Romney corrals hundreds of fundraisers to dial-for-dollars from Las Vegas

By Peter H. Stone

Fundraisers for Mitt Romney hope to raise up to $3 million in a one-day money marathon

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"… ill sound asleep or just going to bed, an army of top fundraisers for Mitt Romney will start dialing for dollars with an eye toward raising millions for his …"

"… ter, is shooting to corral between $2 million and $3 million, according to Romney fundraisers.The day’s fundraising begins at 5:30 a.m. Pacific time to hi …"

"… . Pacific time to hit up East Coast donors early. It will include big-name Romney bundlers from around the country. Among those expected to be on hand are: …"

"… mong those expected to be on hand are: John Rood, the Florida chairman for Romney and an ambassador to the Bahamas under George W. Bush; John Rakolta Jr., a …"

Mitt Romney to reward bundlers with "gold, silver and bronze"

By Peter H. Stone

In Olympic riff, Romney to honor big bundlers with gold, silver and bronze

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"… .5 million. …"

"… ffort to reward big fundraisers who have joined its “Medalist Program.”Romney, who ran the host committee for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake …"

"… or silver and $250,000 to score the gold, according to a campaign document.Romney raised $18.25 million in the second quarter, a total considerably lower th …"

"… ion that some of his big fundraisers predicted earlier in the spring.While Romney’s take wasn’t what his fundraisers hoped for, it still was way ahead o …"

Romney hosts fundraiser at La Jolla home that is a 'tear down' property

By Peter H. Stone

Is a $12 million oceanside property a tear down? Romney wants to quadruple size of house

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"… st $25,000 for the campaign. …"

"… rivate party may also include a recent San Diego Union-Tribune report that Romney, who plunked down $12 million for his home just three years ago, is planni …"

"… nning to scrap the 3,000 square foot house and almost quadruple it in size.Romney has filed an application with La Jolla city officials to tear down the his …"

"… arty for the bundlers is similar to one that occurred last week at another Romney home on the East Coast, as reported by iWatch News. Last Monday Romney hos …"

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FACT CHECK: Fanciful ‘facts’ at Fox News debate

By FactCheck.Org

Candidates play fast and loose with facts about each other, history

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"… hoods — about Obama, each other, and even Thomas Jefferson.Perry claimed Romney supports Obama’s Race to the Top education initiative. In fact, while Ro …"

"… ey supports Obama’s Race to the Top education initiative. In fact, while Romney has praised some of the program’s goals, he said those kinds of issues o …"

"… those kinds of issues ought to be handled at the state level, not federal.Romney falsely accused Obama of saying “nothing about the Palestinians launchin …"

"… ket will take her life in the middle of the night.”Perry falsely claimed Romney had once written that “Romneycare” is “exactly what the American peo …"

FACT CHECK: Perry campaign uses selective editing to claim Romney flip-flopped on the stimulus

By FactCheck.Org

FACT CHECK: Perry unfairly characterizes Romney on stimulus

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"… s Spending.”–By Robert Farley  …"

"… [the] 2011 edition calls it a ‘failure.’ ” Not so. It’s true that Romney revised his words in the paperback edition, but his original version said …"

"… Those words were edited out of a Perry Web video to make it appear that Romney made a 180-degree turn, which he didn’t.In the ongoing Perry-Romney war …"

"… that Romney made a 180-degree turn, which he didn’t.In the ongoing Perry-Romney war of words over written words, a Sept. 28 press release on the Perry cam …"

FACT CHECK: GOP tackles the 9-9-9 tax plan, immigration in Las Vegas debate

By FactCheck.Org

Western debate between Republican presidential nominees grows feisty

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"… xas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. (Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman was invited but boyco …"

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FACT CHECK: Romney’s shaky job claims

By FactCheck.Org

Former Mass. governor used unproven, misleading facts to hail his job creation prowess

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"… formula it uses to adjust jobs figures for normal seasonal variations. …"

"… is misleading.It’s true that the private equity firm Bain Capital, which Romney headed from 1984 to 1999, invested in many companies that went on to add j …"

"… nies in which Bain invested. And it’s highly debatable whether Bain, and Romney, deserve credit for all of the jobs created, particularly when there were …"

"… the companies, and new owners in later years.As for his time as governor, Romney’s claim is true as far as it goes. But he’s comparing his full four ye …"

FactCheck.org's guide to the New Hampshire debates

By FactCheck.Org

FactCheck.org lays out the busy weekend for Republican presidential candidates leading up to N.H. primary

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"… ng after Romney, who is comfortably ahead in the New Hampshire polls. Rick Santorum, who nearly beat Romney in Iowa, said on Jan. 3 that Republicans …"

Casino mogul’s $5 million check to pro-Gingrich group a harbinger of GOP help to come

By Peter H. Stone

A billionaire casino owner's first choice is Newt Gingrich, but pledges more millions for GOP regardless of nominee

Excerpts from this story referencing "Romney":

"… th Carolina primary, where polls show he’s lost his earlier lead to Mitt Romney. Adelson has long been a supporter of Gingrich. The two men share Adelson …"

"… launch a $3.4 million, hard-hitting advertising blitz, aimed at decimating Romney’s job creation credentials from his years running a buyout firm, says Ri …"

"… na will feature poignant interviews with workers who lost their jobs after Romney’s former venture capital firm, Bain Capital, acquired them in buyouts. T …"

"… Bain Capital, acquired them in buyouts. The effort is aimed at destroying Romney’s self-proclaimed record as a jobs creator.Romney has said that his firm …"

FACT CHECK: Facts Strained in ‘King of Bain’

By FactCheck.Org

Pro-Gingrich super PAC offers one-sided, distorted view of Romney’s years at Bain Capital in a 28-minute 'doc'

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"… uper PAC presents a one-sided, often distorted and misleading view of Mitt Romney’s years leading the venture capital firm Bain Capital.Interspersed with …"

"… companies and features heart-wrenching interviews with people who portray Romney and Bain as ruthless, quick-buck corporate raiders who reaped huge financi …"

"… veals a murkier picture. The video often overstates, or outright distorts, Romney’s culpability for job losses or bankruptcies.The film talks about layoff …"

"… ipulation of stock prices after the circuit board company went public. But Romney had left Bain Capital a year before any layoffs and a public stock offerin …"

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