Rick Santorum released his tax returns to Politico’s Maggie Haberman on Wednesday night. Santorum is the third of the four remaining Republican presidential candidates to unveil a peek into his family’s finances, following Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. But he’s pulled back the curtain to a greater degree by providing four years’ worth, …
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The Saga of Rick Santorum’s Second Surge
Only six weeks ago, Rick Santorum was basking in the aftermath of his Iowa triumph. Pundits and voters alike wondered how they missed a force hiding in plain sight. Santorum talked about taking his one-state campaign national, …
Rick Santorum Wants to Fight ‘The Dangers Of Contraception’
Candidates often say things when polling in the single digits that come back to haunt them when they start leading the polls. Last October, Rick Santorum gave an interview with an Evangelical blog called Caffeinated Thoughts, in …
Rick Santorum’s Unlucky Timing
The morning after his three-state sweep of Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Rick Santorum is finally getting a bit of credit. But for a guy who’s now won more nominating contests than any other Republican presidential candidate (if you charitably count Missouri’s meaningless pageant), Santorum stands to reap few rewards for his efforts. …
Was Tuesday Night Really So Terrible for Mitt Romney?
I’m wondering if Tuesday night’s results in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri really were so atrocious for Mitt Romney. As Alex Altman noted last night, there’s one obvious upside: Rick Santorum’s big night complicates the anti-Mitt movement, ensuring that conservative opposition to Romney remains divided. Tuesday night’s results might …
Romney Rolls in Nevada
Mitt Romney won the Nevada caucuses by a wide margin on Saturday night, quickening the front runner’s pace toward the Republican presidential nomination. The victory, his second blowout in a week, set the tone for the quiet month …
The Once and Future Front Runner: Why Romney Is Winning in Florida and What Comes Next
In a Republican-primary season marked by political chaos, here’s something that finally seems settled: Mitt Romney will win the Tuesday, Jan. 31, Florida primary. So say the latest public polls, several of which suggest Romney …
Armageddon for Newt
One of the wonderful things about our bloated, endless, tedious, miraculous presidential campaigns is that sooner or later you find out just exactly who these pretenders are. Thursday night in Jacksonville, after 18 debates in which his bluster camouflaged a myriad of flaws, Newt Gingrich’s deficits–the sloppiness, the hyperbole, the …
Major League Primary: Why Florida Is the Big Show of the GOP Race
TIME/CNN Florida Poll: Romney and Gingrich in Virtual Tie
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are locked in a virtual dead heat just days before Florida’s pivotal Jan. 31 primary, according to a new TIME/CNN/ORC poll.
Newt Gingrich Pulls Off South Carolina Upset, Increasing Chances of Long Nomination Fight
Columbia, South Carolina
Newt Gingrich rode a wave of momentum to a dramatic victory in Saturday night’s South Carolina primary, shocking observers who had twice written off his candidacy and setting up what could become a …
Gingrich Scorches Media at Fierce GOP Debate in South Carolina
Newt Gingrich’s indignant response to the first question of Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate in South Carolina sucked every cubic centimeter of oxygen from the auditorium.
Rick Perry Bows Out of GOP Race, Backs Gingrich
Rick Perry dropped out of the Republican presidential race and endorsed Newt Gingrich on Thursday morning, delivering a short, jaunty speech to supporters in South Carolina. “I have come to the conclusion that there is no viable …