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Sustainability is core to the mission of RREEF Real Estate, which seeks to provide our clients with superior long-term returns while appropriately managing risks to our clients.PDF, 2.3 MB
RREEF Real Estate Sustainability Report 2011
RREEF Real Estate seeks to provide our clients with superior long-term returns while appropriately managing risks to our clients. This goal directly aligns with our commitment to continuously seek improvement in the environmental performance of our assets under management across a variety of value drivers.PDF, 4.4 MB
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Accessing Socially Responsible Investing with ETFs
ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is an investment approach that takes into account the environmental, social and governance impact when making investment related decisions. The ESG philosophy can take on many forms. It can be as simple as screening out companies from an investor's universe that rank poorly on ESG criteria. Or the ESG philosophy can take on a much more rigorous approach where investors incorporate specific ESG data towards companies or industries as an integral component of their investment analysis and decision process. The acronym SRI (Social Responsible Investing) is often coined with ESG. The areas concerned with SRI can typically be summarized under environment, social, and governance pillars. In this research, we use SRI and ESG interchangeably.PDF, 1,7 MB
The Socially Responsible Quant
Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) has come of age as a distinct asset class. A new generation of individual and institutional investors is increasingly recognizing the responsibility and opportunity, they have put their capital to work to affect positive social and environmental change. This momentum is not only being led by sympathetic mission driven institutions like universities, foundations and pension funds but high net worth individuals, as well, many of whom have generated their own wealth and are keen to support others' entrepreneurial efforts that can lead to positive outcomes for society.
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DB Climate Change Advisors: Investing in Agriculture: Far-Reaching Challenge, Significant Opportunity
The food for fuel debate reached a crescendo during the summer of 2008 as food prices soared to all time highs. As the financial crisis began to take hold of the global economy, energy prices sank and along with them, agricultural commodity prices. Many of the voices in the debate attributed the rise in food prices to the growing biofuels industry, while others pointed out the role of speculators and commodity funds. Once the bubble burst, the debate over producing fuel over food subsided, and food prices in some regions have come down.PDF, 2.3 MB
The German Feed-in Tariff: Recent Policy Changes
Previous DBCCA research notes have analyzed the role of Germany's Act on Granting Priority to Renewable Energy Sources ("the EEG"1) in catalyzing investment to support the rapid scale-up of renewable electricity generation in Germany.2 Following recent changes to the EEG, this report examines the current status of policy and market conditions in Germany and considers the implications of recent changes for investment in wind, biogas, and solar PV generation.PDF, 676 KB
Ramping up Renewables: Leveraging State RPS Programs amid Uncertain Federal Support
America now generates more kilowatt-hours of renewable energy than any other country in the world. In addition to creating jobs and bettering the environment, zero-fuel cost renewable generation provides a critical hedge against future increases in fossil fuel prices. Having been growing robustly for over a decade, however, renewable energy in America now faces some major headwinds.PDF, 1,2 MB
Gateways to Impact: Industry Survey of Financial Advisors on Sustainable and Impact Investing
DBCCA has collaborated in the development of a new report by the Calvert Foundation, showing that an overwhelming majority of financial advisors see sustainable and impact investments as an opportunity to grow their practice. These advisors would recommend sustainable investments to roughly one-third of their clients and would allocate 10 to 20% of those portfolios to these products, which means that on average U.S. advisors are willing to place 2.5% of their total assets under management in sustainable investments for a market potential of $650 billion.PDF, 706 KB
Sustainable Investing: Establishing Long-Term Value and Performance
The evidence is compelling: Sustainable Investing can be a clear win for investors and for companies. However, many SRI fund managers, who have tended to use exclusionary screens, have historically struggled to capture this. We believe that ESG analysis should be built into the investment processes of every serious investor, and into the corporate strategy of every company that cares about shareholder value. ESG best-in-class focused funds should be able to capture superior risk-adjusted returns if well executed.PDF, 1,4 MB
Investing in Climate Change 2012 — Investment Markets & Strategic Asset Allocation: Broadening and Diversifying the Approach
In this fifth year of the Investing in Climate Change Series, DBCCA reviews events in the climate change investment markets over the past 18 months and look to a continued megatrend and broadening opportunity set in the coming years. Much commentary is taken up in relation to renewable energy and wind and solar especially. Public equity markets are the most readily accessible source of "performance" indicators. And there is no doubt that there is substantial uncertainty in some countries over policy and the outlook for pure-play companies in these sectors.PDF, 1,5 MB
Scaling Wind and Solar Power in China – Building the Grid to Meet Targets
China's 12th Five Year Plan sets out ambitious goals for de-carbonizing China's electricity supply, emphasizing a concerted effort to expand all dimensions of renewable and low-carbon electricity sources. In our October 2011 report "Hydropower in China: Opportunities and Risks" we examined China's hydropower ambitions. In this report we examine the wind power and solar power sectors.PDF, 2,1 MB
2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Twenty eleven has been a year of remarkable political and economic volatility. Political and civil unrest in much of the Middle East (the "Arab Spring"), Japan's earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, the European sovereign debt crises, and vast current and projected growth in demand for energy (and other commodities) from emerging economies have all combined to impact markets, including energy, in fundamental ways.PDF, 486 KB
UK Offshore Wind: Opportunity, Costs & Financing
The UK possesses some of the richest offshore wind renewable energy resources in the world with Round 3 offshore wind capacity factors expected to be over 40%. There is currently an installed capacity of ~1.5 GW and in total, under leases conducted to date (Rounds 1, 2, 3, Round 2 extension and Scottish Territorial Waters zones), ~54 GW of potential capacity has been awarded by The Crown Estate for development. The Government has made clear its commitment to offshore wind and in its 2011 Renewable Roadmap sets out an ambition to achieve 18 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2020.PDF, 1,1 MB
Repowering America: Creating Jobs
Repowering America: Creating Jobs focuses on the job impact of the DBCCA Electricity Power Forecast for the US. The DBCCA Electric Power Forecast for the U.S. calls for a scale up in natural gas and renewable energy (RE) as coal plants are retired and energy efficiency (EE) reduces the rate of growth in electricity demand over the next 20 years. Based on this, we have estimated job forecasts using and expanding a modeling methodology developed at the University of California, Berkeley (henceforth referred to as "WPK"), that was selected after a detailed review of leading U.S. research reports looking at job creation and energy related investments or initiatives.PDF, 961 KB
Natural Gas and Renewables: The Coal to Gas and Renewables Switch is on!
In late 2010, DBCCA published an analysis concluding that (1) natural gas and renewable energy can play complementary roles in displacing coal-fired generation and lowering greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions from the US electricity sector through 2030; and (2) at present a gas and renewables combination represents the most logical, politically acceptable, and economically feasible low-carbon energy pathway for the United States. On the supply side, the shale gas revolution remains front and center of this energy transition and continues to gather momentum.PDF, 1,1 MB
Japan – The People's Greener Choice
Post Fukushima crisis, Japanese society is seeking ways to dramatically reduce or eliminate nuclear generation while maintaining carbon budgets and improving energy security. Logically, this can only be achieved using conservation and efficiency measures and natural gas as a transition fuel as renewable energy capacity is aggressively built.PDF, 950 KB
Global Climate Change Policy Tracker Winners and Losers
During 2010 and to date in 2011 the leaders in climate policy continued to maintain their position, while others have lagged behind or moved backwards. Countries such as Germany, China and increasingly the UK continue to develop strong domestic policies that contribute to global climate change mitigation, Whilst others, such as the US, Russia, Spain and Canada (Ontario) either fail to initiate, or in some cases, even reverse or threaten to reverse, crucial climate policy initiatives. Thus, some policy regimes have succeeded while others have failed, and the key for investors is to identify the winning policy structures which reduce uncertainty. Within this context, we continue to develop our 'best-in-class' climate policy framework, with emphasis on policies directed at clean energy technologies and efficiency.PDF, 2,3 MB
The German Feed-in Tariff for PV: Managing Volume Success with Price Response
Germany is poised for continued renewable energy market growth through 2020 and beyond in order to meet binding renewable electricity targets and compensate for its upcoming nuclear power phase out. The German government has convened a commission to discuss the feasibility of accelerating the phase out of nuclear energy all together by 2017-2025. The preliminary findings from the government's study are expected to be released in June 2011 and could further support the development of solar energy beyond the projections discussed in this report.PDF, 657 KB
The 2011 Inflection Point for Energy Markets: Health, Safety, Security and the Environment
Energy transitions are inherently lengthy but can be accelerated by material changes in economics, security, public sentiment and regulatory responses to human health, safety and the environment. The world has been battered in 2011 by two very important events that could combine to create an inflection point in energy choices.PDF, 1,8 MB
Investing in Climate Change 2011: The Mega-Trend Continues – Exploring Risk & Return
A DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA) report released today, "Investing in Climate Change 2011", examines the risks associated with climate change investing across different asset classes and provides a framework to understand how asset managers can manage these risks. In the report, DBCCA argues that a major shift in investor attitudes is taking place: leading institutional investors around the world to undertake this analysis because of a growing realization of the potentially profound impact climate change may have on their existing portfolios.PDF, 2,9 MB
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Corporate Engagement by Institutional Shareholders
Corporations increasingly face a new type of shareholder: the shareholder activist. These shareholders use their voting rights to influence the outcomes of management proposals. The rise of shareholder activism suggests that engagement with companies can be an effective approach to socially responsible investing.PDF, 0.4 MB
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Recognizing the Benefits of Energy Efficiency in Multifamily Underwriting
Our nation's multifamily buildings contain billions of dollars of energy savings potential. A 2009 study by McKinsey and Company estimated that the capital required to unlock energy efficiency opportunities in low-income residential buildings between 2009 and 2020 is approximately $46 billion, and would provide a present value of $80 billion in savings. Almost a quarter of this energy efficiency potential is in multifamily buildings. Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation in Cooperation?with Living Cities, Study
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Food prices on the rise again, no major crisis in sight yet
Corn, wheat and soybean prices skyrocketed in June-July although they have slightly decreased in the past few weeks. In July, the cereals price index of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN) went up 17% to reach 260 points, close to the record high of 274 points reached in spring 2008 (the peak in April 2011 was 265). The overall food price index climbed 6% in July to reach 213 points, still far from the peak of 238 reached in February 2011.
