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February 9, 2012

HNN Hot Topics: Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney at the Voter Values Summit in Washington, D.C. in 2011. Credit: Gage Skidmore

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Election 2012: Primaries

News

Mitt Romney’s prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents (5-14-12)

The Parallels Between Mitt Romney and George H.W. Bush (3-8-12)

Mitt Romney’s misfire on the national anthem (2-6-12)

U.S. election 2012: Mitt Romney's life as a poor Mormon missionary in France questioned (12-15-11)

Andrea Mitchell on Mitt Romney’s Ancestors: ‘They Crossed the Border Illegally’ (1-23-12)

Commentary: Historians

Sean Wilentz: Romney is Captive to the Far Right (10-28-12)

Iwan Morgan: A Business Background is No Guarantee of Being a Successful Economic President, Mr. Romney! (10-17-12)

Ron Briley Hey Mitt, When Are You Going to Apologize to My Parents? (10-8-12)

Daniel Pipes: Romney Channels George W. Bush's Middle East Policy (10-8-12)

Tom Chaffin: Mitt Romney: The Second Coming of James K. Polk? (10-3-12)

David Austin Walsh: "I Don't Think There is a Real Mitt Romney Anymore" -- Interview with Samuel Popkin (9-25-12)

Jill Lepore: Two Romneys -- George and Mitt (9-25-12)

Michael Kazin: Which U.S. President Does Romney Most Resemble? (Hint: It’s Not a Republican) (9-25-12)

Steven Conn: Mitt, Mormonism and the Problem of History (9-25-12)

Daniel Herman: Lincoln Would Choose Obama over Romney (9-17-12)

K.C. Johnson: Judging Romney Fairly (9-17-12)

Gil Troy: Let's Not Rush to Judge Mitt's Libyan Rush to Judgment (9-13-12)

Chester Pach: Romney, Reagan, and Campaign Foreign Policy (9-13-12)

Juan Cole: Romney Jumps the Shark: Libya, Egypt and the Butterfly Effect (9-13-12)

Laura Jane Gifford: A Lesson in Volunteerism from George Romney (9-10-12)

Michael R. Whitaker: What Al Smith Can Teach Mitt Romney (8-13-12)

Jared Diamond: Romney Hasn’t Done His Homework (8-1-12)

Daniel Martin Varisco: Romney Up Against the Wall (7-31-12)

Lawrence S. Wittner: Unlike Mitt Romney, Most Americans Want to Cut U.S. Military Spending (7-23-12)

Daniel Martin Varisco: The Weakness of Romney’s Right (7-23-12)

Ronald Radosh: Mitt Romney’s Big Problem — and Hence Ours (7-2-12)

Robert Brent Toplin: Is Mitt Romney Going to Go the Way of Thomas Dewey in '48? (7-2-12)

Julian Zelizer: Obama's Attacks on Romney's Business Record Aren't Working (6-4-12)

Michael H. Ebner: Why Did President Nixon Show George Romney the Door as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development? (5-14-12)

Jonathan Zimmerman: Why Romney's Choice for Vice President Could Determine America's Future (5-9-12)

Julian Zelizer: For Obama, Foreign Policy Campaign Could Backfire (5-7-12)

Daniel J. Herman: How Mormon History has Shaped Mitt Romney (5-7-12)

Ian Reifowitz: Mitt Romney Must Decide What Kind of America He Believes In (4-30-12)

Gil Troy: Romney Still Fails to Make the Sale (4-4-12)

Geoffrey Kabaservice: Why Mitt Romney’s Whole Career Is Making His Father Roll Over in His Grave (3-5-12)

Walid Phares: Mitt Romney’s Cutting-Edge Middle East Strategy (2-13-12)

Ian C. Friedman: Mitt's Verbal Gaffes Shows That When It Comes to Politics, He's Not His Father's Son (2-6-12)

Timothy R. Furnish: Has Mitt Romney's Mormonism Influenced His Views on Islam? (2-6-12)

Gil Troy: Mitt Romney Channels Dan Quayle as Gaffemeister General (2-4-12)

Rick Perlstein: What Mitt Romney Learned From His Dad (1-17-12)

Gil Troy: Bring It On: Early Attacks on Romney's Bain Capital Record May Inoculate Him Against Democratic Attacks (1-12-12)

Vaughn Davis Bornet: Can a Mormon Candidate Rise Above the Religious Issue to Win It All Next Year? (1-9-12)

Lawrence S. Wittner: Is Mitt Romney Ready for the World? (10-9-11)

Alexander Heffner: Mitt Romney: Interviews with Rogers M. Smith and Lou Cannon (11-14-11)

Rick Perlstein: Mitt Romney ... Not in His Father's Footsteps (2-10-08)

Mark Neels: Did Anyone Care that George Romney Was Mormon? (1-08-08)

Christopher Bonastia: The Unintended Lessons Mitt Romney (and the Rest of Us) Could Learn from George Romney (9-25-06)

Commentary: Media

Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson: Uncultured ... Mitt Romney's Economic History (8-1-12)

Gideon Rachman: If You Liked George W. Bush, You’ll Love Mitt Romney (7-30-12)

Rishawn Biddle: Mitt W. Bush ... For Better or Worse, Romney Subscribes to Bush's Education Policies (5-7-12)

Larry Kudlow: The Reagan in Romney ... Mitt’s Tough Conservative Positions (3-23-12)

Barron Young Smith: Why the Romney Doctrine Won't Resemble the Bush Doctrine (11-23-11)

Steve Kornacki: Why Mitt Romney is No Nelson Rockefeller (10-17-11)

Jeffrey Lord: Is Mitt Romney the New Nelson Rockefeller? (6-4-11)

Matt Latimer: Is Romney the Next Kerry? (10-9-11)