First Newt Gingrich. Now Rick Santorum and Jim DeMint. These are the latest high-profile Republicans to put their support behind Missouri Republican Todd Akin. “Todd Akin is a principled conservative who is committed to winning and fighting for freedom in the U.S....
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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Rep. Todd Akin on Sept. 24, 2012 in Kirkwood, Missouri.
Akin Endorsed by Santorum, DeMint
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Tim Pawlenty stumps for Mitt Romney at the opening of Romney's Las Vegas campaign headquarters.
Romney Draws Small Share of Money from Party Primary Rivals’ Donors
Party unity? Not in campaign contributions. The Republican National Convention is a chance to bring together Republicans from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, and from Manhattan, New York, to Manhattan, Kansas, to gather around the party’s presidential nominee. Also-rans have...
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Rick Santorum greets supporters during a primary night campaign rally April 3, 2012 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Mars, Pennsylvania.
Romney Campaign Pushes Santorum Speech, Welfare Message
Mitt Romney’s campaign is doing something that would have been unthinkable earlier this year: pushing the message former rival Rick Santorum is going to deliver in his conventions speech tomorrow night. Russ Schriefer, a Romney strategist, pointed reporters on a...
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Rick Santorum in his hometown of Mars, Pennsylvania.
Rick Santorum Forms Patriot Voices to Keep His Voice in the Mix
Rick Santorum. Remember him? Just in case things don’t work out for Mitt Romney, Santorum doesn’t want people to forget him. So, he’s forming Patriot Voices, a new organization that he says will mobilize “one million conservatives around this country...
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Herman Cain in Tampa, Fla.
Herman Cain’s Campaign Has One Last Creditor: Herman Cain
With all the attention focused on the debts that failed Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich still have — and both are continuing to raise money to pay them off — don’t forget businessman-turned-inspirational speaker-turned-presidential candidate Herman Cain....
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Rick Santorum raffle money won and donated to his campaign by a roatarian in Manchester New Hampshire on Jan. 5, 2012.
Santorum: Can You Spare $10?
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, who abandoned his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in April, is still in debt and is asking supporters to help him pay off his bills. He’s asking for $10. “We ran our campaign on...
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Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney following the Fox News Channel debate on Dec. 15, 2011 in Sioux City, Iowa.
Santorum’s Long Route to Romney
It took Rick Santorum 28 days and 13 paragraphs to endorse Mitt Romney after abandoning his own campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. The long-delayed nod for the former governor of Massachusetts, now the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, went out...
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Mitt Romney and Rep. Michele Bachmann during a campaign event at Crofton Industries May 3, 2012 in Portsmouth, Virginia.
The Endorsement Dance
It’s that time in an election cycle when past criticism Etch-a-Sketches into praise. As presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney courts and collects endorsements from his onetime rivals for the party’s nod, the scathing criticism they once hurled at him...
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Newt Gingrich, with his daughter Jackie Gingrich Cushman, after he announced he is suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on May 2, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia.
Newt, By the Numbers
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich formally withdrew from the Republican presidential contest today. Here’s a look at the numbers: 2: The number of Republican primaries and caucuses where Gingrich won the popular vote. Gingrich carried only Georgia, the state...
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A program at the Franklin County Lincoln Day Dinner in Greencastle, Pa., on April 22, 2012.
What to Watch Tomorrow
Remember primary elections? Tomorrow we’ll have the first presidential or congressional vote in three weeks, an eternity in politics. It’s also the first balloting since Rick Santorum removed himself from contention April 10 as Mitt Romney’s major challenger for the...
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