The Competent Conservative

John McCain slammed Newt Gingrich Thursday for calling Mitt Romney “a liar,” accusing him of crossing the line of “something that we don’t do in politics.” “I don’t think it’s appropriate to call your opponent a liar. That’s just something we don’t do in politics unless you certainly have some overwhelming proof,” said McCain on [...]

The second largest newspaper in New Hampshire endorsed Mitt Romney today. Hopefully, that, along with John McCain’s endorsement of Mitt earlier today, will help him to get a very strong finish in New Hampshire. Here’s the conclusion of the newspaper’s endorsement: For us, evaluating a party’s potential nominee for president is much like interviewing applicants [...]

(CNN) – Sen. John McCain threw his backing behind former rival Mitt Romney Wednesday in New Hampshire, choosing the former Massachusetts governor despite a bitter battle between the two Republicans during the 2008 fight for the GOP nomination. In choosing Romney, McCain also elected to forgo endorsing a former Senate colleague, Rick Santorum, with whom [...]

Via Ben Smith, John McCain will endorse his ’08 rival Mitt Romney tomorrow: Arizona Senator John McCain, his party’s 2008 nominee, will endorse Mitt Romney in New Hampshire tomorrow, a well-placed former McCain aide told BuzzFeed Tuesday. McCain and Romney were bitter foes in 2008, but Romney repaired the relationship after his defeat with a [...]

Mitt and Ann Romney were recently by Fox News’ Gretchen.  That interview will air on Wedsnesday.  Here are some excerpts of what Governor Romney had to say about his plans for 2012. Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he will decide after the 2010 Congressional elections whether to take on pro-abortion President Barack Obama. [...]

What better way to develop great clout with the Republican party than to be all over helping other candidates get elected? Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) is fundraising his way across the country, raising suspicions that the 2008 presidential contender is gearing up for another run. Romney held fundraisers for his Free and Strong [...]

There is a very interesting article today from Politics Daily regarding the abnormal opportunity Mitt Romney has leading up to the next campaign cycle.  With every other potential candidate, except Pawlenty for now, falling by the wayside, one would have to wonder if the universe in on Mitt’s side(I’m not a new age believer in [...]

I say go for it Curt!  Anything better than a liberal Senator of MA would be so welcome. Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) — Curt Schilling, the former Major League pitcher who helped the Boston Red Sox win their first World Series in 86 years in 2004, says he is interested in running for the late Senator [...]

Populous Research New Hampshire 2012 Republican Primary Mitt Romney -50% Mike Huckabee -17% Sarah Palin -17% Newt Gingrich -13% Tim Pawlenty -3% Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads four other Republican presidential candidates in New Hampshire in an exclusive Now Hampshire/Populus Research poll to be released on Wednesday. Romney, who came in second in the [...]

Tim Pawlenty is wasting no time at building his credentials at the expense of Governor Romney.  It is not surprising that Governor Pawlenty would come out on the attack this early on, given the the high rankings Mitt Romney’s received in all recent polling.  Pawlenty has been falsely reporting on the details of the health [...]