Texas Governor Rick Perry, who bailed out of the Republican presidential competition in January, got more votes this week in Michigan and Arizona than he did in New Hampshire’s primary, where he was actually trying to win. Perry, who put his...
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry addresses the the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) February 9, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Perry Still Gets Some Votes
Santorum and Life Expectancy: U.S. v. China
Candidates are keen to extol the wisdom of America’s founders and the blessings bestowed by the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution: free speech, freedom of religion, the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. To which Rick Santorum would...
Read more »Magic Number of the Day: 1,195
That’s how many times that broadcast television stations in Michigan, which hold a crucial primary election on Feb. 28, aired ads on Feb. 22 from Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and two independent political committees, according to data from New York-based Kantar Media’s CMAG.
Read more »Mitt Romney and Bob Dole: Irony Alert
In a statement released by Mitt Romney’s campaign after the Feb. 22 debate in Arizona, former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole referred to Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum as “Washington insiders.” When Dole was the Republican presidential nominee in 1996, he had about...
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