<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Stephen Ohlemacher's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://ap-1606.new.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:24:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:29:05 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Reality TV, religion give birth to top baby names</title>
<description><![CDATA[Reality TV is giving birth to some of the most popular baby names. No, not Snooki. But Mason, as in Kourtney Kardashian's son, jumped 10 spots to become the second most popular name for newborn boys in 2011.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11698022-reality-tv-religion-give-birth-to-top-baby-names</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/14/11698022-reality-tv-religion-give-birth-to-top-baby-names</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>names</category><category>reality-tv</category><category>baby-names</category><category>kourtney-kardashian</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:41:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9165bfa5-51c6-4aa8-9eca-44d2e8012d92.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="465" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9165bfa5-51c6-4aa8-9eca-44d2e8012d92.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="140" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graphic shows the most popular baby names for&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney moves within 200 delegates of nomination</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won most of the delegates in a three-state primary sweep and added a few more Wednesday from previous contests to move him within 200 delegates of clinching the Republican nomination for president.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11604521-romney-moves-within-200-delegates-of-nomination</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11604521-romney-moves-within-200-delegates-of-nomination</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>delegates</category><category>indiana-republican</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 23:23:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b7079b7c-2641-45f0-9195-ec4c3dfff00b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b7079b7c-2641-45f0-9195-ec4c3dfff00b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 8, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Lansing, Mich. Romney has won most of the delegates in a three-state primary sweep, leaving him a little more than 200 delegates shy of the number needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president. He could get there by the end of the month. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Don't tell Paul's supporters the primary is over</title>
<description><![CDATA[Don't tell Ron Paul the Republican primary is over. He's too busy mucking up Mitt Romney's efforts to accumulate enough convention delegates to officially claim the GOP nomination for president.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11592417-dont-tell-pauls-supporters-the-primary-is-over</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11592417-dont-tell-pauls-supporters-the-primary-is-over</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>going</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>still</category><category>paul</category><category>ron-paul</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 08:04:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1aef79c1-20be-4034-b2d0-cd60d01891d9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1aef79c1-20be-4034-b2d0-cd60d01891d9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks to his supporters following his loss in the Maine caucus to Mitt Romney, in Portland, Maine. Dont Paul the primary is over. Hes too busy mucking up Mitt Romneys efforts to accumulate enough convention delegates to claim officially the Republican nomination for president. Pauls supporters won control of state GOP conventions in Maine and Nevada last weekend, stripping Romney of delegates in Maine but graciously letting him keep the ones he won in Nevadas February caucuses. Next up are Republican state conventions in Minnesota, Missouri, Louisiana and Iowa. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP leaders start to rally around Romney &amp;#8212; sort of</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican party leaders are starting to rally around Mitt Romney, but it's not exactly a stampede of support for the expected GOP presidential nominee.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11563045-gop-leaders-start-to-rally-around-romney-sort-of</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/05/11563045-gop-leaders-start-to-rally-around-romney-sort-of</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>hunt</category><category>romney</category><category>delegate</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 May 2012 00:04:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=314e22c2-bf2f-4156-aac8-287d6d8bf0aa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=314e22c2-bf2f-4156-aac8-287d6d8bf0aa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, greets supporters during a campaign stop in Portsmouth, Va., on Thursday, May 3, 2012.  (AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot,Ross Taylor) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=57dc6d90-701f-4354-b61a-f88f33f7cec2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=57dc6d90-701f-4354-b61a-f88f33f7cec2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, talks with fellow candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, left, after a presidential debate in Arizona. Romney on Friday met privately with Santorum, who has indicated he will ultimately endorse Romney. Since the day Santorum left the race, Romney's campaign has been recruiting former Santorum staffers and courting his key allies, including his donors.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a51ed70f-c1f1-4f0d-8641-a3ffa46e36cb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a51ed70f-c1f1-4f0d-8641-a3ffa46e36cb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., arrive at a campaign stop in Portsmouth, Va., Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84527da0-c8ad-4529-8330-361523c108cd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84527da0-c8ad-4529-8330-361523c108cd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Campaign workers install a sign on the podium at a campaign stop for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Pittsburgh, Pa., Friday, May 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe153648-8666-4504-9928-5decb01bd282.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe153648-8666-4504-9928-5decb01bd282.