Author Archives: Jamshid Ghazi Askar
On Tuesday night all the national election-night TV broadcasts displayed up-to-the-minute totals of electoral votes for the presidential race pitting Mitt Romney against Barack Obama. Each time a news anchor “called a state” for Romney or Obama — sometimes when … Continue reading
Ann Romney reveals in a new interview that, in the days leading up to the Super Tuesday presidential primaries on March 6, she silently suffered through a challenging health situation related to the multiple sclerosis diagnosis she received in 1998. … Continue reading
Only two days removed from the high-profile press conference and photo op that saw him standing side-by-side with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Sen. Marco Rubio delivered a sweeping foreign-policy speech Wednesday at the Brookings Institute to further galvanize public … Continue reading
A planned multimillion-dollar renovation of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s San Diego home made national headlines last year. That construction still has not started, but a rival campaign recently presented Politico with copies of documents that are on file with … Continue reading
If you’re looking for a single issue that can reliably separate the supporters of Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Pres. Barack Obama, here’s the question to ask: Do political leaders talk too much about religious faith or prayer? A new … Continue reading
A powerful headline speaks volumes with just a few words. And Tuesday night after it became apparent Mitt Romney had defeated Rick Santorum in the Illinois Republican presidential primary, Internet headlines were shouting from the digital rooftops — so much … Continue reading
The 2012 Republican presidential race is now narrowed down to two men with a legitimate chance of grabbing the nomination — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum — as well as two other candidates in Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul who, … Continue reading
The 2012 Republican presidential race is now narrowed down to two men with a legitimate chance of grabbing the nomination — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum — as well as two other candidates in Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul who, … Continue reading
The same thing apparently dragging down Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy in the South — his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — is proving to be a veritable life raft in the far-flung isles of the … Continue reading
Because of Alabama’s geography, the state’s Republican presidential primary that takes place on Tuesday may prove to be a critical stepping-stone for Mitt Romney. In a blog post titled, “In GOP Nomination Race, Geography Has Been Destiny,” the New York … Continue reading