The cover of the March 10, 2012 issue of National Journal.
Don’t Blame Mitt: The Republicans built a system that made it much harder for him to win. By Beth Reinhard and George E. Condon, Jr.
Read it here.
Mitt Romney is still extremely likely to get the GOP nomination, but it looks like he will have to run in the general election as an Independent. He certainly seems to have no home in the Republican Party.”
“Though he still has the support of the party “establishment” (which almost assures him the nomination),by rights Romney really should be following Sen. Olympia Snowe out the same door through which so many others of that extinct political class—centrist Republicans— have been forced to exit, permanently exiled by a party that they no longer recognize and that no longer recognizes them.
”Meet Mitt Romney, Independent Candidate for President by Michael Hirsh
What's Mitt Romney's Real Tax Rate: 15 Percent or 50 Percent?
In which Derek Thompson of The Atlantic does the hard math for those of us who don’t like numbers (I’m mainly referring to myself here).
Here’s Mitt Romney’s new ad, without any of NBC’s footage in it.
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., listens at left as Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a Boys and Girls Club in Salem, N.H., on Thursday. (PHOTO: Matt Rourke/AP)
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a rally at Missouri Valley Steel in Sioux City, Iowa, on Friday. (PHOTO: Chris Carlson/AP)
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, with wife Ann, hands out his homemade chili prior to announcing his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday at Bittersweet Farm in Stratham, N.H. This is Romney’s second run for president following his bid in 2008 when he lost the GOP nomination to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
Trivia Time!
A special Friday thank you to Gregg Sangillo!
Mitt Romney’s old investment company, Bain Capital, provided crucial capital for what famed pizza company?
Update, 10:45 a.m.: Domino’s Pizza is correct.