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, arrive at a campaign stop in Portsmouth, Va., Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Social Security starts providing online statements</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Social Security Administration is now providing workers with online statements of the estimated benefits they will get when they retire, replacing the paper ones the agency used to mail out.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11489388-social-security-starts-providing-online-statements</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11489388-social-security-starts-providing-online-statements</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>social-security-administration</category><category>statements</category><category>social-security-statements</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 19:48:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney builds on big lead in race for delegates</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney added to his big lead in the race for convention delegates Tuesday with a five-state sweep of Republican presidential primaries.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11378590-romney-builds-on-big-lead-in-race-for-delegates</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11378590-romney-builds-on-big-lead-in-race-for-delegates</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>rhode-island</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>delegates</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:57:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Social Security heading for insolvency even faster</title>
<description><![CDATA[Social Security is rushing even faster toward insolvency, driven by retiring baby boomers, a weak economy and politicians' reluctance to take painful action to fix the huge retirement and disability program.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11345928-social-security-heading-for-insolvency-even-faster</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/23/11345928-social-security-heading-for-insolvency-even-faster</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>security</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:35:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ea77c268-f684-4065-a2be-3f989b8b4a14.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ea77c268-f684-4065-a2be-3f989b8b4a14.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 3, 2012 file photo, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington. An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government's two largest benefit programs. Those problems are getting new attention Monday as the trustees who oversee the massive programs release their annual financial reports. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6b21dd9a-1ed5-4a4c-900e-d53111e3991d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="330" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6b21dd9a-1ed5-4a4c-900e-d53111e3991d.jpg" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2011 file photo, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis speaks at the National Press Club in Washington. An aging population and an economy that has been slow to rebound are straining the long-term finances of Social Security and Medicare, the government's two largest benefit programs. Those problems are getting new attention Monday as the trustees who oversee the massive programs release their annual financial reports.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ee9dd789-313a-42ac-bd2c-ed985f70c393.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ee9dd789-313a-42ac-bd2c-ed985f70c393.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner listens during a news conference on the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports, Monday, April 23, 2012, at the Treasury Department in Washington. Trustees update forecasts for the government's two largest benefit programs, which are laboring under the weight of retiring baby boomers, revenue shortages and politicians' reluctance to take painful action to fix them. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/505d95ab-4c11-42e7-a2b6-afdbf38365ec.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="317" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/505d95ab-4c11-42e7-a2b6-afdbf38365ec.jpg" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, right, and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, left, listen as Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, speaks at a news conference on the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports, Monday, April 23, 2012, at the Treasury Department in Washington. Trustees update forecasts for the government's two largest benefit programs, which are laboring under the weight of retiring baby boomers, revenue shortages and politicians' reluctance to take painful action to fix them. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/66b7db97-a878-483e-894e-440b3fd7d49f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="319" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/66b7db97-a878-483e-894e-440b3fd7d49f.jpg" width="120" height="193" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at a news conference on the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports, Monday, April 23, 2012, at the Treasury Department in Washington. Trustees update forecasts for the government's two largest benefit programs, which are laboring under the weight of retiring baby boomers, revenue shortages and politicians' reluctance to take painful action to fix them. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/65d7d664-7605-41f5-aee8-3d3e31b84bf2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/65d7d664-7605-41f5-aee8-3d3e31b84bf2.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, left, listen as Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks at a news conference on the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports, Monday, April 23, 2012, at the Treasury Department in Washington. Trustees update forecasts for the government's two largest benefit programs, which are laboring under the weight of retiring baby boomers, revenue shortages and politicians' reluctance to take painful action to fix them. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ho hum: Obama on brink of Democratic nomination</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's official: President Barack Obama will clinch the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday, ending a low-key primary race that many Americans probably didn't realize was happening.