Germany's energy turnaround. Challenging for municipalities and municipal utilities
Germany's energy turnaround targets objectives that far exceed its legislated, accelerated exit from nuclear power generation. In order for the many energy and climate policy objectives to be met at least EUR 30 bn will have to be invested in Germany annually in areas such as renewable energies, conventional power plant, grids, storage facilities, energy-efficient buildings and alternative propulsion technologies – no small challenge.PDF, 0.3 MB
Electromobility. Falling costs are a must
High hopes are held of electric mobility. Given that the earth's oil reserves are finite and oil prices on the rise, hopes are now being pinned on electricity as an alternative fuel for road transport to point the way out of this cost conundrum'. If, moreover, the power for electric vehicles is generated from renewable energy sources, it could additionally contribute to climate protection.
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Court Ruling Gives Green Light to EPA GHG Regulations - Positive for Natural Gas, Renewables, and Efficient Vehicles
Following the recent DC Court of Appeals ruling, in this short note we summarize the context of new and proposed EPA regulations and standards for stationary sources of GHG emissions and vehicle emissions, and outline how we believe these contribute to policy TLC in the US.PDF, 190 KB
China's Green Move - Vehicle Electrification Ahead
In this note we examine China's ambitious goal to develop a fleet of 5 million electric vehicles by 2020 (the term "electric vehicles" used here includes plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and pure electric vehicles and does not include traditional hybrid-electric vehicles).1 Such a fleet would represent 43% of the estimated global PHEV/EV fleet and 0.4% of the global passenger vehicle fleet (all engine types).2 Based on the goals and targets set forth in the Ministry of Industry and Information's (MIIT) recently released "China Energy Efficient and New-Energy Vehicles Industrial Plan 2012-2020," we develop a forecast of what we believe is achievable for production and sales and include a review of other market forecasts.PDF, 280 KB
Cleaner Technologies: Evolving Towards a Sustainable End-State
In this report, we have developed our thinking around an enduring evolution toward clean energy and resource technologies. We believe that the first phase of a long-term mega shift toward an end-state scenario of clean, domestic, sustainable and efficient use of energy, materials and environmental services is now firmly established within the corporate world.PDF, 1,4 MB
Emerging Markets: Leading Clean Energy Markets
Can BICs strength offset OECD weakness? Apart from this being a key question for the overall world economy, we believe this is also a key for investors in clean energy to consider. Some of the OECD economies' ability to fund clean energy incentives is under budgetary pressures and consumer cost constraints while risk aversion continues in capital markets. Longer term, the improved cost competitiveness of clean energy will prove to be the key driver globally.PDF, 1,7 MB
Global Climate Change Policy Tracker: Efficiency Mandates Drive Abatement Impact
DB Climate Change Advisors has published its fourth Global Climate Change Policy Tracker report. Key conclusions are as follows: As concluded in our April 2012 Global Climate Policy Tracker, if fully implemented, mandate policies will have more impact than emission targets at lowering emissions (mandates would reduce emissions by ~8.6GtCO2e where as emission targets would reduce emissions by ~7.4 GtCO2e in 2020) on a global basis in February 2012. Disaggregating these mandates into the key three categories, in our February 2012 database, there were a total of 499 mandates: 286 were renewable mandates, 204 were efficiency mandates and 9 were 'other' mandates...PDF, 215 KB
Global Climate Change Policy Tracker: Continued Progress on Mandates, but the Emissions Challenge Remains
DB Climate Change Advisors has published its fourth Global Climate Change Policy Tracker report. Key conclusions are as follows: Our new consistent historical analysis of maximum potential policy impact on abatement shows continued improvement since the major impact of the Copenhagen Accord. On the best case global outlook, emissions peak in 2016 in line with economic growth in emerging economies and decline slowly to 2020 but still leave a 5.8Gt "gap" compared to a 450ppm stabilization pathway.PDF, 516 KB
United States Building Energy Efficiency Retrofits: Market Sizing and Financing Models
Upgrading and replacing energy-consuming equipment in buildings offers an important capital investment opportunity, with the potential for significant economic, climate, and employment impacts. In the United States alone, more than $279 billion could be invested across the residential, commercial, and institutional market segments. This investment could yield more than $1 trillion of energy savings over 10 years, equivalent to savings of approximately 30% of the annual electricity spend in the United States. If all of these retrofits were undertaken, more than 3.3 million cumulative job years of employment could be created.PDF, 1,8 MB
Durban Platform: Laying New Foundations
The December 2011 UN Climate Change Conference in Durban (Conference of the Parties, or COP-17), once again brought together representatives of the world's governments, international organizations and civil society. The discussions sought to advance the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and the Bali Action Plan and Cancun Agreements. On December 11th, the conference reached an agreement and program to set a new course of action for the global fight against climate change.PDF, 197 KB
China 12th Five-Year Plan Update - The Work Plan. Focus on Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction
On 7 September the State Council issued the "12th Five Year Comprehensive Work Plan for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction" (the "Work Plan") which sets forth implementation guidelines for energy conservation and emissions reductions. The Work Plan provides insight into the key targets and strategies to achieve a greener society.PDF, 400 KB
Comparing Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Natural Gas and Coal
Research conclusion and key messages - natural gas offers greenhouse gas advantages over coal: Natural gas has been widely discussed as a less carbon-intensive alternative to coal as a power sector fuel. In April 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released revised methodologies for estimating fugitive methane emissions from natural gas systems. These revisions mostly affected the production component of the natural gas value chain (namely, gas well cleanups), causing a very substantial increase in the methane emissions estimate from U.S. natural gas systems.PDF, 527 KB
Climate Change Litigation After Supreme Court Ruling in American Electric Power v. Connecticut
On June 20, 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in American Electric Power v. Connecticut. This is the second climate change case to be decided by that court and the first to concern common law claims, where the plaintiffs claimed that the greenhouse gases (GHGs) from power plants constitute a common law nuisance, and asked the court to issue an injunction requiring the plants to reduce their emissions.PDF, 213 KB
GET FiT Plus. De-Risking Clean Energy Business Models in a Developing Country Context
GET FiT was first conceived in January 2010 when the United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change (AGECC) invited Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA) to present new concepts to drive renewable energy investment in developing regions. DBCCA responded with the Global Energy Transfer Feed-in Tariffs Program or "GET FiT" program, a proposal to support both renewable energy scale-up and energy access through the creation of new international public-private partnerships.PDF, 1.0 MB
12th Five Year Plan – Chinese Leadership Towards A Low Carbon Economy
Over the past year at DBCCA we have written about and commented upon emerging Chinese leadership in the climate and renewable energy world. This comes in the form of the policy momentum and ambition of China's efforts to create a low carbon economy and improve its energy security through ambitious goals in terms of energy intensity targets and renewable energy deployment, backed up by strong incentives encouraging the development of green industries and jobs.PDF, 369 KB
DB Climate Change Advisors in collaboration with Worldwatch Institute has published a new research note today titled, Comparing Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Natural Gas and Coal.
