Mitt Romney Sends Left Over Pizza to Obama Chicago HQ

Romney sends leftovers to Obama's HQ
Special delivery for President Obama: From Romney, with love? The former Massachusetts Governor and all-but-declared Presidential Candidate sent his leftover pizza to President Barack Obama?a>??s election headquarters after a Fundraising event in Chicago on Thursday. "Great deep dish at @ginoseast. Sending the extra slices to @barackobama and his Chicago HQ team," he tweeted, adding a photo of the deliveryman. Romney tweeted this photo of a Gino's East deliveryman heading to Obama's headquart...

Mitt Romney Sends Pizza to Obama HQ
Okay, so this isn't exactly "news," per se. However, I think it's worthy of posting for two reasons: 1) It's a rare example of a politician from one side of the aisle being playful and civil with a politician from the other side. And 2) it's an even rarer example of political news making me hungry instead of nauseated… After spending the day in Chicago Fundraising, Mitt Romney sat down with Small Business owners at Gino's East, a pizza joint famous for...

CLASSY: Romney Sends Leftover Pizza to Obamas Chicago HQ
This is sure to endear Mitt Romney to Middle Class Americans who are struggling with food prices… Mitt Romney Sends Leftover Pizza to Obama Chicago HQ ABC’s Emily Friedman (@abcemily) reports: After spending the day in Chicago Fundraising, Mitt Romney sat down with Small Business owners at Gino’s East, a pizza joint famous for their deep-dish pizza. Not wanting any of the leftover slices to go to waste, Romney sent the remaining pies to where else but President Obama’s C...

Mitt Romney Hedges On Support For Paul Ryan Budget Plan
Des Moines, Iowa — Likely Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney hedged Friday on his support for a House Republican Budget outline that seeks to reduce spending by cutting federal programs such as Medicare. Romney was asked by a reporter during a stop in a Des Moines suburb whether he would sign the Republican plan if he were president. But the former Massachusetts Governor declined to answer. "That's the kind of speculation that is getting the cart ahead of the horse," he said. Romney emp...

Pawlenty Shoots! He Scores!
Posted by John at 7:26 PM I missed Tim Pawlenty's tweet on Twitter, but picked it up from The Tatler and InstaPundit: @BarackObama sorry to interrupt the European pub crawl, but what was your Medicare plan? The Tatler was inspired to create this image of TPaw as Thor: <...

Pawlenty Endorses Ryan Plan With a Disclaimer
Today, Gov. Pawlenty publicly affirmed that he would sign Paul Ryan’s Path to Prosperity, but only under a condition: “If that was the only bill that came to my desk, and I wasn’t able to pass my own plan, I would sign it,” Pawlenty said Thursday. Speaking to reporters during a visit to Cirtronics, a small New Hampshire electronics firm, he said: “I’ll have my own plan, which will have some similarities to the Medicare plan of congressman Ryan. But it will have some dif

Mitt Romney Still Loves His Ethanol, Especially in Iowa
Say anything you want about Mitt Romney, but at least he isn’t flip flopping this time around.  Instead of disavowing his support for Romneycare, he fully embraced the monstrosity, albeit on a state level.  Now, amidst the growing disquiet over the outrageous Ethanol Subsidies, and following Tim Pawlenty’s mea culpa on the issue, Mitt Romney is doubling down on his support for this odious subsidy.  Jonathan Weisman of the Wall Street Journal reports: It was an odd setting

In Iowa, Romney Hears Applause, and Alarms
Mitt Romney’s first Iowa campaign visit of the year was not foiled by controversial subjects here on Friday afternoon, but by a bag of burned microwave Popcorn. Just as he was answering a question about what makes him a better candidate in his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination, a fire alarm sounded at the Iowa Historical Building in Des Moines. Mr. Romney paused and asked if he should exit the premises. “I wasn’t trying to get out of tough questions,” he said wit

Mitt Romney Takes The Ethanol Pledge
Tim Pawlenty may be a fan of telling the people of Iowa hard truths about how idiotic it is to subsidize Ethanol, but Mitt Romney went the other way and...

Surprise: Rudy Giuliani Leads 2012 GOP Field in New CNN Poll
A new CNN/Opinion Research Poll has former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani leading the possible 2012 GOP Presidential Field! Giuliani, who is said to be very close to announcing a run for President, got 16% support in the poll, followed by Mitt Romney at 15%, and Sarah Palin at 13%. 16% Giuliani 15% Romney 13% Palin 12% Paul 10% Cain   8% Gingrich   7% Bachmann   5% Pawlenty   2%  Santorum   1%  Huntsman   1%  Johnson CNN Poll - 5/24-26/2011 ...

Poll Watch: PPP WI GOP Primary
Public Policy Polling Wisconsin Republican Primary (PDF) Romney - 17% Palin - 16% Pawlenty - 12% Bachmann - 11% Cain - 10% Gingrich - 10% Paul - 10% Huntsman - 2% Not sure / someone else - 14% Without Palin Romney - 19% Pawlenty - 15% Bachmann - 14% Gingrich - 14% Cain - 11% Paul - 11% Huntsman - 3% Not sure / someone else - 14% Favorable/Unfavorable Palin - 66/28 Romney -...

Tim Pawlenty: We Gotta Fix Medicare And President Obama Is Ducking The Issue
Former Minnesota Governor and GOP Presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty appeared on Morning Joe this morning to clarify recent comments that me made saying that, if he were president, he would sign Paul Ryan’s hotly debated Budget plan into law. Instead of backing away from that comment, Pawlenty doubled down and turned the scrutiny back onto President Obama, who, in Pawlenty’s esteem, is “ducking the issue” at a time when the country needs real leadership. Regardless of one&...

