Romney Wins Nevada Caucuses
By PATRICK O'CONNOR and JIM CARLTON Mitt Romney won the Nevada caucuses on Saturday, capping a pivotal week that saw him regain his front-runner status on the strength of a hard-fought win in Florida. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney LAS VEGAS — Ron Paul looked to have re-energized his presidential campaign and the movement propelling [...]
Read MoreRomney looks to solidify momentum in Nevada caucus
By Jeremy Redmon LAS VEGAS – Mitt Romney overwhelmingly won in several Republican caucus precincts in the northwestern part of this city Saturday morning as Newt Gingrich remained in Nevada but kept a low profile. Evan Vucci, AP Republican presidential In Nevada, sparsely populated counties collectively called "the rurals" often help decide close races. That [...]
Read MoreFlorida GOP debate: Mitt Romney restores control
Students learned to adjust as CNN's bus rolled in and crews started taking over the auditorium to turn it into a debate hall. "All of the CNN hubbub down by the dorms has been taking up a lot of the internet bandwidth," said student Ali Brin. Topics: Florida ♦ Florida Republicans ♦ gop debate. Republican [...]
Read MoreRepublican debate: Mitt Romney mauls Newt Gingrich in Florida
Environmental policy, which had heretofore gone practically unmentioned on the campaign trail, was the topic of several questions at Monday night's debate. Not that that's a surprise in Florida, where offshore oil drilling poses a threat to the Tonight at 9PM ET Republicans will take the stage in what should be a very interesting debate, [...]
Read MoreMitt Romney on South Carolina defeat; Speaker John Boehner talks jobs, State …
The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert stayed in the news in the week heading into Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary, especially after a poll found that the South Carolina native had more support than one of the less popular candidates. The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert stayed in the news in the week heading into [...]
Read MoreSouth Carolina primary: Voting under way in tight race
(CNN) — Polling is open in the Palmetto State Saturday as voters kick off the third round of the Republican presidential nomination. Check back here for updates from our reporters and producers throughout the GREENVILLE, SC – Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is already looking past the South Carolina primary with plans to make the [...]
Read MoreAs SC primary dawns, can Romney keep Gingrich at bay?
By BRUCE SMITH AP CHARLESTON, SC — South Carolina Republicans established their presidential primary more than three decades ago as way to raise the state's national political profile. They wildly succeeded. Republican presidential candidate, former NORTH CHARLESTON, SC — A week ago, Mitt Romney was considered all but a shoo-in to win the South Carolina [...]
Read MoreFact check: GOP debate's history flubs
His tenure at the venture capital firm has come under repeated fired on the campaign trail and in the presidential debates. He fired back at that during Thursday night's presidential debate. “I find it kind of strange on a stage like this with CNN examines statements by Republican presidential candidates during Monday night's CNN Southern [...]
Read MoreWhat doomed Rick Perry's campaign
Rick Perry of Texas dropped out of the Republican presidential race here on Thursday and announced his endorsement for the candidacy of Newt Gingrich, a man he called a “conservative visionary.” [] Mr. Perry, who 19 (Bloomberg) — Mitt Romney's path to the Republican presidential nomination grew rougher today when Rick Perry dropped out of [...]
Read MoreRick Perry: What went wrong?
19, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is a statement from Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, regarding the withdrawal of Governor Rick Perry from the race for the Republican presidential nomination: "Senator Rick Thank you. As I have stated numerous times on the campaign trail, this campaign has never been about the candidates. I [...]
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