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11334244-ho-hum-obama-on-brink-of-democratic-nomination</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11334244-ho-hum-obama-on-brink-of-democratic-nomination</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>nomination</category><category>clinching</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:58:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5be91967-e40c-4011-b5a2-e71d24c74e66.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5be91967-e40c-4011-b5a2-e71d24c74e66.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 3, 2008 file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves to supporters before speaking at a primary night rally in St. Paul, Minn. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are in the cat-and-mouse stage of their national race, chasing each other around the map as they jockey for position. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c29605b5-d777-4306-8dd6-c6fbe381ec22.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c29605b5-d777-4306-8dd6-c6fbe381ec22.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 18, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Dearborn, Mich. A trio of scandals that have blown up almost simultaneously have given Republicans an opportunity to question President Barack Obama's leadership. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/57974b9f-3539-401b-9053-e9bf0821985c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="385" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/57974b9f-3539-401b-9053-e9bf0821985c.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 18, 2012, file photo President Barack Obama waves to a crowd as he arrives at an airport in Detroit. Obama will clinch the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday, April 24, ending a low-key primary race that many Americans probably didn't realize was happening. He's certain to reach the 2,778 delegates needed to secure his party's nod when five states vote on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/56791184-bf82-4ef9-a3e3-758b46b013da.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/56791184-bf82-4ef9-a3e3-758b46b013da.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 13, 2012, file photo President Barack Obama in Tampa, Fla., speaks about trade before heading to the Summit of the Americas. Obama will clinch the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday, April 24, ending a low-key primary race that many Americans probably didn't realize was happening. He's certain to reach the 2,778 delegates needed to secure his party's nod when five states vote on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Don't wait for Social Security check in the mail</title>
<description><![CDATA[Starting next year, the check will no longer be in the mail for millions of people who receive Social Security and other government benefits.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11208711-dont-wait-for-social-security-check-in-the-mail</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/15/11208711-dont-wait-for-social-security-check-in-the-mail</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>more</category><category>checks</category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:58:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/06f10740-553e-496c-9219-0b1f23bfb45a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/06f10740-553e-496c-9219-0b1f23bfb45a.jpg" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This two-photo combination image shows, at top, a Feb. 11, 2005 file photo of trays of printed social security checks waiting to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia, and an undated photo provided by the Treasury Department of a Direct Express Card. Starting next year, the check will no longer be put in the mail to millions of Americans who receive Social Security and other government benefits. The federal government, which issues 73 million payments a month, is phasing out paper checks for all benefit programs, requiring people to get payments electronically, either through direct deposit, or a debit card for those who don't have bank accounts. (AP Photo/Department of Treasury, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP superdelegates: It's over, Romney is nominee</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's over, and Mitt Romney is going to be the GOP nominee for president.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11067048-gop-superdelegates-its-over-romney-is-nominee</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/07/11067048-gop-superdelegates-its-over-romney-is-nominee</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>superdelegates</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Apr 2012 07:01:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/88ba12f0-aa83-4821-856d-5f6f0bd1626b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/88ba12f0-aa83-4821-856d-5f6f0bd1626b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum addresses supporters in Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/759c469b-1bee-40fb-a698-4435379bd35d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/759c469b-1bee-40fb-a698-4435379bd35d.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney  speaks in Tunkhannock, Pa.., Thursday, April 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/536b4c77-09a2-40f4-b927-951ae3473339.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/536b4c77-09a2-40f4-b927-951ae3473339.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets people in the crowd following a campaign event at an energy services company in Tunkhannock, Pa.., Thursday, April 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney builds insurmountable lead in primary sweep</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney won nearly all the convention delegates a three-primary sweep, adding to a lead that will be insurmountable without a dramatic shift in the race for the Republican nomination for president.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11007495-romney-builds-insurmountable-lead-in-primary-sweep</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11007495-romney-builds-insurmountable-lead-in-primary-sweep</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>delegates</category><category>maryland-republican</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Apr 2012 00:02:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/de70544a-30b0-4103-9f09-be8eb6fbb754.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/de70544a-30b0-4103-9f09-be8eb6fbb754.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets the crowd at a primary election night rally in Milwaukee, Tuesday, April 3, 2012, after Romney won the Wisconsin Republican presidential primary. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/488bc320-ad64-41ab-9633-2dc78ab90de2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/488bc320-ad64-41ab-9633-2dc78ab90de2.