WASHINGTON – Imploring supporters to stick with him, President Barack Obama acknowledged Tuesday that his re-election is not “a slam dunk” because of understandable public skepticism over the economy but said his campaign would put forward a vision aligned with the mood of the country.
Obama campaign says GOP field remains uncertain (AP)
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s top campaign advisers say they are uncertain about which Republican challenger will emerge next year but are predicting a long GOP primary contest that they say will produce a weaker opponent in 2012.
Romney attacks on Gingrich raising stakes in Iowa (AP)
DES MOINES, Iowa – Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s surprise rise has disrupted rival Mitt Romney’s carefully laid plan to lower expectations in Iowa, where Romney fought aggressively in 2008 but ended up losing.
You’re greedy: Romney, Gingrich tussle before Iowa (AP)
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Trading accusations of greed, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich challenged each other Monday to return millions made in private business as the race for the GOP presidential nomination turned increasingly acerbic and personal at the start of a three-week sprint to the Iowa caucuses.
Romney: Gingrich should return Freddie Mac money (AP)
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Mitt Romney on Monday aggressively criticized rival Newt Gingrich and called on him to return the estimated $1.6 million he received for providing strategic advice to Freddie Mac, the quasi-government agency that guarantees home mortgages.
Romney dismisses $10K debate bet, criticizes Obama (AP)
MANCHESTER, N. H. – Mitt Romney on Monday dismissed his offer to make a $10,000 bet with Rick Perry as merely “an outrageous number to answer an outrageous charge” — namely, Perry’s claim that Romney made changes to parts of his book.