took as a Mormon bishop, writes Michelle Goldberg.
Rundle12: ‘never has a victor (Romney) looked so utterly defeated’
Mitt Romney “won” the New Hampshire primary yesterday. But his now almost inevitable run to the Republican nomination has never looked less convincing, writes Guy Rundle from Columbia, South Carolina.
Rundle12: New Hampshire is Romney country, but not impressively
As the votes are being counted for the New Hampshire primary, the sentiment has favoured Romney, who has hustled the state like a dull man wearing down an exciting woman.
New Hampshire: all over bar the voting?
According to the bookies — and the Crikey Election Indicator — the New Hampshire primary is all over red rover, writes Richard Farmer.
