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Mitt Romney 47 Percent

'Harmful' GOP Narrative Still Has Deep Hold On Party

RealClearPolitics | Posted 04.21.2013 | Politics

Mitt Romney’s secretly recorded comment that 47 percent of Americans are ā€œdependent on the governmentā€ and ā€œbelieve they are victimsā€ isn’...

Beating a Very Dead Horse 101

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics
Robert J. Elisberg

So, you know that Republican Party "Growth & Opportunity" study that told themselves to be kinder and gentler because the public thinks they're narrow-minded, stuffy, old white men? Well, here's the problem.

Luke Johnson

GOP Rep: Mitt Romney Was Right About '47 Percent'

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics

At a Georgia town hall meeting in March, Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Ga.) said Mitt Romney was correct in his infamous "47 percent" statistic, adding that Ame...

How the GOP Lost Me

Lee Morrow | Posted 04.10.2013 | College
Lee Morrow

Right now the GOP is losing the middle class, Hispanics, women, and millennials like water through a sieve, and for good reason. By changing their messaging, they can stymie the flow and decrease the influence of extremism on the party.

New Study Debunks '47 Percent' Claim

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 04.03.2013 | Business

A new study further debunks the widely-held conservative notion that lower-income Americans pay little-to-no taxes while the rich shell out more than ...

The Bartender Who Rescued America

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics
Marty Kaplan

By remaining anonymous until he went on MSNBC's Ed Show last week, Prouty ensured that the story would be about Romney, not about the motives of the man who made the tape.

Dave Jamieson

Mr. 47 Percent Has A New Gig

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Now that he's gone public, Scott Prouty, the man behind the infamous "47 percent" video of Mitt Romney's remarks at a Florida fundraiser...

47 Percent Filmmaker Tells All

Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics

Scott Prouty, the Florida bartender who filmed Mitt Romney's infamous "47%" remarks at a Boca Raton fundraiser, joined HuffPost Live Thursday to open ...

WATCH: 47 Percent Filmmaker Tells All

live.huffingtonpost.com | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics

The filmmaker behind the now infamous "47 percent" video that damaged the Romney campaign tells HuffPost Live why he felt it was his "civic duty" to r...

Jason Cherkis

47 Percent Filmmaker Reveals Idenitity

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

NEW YORK -- The man who changed the 2012 election is named Scott Prouty. The 38-year-old bartender at the Boca Raton, Fla., fundraiser that doomed Mit...

Jason Cherkis

'47 Percent' Filmmaker Had Previous Encounter With Romney

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The bartender who secretly filmed Mitt Romney's infamous "47 percent" remarks at a Boca Raton fundraiser last May had an idea of what th...

Ryan Grim

'47 Percent' Filmmaker Was Snubbed By This Progressive Community

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The maker of the "47 percent" video that dealt a crushing blow to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign attempted to publish the footage o...

Ryan Grim

You Can't Make This Stuff Up: '47 Percent' Filmmaker Was Hailed For Saving Drowning Woman

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- The bartender who put himself at risk to do his civic duty by exposing Mitt Romney's damning "47 percent" speech had found himself ...

Jimmy Carter: Obama Thanked Grandson For '47 Percent' Tape

The Huffington Post | Mollie Reilly | Posted 02.21.2013 | Politics

Former president Jimmy Carter told CNN's Piers Morgan that President Obama personally thanked his grandson for his role in the release of the infamous...

Infamous Romney Moment Nets Big Award For Journalist

AP | Posted 04.20.2013 | Media

NEW YORK (AP) — The reporter for Mother Jones magazine who broke the story of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's remarks that 47 percen...

Obama Meets Man Behind '47 Percent' Video

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 02.14.2013 | Politics

President Barack Obama on Thursday met James Carter IV, the man behind the '47 percent' video that helped sink Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy, P...

Newt Takes Subtle Hit At Mitt

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 01.24.2013 | Politics

Former Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich took a hit at 2012 GOP candidate Mitt Romney and his infamous "47 percent" comments at a gatherin...

The Silent Majority Utilizes the Social Safety Net and Believes in It

Dan Lesser | Posted 03.12.2013 | Impact
Dan Lesser

Right-wing think tanks will continue to decry people who receive benefits as "takers" and disparage safety net programs for "breeding a culture of dependency." But a solid majority of Americans, have had different life experiences and reject this view.

The Elephant in the Middle of the Fiscal Rift

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 03.02.2013 | Politics
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Just because people buy you, doesn't mean they own you.   The Democrats and the Republicans are not enemies; they are merely opponents. In fact, ...

Top 10 PR Blunders of 2012

Rich Robinson | Posted 02.17.2013 | Media
Rich Robinson

If we're talking about the biggest PR blunders of 2012, than the list is the exclusive purview of the Republican Party and its standard-bearer, Willard "Mitt" Romney.

How to Secretly Tax the Poor

Steve Gillman | Posted 02.09.2013 | Home
Steve Gillman

There are many ways to make those who pay taxes less likely to notice the burden, and this is especially true when it comes to taxing those who are poor.

Romney Gaffe Wins Quote Of The Year

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 12.09.2012 | Politics

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's comments about 47 percent of the population dependent on the government and...

Top Romney Adviser Tells When He Suspected Obama Would Win

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 12.06.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Former Mitt Romney campaign adviser Stuart Stevens on Wednesday tried to explain the Republican presidential candidate's loss, telling P...

Republican Says Democrats Won Thanks To Voters Dependent On Government

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.06.2012 | Politics

If Republicans are trying to shy away from the notion that America is divided between productive capitalists and dependent moochers, they forgot to te...

Governmentality, Inc.

David Theo Goldberg | Posted 02.03.2013 | Politics
David Theo Goldberg

Mitt Romney's candidacy represented the bid to complete the corporatization not just of American political life but of its logics of governing, its ways of thinking and doing in politics and administration, what I will call in short its governmentality.