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney reacts to a question while speaking at the Newspapers Association of America/ American Society of News Editors luncheon gathering in Washington, Wednesday, April 4, 2012.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney halfway to clinching GOP nomination</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney is halfway to clinching the Republican nomination for president.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10986621-romney-halfway-to-clinching-gop-nomination</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10986621-romney-halfway-to-clinching-gop-nomination</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>delegates</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:10:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8bb00ae1-8ba8-4364-9de1-f1aabcf4a450.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8bb00ae1-8ba8-4364-9de1-f1aabcf4a450.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks to a crowd at a town-hall style campaign event in, Madison, Wis., Sunday, April 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b7c9b136-5188-465d-af9c-3fe9a79d206d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="507" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b7c9b136-5188-465d-af9c-3fe9a79d206d.jpg" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, accompanied by his wife Karen, holds a cheese head hat at Simon's Specialty Cheese in Appleton, Wis., Monday, April 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bfd33661-218a-4332-be01-adeb51c7203c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bfd33661-218a-4332-be01-adeb51c7203c.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks to the Hood College Republicans during a campaign stop at Hood College in Frederick, Md., Monday, April 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Santorum's best shot: Winning Iowa caucus &amp;#8212; again</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum is falling so far behind Mitt Romney in the race for Republican delegates that his best chance might be in states that voted weeks ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/22/10813558-santorums-best-shot-winning-iowa-caucus-again</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/22/10813558-santorums-best-shot-winning-iowa-caucus-again</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>arm</category><category>twisting</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:14:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/867f0990-7b79-43da-ad1c-660e6663eb0a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/867f0990-7b79-43da-ad1c-660e6663eb0a.jpg" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks to USAA employees during a campaign stop at USAA, Thursday, March 22, 2012, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/78c6d1f7-0c7a-43b4-a50b-db08618e987a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/78c6d1f7-0c7a-43b4-a50b-db08618e987a.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks to USAA employees, Thursday, March 22, 2012, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6e68a716-30f6-4274-b282-40f24c282bcc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="495" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6e68a716-30f6-4274-b282-40f24c282bcc.jpg" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 21, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks in Harvey, La. Rick Santorum is falling so far behind Mitt Romney in the race for convention delegates that his best chance might be in states that voted weeks ago. Santorum is trying to improve his lot in states like Iowa and Washington, where local caucuses were just the first step in determining delegates. If he doesnt get more from past races, he would need to win 74 percent of the delegates in the remaining primaries. So far, hes winning 27 percent. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/678a8bee-14ed-40d2-8489-51269aae73d0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="325" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/678a8bee-14ed-40d2-8489-51269aae73d0.jpg" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 19, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the University of Chicago, in Chicago. Rick Santorum is falling so far behind Mitt Romney in the race for convention delegates that his best chance might be in states that voted weeks ago. Santorum is trying to improve his lot in states like Iowa and Washington, where local caucuses were just the first step in determining delegates. If he doesnt get more from past races, he would need to win 74 percent of the delegates in the remaining primaries. So far, hes winning 27 percent. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/991dc948-b54c-450c-8d96-475b32a9705e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="206" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/991dc948-b54c-450c-8d96-475b32a9705e.jpg" width="120" height="62" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks to USAA employees during a campaign stop at USAA, Thursday, March 22, 2012, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Santorum picks up delegates with win in Louisiana</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum picked up 10 convention delegates by winning Louisiana's Republican presidential primary Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10783924-santorum-picks-up-delegates-with-win-in-louisiana</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10783924-santorum-picks-up-delegates-with-win-in-louisiana</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>delegates</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:58:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney adds to delegate lead in Illinois primary</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney added to his lead in the race for delegates Tuesday by winning the Republican presidential primary in Illinois.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10676013-romney-adds-to-delegate-lead-in-illinois-primary</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10676013-romney-adds-to-delegate-lead-in-illinois-primary</guid><category>us</category><category>puerto-rico</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>delegates</category><category>american-samoa</category><category>mississippi-republican</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:35:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Convention fight only hope for Santorum, Gingrich?</title>
