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This is the love-in Mitt Romney never had. Mere minutes elapsed between the moment Republican National Committee …
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Operation Nevada: Can GOP Factions Make Peace in a Battleground State?
Like no other American city, Las Vegas loves to flout rules. Even so, it may have been something of shock for local Republicans to come upon a billboard this month that implicitly denigrated GOP nominee Mitt Romney while …
Political Pictures of the Week, April 7-13
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Inside the Circus: Politico E-Book Plumbs the Depths of Primary Backstabbing
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 rivals …
Political Pictures of the Week, March 24-30
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
The Illinois Primary in Pictures
Republican presidential candidates and their supporters swarm the Land of Lincoln for Tuesday’s contest.
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 …
Why Ron Paul May Cut a Deal with Mitt Romney
For Ron Paul, victory is finally in sight. No, not a swearing-in ceremony next Jan. 20 or even a single statewide win. Halfway through the primary season, Paul has won only a preference poll in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and he is …
Southern Super Tuesday in Pictures
Republican voters in Alabama and Mississippi cast their ballots in Republican presidential primaries on Tuesday.
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.