In late 2010, DBCCA and Worldwatch separately published analysis concluding that natural gas and renewable energy can play complementary roles in lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the United States' electricity sector by displacing coal-fired generation. Both groups also analyzed the environmental risks associated with the development of natural gas, especially from shale, and concluded that while well-designed and strongly enforced regulations and industry best practices can minimize these risks, such regulations and practices were not yet in place at all operations in all states.PDF, 165 KB
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Robert Morse Awarded Prestigious Fulbright Scholarship
Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Robert Morse, professor of computer science, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to spend the Spring 2014 semester in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
From February 1 through July 15, 2014, Morse will split his time between teaching and research at the University of Ljubljana. He will teach a graduate-level course on his specialty, computational algebra, and collaborate with local mathematicians on two research projects.
"I'm honored to be selected for the Fulbright and look forward to returning to Slovenia after visiting and presenting my research there in 2012," Morse said. "My activities abroad will enhance my professional growth and challenge me mathematically as I will be providing computational expertise to several mathematicians at the University of Ljubljana in support of their research."
"My work as a Fulbright scholar also will benefit UE's vision and strategic plan by extending the University's global reach and making deeper connections abroad," Morse added, "and it will provide the groundwork for possible future student interaction between the University of Evansville and the University of Ljubljana."
"At the University of Evansville, we're very proud and excited for Dr. Morse," said John Mosbo, senior vice president for academic affairs. "The Fulbright Scholarship is among the most prestigious and competitive in higher education, and Dr. Morse's successful application for the award demonstrates that the University of Evansville's faculty is truly world-class."
Morse came to the University of Evansville in 1998 after a 12-year career designing avionics software for IBM Corporation's Federal Systems Division. He is the co-editor of two books on computational algebra and is author of several peer-reviewed publications in mathematics. Morse holds a PhD and Master of Arts in mathematics from the State University of New York at Binghamton, as well as a Bachelor of Science in computer science from The Pennsylvania State University.
Morse's previous honors include the University of Evansville's Global Scholar Award from the Institute for Global Enterprise, Sadelle and Sydney Berger Award for Scholarly Activity, and Dean's Teaching Award for the College of Engineering and Computer Science. He also has served as a visiting professor at the National University of Ireland in Galway (funded by a Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge grant from the European Union) and received an Outstanding Technical Achievement Award from IBM Corporation.
The Fulbright Program, founded in 1946 and sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, offers grants for U.S. citizens to study, teach, and conduct research abroad, and for non-U.S. citizens to come to the United States. Each year, the program awards approximately 800 highly competitive, merit-based grants for U.S. scholars and professionals. Past Fulbright Scholars include recipients of 43 Nobel Prizes, 81 Pulitzer Prizes, 28 MacArthur Foundation Awards, and 16 U.S. Presidential Medals of Honor.

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What to get the girl who has everything (including a 20.5 carat engagement ring?)
Why, more stuff, of course!
Kim Kardashian and fiancée Kris Humphries registered at a swanky Beverly Hills luxury store. Some of the items requested include Hermes flatware (ringing up at $110 a plate) and an all-silver tea and coffee set (just shy of $7,000 for the whole thing, creamer, trays and all).
The date on Gearys' website reads October 31, 2011—Halloween—though a friend tells E! that the couple had no intention of giving away the real date just yet.
Friends of the couple have already been spotted buzzing around the Beverly Hills shop.
Let's hope the $150 napkin rings don't sell out.
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:38 am
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Have you ever been enticed at a party by a wonderfully smelling mulled cider only to find that the taste was awfully bland or much too overpowering or filled with strange and unidentifiable flavors? I set out to come up with a formula for a mulled cider that had a clean, crisp taste with just the right mix of spices. Surprisingly, I found that by adding only five common ingredients, plain apple juice was transformed into the ultimate holiday beverage.
In the United States, apple juice and apple cider are almost exactly the same thing. Apple cider should not be confused with the products known as hard cider (which is a fermented product known to the rest of the world as "cider") or sparkling cider (a carbonated beverage made from apple juice concentrate). In fact, apple cider is a subcategory of apple juice. Apple cider is (supposed to be) the juice from apples produced by mechanical pressure. According to
, apple cider is traditionally made from early-harvest apples and istherefore tangier than apple juice. In my experience and research, I haven't found any proof that this is true as a rule (although some brands will advertise that their cider is made from certain seasonal apples and prepared in a particular manner, I feel that these seem to be differentiating claims instead of applying to apple cider in general). Often, apple cider is associated with unfiltered apple juice, but you can find both unfiltered and filtered cider and juice labeled accordingly in the supermarket. In short, in the United States, there's really not much difference between apple juice and apple cider (speaking as a whole - some brands may differentiate their apple mixes to produce different flavors for their juices and ciders).
I like my mulled cider to be clear, so I generally use filtered apple juice or cider. I also use whole spices so they can be easily strained out before serving and don't leave a fine cloud or particulate matter and grit in my mulled cider. Some of the cider recipes that I've tried use coffee filters, the assembly of a bouquet garni, and other steps that I think are extra. This recipe uses a single pan, a strainer, and a zester or knife. I like it when it's simple.
To spice up one quart of apple juice, use one stick of cinnamon, about twenty whole black peppercorns, 3 whole cloves, and 2 tablespoons brown sugar. (The sugar quantity can be reduced down to one tablespoon, but I like it sweet.) In addition to these four ingredients, prepare some zest from a citrus fruit. In this example, I used the zest from half a Meyer lemon, but lemons, limes, and oranges all work perfectly. Use the zest from half a lemon, lime, or lemon-sized orange for each quart of apple juice. If you're using medium lemons, use about a third of the zest. Large oranges - use a quarter of the zest per quart of juice.
Select a pot or pan large enough to hold all the apple juice. Toast the cinnamon, cloves, and peppercorns to bring out their distinct flavors and aromas. Do this by simply heating your pan over medium heat with the spices in the pan. Toss the spices in the pan occasionally to prevent burning. The spices should become very fragrant within a minute or two.
Pour the apple juice into the pan and bring to a boil over high heat. When the apple juice gets warm, stir in the brown sugar so it fully dissolves.
Once the apple juice is boiling, reduce the heat so it just simmers (small bubbles form and rise to the top in a steady rhythm, but not at a furious rate). Add the citrus zest at this time. We don't add the zest earlier because we don't want the brief hard boil to break up the zest to the point where we will have difficulty straining it. If you're careful, you can add the zest with the brown sugar and watch the temperature to bring the juice up to simmering but not to boiling.
Maintain the simmer for thirty minutes. I do this with the lid off because it's easier for me to keep it at a constant simmer this way.
Pour the mulled juice/cider through a fine mesh strainer and into the container of your choice. If your cider has a great deal of particulate matter, you may want to place a cheesecloth or coffee filter in your strainer (or sandwiched between two strainers) to filter out the fine particles. Serve hot.
You can let the cider cool and then refrigerate for up to week. Bring it back up to a simmer before serving.
Mulled Cider
(makes 4 cups)
1 quart apple cider or juice
simmer 30 min.
1 cinnamon stick
20 whole black peppercorns
3 whole cloves
1 to 2 Tbs. brown sugar
zest from 1/2 lemon
This recipe can be scaled buy simply scaling the ingredients. Leave the simmering time at thirty minutes.
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Location: Manchester, England
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:38 pm
Post subject: English Mulled Cider
It is an old tradition in england to have mulled cider at christmas, but we use what you call hard cider, and preferably a good scrumpy (cider fermented with beer yeast).
If anyone knows a good recipie for this type of mulled cider, or if this recipie works, I would be interested to know.
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:07 pm
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It may not be obvious, but this is a perfect situation for one of those french coffee presses [or "bodum coffee pots"]... instead of straining....
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:53 pm
Post subject: butter
Besides using honey instead of brown sugar, I've always added a pat of butter at the very end. A legacy from butter/rum combinations, but even sans rum, it adds a nice touch.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:01 am
Post subject: what about cider mills?
I think it's a mistake to completely ignore cider from a real cidermill. it's nothing like apple juice in the grocery store, and it's what I would call cider.
I suppose, depending on where you live, its probably not available. but here in Michigan, it's a Fall staple.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:13 pm
Post subject: Apple Juice and Apple Cider are clearly not the same
I live in NE with a number of Orchads a mere 15 mins down the road I grew up drinking cider. Why? Because the rich deep flavor that cider has over apple juice.
Please reconsider, or even better, visit our area in the fall and try some fresh cider for yourself. I'm sure you'll agree, its very different.
