Romney Loses Again! Who Will He Fire?

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 THE BIG STORY Mitt Romney Likes To Fire People -- Including His Campaign Managers? The putative frontrunner made no public appearances on Tuesday night after an embarrassing third place finish in both the Alabama and Mississippi Republican presidential primary elections -- even though the Romney campaign had been predicting a victory. Instead, his headquarters dispatched a written statement that congratulated Rick Santorum for winning both states, while reminding people of his huge delegate advantage. It was an unusual way to try to demonstrate confidence. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> ON THE WEB How Politicians Track Your Life On Facebook Targeted online advertising is nothing new. (As anyone who has changed their Facebook status to "engaged" can tell you, a simple update can bring a deluge of new ads.) But political campaigns and advocacy groups are increasingly adopting the same microtargeting tactics that companies use. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> GOP PRIMARY 70 Samoans In A Bar -- Almost As Powerful As New Hampshire's Entire GOP! What do you get when 70 or so Republicans gather in a restaurant-bar? In American Samoa, you get a presidential caucus worth 9 full delegates to the Republican National Convention. (The famous "first in the nation" New Hampshire primary, on the other hand, awards 12 delegates.) The U.S. territory, located about 2,300 miles south of Hawaii, got its chance Tuesday to vote on a presidential candidate. And it didn't even conflict with happy hour. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> FEATURED COLUMN: GENE LYONS Assassination? Anwar al-Awlaki Asked For It To hear some people tell it, the United States hovers on the brink of tyranny. President Obama has seized dictatorial power to murder any American citizen he secretly deems a terrorist. Attorney General Eric Holder's craven rationalization of the so-called "CIA assassination" of U.S.-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in the wilds of Yemen last September struck some as the veritable death-knell of democracy. Sounds grave, doesn't it? Then why are so many Americans, myself included, so blasé about it? READ MORE Send To A Friend >> FEATURED COLUMN: LEONARD PITTS JR. No! Why Obama's Drone Assassins Are Acting Outside The Law Spin it any way you want. Justify it, rationalize it, chalk it up to the exigencies of war. And at the end, the fact remains: A United States citizen is dead and the United States government killed him. Without trial. Without due process. Without hesitation. And many of those who loudly deplored George W. Bush for smaller excesses seem content to allow Barack Obama this larger one. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> POLITICS Limbaugh's Failed TV Producer Running For Senate In New York U.S. Representative Bob Turner, who famously won ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner's Congressional seat last September in a special election, announced on Tuesday that he will challenge incumbent Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand in the 2012 Senate election. So Turner, a former producer of the Rush Limbaugh radio program -- whose host recently called a law student a "slut" because she supported birth control coverage -- will be running against the woman who succeeded Hillary Clinton in the Senate. READ MORE Send To A Friend >> CARTOON OF THE DAY Send To A Friend >>

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