<description><![CDATA[No, it's not over yet. But at this rate Mitt Romney's rivals won't catch him unless they pull off an unlikely fight at the Republican National Convention in August.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10602521-convention-fight-only-hope-for-santorum-gingrich</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10602521-convention-fight-only-hope-for-santorum-gingrich</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>republican-national-convention</category><category>endgame</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2012 20:14:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1fb40e53-33d7-41a5-93db-2ed9dc110fd8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1fb40e53-33d7-41a5-93db-2ed9dc110fd8.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich waves during a Super Tuesday rally on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in Atlanta.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a9f4d3a8-9fb5-48d6-a518-9c7175040334.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="361" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a9f4d3a8-9fb5-48d6-a518-9c7175040334.jpg" width="120" height="109" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks to supporters at an election night party at Steubenville High School in Steubenville, Ohio, Tuesday, March 6, 2012.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a764aed1-f337-4655-b3fd-01e92c46c8dc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="317" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a764aed1-f337-4655-b3fd-01e92c46c8dc.jpg" width="120" height="194" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 6, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Boston. With six Super Tuesday victories and a big delegate lead, Romney says he has a plan to wrap up the Republican presidential nomination before the party convention opens next summer. Rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich show no sign of surrender as the marathon campaign makes the turn toward contests in five states over the next week.  (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9c99c8c3-06ca-471b-b93f-4fa65f6895eb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9c99c8c3-06ca-471b-b93f-4fa65f6895eb.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, right, celebrates with his wife, Karen, at his election night rally at Steubenville High School, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ebda315a-a92f-4d50-b087-61fc253a4613.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="310" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ebda315a-a92f-4d50-b087-61fc253a4613.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, accompanied by his wife Callista, speaks at a rally in Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, March 7, 2012. (AP Photo/David Bundy)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/dd81a400-5f50-42f6-97a2-c287bbc8a452.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dd81a400-5f50-42f6-97a2-c287bbc8a452.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks to supporters at an election night party at Steubenville High School in Steubenville, Ohio, Tuesday, March 6, 2012.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Santorum wins most delegates in Kansas caucuses</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum won 33 of the 40 delegates at stake in the Kansas Republican presidential caucuses Saturday, but Mitt Romney countered by winning delegates in Wyoming and three U.S territories.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10596307-santorum-wins-most-delegates-in-kansas-caucuses</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/06/10596307-santorum-wins-most-delegates-in-kansas-caucuses</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>delegates</category><category>kansas-republican</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2012 03:03:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6d5c0e7c-fbbc-4a92-b5df-8e8c11ce91e5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6d5c0e7c-fbbc-4a92-b5df-8e8c11ce91e5.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters cheer as election results come in at the Super Tuesday primary watch party for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Boston, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0fa0a77a-326f-4160-8b81-968f36203590.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="397" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0fa0a77a-326f-4160-8b81-968f36203590.jpg" width="120" height="119" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, signs a campaign poster for supporters before he addresses a crowd at the North Dakota caucus Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Fargo, N.D. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f8753cd2-5eb6-45c3-b227-d41d6ae45c65.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f8753cd2-5eb6-45c3-b227-d41d6ae45c65.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at his election night rally at Steubenville High School, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6b7bedf0-01ce-4954-a2e3-1022c374e1bc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="311" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6b7bedf0-01ce-4954-a2e3-1022c374e1bc.jpg" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and his wife Ann greet supporters as they arrive at their Super Tuesday primary night rally in Boston, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f805f3c7-bcd5-47e8-a302-a4835ec065de.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f805f3c7-bcd5-47e8-a302-a4835ec065de.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista wave to supporters before speaking to a crowd gathered for a rally after he won the Georgia Republican primary Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1e35622b-b004-4e5f-a99a-d4b2fb86fc96.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1e35622b-b004-4e5f-a99a-d4b2fb86fc96.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich smiles as he shakes hands during a Super Tuesday rally on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in Atlanta.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3cc405f1-b6dd-4ad8-943d-467fc9b1108f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3cc405f1-b6dd-4ad8-943d-467fc9b1108f.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, right, celebrates with his wife, Karen, at his election night rally at Steubenville High School, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a8b693ba-69db-4381-9327-5b0ca58ab359.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="406" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a8b693ba-69db-4381-9327-5b0ca58ab359.jpg" width="120" height="122" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Carol Paul, left, wife of Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, laughs at her husband's remark before he addresses a crowd at the North Dakota caucus Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Fargo, N.D. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d012b111-39eb-463e-a027-c5041dba61da.