Tag: Mitt Romney

• Wednesday, May 30th 2012 - 17:11 UTC

  Republican Romney will dispute the White House with President Obama

  

  Mitt Romney clinched the US Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with a resounding victory in Texas and now faces a five-month sprint to convince voters to trust him over Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 election.

• Monday, May 7th 2012 - 04:24 UTC

  Obama launches re-election bid; attacks Romney for promising “to cut taxes for the rich”

  

  President Barack Obama plunged into his campaign for a new term and tore into rival Mitt Romney on Saturday for being willing and eager to “rubber stamp” a conservative Republican congressional agenda to cut taxes for the rich while slashing spending on programs that benefit an embattled middle class.

• Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 04:53 UTC

  Romney’ foreign policy statesman resigns hounded by anti-gay conservatives

  

  Republican Mitt Romney's foreign policy spokesman, Richard Grenell, has resigned after only a brief stint on Romney's presidential campaign.

• Monday, April 30th 2012 - 09:21 UTC

  Obama jokes about Romney, Congress and Secret Service at press dinner

  

  President Barack Obama poked fun at his likely presidential rival Mitt Romney and Republican opponents in Congress, including a dig at Romney's treatment of a pet dog, at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 21:03 UTC

  Republicans promise ‘to kill’ Obama’s budget which raises taxes on the rich

  

  President Barack Obama called on Monday for aggressive spending to boost growth and for higher taxes on the rich, laying out an election-year vision for the US in a budget that was criticized sharply by Republicans for failing to curb the deficit.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:51 UTC

  Obama attacks income inequality and calls for higher taxes on the wealthy

  

  President Barack Obama has attacked income inequality as he set the tone for his re-election bid in his third State of the Union speech. Obama emphasised the importance of an economy that works for everyone, in the nationally televised address to Congress.