For a candidate like Romney, viewed in some Republican circles as a consolation prize in an election year in which stronger and more conservative politicians took a pass, Tuesday’s turnout could help “express’’ the enthusiasm gap, if it exists.
The GOP presidential front-runner’s two-week, multimillion-dollar TV ad buy in Pennsylvania -- the media equivalent of a nuclear bomb -- delivers a powerful message to Republican voters there: You might have supported Rick Santorum when he was your U.S. senator, but I want your vote now.
Rick Santorum made an unusual move on Sunday when he released his full schedule of events for the upcoming week, fighting to remind everyone that he's still in the race for the Republican nomination.
In some of the big swing states that helped Mitt Romney beat his opponents -- Florida, Ohio -- he's going to have a harder time fighting President Obama, due in part to a better economy. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
On Thursday, Santorum met with conservative leaders in northern Virginia to figure out a way to beat Mitt Romney, and the consensus was, "We need to make a midcourse correction," Richard Viguerie, a direct-mail expert, told The New York Times. It's an odd conclusion to draw, since the 'mid" of the race seems to have passed few weeks ago.
Rick Santorum has vowed he's staying in the Republican primary, but as we've noted, presidential primary history indicates the surest sign a candidate will quit the race is a bunch of headlines noting that he says he's in it to win it.
After the Republican primary's many debates and many gaffes, Mitt Romney is a weaker candidate against President Obama. Obama is ahead in three important swing states, and way more personally popular. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
President Obama's reelection team was quick to conjure the horror of a Mitt Romney victory in November in an email to supporters Tuesday, but maybe they jumped the gun. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
Pennsylvania's state senate has passed a law allowing the state to tax shale gas drilling, so long as local zoning laws don't get in the way of drillers.
Romney backtracks on saying Obama made the recession worse
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