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HBO' Developing 'Game Change' Sequel 'Double Down': Barack Obama Vs. Mitt Romney

Kevin Fitzpatrick — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:59 +0000

The moment Alaska governor Sarah Palin first came to the world stage as John McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential elections, we knew that her larger-than-life personality would become the stuff of parody and portrayal from years to come. Once we finished laughing at Tina Fey's dead-on impression, the tone turned serious as HBO's 'Game Change' garnered multiple Emmys with Julianne Moore in the lead role.

Now, the original 'Game Change' writers have begun work on a sequel covering the 2012 elections between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, titled 'Double Down: Game Change 2012,' and guess what HBO wants to do with it?

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Twins Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Are Born to a Woman in Kenya

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:19:02 +0000

Thanks to his Kenyan ancestry, it stands to reason there are a lot of little Barack Obamas running around Kenya at the moment—and now there will also be at least one Mitt Romney.

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Team Romney Mistakenly Leaks Victory Website

Donald Deane — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:25:52 +0000

If, as some pundits claim, gaffes were responsible for Mitt Romney's failed presidential bid, then this surely won't change that assertion. At some point after losing the election to Barack Obama, Romney's camp accidentally leaked a victory website promoting a win that never happened. It's the 'Dewey Defeats Truman' of the digital age.

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Mitt Romney's Concession Speech – Election 2012 [TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO]

Chuck Armstrong — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:00:08 +0000

Shortly after midnight on Nov. 7, 2012, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney addressed supporters in Boston, Mass. with his official concession speech. Romney lost the race to the White House after President Barack Obama clinched 303 electoral votes to Romney's 206.

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Obama vs. Romney, Round 2 — Highlights From the Town-Hall Presidential Debate

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:50:56 +0000

The second presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney got started just after 9 o'clock from the campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. The town-hall-style debate, with an audience of uncommitted voters selected by Gallup, was moderated by CNN's Candy Crowley

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Jimmy Fallon Takes You to 'Mister Romney's Neighborhood'

Emerald Catron — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:45:24 +0000

"Money ... comes from a magical place called 'our parents.'" This is one of many lessons "Mitt Romney" teaches in this 'Mister Rogers' spoof from Jimmy Fallon.

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Ask Obama or Romney 'Sausage or Pepperoni?' and You Get Free Pizza for Life

Mike Adams — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:19:37 +0000

Everyone has something they'd like to ask the candidates at the next presidential debate. But if you're brave enough to stand up in that highly televised forum and ask the age-old question “Sausage or pepperoni?”—free pizza for life shall be your reward.

Pizza Hut and its Pizza Party announced on Tuesday that they will provide a lifetime of free pizza—the option of one large pizza a week for the next 30 years, or a check for $15,600—to any attendee who asks either candidate this simple question during the live town hall format presidential debate on October 16 at Hofstra University.

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Mitt Romney Taps Rep. Paul Ryan As Vice Presidential Running Mate

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:11:54 +0000

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has named Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin his running mate.

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Why Is Rick Santorum Calling Mitt Romney 'Frightening' After Dropping Out of the Presidential Race?

Shauna Wright — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:33:41 +0000

After a long primary battle, Mitt Romney now seems like the inevitable GOP nominee for president. But as his fellow Republicans begin to rally around him, Iowa voters received a letter in the mail from Romney’s one-time opponent, Rick Santorum, who seems anything but enthused.

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Mitt Romney's Wife, Ann, Defends Her Choice to Be a Stay-at-Home Mom [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:15:06 +0000

Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, fired back Thursday on Fox News at Democratic pundit Hilary Rosen for mocking her choice to be a stay-at-home mom who never entered the workforce.

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Political Gaffe By Mitt Romney's Camp Helps Etch A Sketch Sales Skyrocket — Dollars and Sense [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:24:13 +0000

During an interview earlier this week, an advisor to Mitt Romney inadvertently made a comment that is now likely to stick with the GOP hopeful for the duration of the campaign season, and it’s lead to a boom in sales for a very old and largely forgotten toy: the Etch A Sketch.

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Mitt Romney Gets Glitter Bombed by Protestor [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:55:14 +0000

On Wednesday in Minnesota, Mitt Romney found himself on the receiving end of a glitter bomb. But this wasn’t, as he later tried to spin it, a form of celebration for his recent Florida primary win.

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Mitt Romney's Poor Choice of Words Gets Him in Trouble — Again [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:01:46 +0000

These days, it seems the only time Mitt Romney opens his mouth is to change his shoes.

On Wednesday, the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination added to an already long list of sound-byte-friendly gaffes when he told CNN’s Soledad O’Brien he’s “not concerned about the very poor.”

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Romney Wins Iowa Caucuses by Eight Votes, Perry and Bachmann Head Home

Shauna Wright — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:52:20 +0000

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the Iowa caucus on Tuesday night by the narrowest of margins, besting former US Senator Rick Santorum by just eight votes in the first primary for the Republican presidential nomination.

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