For the 2012 election, the journalists Mike Allen and Evan Thomas are attempting the neat trick of chronicling the history of the campaign as a real-time serial. Their second installment on the Republican race, “Inside the Circus,” is a dishy account that tries to enliven the campaign’s well-worn themes — Mitt Romney is rich, his [...]
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
The new Newt Gingrich slipped into Washington with little fanfare. As his campaign downgrades from long shot to longer shot, the happy-go-lucky Speaker who slogged cheerfully through a series of defeats is finally letting his frustration show. Gingrich’s speech at Georgetown University on Wednesday evening sounded like a valedictory for a vanishing campaign. The boasts [...]
Paris As the Republican primaries drag on, some of Mitt Romney’s old friends are harking back to a time when, decades ago, the former governor honed his skills at winning over skeptics. That time was 1968, and the place, France, where Romney was stationed as a Mormon missionary. While the issue at that time was [...]
For months now, Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has overwhelmingly focused on the economy. But as he geared up his candidacy a couple of years ago, Romney opened with an argument heavy on foreign policy. In March 2010, for instance, he published No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, a campaign stage-setter largely based on the [...]
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
As Mitt Romney stumped Sunday in Illinois, Santorum barnstormed three of Louisiana’s largest Baptist churches. The political calculation was clear. As he looks for his third straight victory in the Deep South, Santorum is making faith the centerpiece of his state campaign.
It’s almost over. That was the message from Illinois on Tuesday night, where Mitt Romney scored another commanding primary victory, outpacing his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination again and padding a delegate lead that’s beginning to look insurmountable.
Mitt Romney’s Illinois win could be the beginning of the end of the Republican nomination fight. In order to get there, he faces just one more challenge: Persuading Republicans and the media that he’s a sure thing.
Republican presidential candidates and their supporters swarm the Land of Lincoln for Tuesday’s contest.