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d012b111-39eb-463e-a027-c5041dba61da.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich campaigns outside Mama Lou's restaurant in Robertsdale, Ala., Saturday March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/ John David Mercer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4258a77d-63fc-4a25-9d47-9131208a7b62.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4258a77d-63fc-4a25-9d47-9131208a7b62.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich campaigns outside Mama Lou's restaurant in Robertsdale, Ala., Saturday March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/ John David Mercer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bc1778c3-474f-4286-9040-e00c781d5394.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="344" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bc1778c3-474f-4286-9040-e00c781d5394.jpg" width="120" height="104" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, autographs a poster at a caucus site at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School  Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Shawnee, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/08bf30cb-92c5-498d-90f5-d27f108618aa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/08bf30cb-92c5-498d-90f5-d27f108618aa.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich campaigns outside Mama Lou's restaurant in Robertsdale, Ala., Saturday March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/ John David Mercer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e4090769-00f2-4640-9b33-5b38959a3fcd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e4090769-00f2-4640-9b33-5b38959a3fcd.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Campaign buttons are for sale by a vendor outside Mama Lou's restaurant in Robertsdale, Ala., Saturday March 10, 2012, during a campaign stop by Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. (AP Photo/ John David Mercer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0f879617-74b5-408c-84b1-4a2326fa2f5e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0f879617-74b5-408c-84b1-4a2326fa2f5e.jpg" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, second greets voters at a caucus site at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Shawnee, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/10833aec-41b9-4b72-a5ea-235ec5962fae.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/10833aec-41b9-4b72-a5ea-235ec5962fae.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 8, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, talks with the media prior to a 2012 presidential candidate forum in Mobile, Alabama. Santorum won Republican presidential caucuses in Kansas Saturday March 10, 2012.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/574d6d56-f952-4159-aa0d-c22865cb4376.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/574d6d56-f952-4159-aa0d-c22865cb4376.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum talks to supporters while his wife Karen looks on during a rally Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Springfield, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ed89ed97-1c0e-43ea-9b05-0f2212b3ab20.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ed89ed97-1c0e-43ea-9b05-0f2212b3ab20.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum talks to supporters during a rally Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Springfield, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney's victories leave GOP leaders unimpressed</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney's Super Tuesday victories elicited a collective yawn from his party's superdelegates.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/03/10567702-romneys-victories-leave-gop-leaders-unimpressed</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/03/10567702-romneys-victories-leave-gop-leaders-unimpressed</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>superdelegates</category><pubDate>Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:51:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/64b6e7bb-032d-46fa-9e74-0800c32d04a3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/64b6e7bb-032d-46fa-9e74-0800c32d04a3.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters at a campaign rally in Cleveland, Friday, March 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/de94a2de-06e1-47c1-ad85-1c11d34d9252.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/de94a2de-06e1-47c1-ad85-1c11d34d9252.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Cleveland, Friday, March 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7fedb74e-fd6b-4b1f-8e63-41037f83b6b6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="232" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7fedb74e-fd6b-4b1f-8e63-41037f83b6b6.jpg" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a campaign stop at the Lake County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner, Friday, March 2, 2012, in Willoghby, Ohio.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c003bb9a-d50a-4045-b724-295f51257969.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c003bb9a-d50a-4045-b724-295f51257969.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks in Brunswick, Ga., Friday, March 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/31226567-ec30-4d16-b737-1790a73f7fec.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/31226567-ec30-4d16-b737-1790a73f7fec.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas speaks at a rally in Spokane, Wash. on Friday, March 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Jed Conklin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5f885c87-5849-4151-af2a-960dd28eff72.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5f885c87-5849-4151-af2a-960dd28eff72.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2011, file photo Reince Priebus, center, chairman of the Republican National Committee, speaks to the media during the Fall Media Walk-Through for the 2012 Republican National Convention. The Associated Press has polled 106 of the 117 superdelegates, members of the Republican National Committee who will automatically attend the party's national convention this summer and can support any candidate for president they choose, regardless of what happens in the nominating contests. The results: Romney got 23 endorsements, far more than anyone else but a modest figure for the candidate many consider the front-runner. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich got four endorsements while former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Texas Rep. Ron Paul each got two. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/16aa53d2-0164-4ddb-8468-2b0f0c4c553a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/16aa53d2-0164-4ddb-8468-2b0f0c4c553a.