Minnesota / Missouri
A resurgent Rick Santorum won Minnesota's Republican caucuses with ease yesterday night, relegating front-runner Mitt Romney to a distant third-place finish that raised fresh questions about his ability to attract ardent conservatives at the core of the GOP political base. Santorum was victorious, as well, in a nonbinding Missouri primary that was worth bragging rights but no delegates.…
February 8, 2012
Certain to lose in Florida, Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Ron Paul courted voters yesterday in Western states that hold upcoming contests - and made clear they're not going anywhere. "No matter what happens in Florida, this race is wide open," Santorum said in Lone Tree, Colo., just outside of Denver, casting the fight for the GOP nomination as a long slog.…
February 1, 2012
Jon Huntsman will withdraw today from the race for the Republican presidential nomination, his campaign manager told the Associated Press yesterday. Campaign manager Matt David said Huntsman will announce his withdrawal at an event in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Huntsman will endorse Mitt Romney, whom he believes is the best…
January 16, 2012
Rick Perry isn't going down without a fight. With a massive new television ad campaign targeting social conservatives, the Republican presidential candidate signaled yesterday he intends to try to resuscitate his faltering candidacy in Iowa, which holds kickoff caucuses in less than four weeks. It's a tall order for Perry, who entered the race to great fanfare in August only to…
December 8, 2011
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich landed the endorsement of New Hampshire's largest newspaper yesterday while rival Mitt Romney earned a dismissive wave, potentially resetting the race in the state with the first-in-the-nation primary. For Gingrich, the former House speaker, the backing builds on his recent rise in the polls and quick work to build a campaign after…
November 28, 2011
Republican presidential candidates warned in near unanimity against deep cuts in the nation's defense budget last night, criticizing President Obama in campaign debate but disagreeing over the extent of reductions the Pentagon should absorb as part of an effort to reduce deficits and repair the frail economy. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney said nearly $1 trillion in…
November 23, 2011
Sharon Bialek's former boyfriend said yesterday the then-couple spent an evening with Herman Cain in the 1990s. That countered the GOP presidential candidate's earlier statements that he never met the woman who has accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior more than a decade ago. "Sharon indeed did meet and spend time with Mr. Cain," Victor Jay Zuckerman said. In turn, Cain…
November 15, 2011
By PHILIP ELLIOTT and KASIE HUNT Only three Republican presidential candidates are worth any money - campaign money, that is. Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Ron Paul have banked millions. But the other GOP candidates are struggling or broke, putting their candidacies in question four months before the first nominating contests take place. Ahead of a critical fundraising deadline…
September 28, 2011
Florida
Side-by-side in confrontational debate, Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry sarcastically accused each other last night of flip-flopping on Social Security and health care, flashpoints in their intense struggle for the party nomination. In a debate that focused on character and credibility…
September 23, 2011
Primary 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, clearly irritated by a handful of hecklers amid supporters at the Iowa State Fair, insisted yesterday that "corporations are people," a comment Democrats gleefully predicted would be a defining moment of his campaign. Hours before he was to face most of his primary opponents in an Iowa debate, the former Massachusetts governor…
August 12, 2011
Primary 2012
GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney and seven rivals trying to emerge from the pack castigated President Obama's handling of the economy and the debt ceiling debate last night in a debate shadowed by the latest Republican to join the field, Texas Gov. Rick Perry. "I'm not going to eat Barack Obama's dog food," Romney said when asked whether he would have…
August 12, 2011
Primary 2012
Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty said yesterday that President Obama's previous jobs as a community organizer and law professor didn't prepare him for the White House. And, Pawlenty said, Iowa shouldn't repeat the mistake of voting for another charismatic politician who lacks experience. It was an obvious reference to Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, who…
August 11, 2011
Primary 2012
Though he's not officially a candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry's visits this weekend to three important presidential nominating states threaten to overshadow any lift his would-be rivals hope to gain from a big week in Iowa. Perry's expected entrance into the Republican race looms large over Saturday's Iowa straw poll and a nationally televised debate two days earlier…
August 10, 2011
Primary 2012
A candidate in waiting, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is elbowing the Republicans already in the 2012 presidential race as he courts party activists, operatives and donors still shopping for someone to back against President Obama. His appearance yesterday at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans offered yet another tantalizing hint that he's ready to upend a crowded field…
June 19, 2011
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