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:31 am
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Apple juice != Apple cider
Still, this is a great, simple recipe. I still have some mulling spices that I got as a gift (from Crate & Barrel, Williams Sonoma, or somesuch), but once I run out I'll try this recipe.
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:29 pm
Post subject: Apple Cider, Spiced Coffee
Here in Massachusetts, apple cider is definitely not apple juice. That aside, I'm going to try this recipe.
Recently I picked up a can of spiced coffee at a specialty shop. It smells great, but didn't come out so well in the pot. I think, though, that I will try adding this simple mixture of spices to the basket of ground coffee. I think just the clove and cinnamon will do the trick.
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:23 pm
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As always, an excellent recipe, nicely presented. My compliments. <and, yes, I'll definitely try it.> Also, in some parts of the US--my childhood in the East in the Thirties comes to mind--apple cider is definitely ~= apple juice. Best regards to all hands: Naf
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:13 am
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I have never tried mulled cider, and this afternoon, whislt my two kids were home on college break, and the family was decorating the Christmas tree, I decided to give this recipe a GO.... it seemed like the right time.
I followed the recipe exactly as written, and my whole family loved it.
And quite frankly, I was amazed how much the cider was transformed.
I will definately brew this up more often.
Thanks for the treat!
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:25 am
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One more note (having brewed this for my work commrades a second time), and the recipe should note this, though you start with 4 cups of cider/juice in this recipe, when you are finished with the simmering for 30 minutes, you are left with only a little over 2 cups... to the chagrin of the cook/engineer!
Note: This is a good thing however, because the simmering process (without a lid) is also a reductionism, which helps concentrate the apple juice flavor. The recipe results should be modified, however, to reflect the fact that you get closer to 20 ounces of the final brew, and not 48.
(I know... these are details.... but i am a SCIENTIST dammit!)
Carry on.
p.s. I also made the mistake of offering a small sample of this brew, from a hot thermos, to a co-worker, and i forgot to tell him it was boiling hot! He proceeded to gulp it down, and burned the taste buds off his tongue! He now talks with a lisp, and complains he can't taste food.
Such is life.... when living on the edge.
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Michael Chu
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:35 am
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Hmmm... I only lost about half a cup during my simmer.
In my last batch, I used Tree Top apple juice and had to cut out a lot of the sugar because the juice started off really sweet to begin with. When using Tree Top, consider making the mulled cider without any added sugar.
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:51 pm
Post subject: Apple Cider vs. Juice
I am both an engineer and a partner in an orchard/cider operation. Commercially the main difference between the two products is filtering with juice frequently undergoing a concentrating/reconstituting operation. True cider is from fresh squeezed apples and has a fine sediment (shake well before drinking, that is very good stuff! Oxidation turns the product brown. This is objectionable to many supermarket weaned people hence the filtering/concentrating operations. This is perfectly fine for a commercial process product but we feel some of the apple is lost as do the comments from the readers from the northern apple growing states (I'm a displaced New Englander in Minnesota). Making mulled cider from juice (sometimes referred to as "cider" in supermarkets) is OK, I've done this many times myself. I especially like the idea of using zest (one of my favorite ingredients) and I would not have considered peppercorns. I will certainly give this a try and thanks!
I didn't realize a cider/beer yeast mix was called "scrumpy". We learned by accident that a beer/cider mix is quite good. We also make hard cider from our unpasteurized product.
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Ben Brockert
Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 7:37 pm
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I understood what you were getting at, with regards to the difference between cider and juice (or the lack thereof). Though I'm not surprised that people argued it anyway.
Good recipe, one I'll try.
The "buy" at the very end should be "by".
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 1:55 am
Post subject: Real apple cider
"Normal" apple cider is just mediocre juice from mediocre apples. It has no complexity nor depth the way cider apples do. You deride "hard cider" because you don't know what a cider apple can do. Fermented and aged cider apple juice is complex and subtley flavored, unlike "koolaid" apple-juice-cider. Kids like it, but not mature adults who have a developed sense of taste.
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Mitt Romney Wins in the District of Columbia
Aired April 3, 2012 - 21:00 ET
PIERS MORGAN, HOST: Thanks, Wolf. Good evening, welcome to a special primary of edition of "PIERS MORGAN TONIGHT." A crucial night for Mitt Romney, there may finally be a turning point in this epic and some might a eternal Republican race. The polls are close in Wisconsin with 42 delegates in stake. I want to bring back Wolf Blitzer now with breaking news. Bring us up to speed on exactly where we are right now. WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Well, the polls in Wisconsin, Piers, as you know, they have now closed, but we are not, repeat not able to make a projection yet based on the exit poll information that's been coming in. We're going to wait to get some official numbers coming in before we can make a projection in Wisconsin. As soon as we get those official numbers, we'll weigh it and certain precincts with the exit poll information and share that with the viewers. As soon as we know, our viewers will know as well. In the state of Maryland, we did project that Mitt Romney is the winner. We're still waiting for official numbers to come in from the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia, we have not yet -- we didn't have the exit polls in Washington, D.C., and as a result we do not, we do not have the official numbers yet from D.C. But here are the top lines in Wisconsin. These are the exit poll numbers that we had going in. Not enough to make a projection but we'll share these numbers with you. Forty- three percent for Mitt Romney, 35 percent for Rick Santorum, 11 percent for Ron Paul, only 6 percent for Newt Gingrich. These are the exit poll numbers. So it looks like it's going to be a good night in Wisconsin for Mitt Romney, but once again, we are not yet able to make a projection, Piers. Let's give it a little time for some more official numbers to come in. Once they come in based on those numbers and these exit poll numbers, we'll be in a better position to make a projection. MORGAN: And Wolf, you're making this all sound as exciting as you always do but you are a master of this process. Are we at the end game? I mean if Mitt Romney was to win all three tonight, this is pretty much game over, isn't it? BLITZER: Not necessarily. It's almost game over. Pennsylvania, April 23rd, that -- if Santorum loses his home state, then it's game over. If he wins in Pennsylvania, you know, Mitt Romney still won't be at that 1,144 delegate number that he needs to officially sew up the nomination. And in May there are some states like Texas, for example, Kentucky, Arkansas, where Santorum presumably has an advantage, so he'll continue. A lot of the establishment Republicans, a lot of the pundits, think it's game over. Let's see what the voters have to say. So I don't think Santorum, even if he loses in Wisconsin, is going to drop out tomorrow. I think he will continue for a few more weeks, at least until Pennsylvania. But if he loses in Pennsylvania, then I think it is game over. MORGAN: I mean, Wolf, is one of the reasons this has gone on as long as it has so far the fact that states like New York, California and others have all gone later than normal, and carried on the delegate sweep, and so actually it's slightly skewed this time around compared to last time and so no one can really be 100 percent sure? BLITZER: Yes, well, New York and California almost certainly when they have their contests will go for Mitt Romney. Those are huge states. Texas may go for Santorum. So there's still some ways -- and look, there's no doubt that Mitt Romney has a tremendous advantage over Rick Santorum right now. A tremendous advantage. He is in the driver's seat. A lot of people think he's the presumptive nominee. You know, let's see what happens in Pennsylvania. But there's no doubting that as you correctly point out California and New York state, the two largest states, they have a clear advantage for Mitt Romney. Texas may have a little bit of an advantage for Rick Santorum. So the game will continue. Let's see what happens. MORGAN: Let's go to Tom Foreman. Tom, take me to your magic wall. It's all about the delegates, as always. Mitt Romney obviously count to be ahead. How significant will tonight be in terms of delegate count? TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, Piers, it's been this incremental process that we've been through quite some time here where you keep adding it. You get 42 delegates here. As you move through these other states, you're going to get more and more people who's just going to add into the equation and it will make some difference. I do want to point out something about the delegate count, though, that I think is really important consider in all of this. If you look at a state like Maryland, for example, here where Rick Santorum seems to be doing OK out here in Garrett County, it's the only place he seems to be doing well. Here's the problem. If I bring in a look at -- the delegate -- the way it's broken down by congressional district, which is partially how you decide this, here's the problem. Even if you did well in this county but it spanned as this one is by a congressional district that goes further, you may not even get a share of the delegates. If you could have won the district, you would have. But winning a county, if you're trumped by this one and this one, and this one, by the way, has considerably more people in it that this one, if that happens, then you don't even get a share of the delegates. And one of the real secrets to staying in the game here is always getting a share. You've always got to have a part of what's out there