Posts Tagged ‘Gears’

Romney Super PAC Gears Up Again

The Super PAC backing Mitt Romney said it would launch a $ 7.6 million television ad sweep across nine states, Reuters reports. Tweet This Post

Obama Gears Message to Middle Class

Josh Kraushaar notices that President Obama’s reelection messaging against Mitt Romney has shifted away from “charges of the expected GOP nominee as a flip-flopper, and in its place have been a barrage of attacks portraying him as the consummate plutocrat.” Tweet This Post

[audio] U.S. Mint Gears Up To Release Commemorative Penny For Every County

U.S. Mint Gears Up To Release Commemorative Penny For Every County Tweet This Post

Joe Kennedy III Gears Up for Congressional Bid

Joseph P. Kennedy III (D) “is taking the final steps to launch a run for Congress this year, hoping to succeed Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) who chose to retire rather than run in his reconfigured district,” the Boston Globe reports. Tweet This Post

At 75, Marion Barry gears up for another campaign

As HBO considers making a movie about Marion Barry with Eddie Murphy in the title role, the real Barry is doing something that comes naturally: running for re-election in the nation’s capital. Tweet This Post

Paul Gears Up for Long Primary Run

“In a far cry from his ragtag 2008 effort, Ron Paul is looking beyond the traditional early state contests and gearing up for a long primary slog that lasts at least through Super Tuesday,” Politico reports. Tweet This Post

Rove Switches Gears on Elizabeth Warren Ads

Greg Sargent highlights a new Karl Rove-founded Crossroads GPS television ad that slams Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren (D) for being “too cozy with the big banks at the expense of the middle class.” Tweet This Post

Romney Gears Up to Win Iowa

Mitt Romney, “who has been cautiously calibrating expectations about his chances in a state full of social conservatives, is now playing to win the Iowa caucuses,” the New York Times reports. Tweet This Post

Pawlenty Gears Up for Iowa Straw Poll

Real Clear Politics reports that Tim Pawlenty “has invested about $ 1 million in advertising, direct mail, transportation arrangements and other straw poll-centric ventures. The number is far smaller than what former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney doled out in advance of his 2007 Ames victory but it nonetheless surpasses what Pawlenty’s competitors have spent and [...]