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Why Romney Won and How He’s Navigating the Center
A couple of writers objected to the same sentence in my review of Mike Allen and Evan Thomas’ e-book “Inside the Circus.” The book, I argued, “captures the zeitgeist of what has been, for Republicans, a horribly depressing …
Why Marco Rubio’s Vice-Presidential Stock Is Overvalued
Now that Mitt Romney has, in an important psychological sense, clinched the Republican nomination, the conversation is turning to the question of his running mate. And everyone seems to agree that Florida Senator Marco Rubio is a …
Santorum Ponders the Path Forward
Mark Halperin scoops that Rick Santorum is meeting today in northern Virginia with conservative leaders to discuss the road ahead. Halperin quotes a Santorum source pushing back against mounting speculation, driven partly by the …
Mitt vs. the Media: Why Romney Is Wrong About Campaign Coverage in the Digital Age
Even if they can get a little preachy, I’m not one easily bothered by politicians critiquing the media. We write about them all the time–sometimes preachily–and as the principles in a whole bunch of news stories, their perspectives are worth something. But just as when pundits mouth off about politics, it would help press-critic …
Three-State Sweep Yet Another Sign of a Romney Rally
As expected, Mitt Romney pulled off a three-state sweep on Tuesday night. As expected, pundits straining to inflate the evening’s drama cast the trifecta as a turning point in the Republican primary race. This is a bit like …
Obama, Romney and the Politics of the Space Coast
In the run up to Florida’s Republican primary, a lot of pixels were spilled on Newt Gingrich’s lunar flight of fancy, a proposal to permanently colonize the moon by 2020. Even with the poor state of federal balance sheets, this …
As National GOP Unites Behind Romney, He Gets Its Baggage Too
It’s 50°F and sunny in Wisconsin, according to the local forecast. The cold days are almost done, and so too is the Republican primary. In the week leading up to Tuesday’s nominating contest in the state, one of the few standing …
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.
Political Pictures of the Week, March 17-23
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Santorum’s Campaign of Faith in Louisiana
Metairie, Louisiana
On Sunday evening, around the time Mitt Romney was celebrating his landslide victory in Puerto Rico’s primary, Rick Santorum was in a Baptist church on the outskirts of Baton Rouge, testifying about the …
Victorious in Illinois, Mitt Romney Runs Up His Margins
It’s almost over. That was the message from Illinois on Tuesday night, where Mitt Romney scored another commanding primary victory, outpacing his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination again and padding a delegate lead …
Romney’s Illinois Victory May Signal an End to the GOP Primary
Mitt Romney’s Illinois win could be the beginning of the end of the Republican nomination fight. In order to get there, he faces two challenges: He’ll have to convince on-the-sidelines Republicans to endorse his candidacy, …