if you want to stay in the game -- Piers. MORGAN: Thanks, Tom. I want to bring back Wolf here along with the rest of the CNN political team. We got Gloria Borger, David Gergen and Ari Fleischer. And let me go to David Gergen. You are probably the only one that is an even more experienced than Wolf. How are you looking at this race now? I mean it's been thrilling, it's been up and down, rollercoaster, but right now if I was in Vegas, every dollar I've got is going on Romney, isn't it? DAVID GERGEN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Absolutely, absolutely. I think we've reached a turning point in this race actually a few weeks ago, but we're going to play it out, Piers. And look, there's a mathematical chance, there's a theoretical chance Rick Santorum could catch fire. But you know after the -- after the big primaries that are coming up in a couple of weeks, you know, even if he wins Pennsylvania, Romney is going to sweep everything else. At that point Santorum would have to win, what, maybe 70 percent of the delegates remaining in order to do it. That's not going to happen. MORGAN: I mean you can't really blame Santorum, can you, because he's -- I'll stop there. We're going to go straight to Wolf. Breaking news. I think we can now call D.C. -- Wolf. BLITZER: Piers, stand by. We've got news to report to our viewers in the United States and around the world. And you are absolutely correct. We now project that Mitt Romney is the winner in the District of Columbia. He wins the Republican presidential primary in Washington, D.C. Earlier we projected he is the winner in the state of Maryland as well. Still waiting for the official numbers to start coming in from the state of Wisconsin. So far two for two for Mitt Romney. Both expected Maryland and D.C. Important delegates now going to the Mitt Romney camp. We'll see what happens in Wisconsin. We're getting the official numbers coming in and, Piers, as you saw, the exit polls giving an advantage, slight advantage, seven points or so, to Mitt Romney in Wisconsin, but we'll see some of the official numbers from key precincts and then we'll be in a better position to make a projection. But Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, can add two more contests to his win column, Maryland and Washington, D.C. MORGAN: Wolf, thanks very much. Back to David Gergen. David, what I was about to say to you was, I can't blame Rick Santorum. He's come from nowhere. You know he was the guy nobody gave a chance to. He's fought a fantastic battle from Iowa onwards. He's really put the hard yards in. And there is an argument that says having him snapping at Mitt Romney's heels for a little bit longer will toughen up Mitt Romney for the real battle ahead with Barack Obama. At what point, though, does Rick Santorum staying in the race along with the others start to damage the party? GERGEN: Well, he has won 11 contests, you have to give him credit for that. It's 11 more than anybody thought he would win. Ari Fleischer has been arguing for some time that he's earned his way to Pennsylvania, his home state. I think that's right. So he'll have a chance to compete there. And frankly, Piers, I think if he wins Pennsylvania, he will win back his dignity in his own state. At that point I think there's a -- there is a very powerful argument, rather than going on to Texas and going on and on, to let this gracefully come to a close. And let the Republicans get themselves in battle gear for the election, because President Obama is coming straight at them. You know, and he gave a rip-roaring speech today and clearly, you know, he knows where he's going. And he's got a lead right now and he wants to keep Mitt Romney pinned down. Mitt Romney has got to -- he's got to take it up the cajoles against President Obama, not against Rick Santorum. MORGAN: Let's go to Ari Fleischer. I mean, Ari, if you're Barack Obama here, today he came out -- ARI FLEISCHER, FORMER BUSH WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: I'm not. MORGAN: -- and for the first time really addressed Mitt Romney. Right, obviously you're not Barack Obama, you're massively more handsome and intelligent. (CROSSTALK) GERGEN: A lot more hair, too, right? (LAUGHTER) MORGAN: However -- however. (LAUGHTER) MORGAN: And should be -- should be president. Let's get the whole hog here. But let's just assume for a moment you are Barack Obama. And you're looking at this race. Do you want this over? I mean the fact that he flirted with Mitt Romney's name today in his speech means he pretty well is sure now Romney is the guy. But do you want it over or is it to your advantage they carry on squabbling with each other for another month or so? FLEISCHER: I think if you're the Democrats, if you're the Obama campaign, you're loving this. The longer it goes on, the less Republicans are unified and saying return to the corner. Our focus now is on defeating President Obama. It's all the exit polls show. Republicans are overwhelmingly motivated to defeat President Obama. They want to stretch this out. Republicans have not put their best foot forward in this primary. And I will make the case. In 2008 the Democratic primary lifted up both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Their favorable/unfavorable rose throughout the primary. That is not happening in the Republicans this year. The other big issue Republicans have got to address is the decline and support among women. This is a vexing problem for Republicans. I think Mitt Romney, who didn't really play a significant role in it, it was mostly some of the issues Rick Santorum introduced, have got to figure out how to get that back. But it's going to be a fight for the agenda. And if the agenda is about contraception and issues like that, Republicans are in big trouble. If the agenda is deficits, and debt and jobs and energy, Republicans have a very good chance. Mitt Romney has a very good chance to defeat Barack Obama. MORGAN: Let me go to Gloria Borger. Gloria, you're a woman. GLORIA BORGER, CNN CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST: Let's talk about women. Right. MORGAN: This gender issue. Yes, let's talk about women with the woman of the panel. How does Mitt Romney get back the female vote? There's no doubt that him having to squabble it out on social issues. BORGER: Right. MORGAN: And appear to be anti-all these female issues like contraception and so on has damaged him with women. BORGER: Right. MORGAN: How does he turn that tide back in his favor? BORGER: Well, first of all, as we've all said before, he needs to use Ann Romney an awful lot more because she's his greatest character witness. But aside from that, when you look at the polling of women, women are economic voters. Women care an awful lot about health care. Also being caretakers largely in their families. So for example, if the Supreme Court were to overturn health care reform, then I think it would be incumbent upon Mitt Romney, presuming he's the nominee, to come out with his own specific plan for how he would reform the health care system and make sure, for example, the people with pre-existing conditions are covered, that older children can stay on their parents' policies without a health care mandate. Women will listen to the arguments about health care. They will listen to arguments about how he's going to make the economy better, how he's going to reduce unemployment, how he's going to help minimum wage earners, because women are minimum wage earners, and so I think he has to take a turn to that economic argument and take the president on directly on the health care issue. I think that could be very lucrative for him. GERGEN: Yes, Piers? MORGAN: Gloria Borger, thank you. We're going to take a short break. We'll be back to the panel afterwards, although we are awaiting speeches any time from Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, so we may be going straight to them. We'll be back in a few moments. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) MORGAN: We're going straight live to Rick Santorum who's about to make his speech after losing two so far of the three states tonight. SANTORUM: Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. It is great to be home. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) I'm here with Karen and the kids and the people behind us, that's just -- that's not all of Karen's family but most of it. Karen is -- Karen and her -- Karen's parents had 11 children and umpteen nieces and nephews that we have and it's -- it's just great to be here with -- with friends and family. And we have now reached the point where it's halftime. Half the delegates in this process have been -- have been selected. And who's ready to charge out of the locker room in Pennsylvania for a strong second half? (APPLAUSE) It is -- it is great to be here in Southwestern Pennsylvania where -- where I grew up in a -- in a steel town about 20 miles north -- northeast of here in this same county, Butler, Pennsylvania. How about a shout out for Butler? (APPLAUSE) And this area -- this area like that town and like the people in it, forged steel to build this country, to help win world wars and not just have we built the country and forged steel to win wars, we've forged people with strong values and a strong commitment to what made America great. OK you can applaud that too. (APPLAUSE) I can always be interrupted for applause, don't worry about that. This is -- this why we came here. This is why we wanted to come back to west -- Southwestern Pennsylvania to -- to kick off the second half. This is a -- a part of the country, Pennsylvania that well, it's where America started. Not only did we forge steel in this state, we forged liberty in this state. (APPLAUSE) The symbol of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, where that document that those who have been following me about on the campaign trail have been seeing, this document both the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence forged right here in Pennsylvania. And there's no place where those values are more instilled than in this great commonwealth. Ladies and gentleman... (APPLAUSE) This great commonwealth has given a tremendous amount to our country. If you look at just the history of our -- of our great state, not only the Declaration and the Constitution created here, but we won key battles. Washington's crossing -- Washington crossing the Delaware to save the revolution. That plan was hatched up here in Pennsylvania. Some in the other camps in this race have said that all of the significant people have spoken in this race so far. See, General Washington knew that in fact not all the significant are those elites in society. Those who are the generals and the ranked officers, but in fact what General Washington understood, some of the best ideas, some of the best plans, in fact what has made this country great is that we have listened to real significant voices of every day Americans. And he did. And that's why he crossed the Delaware, surprised the Hessians and turned the tide of the