Mitt Romney

By Steve Kornacki But Republicans, who had controlled the governor's office for the past 12 years, were increasingly panicked. When the Olympics ended in February '02 and Romney made his highly publicized return to Massachusetts, a poll of Republican primary voters found a stunning result: in a two-way...

By Azi Paybarah In that speech, Bloomberg showcased the city's immigrant communities, seemingly responding to comments made by Republican Mitt Romney, who dubbed New York City a "sanctuary city" for illegal immigrants. He also spoke about sweeping crime-fighting measures, and the need for more gre...

By Steve Kornacki Then, after months of bloodying McCain as a traitor to the conservative cause (even though Romney had defined himself in Massachusetts in opposition to the conservative wing of the G.O.P.), he abruptly threw himself into McCain’s effort in a transparent effort to win the No. 2 slot on the G.O.P....

By Steve Kornacki And so the stage was set by the end of 2006 for the Republican race. McCain would try to ride out the immigration storm (and Iraq, too), hoping that the issue would subside and that Republicans would ultimately see through Romney, while Romney was betting that irritation with McCain would p...

By Steve Kornacki In his 1990 campaign, he actually ran to the left of his Democratic opponent, combative former Boston University President John Silber, scoring points with Massachusetts' socially liberal suburbanites by stressing his pro-choice, pro-gay rights, and pro-environment views. (Only...

By Katharine Jose In his speech tonight, Mitt Romney will take a shot at Michelle Obama, which the Obama campaign has already called "pathetic." Cindy McCain is not as far to the right as Palin on abortion. Obama has double-digit leads in Minnesota and Iowa; Ohio is a statistical tie.