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Mitt Romney

Just how “Mormon” is Mitt Romney’s political theology?

John Fea   |  December 16, 2024

Mitt Romney left the U.S. Senate this week. Over at The Dispatch, Samuel Benson reflects on his “farewell address.” A taste: …There are some today who would tear at our unity, who would replace love with hate, who deride our […]

Romney: “I must admit that I find sexual assault to be a line I will not cross in the people I select to be my president”

John Fea   |  February 16, 2024

Mitt Romney still believes in the politics of character. What a dinosaur! 😉 Watch: Compare with this: For those who are not on X, here is Graham’s full text: We need to pray for our country and where it is […]

Could we see a Manchin-Romney ticket in 2024?

John Fea   |  February 16, 2024

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin may be launching a third-party bid for president in 2024 as the candidate of the bipartisan No Labels organization. And he also may be picking Mitt Romney as a running mate. Or maybe none of […]

Mitt Romney: Some Trump voters are “are out of touch with reality”

John Fea   |  January 18, 2024

Earlier this week I received a query from a journalist who covers the United States for a conservative Protestant daily newspaper in the Netherlands affiliated with the Calvinist Reformed Political Party. (Follow the links to the paper and its party. […]

Robert Kagan: “Will the people who selfishly refuse to put their own ambitions at risk finally act to save our democracy?”

John Fea   |  December 8, 2023

Last week we brought your attention to Robert Kagan’s Washington Post piece on the potential of a Trump dictatorship should he be elected in 2024. Kagan was back at the post yesterday with a piece titled, “The Trump dictatorship: How […]

Romney announces he will not run in 2024. What does this mean for Senate centrists?

John Fea   |  September 15, 2023

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will step away from his U.S. Senate seat after his term is over in January 2025. He will not seek re-election in 2024. Over at Politico, Burgess Everett asks what Romney’s departure, and the […]

Mitt Romney: George Santos is a “sick puppy”

John Fea   |  February 8, 2023

The Huffington Post is reporting on the Mitt Romney-George Santos confrontation at last night’s State of the Union Address. Watch: Here is a taste of Igor Bobic’s piece: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to take a […]

Senate passes bipartisan gun bill

John Fea   |  June 24, 2022

Here is NBC News: The Senate on Thursday night passed the most sweeping gun bill designed to prevent gun violence in decades, a major victory for advocates and a rare defeat for the National Rifle Association. The vote was 65 to 33, with all […]

Has Mitt Romney betrayed his party?

John Fea   |  March 23, 2022

Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen thinks so: Trump acolytes have long labeled Sen. Mitt Romney a “RINO” — “Republican in Name Only.” This is an unfair charge, given Romney’s conservative credentials. But Romney is lending credence to his critics by not endorsing his […]

Episode 16: “The Massachusetts Legislature Holds a Constitutional Convention”

John Fea   |  August 4, 2021

Opponents of same-sex marriage in the Bay State try to pass a constitutional amendment Episode 16: “The Massachusetts Legislature Holds a Constitutional Convention” dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this narrative history podcast. Here’s a teaser: […]

Only six Republican senators voted for a commission to study the worst attack on the U.S. Capitol since the War of 1812

John Fea   |  May 29, 2021

It looks like American historians will need to do the work. John Hope Franklin once called historians “the conscience of the nation.” A Senate vote on a bill to create an independent commission to study the January 6, 2021 insurrection […]