As Illinois Republicans go to the polls today, it has been some ten weeks since the first votes of this GOP primary were cast in Iowa. Since then, the campaign has offered a rich buffet of plot twists and controversies: the rise …
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Political Pictures of the Week, March 10-16
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Babies of the Campaign Trail
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 …
Santorum’s Momentum Meets Romney’s Money in Illinois
John Zahm has his hands full. He is the only paid campaign staffer for Rick Santorum in the entire state of Illinois, which hosts the next crucial clash in the Republican nominating contest on Tuesday. A local Tea Party leader …
Republicans Stay to Obama’s Right on Afghanistan
The massacre of sixteen Afghan civilians near Kandahar has thrust Afghanistan back into the political debate. (Yes, there is a real war going on, and it’s not the one for bound delegates in Tampa.) For a moment early this week it …
Santorum’s Southern Sweep Sets Up Long Showdown With Romney
Rick Santorum eked out a pair of pivotal victories in the Deep South on Tuesday night, winning hard-fought battles in Alabama and Mississippi that cement his standing as Mitt Romney’s chief challenger and could push Newt Gingrich …
Southern Super Tuesday in Pictures
Republican voters in Alabama and Mississippi cast their ballots in Republican presidential primaries on Tuesday.
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.