"I don’t think you can really memorize zingers."
At least two people on Mitt Romney’s VP short list have been told to be “standing by for an announcement any day” according to ABC’s Jon Karl.
"Seventy-two percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll express a favorable opinion of the upcoming London Olympics overall, and 79 percent see the swimming competition favorably. Far fewer, 47 percent, hold a positive view of the horse-riding competition called dressage, in which a horse co-owned by Mitt Romney’s wife, Ann, is competing."
Hillary Clinton has almost paid off her 2008 campaign debt
Hillary Clinton, who has steadily chipped away at the more than $25 million in debt her campaign amassed during her run for president, owes only $100,000, according to Federal Election Commission disclosures for the second quarter of 2012.
—Liz Hartfield has the goods on who holds that final bill
Economic discontent and substantial dissatisfaction with Barack Obama’s performance in office are keeping Mitt Romney competitive in the presidential race - but not by enough of a margin to overcome Obama’s stronger personal profile. The result: A dead heat in voter preferences at the midsummer stage, with the prospect of an epic battle ahead.
We have Gary Langer’s full ABC/Washington Post poll at Yahoo’s newly redesigned politics page. We hope you’ll visit often.
ABC’s Jon Karl compiled the best of Newt 2012. Enjoy!
Newt Gingrich didn’t make it to Tampa, but his improbable, unpredictable and — yes — grandiose presidential bid produced some of the most memorable campaign moments I’ve ever witnessed. So with Gingrich finishing his long farewell, we took a look back at the high — and low — points of his campaign and compiled this video: the greatest hits of the Gingrich campaign. Watch Newt Gingrich’s Greatest Hits here: If I had to pick one moment above all, it would be the speech Gingrich made on Florida’s Space Coast just days after his stunning double-digit victory in the South Carolina primary. The context is important: Gingrich’s campaign had just come back from the dead for the second time and was threatening to knock Mitt Romney out of the race. Gingrich took the stage before a packed, standing-room only crowd at the largest indoor arena on the Space Coast, but instead of delivering a rah-rah stump speech, Gingrich calmly announced he was going to talk about space. And that’s when Gingrich, a man often attacked for his grandiosity, made perhaps the most grandiose promise ever made by a front-running presidential candidate.
