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Fox News reported this morning that Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich plans to suspend or end his campaign next Tuesday. A senior Gringrich aide tipped off Fox News the day after Mitt Romney swept the five Northeast primaries.
After polls closed, Gingrich told about 150 supporters in Concord, N.C. That, “he would take a realistic campaign over the next couple days and that the five-state defeat was a “clear enough” indicator about his future.
College students were the center of attention Tuesday as Republicans and Democrats spent the day trying to woo the fickle voting block.
President Obama took the day off from the Oval Office to promote the extension of interest rate cuts on government-run student loans on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Tuesday morning Mitt Romney’s campaign held a call with reporters to point out that the cost of attending college has increased 25 percent under the Obama administration. It’s heavy handed management of America’s higher education system have increased costs dramatically, said campaign spokespersons. The campaign said the government should get out of the student loan business, “and let the free market back in.”
Romney agrees with Obama, though, that the interest rate cuts on Stafford student loans should be extended.
Tuesday morning presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign hosted a press conference call with former Senator Hank Brown (R-Colo.), U.S. Rep. Aaron Shock (R-Ill.), and College Republican National Committee Chairman Alex Shriver to address President Obama’s failed policies on young adults.
While campaigning this past week with Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Romney endorsed a student loan proposal that President Obama has been selling on the campaign trail. Obama, who is visiting colleges in swing states North Carolina, Colorado and Iowa this week to get students involved, is pushing for congressional action on the student loan extension. While recently President Obama has been heavily encouraging Congress to extend student loan interest rates, in 2007, then-Senator Obama skipped two votes on the Senate floor for the student loan interest bill.
Trolling on websites like Twitter and Facebook will now be considered criminal activity according to a recently passed Arizona bill.
In order to keep up with the technology of our generation, Arizona House Bill 2549 is an update of telephone harassment laws, that bans anything “offensive” sent to a single person or even posted on a public forum. Anything posted electronically that is intended to “annoy,” “offend,” “harass,” or “terrify,” and includes certain sexual speech will be considered criminal action and can be fined and even imprisoned. If found guilty, charges include a $2,500 fine and up to six months in jail, and in some extreme cases, someone with a record could be sentenced up to 25 years in jail. HB 2549 is a bill whose reach is so extensive it can include anything offensive you tweet, talk about on your personal blog or post on your Facebook page.
