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Political Pictures of the Week, Feb. 11-17
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Political Pictures of the Week, Feb. 4-10
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
A Brief Photographic History of Glitter-Bombs
Receiving a shower of sparkles from gay rights activists has become something of a rite of passage for Republican candidates this year. But now that the Secret Service is protecting Mitt Romney, glitter-bombing’s days could be …
Santorum Stuns Romney with Three-State Sweep, Stealing Momentum in GOP Race
For the candidates vying to claw their way back into the Republican nominating fight, there are no symbolic victories. The Missouri primary is a $6 million beauty contest inexplicably wedged onto the political calendar ahead of …
On Reagan’s 101st Birthday, Republican Revisionism
Monday, Feb. 6, was Ronald Reagan’s birthday, and once again Republicans paid homage to the Gipper — perhaps the only Republican, apart from Abraham Lincoln, about whom no GOPer dares speak ill. Reagan is to Republican candidates what Kim Il Sung is to North Korean apparatchiks. It’s not good enough to say you love and admire Reagan; …
With Tuesday Caucuses, Santorum Gets a Second Chance to Shine
It’s drawn none of the hype lavished on the early GOP primaries, but more delegates are technically on the table in the Tuesday, Feb. 7, nominating contests than on any other day so far this cycle. For the first time, the …
Political Pictures of the Week, Jan. 28-Feb. 3
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Romney Set to Advance in Nevada, but Is He Falling Behind Obama?
Las Vegas may be the American capital of gambling, but the odds aren’t very exciting in Saturday’s Nevada Republican caucuses: Election stat guru Nate Silver projects a 100% chance that Mitt Romney will win again, dispatching …
Class War 2012: Why Both Parties Are Flying the Anti-Wall Street Banner
Newt Gingrich ended his campaign against Mitt Romney in Florida with the same message strategy that Romney’s senior advisers had used in another Republican primary two years earlier: Attack Goldman Sachs. There was a good reason.
A Sunshine State of Mind for the Florida Primary
Spanish photographer Ricardo Cases embarked on a week-long road trip shooting the Florida primary (along with everything else in his path) for TIME. It was his first encounter with American politics. See more photos here on …
After Turbulent January, GOP Race Enters the Doldrums
January was an exhausting month for the American people. They endured four major Republican nominating contests that resulted in three different winners, three dropouts, seven televised debates and the hundreds of hours of …
After Florida Loss, Newt Gingrich Finds Himself at a Crossroads
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By the time fans began filing into his Election Night soiree in a capacious Orlando ballroom, there were signs Newt Gingrich had yielded to the grim reality awaiting him. Television screens, speeches and …