For presidential candidates, posing with supporters’ babies is a rite of passage as important as eating deep-fried state fair …
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Political Pictures of the Week, Jan. 21-27
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Newt Gingrich vs.the Establishment: South Carolina Sets Up Intra-GOP Conflict
“The Establishment is right to be worried about a Gingrich nomination,” the winner of the South Carolina Republican primary, declared Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press. “Because a Gingrich nomination means that we’re going to change …
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.
In South Carolina, Newt Gingrich Looks to Win His Own Way
Orangeburg, South Carolina
Jim Ulmer has a problem. Hundreds of people are crammed into a strip mall in Orangeburg to hear Newt Gingrich speak, and the man of the moment is nowhere to be found. Which leaves a handful of local …
What You Missed While Not Watching the Last South Carolina GOP Debate
0 minutes. The CNN spaceship is set to launch, with blue gels on the lights that give the auditorium an alien aquarium vibe. It’s the 17th GOP debate of 2012 cycle. Roll the intro montage: “Welcome to the South, the heart of …
Gingrich Scorches Media at Fierce GOP Debate in South Carolina
Newt Gingrich’s indignant response to the first question of Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate in South Carolina sucked every cubic centimeter of oxygen from the auditorium.
Rick Perry Bows Out of GOP Race, Backs Gingrich
Rick Perry dropped out of the Republican presidential race and endorsed Newt Gingrich on Thursday morning, delivering a short, jaunty speech to supporters in South Carolina. “I have come to the conclusion that there is no viable …
Welcome to Low Country: A Compendium of South Carolina Political Ads
As GOP presidential rivals compete in the notoriously nasty primary race in South Carolina, negative ad season is reaching its climax. Here is a comprehensive guide to all the mudslinging currently underway on Palmetto State airwaves.
What You Missed While Not Watching the Fox News South Carolina GOP Debate
–5 minutes. Fox News host Bill O’Reilly sets the scene for the 16th GOP debate: “All Mitt Romney has to do tonight is not fall down or throw up.” Papa bear. A national treasure.
0 minutes. Big crowd. Curdling screams …
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.