Democrats On Romney Torchgate: 'We're Gonna Find This Torch'

An actual Olympic torch at the 2002 games in Salt Lake City. Mitt Romney doled out a commemorative version now selling on eBay for hundreds, or thousands of dollars. WASHINGTON -- The Florida Democratic Party is pouncing on a minor scandal involving Mitt Romney and Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.), vowing to locate a gift Romney once bestowed to the lawmaker in order to use it against him in the November election. But tracking down the ...

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Mitt Romney: 'I Have Paid Taxes Every Year. A Lot Of Taxes.'

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney pushed back, again, on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's claims that he hasn't paid taxes in a decade. WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney insisted on Friday that he has paid taxes every year and repeated that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) needs "to put up or shut up" with his accusations that he hasn't. "Let me also say categorically: I have paid taxes every year. A lot of ...

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Allen West: Mitt Romney's VP Pick Needs Military Experience

Speaking at the Young America's Foundation's National Conservative Student Conference on Friday morning, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said military experience is the most important trait that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's running mate must have. "First time in 77 years there is a possibility that neither the sitting president and vice president, or the candidates for president and vice president ...

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Larry Craig: Trip To Airport Bathroom Where Arrest Took Place Was 'Official' Business

BOISE, Idaho — Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Craig aims to fend off a federal election lawsuit against him by arguing his infamous June 11, 2007, Minneapolis airport bathroom visit that ended in his sex-sting arrest was part of his official Senate business. Craig is hoping to avoid repaying $217,000 in campaign funds the Federal Election Commission claims he misused to defend himself. The FEC sued Craig in June in U.S. District Court ...

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