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Political Pictures of the Week, Jan. 14-20
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Jon Huntsman Ends Presidential Campaign, Backs Romney
Jon Huntsman bowed out of the Republican presidential race on Monday morning and endorsed Mitt Romney, winnowing the GOP field and giving Romney a boost just five days before South Carolina’s pivotal Jan. 21 primary.
Mormon Perspective and 2012
With Mitt Romney leading the GOP presidential race and traditional Evangelical influence appearing to wane, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is playing an increasingly significant role in the American political …
Super PACs Play a Leading Role in Republican Air War
Republican presidential candidates and outside groups which support them have spent $38.7 million on political advertising since last fall, according to data acquired by TIME.
New Hampshire Creates Big Expectations, if Little Drama, as GOP Race Wears On
Somersworth, New Hampshire
In a final, frantic day of campaigning before Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, the six Republican presidential hopefuls sought to calibrate expectations for a race from which Mitt Romney’s healthy …
Road to New Hampshire: The Primary Campaign’s Final Days in Photos
TIME captures Republicans, reporters and rabble-rousers on the campaign trail as the Granite State prepares to vote.
What You Missed While Not Watching the New Hampshire Republican Debates
–6 minutes. At St. Anselm College, ABC News asks former Utah governor Jon Huntsman to take the stage first. Texas Governor Rick Perry peeks from behind the curtain instead, followed by the others. Huntsman is last out. Typical. …
Political Pictures of the Week, Dec. 31–Jan. 6
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Could GOP Presidential Candidates Fail to Meet Ballot Requirements in Virginia?
Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman and perhaps even the surging Newt Gingrich might not have a shot at winning Virginia’s Republican presidential primary. As worried GOP officials in the state explain, that’s partly because there’s a chance some Republican presidential candidates might not even appear on the ballot.
Virginia’s primary, …
Inside the Ludicrous Donald Trump Primary
With her poll numbers sagging, her political organization dwindling and prognosticators declaring her moment to have passed, Michele Bachmann called in a big gun Monday night: Donald Trump.
The Grand Nevada Pander
Four second-tier Republican presidential hopefuls — Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum — are threatening to bypass the Nevada caucuses if they take place Jan. 14, as presently planned. This is not, …
Huntsman v. Romney: Which GOP Foreign Policy Vision Will Prevail?
Jon Huntsman laid out his foreign policy vision with a speech in New Hampshire on Monday, further establishing himself as a skeptic of ambitious U.S. military commitments abroad. Huntsman has touched on these themes before: …