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Salena Zito is a political analyst, reporter and editorial page columnist. She has also reported on Pennsylvania politics for The Weekly Standard. A board member of the Center for Media & Public Policy at the Heritage Foundation, Salena Zito honed her skills working on the campaigns of George H.W. Bush, Senator Rick Santorum, Bush2000, Bush-Cheney 2004 served on the senate staff of U.S. Senator Arlen Specter. Salena Zito has interviewed one on one Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, CIA Director General Hayden, Homeland Security Director Chertoff, Attorney General Gonzales and First Lady Laura Bush. Zito spends a third of her time on the road interviewing legislators as well as current policy makers.
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Salena Zito (Feb 12, 2012)
During a drive between the Mon Valley towns of McKeesport and Elizabeth, a man named Ray was overheard calling into a local radio station to talk about the subject of the... more
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Salena Zito (Feb 05, 2012)
TAMPA, Fla. – When Mitt Romney stood on a stage here last Tuesday night and declared, “A competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us – and we will win,” his words... more
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Salena Zito (Feb 01, 2012)
TAMPA -- Mitt Romney easily won Florida's Republican presidential primary in a record-breaking performance on Tuesday.
The victory gives the former Massachusetts governor... more
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Salena Zito (Jan 30, 2012)
MIAMI — The bustling Versailles restaurant and bakery in Little Havana has a reputation for serving savory pastries, sweet Cuban coffee and politicians who are looking for... more
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Salena Zito (Jan 29, 2012)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Florida's first military governor and America's seventh president, Andrew Jackson, never lived in this city named to honor his military exploits that... more
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Salena Zito (Jan 23, 2012)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- It's on to Florida for Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul.
The four Republicans remain in competition for the party's presidential... more
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Salena Zito (Jan 22, 2012)
PROSPERITY, S.C. – Erik Grantham walked out of Stable Steak House on Main Street, through a door hand-painted in bright yellow with “Jesus is the... more
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Salena Zito (Jan 17, 2012)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Richard Thomas said he prayed for guidance to select the best Republican presidential candidate in the South Carolina primary on Saturday.
Those prayers... more
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Salena Zito (Jan 15, 2012)
President Barack Obama stood in the gymnasium of upscale Shaker Heights High School in suburban Cleveland on Jan. 4, in front of high school students and... more
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Salena Zito (Jan 12, 2012)
DERRY, N.H. -- "The measure of a life is the people you love," Mitt Romney says, describing what family means to him. "This is a big part of the family I love."
He sits in... more
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Salena Zito (Jan 08, 2012)
MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Granite State shares more than the early-voting spotlight with caucus-cousin Iowa.
Its love affair with Barack Obama is in the same... more
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Salena Zito (Jan 02, 2012)
CARROLL, Iowa -- The race is down to the wire and is still hard to call.
When Iowa Republicans caucus with their neighbors on Tuesday. night, they will have scrutinized... more
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Salena Zito (Jan 01, 2012)
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa- Bobby Burns has had a dramatic change of heart.
Burns, 23, was one of those young people swept up in Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Three... more