revolution. Ladies and gentleman, Pennsylvania and half the other people in this country have yet to be heard and we're going to go out and campaign here and across this nation to make sure that their voices are heard in the next few months. (APPLAUSE) We know who we are here in Pennsylvania. We know who we are. We know the stock that we are made of. We've contributed a lot. Great deeds have occurred here. Great Pennsylvanians have contributed. I know, I had the privilege of representing this state in the Senate for 12 years and this community here in Southwestern Pennsylvania for four. (APPLAUSE) I went to every one of those counties every year, all 67 and I understand the greatness of the people of this state. And I understand how important this race is here in Pennsylvania. This is called the Keystone State for a reason. We are in fact the keystone. We're the -- we're the place upon which our country was built and great things continue to happen here. Great things like in manufacturing and oil and gas production here in Pennsylvania that is turning our economy around and creating opportunities for us to grow our economy. Not just here in Pennsylvania, but because of lower natural gas prices we're seeing manufacturing and other businesses come back in spite of the crushing burden that Barack Obama and his administration has put on our economy. SANTORUM: We need someone who understands what liberty is all about. Someone who's going to go out and fight to make sure that the biggest and most crushing burden that this administration has put on us, one that was debated just last week in the United States Supreme Court about government taking control of your health and of course as a result, of your very life. And dictating to you - dictating to you what you will do, how much you will pay, what insurance you will get. And even what the practice of your faith will be dictated by the federal government. We need someone in this race who can go out and make the clarion call for liberty. Someone who has stood tall and opposed government run health care at any level, state or federal. Who can go out and make the case of what Barack Obama is doing, which even Justice Stevens, which is what ObamaCare does and what his agenda of government control of health care and his attempt to get Cap and Trade, where he's going dictate how you -- energy -- how much energy, not just health care, but how much energy you're going to use. That this is a fundamental change in the relationship between the people and their government. Ladies and gentleman if we're going to win this race, we can't have little differences between our nominee and President Obama. We have to have clear contrasting colors. In the last 120 years... (APPLAUSE) In the last 120 years, we've had one time where the Republican Party has defeated an incumbent Democrat for president. One time. Time and time again the Republican establishment and aristocracy have shoved down the throats of the Republican Party and people across this country, moderate Republicans. Because of course we have to win by getting people in the middle. There's one person who understood, we don't win by moving to the middle. We win by getting people in the middle to move to us and move this country forward. (APPLAUSE) Not only do we know who we are here in Pennsylvania and what we stand for, but you know who I am. You're going to hear a lot of things being thrown as has happened in all the other states where we've seen a whole bunch of negative campaigning. We've gone out across this country. And with the most improbable of odds, and with limited resources except one in which we've had incredible resources, and that's human resources. The people of this country have stood up and followed because they've seen someone who has a clear positive vision. Someone whose convictions are also forged in steel, not on an Etch-A-Sketch. (APPLAUSE) So you'll be seeing the negative ads and you'll be here getting the robo-calls and all the other things thrown at us. But you know me. You know how hard I work. You know how strongly I believe the things that -- the values of Southwestern Pennsylvania have instilled in me. You know that I come from a steel town from immigrant parents. Grandfather worked in the mines. Someone who lived in government housing on a V.A. grounds and saw the great sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, serving them as they served our country. You know me. They'll say all the things, that I'm someone who doesn't stand up for what I believe in. You know me. (APPLAUSE) And so I ask you over the next three weeks, this isn't halftime, no marching bands. We're hitting the field. The clock starts tonight. We've got three weeks to go out here in Pennsylvania and win this state and after winning this state, the field looks a little different in May. I remind everybody the one time that we did win in the last 120 years, the Republican Party had the courage to go out and nominate someone who all the experts and all the pundits and all the media -- all the Republican establishment said couldn't win. He was too conservative. He lost almost every early primary. He only won one until May. One primary till May. Everybody told him to get out of the race. This was back in 1976. They said, get out of the race, we need a moderate. In 1976, Ronald Reagan didn't get out of the race. He was able to stand tall in May, win the state of Texas, which we have every intention of doing. (APPLAUSE) He took that race the entire way to the convention and he fell short. And in the fall Republicans fell short because we nominated another moderate who couldn't galvanize our party and bring those votes to our side to get the kind of change that we needed in America. And then four years later, they fought him again. We need another moderate. We have to defeat this Democratic incumbent. And this time the Republican establishment lost. Let's not make the mistake of 1976 again. Let's bypass that error and move straight to 1980. And let's defeat a Democratic incumbent. And you can help me here in Pennsylvania. Thank you very much. God bless you. God bless you. Thank you. Thank you. MORGAN: Rick Santorum talking in Pennsylvania just moments ago. The fat lady certainly hasn't sung yet in this race. When we come back, more from team Santorum. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) MORGAN: You're looking live at Romney headquarters in Milwaukee. We're waiting for the candidate to speak any moment. He's won two already, D.C. and Maryland. We're waiting for Wisconsin any moment. That is expected. Let's go to Wolf Blitzer. Wolf, we're expecting Wisconsin to come any moment now, looking pretty good to Romney. Isn't it? BLITZER: Yes, looking pretty good. Let's take a look at the official votes, though, right now. Six percent of the vote is in. Let's show our viewers what's going on. These are official numbers. Romney ahead, but only slightly, by 151 votes; 11,470 for Romney, 11,319 for Santorum; 41 percent to 40 percent. Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich, Piers, way, way behind. These votes, though, we're told, coming in from some of the rural areas, not necessarily the urban areas like Milwaukee, for example. The exit polls showed a much more significant Romney lead. Once again, we'll wait for some more official votes to come in before we'll make a projection, but it's looking like a good night in Wisconsin for Romney. I assume that's why Romney, the Republican presidential front runner, is going to be speaking shortly, Piers. MORGAN: And if it is three for none tonight, Wolf, where does that leave us in this race? I mean, a combative speech by Rick Santorum. And he's making some pretty valid points. You know, he may well win Texas. But Texas only has a certain number of delegates, doesn't it? This is all about delegates. And if Romney keeps winning state after state and building up those delegates, he's going to be unstoppable, isn't he? BLITZER: Yes, he's going to have to get 70 or 80 percent of the delegates in all the states. It's a good line that Santorum has, a sports analogy. You know what, we're at halftime right now. Romney had a good first half. But you know what's more important, the second half. Let's see what happens. I'm a come-from-behind kind of guy. I'm going to have a great second half. That's the line he has. It sounds good to those of us like you and me and a lot of our viewers who are sports fans. But you know what, we'll see what he can do. I'm anxious to see what he can do in Pennsylvania, his home state, coming up April 24th. MORGAN: Is he also thinking, do you think, Wolf -- this might be rather cynical of me to say this, but is he also thinking, you know what, in politics, anything can happen. And if I just hang on in there and I win the odd state, maybe I'll win Texas, win here, pick up delegates here and there, you never know. You never know in politics, anything could happen. If I'm still in the race, I've got a chance. BLITZER: Yeah, I think that's an element of it. Although my sense is that's more of an element for, for example, Newt Gingrich staying in this race than Rick Santorum. My own sense is Rick Santorum is going to the Ronald Reagan playbook of 1976, when Ronald Reagan went to the convention against an incumbent Republican president, Gerald Ford. There were ballots, and he lost at the convention. But you know what happened? Four years later, he got the Republican nomination, went on to beat Jimmy Carter and became president of the United States. That's why I think we hear so much of Rick Santorum talking about Ronald Reagan, because he's looking ahead, in my mind, already to 2016. If Romney gets the nomination this time and loses to President Obama, I think Santorum will certainly start spending as much time as he can over the next four years to try once again. MORGAN: Well, we'll go now to John Brabender, who is, of course, the senior aide to Rick Santorum. John, what do you make here tonight? You've lost three to nothing, but a spirited speech from Rick Santorum tonight. How are you feeling? JOHN BRABENDER, SENIOR ADVISER TO SANTORUM CAMPAIGN: Well, look, we knew that these -- we were playing on sort of Mitt Romney's turf, if you will. And we think that things dramatically change now. We get to go to our home state. Mitt Romney has already had multiple home states because of how many homes he has, but now we get to go to Pennsylvania where it's Rick Santorum territory. That leads us potentially into May, which could be a great, great month for Rick Santorum the way that the states line up. As we mentioned before, Texas becomes critical. Texas has a whole boat load of delegates. My belief is if Rick Santorum can win Pennsylvania and he can Texas, I believe he will be the GOP nominee for the Republicans. MORGAN: What did you make of Wolf Blitzer's assessment there, that a lot of Reagan talk in Rick's speech tonight? I tell you what, John, hold it there. I'm going to Wolf Blitzer who has breaking news for us. Wolf, to you. BLITZER: Piers, the moment that Mitt Romney has been waiting