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2011, file photo members of the media get their first look at the venue for the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. The Associated Press has polled 106 of the 117 superdelegates, members of the Republican National Committee who will automatically attend the party's national convention this summer and can support any candidate for president they choose, regardless of what happens in the nominating contests. The results: Romney got 23 endorsements, far more than anyone else but a modest figure for the candidate many consider the front-runner. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich got four endorsements while former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Texas Rep. Ron Paul each got two. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6b1f2538-d300-46a0-94a0-4f297d209c32.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6b1f2538-d300-46a0-94a0-4f297d209c32.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Mississippi Farmers Market in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP race on pace for summer delegate fight</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney got two important wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries, but he better pick up the pace if he wants to lock up the Republican nomination for president before the party's national convention in late August.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/29/10541746-gop-race-on-pace-for-summer-delegate-fight</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/29/10541746-gop-race-on-pace-for-summer-delegate-fight</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>delegates</category><category>endgame</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:02:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2f5b5c1d-5d78-4d2e-8ac8-c248499a2fc4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="438" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2f5b5c1d-5d78-4d2e-8ac8-c248499a2fc4.jpg" width="120" height="131" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a town hall meeting at Capital University in Bexley, Ohio, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/74281678-b8cf-4e0d-a5fc-e5aeda4e3fe0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/74281678-b8cf-4e0d-a5fc-e5aeda4e3fe0.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at Temple Baptist Church, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Powell, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1065edf2-67cd-4fdb-87f5-ec2a413655d7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="473" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1065edf2-67cd-4fdb-87f5-ec2a413655d7.jpg" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graphic shows current state of Republican primaries by states and delegates won&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney pads delegate lead with Super Tuesday wins</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney padded his lead in the race for delegates Tuesday by winning Republican presidential primaries in Virginia, Massachusetts and Vermont.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10534414-romney-pads-delegate-lead-with-super-tuesday-wins</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/28/10534414-romney-pads-delegate-lead-with-super-tuesday-wins</guid><category>us</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>republican-national-committee</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>republican-national-convention</category><category>delegates</category><category>former-house-speaker-newt-gingrich</category><category>georgia-republican</category><category>arizona-republican</category><category>michigan-republican-party</category><category>michigan-gop</category><category>republican-party-chairman-reince-priebus</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:07:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a8e6f3f4-58c0-4ac5-aeb0-84f0f7596b9c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a8e6f3f4-58c0-4ac5-aeb0-84f0f7596b9c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, accompanied by his daughter, Elizabeth, speaks at Temple Baptist Church in Powell, Tenn., Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012.  (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/58412fd6-0def-4f1d-8547-1efb5eac9772.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/58412fd6-0def-4f1d-8547-1efb5eac9772.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A supporter's reflection and the image of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, are seen on the screen of his iPad as he photographs Romney, greeting supporters at American Posts in Toledo, Ohio, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b2d11e41-0238-4d34-899a-9352387e7016.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b2d11e41-0238-4d34-899a-9352387e7016.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at Peachtree DeKalb Airport, Thursday, March 1 , 2012, in Chamblee. (AP Photo/John Amis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f89af0dd-4b44-4d21-8615-dcb409a715ab.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f89af0dd-4b44-4d21-8615-dcb409a715ab.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney disembarks from his campaign charter plane after arriving in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Thursday, March 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/375762cb-add8-4c9e-9d41-9db483446050.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/375762cb-add8-4c9e-9d41-9db483446050.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during during a campaign rally at the New Life Assembly of God, Thursday, March 1, 2012, in Spokane, Wash.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5bc6ca05-4345-4208-9acd-593baf35dabf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5bc6ca05-4345-4208-9acd-593baf35dabf.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Huntsville, Ala.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f6f1a6a1-1d0b-4eb8-8c98-c3c627c5c30a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f6f1a6a1-1d0b-4eb8-8c98-c3c627c5c30a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks to reporters on his campaign plane before taking off for Boston, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. Romney has won the Virginia Republican primary on Super Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/98896014-2808-41b1-8799-b2fb1a01cb69.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/98896014-2808-41b1-8799-b2fb1a01cb69.