The magic of Chicago for Obama '12
Chicago — President Barack Obama’s decision to base his Reelection campaign 600 miles away from the White House will mean more email and less face time for his Campaign Manager and top political aides. But the growing number of Campaign Staffers in a sprawling, quiet floor of an office tower overlooking Chicago’s Millennium Park say the benefits from Obama’s unconventional decision outweigh the inconvenience. There are some big, symbolic reasons for the Chicago locatio...

Pawlenty was 'open to' mandate, a 'worthy goal,' in '06 speech
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said in a 2006 speech that mandated Health Insurance was a "potentially helpful" -- but incomplete -- solution to the problem of the Uninsured. Pawlenty described a Massachusetts-style mandate in his speech as "a worthy goal and one that we're intrigued by and I think at least open to," but suggested that the central Health Care problem was not forcing people to buy Insurance but helping them afford it. Mandatory Insurance has become the cent...

Remainders: Bunny
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski after arrival at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, May 27, 2011. Obama came to Poland for a two day visit. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) Polish political icon snubs Obama. President has made Mideast peace negotiations impossible. A lot could happen between now and November 2012. What's inside the 'secret interpretation' of the Patriot Act? The Act normalizes the National Security...

Mitt Romney Sends Leftover Pizza to Obama Chicago Headquarters
Mitt Romney sent some leftover pizza to President Obama's Chicago re-election team....

NOT SHOWING RESPECT: Mitt Romney Sends Leftover Pizza to Obama Chicago HQ.
NOT SHOWING RESPECT: Mitt Romney Sends Leftover Pizza to Obama Chicago HQ. ...

Guiliani tops a crowded, close GOP 2012 field
It's hard to say who's the frontrunner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. A CNN/Opinion Research poll, taken May 24 to 26, found no one opening up much of a lead. The results: Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Guiliani, who has not indicated he'll run, led with 16 percent. Next: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is expected to run at 15 percent. Others: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, 13 percent; Texas Rep. Ron Paul, 12 percent; busi...

Is Rick Perry the white knight Republicans have been yearning for?
Last weekend brought news that Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels would not be a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, a development that effectively reduced the GOP field to three candidates with legitimate chances of victory: Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Jon Huntsman. (And there's some debate over whether Huntsman, the former Utah Governor and ambassador to China, even deserves this status.) This intensified speculation that a new candidate might emerge, and now we have our first conc...

Pawlenty Was "Open" to Individual Mandate
One reason I think support for an Individual Mandate won't destroy Mitt Romney's presidential aspirations? Because so many of his rivals in the Republican Party have also supported it or, at least, said awfully nice things about it. The latest addition to the list Romney's chief competitor, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. Ben Smith has the scoop: Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said in a 2006 speech that mandated Health Insurance was a "potentially helpful" -- but incomplete -...

Pawlenty's Medicare bet: An 'unforced error'? (The Week)
New York – Badgered to take a stand, GOP presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty endorses Paul Ryan's unpopular plan to overhaul Medicare. Regrettable move? Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Thursday that if elected president, he would sign Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wisc.) polarizing Medicare reform plan into law, provided he couldn't pass a proposal of his own. Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz got a quick dig in, expressing surprise that Pawlenty would back "a plan...

Special Delivery: Romney Sends Leftover Pizza To Obama's Campaign HQ
Mitt Romney took his Presidential Campaign to the next level on Thursday, eschewing mud slinging to instead engage in the far more delicious smear tactic of pizza slinging. You know that old prank where you send a bunch of pizzas to someone who never ordered them? Well that's sort of what Mitt Romney did during a campaign stop in Chicago, sending the leftovers from his meal to Obama's campaign headquarters. Romney announced his prank via Twitter, complete with a picture of a delivery guy abo...

Poll Watch: CNN 2012 Republican National Primary
CNN 2012 Republican National Primary (PDF) Rudy Giuliani 16% Mitt Romney 15% Sarah Palin 13% Ron Paul 12% Herman Cain 10% Newt Gingrich 8% Michele Bachmann 7% Tim Pawlenty 5% Rick Santorum 2% Jon Huntsman 1% Gary Johnson 1% Buddy Roemer * Someone else (vol.) 3% None/ No one (vol.) 5% No opinion 2% NOTE: Fred Karger was listed as an option, but no respondent chose him Second Choice: Romney 15% Giuliani 14% Gingrich 10% Bachmann 10% Palin 10% Paul 7% Pawlenty 6% Huntsman 6% Cain 5% Santoru...

In Iowa, Romney backs ethanol subsidies
Likely GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney on Friday voiced his support for Ethanol Subsidies during his first visit of the year to Iowa. Asked about his position on federal Ethanol Subsidies following a talk at the Greater Des Moines Partnership's Presidential Forum Speaker Series, Romney said that Ethanol is an important part of the nation's energy supply. “I support the subsidy of ethanol,” said Romney, according to ABC News. “I believe it’s an important part of ou

Pawlenty was "open" to a mandate in 2006
Ben Smith: Tim Pawlenty said in a 2006 speech that mandated health Insurance was a "potentially helpful" -- but incomplete -- solution to the problem of the Uninsured. Pawlenty described a Massachusetts-style mandate in his speech as "a worthy goal and one that we're intrigued by and I think at least open to," but suggested that the central Health Care problem was not forcing people to buy Insurance but helping them afford it. .... Pawlenty does not appear ever to have advanced a mandate as...