for, we're ready to make a projection right now. And as you've been saying, three for three for Mitt Romney tonight. We can now project that Mitt Romney is the winner in the state of Wisconsin. Earlier, we projected a win in the District of Columbia and a win in Maryland. Three for three for Mitt Romney tonight. He wins in Wisconsin. Forty two total delegates at stake in this primary. A big night for Mitt Romney. You saw the exit poll numbers. He was ahead by about seven points. The official numbers show it tighter right now. But based on the exit poll numbers, Piers, as well as the official numbers that are coming in right now, we can now project that Mitt Romney will carry Wisconsin. So the race continues. The race continues to April 24th, when Pennsylvania is coming up. It's going to be a huge night on that Tuesday. Piers? MORGAN: Thanks a lot, Wolf. We'll go back to John Brabender, the senior campaign adviser to Rick Santorum. There we have it, it's official. Three for nothing. In sporting parlance, you've got your butts kicked tonight. But you make a good point, as did -- as did the senator. There is still plenty of time to play for, right? BRABENDER: Absolutely. Let's remember one other thing too: in Wisconsin, a lot of the delegates are going to be proportioned by how you did in different congressional districts. So Rick Santorum, more than likely, will still walk out of there with significant delegates. As we said, this is halftime. People have a right to have a voice of who they're going to support in this nomination. Last time, the Republicans ended it in March. The Democrats didn't end until June. And then the Democrats united and had a big win in November. I believe that that will happen for the Republicans this time as well. MORGAN: I'm going to go to Kellyanne Conway, senior adviser to Newt Gingrich. Kellyanne, the one night you've barely heard tonight is Newt Gingrich. That isn't good today. He's had another poor night. And I guess more worryingly, he just isn't part of the debate really anymore. It's all about Santorum and Romney. How do you feel about that in the Gingrich camp? KELLYANNE CONWAY, SENIOR ADVISER TO GINGRICH CAMPAIGN: Well, we're glad that you're giving us a voice and a platform tonight, Piers. Thank you for that. MORGAN: Always my pleasure. CONWAY: I want to congratulate Governor Romney and certainly Senator Santorum and really all four who are still in the race. I disagree with the fact that Newt is not part of the conversation. Today, again, the president called out Newt by name. He wanted to distort the facts to fit his narrative. The president reminded us all today, Piers, why Newt Gingrich is staying in this race. He'd have a very dangerous second term. He's bullying the Supreme Court, accusing them of unprecedented action and judicial activism if they dare overturn as unconstitutional his unconstitutional health care plan. I think he was absent the first day of law school when we all learned Marbury versus Madison. And the president also today went right after the Paul Ryan Budget and attacked Mitt Romney by name. So the president is in campaign mode. I think it's really important that everybody who's still in this race has a voice out there. Piers, Newt has made it very clear that he's still competing for delegates, but that he also recognizes that we need to elevate this petty campaign into a national conversation. He wants to make sure all 170,000 people who have donated to his campaign and the millions of people who have voted for someone other than the so-called front runner will have a voice at the convention. Piers, I'm looking at CNN's exit polling, I notice that among voters who made up their mind in Wisconsin in the last couple of days, Mitt Romney got 45 percent of the vote. What's keeping the other 55? This is after he got big endorsements from Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan. (CROSS TALK) CONWAY: More than a majority are saying no to him. MORGAN: Let me jump in, Kellyanne. Let me put a difficult question to you, because there's got to be a point where if you want to be a bona fide, a traditional conservative candidate to seriously challenge Mitt Romney, given how far Rick Santorum has pulled away from Newt Gingrich in all the recent polling, isn't it time perhaps for Newt Gingrich to consider what may have been unthinkable a few weeks ago, to actually put all his support around Rick Santorum, to guarantee there is a straight fight between moderate Romney and a conservative Santorum? Wouldn't that be better for the party? CONWAY: Well, two things. They have actually had a one-on-one fight now for a while. We didn't compete very heavily in Wisconsin. We didn't compete in Illinois. We didn't compete in Ohio. We just have had to pick and choose the states in which we compete because we don't have the same money as Governor Romney and certainly not the same mendacity to use that money. But the point is that we -- conservatives are -- there is a critical mass of conservatives who are telling the CNN pollsters in these exit polls and are telling Governor Romney, we just -- we're just not that into you as conservatives yet. And I think that you already see a unification of conservatives. On the one hand, you've got Sarah Palin and Governor Perry and Herman Cain and Rick Santorum and certainly Newt Gingrich sort of coalescing conservatives all across the country. And then you've got the front runner. Let me just repeat what both Senator Santorum and Speaker Gingrich have said. This is really important, Piers. If Mitt Romney or anyone were to earn 1,144 delegates outright, they would -- these gentlemen would support him as the nominee. In fact, we'd all be there to help him. I'll be first in line. MORGAN: Kellyanne, let me jump in again. CONWAY: But he's not there. MORGAN: We have to take -- OK, Kellyanne, we must take a short break. We'll be coming back after this break. We may be going straight to Mitt Romney. He's about to make a speech, a victory speech. He's had a big night. He's won all three states. We'll find out in a moment when he'll be ready to speak. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) MORGAN: We're looking at live pictures from Governor Mitt Romney's HQ in Milwaukee. He's had a thumpingly good night tonight. He's won all three states, in D.C., Maryland and Wisconsin and will be making a victorious speech any moment now. Until then, I'm going to be joined by Bob Ehrlich. He's the chairman of Mitt Romney's Maryland campaign. He's also the former governor of that state, and the author of "Turn this Car Around, the Roadmap to Restoring America." Bob Ehrlich, a great night for you, a great night for Governor Romney. What is the map ahead for the Romney campaign? BOB EHRLICH, FORMER GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND: You know what, it's to pile up delegates. It's to pile up wins. It's to cut the burn rate a little bit on the spending. And it's to get -- to use a sports analogy, get the JV season over and call the equipment manager, get everybody back on the same team for the general election. REP. PAUL RYAN (R), WISCONSIN: Hello, and thank you, Wisconsin. MORGAN: Let me ask you this: at what point do you think other candidates should pull out of this race? EHRLICH: You know, Piers, it's not my call. It's not Governor Romney's call. It's their call. I'm not -- I think it always sounds weak when you say that guy has to get out and threaten folks. It sounds weak. And Governor Romney is strong. I do think, however, when you think about it -- and Wolf was talking about the math -- once the math begins to be so tough, so difficult, the fund-raising dries up, the delegates aren't there, you really have to think about why I'm in this race. MORGAN: Obviously Governor Romney has got a problem in the polling with women. Not entirely surprising given that the social issue debates that have been raging in the Republican party have been pretty negatively received. How does he rebuild trust in the female vote? EHRLICH: I think that's more a function of the Santorum campaign, quite frankly, and the Democrats using some of Senator Santorum's verbiage to their electoral advantage, to their partisan advantage. I think when the general election -- again, when you have one on one general election and they see, again are reminded of Governor Romney's real views, that gender gap will dissipate rather quickly. MORGAN: Does Governor Romney want to get stuck into Barack Obama right now? Is he fed up with waiting. He's obviously had a go before a few years ago. He's back in there now. He's clearly the front runner. Everyone assumes he's going to win. Is he champing at the bit to get in? EHRLICH: Yes, I think a little bit. Obviously, no doubt about it, this campaign was built for the long haul. But quite frankly, there's a great philosophical divide. It's what you want. You want a great contrast in a presidential election. It's going to be a big, big-time race. Obamacare, immigration, energy, taxes, spending, deficits -- they have very profound differences on these issues. So I like philosophical differences between the candidates. It's what the people have a right to expect. They're going to get it come November. MORGAN: Tell me about Mitt Romney's mood at the moment. How is he feeling himself, do you think? EHRLICH: You know what, I was with him last week, as you know. He's here in Maryland. I asked him, you don't look tired. I've been through statewide campaigns. You've got to look worse, Mitt. He looks good. He's confident. Look, quite frankly, I'm a person who believes that this prolonged campaign has helped him. It's made him a better debater, made him a better candidate. The burn rate obviously on the dollars is the downside. But clearly he's a sharp candidate. He has to be against President Obama, who's a great debater and all that, tough candidate. But Mitt Romney is there. And he has the skill set not only to compete but to win. He has the skill set, I believe, that the country is looking for, particularly when it comes to creating private sector jobs. MORGAN: I mean, nobody disputes he's an intelligent man and has been a very successful businessman. What they say is that there seems to be a slight disconnect still between Governor Romney and the average American in the street. Because he's so wealthy, so successful, he keeps making repeated silly little mistakes which kind of lends succor to the argument that he's slightly out of touch. Does he accept that? And what do you think, as one of his friends, he needs to do to stop making those kind of mistakes? EHRLICH: The media tends to play the Etch-a-Sketch stuff. It's the collateral issue of the day. But if you have a kid who's 22 years old, with 150,000 dollars in debt, and it's a smart kid, and that kid's sitting at home and can't get the job he or she needs, you don't really care about the Etch-a-Sketch or two Cadillacs compared to one Cadillac, all that stuff. The press loves it. It's a 24/7 feeding frenzy. You know that. It helps pay your salary. And I'm not criticizing you. But it is what it is these