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters after voting in the Massachusetts Primary in Belmont, Mass.,Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Paul looks for delegates, respect in caucus states</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ron Paul may not win the Republican nomination for president &#8212; he has yet to win a single state &#8212; but his strategy of trying to amass delegates in caucus states could land him a prominent role at the party's national convention this summer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10457119-paul-looks-for-delegates-respect-in-caucus-states</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/20/10457119-paul-looks-for-delegates-respect-in-caucus-states</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>strategy</category><category>paul</category><category>delegate</category><category>ron-paul</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:14:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama's proposed tax hikes at odds with GOP rivals</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama proposed tax increases on wealthy individuals and some corporations Monday, setting the stage for an ideological battle that won't be resolved until after the November election &#8212; if then.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10397250-obamas-proposed-tax-hikes-at-odds-with-gop-rivals</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10397250-obamas-proposed-tax-hikes-at-odds-with-gop-rivals</guid><category>us</category><category>taxes</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:19:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney adds to delegate lead with Maine victory</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney added to his lead in the race for delegates Saturday with a narrow victory in the Maine Republican presidential caucuses.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/08/10346517-romney-adds-to-delegate-lead-with-maine-victory</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/08/10346517-romney-adds-to-delegate-lead-with-maine-victory</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>delegates</category><category>minnesota-republican</category><category>maine-republican</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 04:14:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6bccbf9e-a2f4-4aa3-92db-c997a5f9dce5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="352" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6bccbf9e-a2f4-4aa3-92db-c997a5f9dce5.jpg" width="120" height="106" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum leaves after speaking at the Bella Donna Chapel in McKinney, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Rex C. Curry)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/64b55b5c-a676-45c3-91d7-0dd5367ebf2c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/64b55b5c-a676-45c3-91d7-0dd5367ebf2c.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at his Colorado caucus night rally in Denver, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/75b06a77-5ecd-4ebc-99b8-1299555eb69a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/75b06a77-5ecd-4ebc-99b8-1299555eb69a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and his wife Callista, tour Jergens, Inc., in Cleveland, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3f9d8415-369c-4f8f-a982-ba37f040f247.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3f9d8415-369c-4f8f-a982-ba37f040f247.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a caucus, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland, Maine.  (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8aa35da4-e92a-42de-8a3b-70d85863afd8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8aa35da4-e92a-42de-8a3b-70d85863afd8.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is a ccompanied by his wife Carol Paul, as he speaks to his supporters following his loss in the Maine caucus to Mitt Romney, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Portland, Maine.  (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney adds to delegate lead after Nevada victory</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney has added to his lead in the race for delegates now that Republican officials in Nevada finished the vote count from Saturday's presidential caucuses.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/30/10271384-romney-adds-to-delegate-lead-after-nevada-victory</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/30/10271384-romney-adds-to-delegate-lead-after-nevada-victory</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>florida-republican</category><category>delegates</category><category>south-carolina-republican</category><category>nevada-republican</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:12:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why is investment income taxed less than wages?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Why do Mitt Romney and other wealthy investors pay lower taxes on the income they make from investments than they would if they earned their millions from wages? Because Congress, through the tax code, has long treated investment more favorably than labor, seeing it as an engine for economic growth that benefits everyone.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen Ohlemacher]]></source><link>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10244397-why-is-investment-income-taxed-less-than-wages</link><guid>http://www.new.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10244397-why-is-investment-income-taxed-less-than-wages</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>taxing</category><category>investments</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:58:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/102421bb-5809-42f5-804b-94183975e10d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="376" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/102421bb-5809-42f5-804b-94183975e10d.jpg" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image released by the Romney presidential campaign shows the front page of the estimated 2011 IRS 1040 tax form for Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann. Romney's tax returns tell the tale: Yes, he's rich &amp;#8212; really rich. His returns, spanning more than 500 pages and released under political pressure Tuesday Jan. 24, 2012, represent an extraordinary financial accounting of one of the wealthiest U.S. presidential candidates in generations, with his annual income topping $20 million. (AP Photo/Romney Campaign)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0d603708-d713-49a2-86bd-3b00e35e4a72.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0d603708-d713-49a2-86bd-3b00e35e4a72.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner listens as President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address in front of a joint session of Congress Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>
