For presidential candidates, posing with supporters’ babies is a rite of passage as important as eating deep-fried state fair food or enduring endless debates. TIME celebrates this hallowed tradition with 34 photos of infants in …
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Southern Super Tuesday in Pictures
Republican voters in Alabama and Mississippi cast their ballots in Republican presidential primaries on Tuesday.
Romney May Not Like Gingrich, but He Can’t Live Without Him
As the Republican primary campaign grinds on, it’s looking likely — though it’s not certain — that Mitt Romney will emerge as the 2012 GOP nominee. He might be awkward and patrician, but he’s got the delegate math, …
Political Pictures of the Week, March 3-9
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Newt Gingrich Probably Can’t Win, but That Doesn’t Mean He’s Going Anywhere
There are two realities on the campaign trail: the one visible to dispassionate observers, and the reality the candidate inhabits. In Newt Gingrich’s bubble, Super Tuesday was a triumph: the benchmark he set was to win his home …
Mitt Romney Keeps Front-Runner’s Pace with Super Tuesday Victories
On Super Tuesday, the most dramatic night in presidential primary politics, Mitt Romney failed to clinch the field-clearing victory that had once seemed plausible. But even as he battled Rick Santorum late into the night in …
Super Tuesday in Pictures
Voters in 10 states go to the polls to cast their ballots in the Republican presidential primary bonanza.
Super Tuesday: Primary Extravaganza Poised to Uphold Romney’s Lead, Status Quo
If you let your mind wander back many news cycles, all the way to the halcyon days of early last week, the Republican race was a muddle. Mitt Romney was scrabbling furiously to fend off Rick Santorum in Michigan. Even if Romney …
Political Pictures of the Week, Feb. 25-March 2
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Can the Georgia Primary Relaunch Gingrich’s Campaign?
Ohio may be the most critical state on Super Tuesday, but Georgia carries the largest prize. The Peach State will award 76 delegates on March 6, and while his rivals crisscrossed Michigan last weekend, Newt Gingrich was preparing …
Romney Fends Off Fierce Santorum Challenge to Win Michigan Primary
Mitt Romney eked out a victory in the Michigan primary on Tuesday night, staving off a challenge from Rick Santorum to sidestep what would have been a stinging defeat in his native state. The former Massachusetts governor also …
Political Pictures of the Week, Feb. 18-24
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
The Not-So-Great Debate
Rick Santorum had a pretty lousy night in Arizona, but his candidacy has raised some valuable social questions, as I argue in my latest print column (available to TIME subscribers). His candidacy also demonstrates the traditional problems that long-term members of Congress have when they attempt to run for President. Legislative …