days. When it comes down to general election, however, again, clear philosophical differences on Keystone, on ANWR, on energy independence, on taxes, on spending, on deficits. This is the stuff that really counts. But I do believe, Piers, ultimately this election is about who is best for my kid to secure that job. Who do I trust best to create private sector jobs in this country today? Who has done it? Who understands the private sector economy better? The president or Mitt Romney? If that's the paradigm, if that's the question people ask themselves, I'm pretty confident that he'll prevail on election day. MORGAN: Governor, I'm going to have to leave it there. Thank you very much indeed. We're going to go straight now to Milwaukee where Governor Romney is about to make his victory speech. ROMNEY: Thank you. Congressman Ryan, he's a great leader, wonderful speaker, but he's not going to take Ann's place, I'm going to tell you that. (APPLAUSE) Thank you for providing the thank yous this evening, Congressman. Thank you all -- also to Senator Johnson and Congressman Sensenbrenner, appreciate their being here, the participation they've had in this process and thank you to Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C. We won them all. (APPLAUSE) This -- this really has been quite a night. We -- we won a great victory tonight in our campaign to restore the promise of America. And here in the heartland, you know you're not going to find Americans with bigger hearts than the people of Wisconsin. (APPLAUSE) You know, but as I've been traveling across the state, I've -- I've visited with far too many whose hearts are filled with anxiety about their future. So many good and decent people seem to be running harder just to stay in place. And -- and for many, no matter how hard they -- they're running, every day it seems to put them a little further behind. It's that way across so much of America, too much of America. Under this president's watch, more Americans have lost their jobs than during any other period since the Depression. Millions have lost their homes. A record number of Americans are now living in poverty. And the most vulnerable are the ones that have been hurt the most. Thirty percent of single moms are now living in poverty. New business startups -- and that's normally where we get job growth after a recession -- new business startups are down to the lowest level in 30 years. And of course, you know our national debt is at a record high. And when you drive home tonight and you stop by the gas station, just take a look at the prices. And then ask yourself, four more years of that? I agree. (LAUGHTER) And that's why it's important to understand one extraordinary fact about this election: President Obama thinks he is doing a good job. I'm not kidding. He actually thinks he is doing a great job. He thinks he's doing an historically great job, like Abraham Lincoln and LBJ and FDR, and no, he did not say this on "Saturday Night Live," all righty? (LAUGHTER) It's enough -- it's enough to make you think that years of flying around on Air Force One, surrounded by an adoring staff of true believers, telling you that you're great and you are doing a great job, It's enough to make you think that you might become a little out of touch with that, and that's what's happened. This campaign is going to deal with many complicated issues. But there is a basic choice that we're going to face. The president has pledged to transform America. And he's spent the last four years laying the foundation for a new government-centered society. I will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of a opportunity society led by free people and free enterprises. (APPLAUSE) And you know, the different visions we have I think are a product of the different lives we've led, the life experiences, the values we have. When he was a community organizer and communities were hurt by plant closings, his reaction was to turn to the government for help. He saw free enterprise as the villain and government as the solution. He never seemed to grasp the very basic point that a plant closes when a business loses money. So today, when the president attacks business, and when his policies make it more difficult for business to grow and prosper, he's also attacking the very communities he had wanted to help. Or at least that's how it works when America is working. But under Barack Obama, America hasn't been working. The ironic tragedy is that the community organizer who wanted to help those that were hurt by a plant closing became the president on whose watch more jobs have been lost any time since the Great Depression. In Barack Obama's government-centered society, the government has to do more because the economy is doomed to do less, because when you attack business and you vilify success, you are going to have less business and less success. And then, of course, the debate becomes about how much to extend unemployment insurance because you've guaranteed there will be millions more unemployed. In Barack Obama's government-centered society, tax increases not only become a necessity, but also a desired tool for social justice. In that world of shrinking means, there is a finite amount of money. And as someone once famously said, you need to have some taxes to spread the wealth around. (LAUGHTER) In Barack Obama's government-centered society, government spending always increases because, well, why not? There's always someone who's entitled to something more and who's willing to vote for anyone who will give them something more. Now, by the way, we know where that kind of -- you know, that transformation of a -- of a free society into a government-centered society leads, because there are other nations that have followed that path. And it leads to chronic high unemployment, crushing debt and stagnant wages. This is beginning to sound familiar, isn't it? I don't want to transform America. I want to restore to America the economic values of freedom and opportunity and limited government that has made us the powerhouse of the world. (APPLAUSE) It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government -- it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans. Now I am not naive enough to believe that free enterprise is a solution to all of our problems. But nor am I naive enough to doubt that it is one of the greatest forces for good this world has ever known. Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined. (APPLAUSE) If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are. The promise of America has always been that if you worked hard, had the right values, took some risks, that there was an opportunity to build a better life for your family and for your next generation. This means that government has to be smaller and have strict limits placed on its power. ObamaCare violates both those principles, and I will get rid of it. (APPLAUSE) Taxes have to be as low as possible and in line with those of the competing nations around the world, designed to foster innovation and growth, that's why I will cut marginal taxes across the board. I want to create good jobs in this country. Let's get the taxes down for employers. Now we, of course, understand in a free market that regulations are necessary and critical, but they have to be continuously updated, streamlined, modernized, and regulators have to see their job not just as cracking down on the bad guys but also as protecting economic freedom and promoting enterprise and fostering job creation. Washington has to become an ally of business, not the opposition of business. (APPLAUSE) Now workers should have the right to join unions. But unions should not be forced upon workers. And unions should not have the power to take money our of their members' paychecks to buy the support of politicians that are favored by the union bosses. (APPLAUSE) You know, out-of-touch liberals like Barack Obama say they want a strong economy, but in everything they do, they show they don't like business very much. But the economy, of course, is simply the product of all the businesses of the nation added together. So it's a bit like saying you like an omelet, but you don't like eggs. (LAUGHTER) You know, to build a strong economy that provides good jobs and rising wages and that reduces poverty, we have to build successful businesses of every kind imaginable. And President Obama has been attacking successful businesses of every kind imaginable. We have always been a country of dreamers, where dreamers can have dreams, where one dream helps launch another. And if those dreamers are rewarded with prosperity, we view that as a reason that other may be encouraged to dream big as well. Now these last few years have been difficult, made a lot worse by the mistakes and failures of the president's leadership. But if the hill before is a little steeper, we've always been a nation of big steppers. In this last year, I've been all over the country, from student unions to kitchen tables, from factory breakrooms to boardrooms. And I've heard frustration and anger, but rarely hopelessness. A lot of Americans have given up on the president. But they haven't thought about giving up, not on themselves, not on each other, and not on America. (APPLAUSE) We have a duty -- we have a duty placed upon our shoulders by the founders of the nation, a sacred duty to restore the promise of America, and we will do it. And we will do it because we believe in America. Tonight, I'm asking the good people of Pennsylvania, and New York, Rhode Island, Delaware and Connecticut to join me. Join me in the next step toward that destination of November 6th when across America we can give a sigh of relief and know that the promise of America has been kept. The dreamers can dream a little bigger. Help wanted signs can get dusted off and put in the front yard and we can start again. And this time we're going to get it right. We will stop the days of apologizing for success at home and never again apologize for America abroad. (APPLAUSE) Together, we will build the greatest America we've ever known, where prosperity is grown and shared, not limited and divided, an America that guarantees that ours is the door that innovation and greatness always knocks on first. There was a time not so long ago when each of us could walk a little taller and stand a little straighter because we had a gift that no one else in the world had. We're Americans. That meant something different to each of us, but something special to all of us. We knew it without question -- so did the people in the rest of the world -- those days are coming back. That's our destiny. So join me, walk together, take another step every day until November 6th. We believe in America. We believe in ourselves. Our greatest days are still ahead. We are, after all, Americans. God bless this country. God bless you. God bless the United States of America. Thanks, you guys. Thanks for the victory in Wisconsin and Maryland and District of Columbia. Thanks, you guys. Thank you.


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