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Gingrich predicts decisive victory in Florida
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich told supporters on Monday night
that he was going to win a decisive victory in Tuesday's Florida primary. Photo: AP.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich told supporters on Monday night that he was “going to win a decisive victory tomorrow”, despite all the latest Florida polls suggesting that former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is poised to defeat the former House speaker.
Romney releases personal tax documents
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney released over 500 pages of documents relating to his tax affairs on Tuesday. Photo: Charles Dharapak / AP.
Mitt Romney released over 500 pages of documents on Tuesday relating to his and his wife Ann’s tax affairs. The published material includes income tax returns for 2010, estimates for 2011, as well as filings regarding their charitable foundation, two blind trusts set up in the couple’s names, and a trust created for their children. The former Massachusetts governor’s decision came as the result of intense pressure from the Democrats, some of the Republican presidential candidates, and even some of his supporters, who are convinced his hesitation to release such documents played a big part in his defeat in the South Carolina primary last Saturday.
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline
Environmentalists during a demonstration against the Keystone XL oil pipeline
in Washington last November. Photo: Evan Vucci /AP.
The Obama administration refused to approve the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline on Wednesday night. Rumors that the project would be rejected started surfacing on Wednesday morning, prompting many Republicans to accuse President Obama of putting his re-election ahead of American jobs.
Pro-Gingrich PAC to release new anti-Romney ads
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, and
former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
Photo: Paul Sancya / AP.
Winning Our Future, the super PAC backing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich‘s bid to become the Republican nominee, will release two new ads attacking former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney on Sunday. The new material will be aired in South Carolina, which is due to hold its primaries on Jan. 21, until the middle of next week.
Gingrich to embrace negative campaigning
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, is planning to step up
negative campaigning against former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney,
who narrowly won the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday.
Newt Gingrich appears determined to change the tone of his presidential campaign, after running mainly positive ads in the Hawkeye State where he finished fourth with 16,251 votes, or 13.3 percent of the 120,000 or so ballots.