Presidential elections
Obama calls Romney; congratulates him on GOP nod
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called Mitt Romney to congratulate him on winning the Republican nomination on Wednesday, just as the Democrat's campaign opened a new critique of Romney by focusing attention on his economic record as governor of Massachusetts.
Date: 05/29/2012 | Nation & World
Romney's VP search enters audition phase
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's vice presidential search has entered a new phase: auditions.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World
Obama seeks repeat of Iowa 2008 magic
DES MOINES, Iowa -- President Barack Obama delivered his harshest rebuttal yet to rival Mitt Romney on Thursday, dismissing his challenger's claims as "a cowpie of distortions" while seeking to rekindle the all-but-faded Iowa magic that launched him in 2008. Escalating his criticism of Romney's...
Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World
Romney promotes education agenda, defends Bain
WASHINGTON -- Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, welcoming scrutiny of the private equity firm he co-founded and declaring he’s a far more qualified steward of the economy than President Barack...
Date: 05/23/2012 | Nation & World
Birther flap: Arizona may not certify Obama for ballot
WASHINGTON -- In a revival of the controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's Hawaii birth certificate, a state official in Arizona says it's "possible" that he'll hold Obama's name off the Arizona ballot if Hawaii officials don't send him confirmation that the president was born...
Date: 05/18/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney all but cedes Massachusetts
BELMONT, Mass. -- Don't bet on Mitt Romney winning his home state. Or even trying."That's not been a topic of discussion," Romney campaign adviser Kevin Madden said when asked if the Republican former Massachusetts governor would compete in the heavily Democratic state.
Date: 05/17/2012 | Nation & World
Obama seeks to undercut Romney's record on jobs
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class in a new, multipronged effort that seeks to undermine the central rationale for his Republican rival's candidacy: his business credentials.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Nation & World
Ron Paul: 'We will no longer spend resources'
WASHINGTON -- Ron Paul, the congressman from Texas and a favorite of tea partyers, effectively ended his presidential campaign Monday but urged his fervent supporters to continue working at the state party level to cause havoc for presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
Date: 05/14/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney courts evangelicals at Liberty University (video)
LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Mitt Romney, needing badly to stir momentum among skeptical evangelical Christians vital to his presidential hopes, told a polite audience Saturday at Liberty University, an influential Christian school, that he shares and deeply respects their values.
Date: 05/13/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney defends 'one man, one woman' union (video)
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Mitt Romney's Mormon faith has shaped his life, but he barely mentioned it as he spoke to graduates at an evangelical university Saturday.
Date: 05/12/2012 | Nation & World
Romney denies targeting classmates for being gay
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney apologized Thursday for "stupid" high school pranks that may have gone too far and moved quickly to stamp out any notion that he bullied schoolmates because they were gay. His swift response reflected the Republican presidential candidate's recognition that his record...
Date: 05/10/2012 | Nation & World
Obama criticized Romney as 'backwards on equality'
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama wasted little time casting Republican rival Mitt Romney as “backwards on equality” on Thursday, eager to transform his historic embrace of same-sex marriage into donor enthusiasm and grassroots vigor.
Date: 05/10/2012 | Nation & World
Romney slowly pulls together GOP support
WASHINGTON -- Republican party leaders are starting to rally around Mitt Romney, but it's not exactly a stampede of support for the expected GOP presidential nominee.
Date: 05/07/2012 | Nation & World
Obama dives into campaign, rips into Romney (video)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Plunging into his campaign for a new term, President Barack Obama tore into Mitt Romney on Saturday as a willing and eager "rubber stamp" for conservative Republicans in Congress and an agenda to cut taxes for the rich, reduce spending on education and Medicare and enhance power...
Date: 05/05/2012 | Nation & World
Guns won't be banned around GOP convention
TAMPA, Fla. -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott has rejected a request from the Tampa mayor to prohibit the carrying of guns in downtown during the Republican National Convention this summer because it would infringe upon "sacred constitutional traditions," according to a letter released Wednesday.
Date: 05/03/2012 | Nation & World
Fundraising in federal races near $2 billion in 2011
Presidential and congressional candidates plus the political forces behind them raised nearly $1.9 billion last year, according to a report released today by the Federal Election Commission.
Date: 05/01/2012 | The Petri Dish
NLRB probes leaks to Romney campaign
WASHINGTON — A government watchdog has expanded an ethics probe of the National Labor Relations Board after finding that more inside information was leaked to a former adviser to Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, a Democratic lawmaker said Thursday.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Nation & World
Newt Gingrich to end presidential campaign
Newt Gingrich will suspend his campaign next week and plans to help presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney in his fall campaign against President Obama, according to Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Nation & World
Newt Gingrich to end presidential campaign
WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich began taking steps Wednesday to shut down his debt-laden presidential bid, setting the stage to endorse one-time rival Mitt Romney next week and rally the GOP behind its apparent nominee.
Date: 04/25/2012 | Nation & World
President Obama: Republicans are wrong on economy
ELYRIA, Ohio -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that his Republican rivals are sincere, patriotic and absolutely wrong about how to reinvigorate the economy. He said they "don't seem to remember how America was built."
Date: 04/19/2012 | Nation & World
Democratic caucus first step in picking delegates
MUKILTEO -- Four years ago, some 3,000 people jammed Kamiak High School to participate in the raucous Democratic caucuses, with participants divided between support of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Date: 04/16/2012 | Local News
Mitt Romney lashes Obama at NRA convention (video)
ST. LOUIS -- Mitt Romney drew a warm reception from the National Rifle Association on Friday as he attacked President Barack Obama for "employing every imaginable ruse and ploy" to restrict gun rights, which Romney pledged not to do if elected in November.
Date: 04/13/2012 | Nation & World
Gingrich, campaigning in N.C., says he's not going away
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's campaign Monday began morphing into less of a pursuit of the presidency and more into an effort to shape the Republican platform and to influence the discussion in the fall elections.
Date: 04/10/2012 | Nation & World
Romney faces lengthy to-do list as likely GOP pick
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Mitt Romney faces a daunting to-do list as he transitions into the role of likely Republican presidential nominee.
Date: 04/10/2012 | Nation & World
Campaign says Santorum's daughter is recovering
WASHINGTON -- GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum's hospitalized daughter could be released Monday, his campaign said.Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley said 3-year-old Bella was doing much better and could be discharged from a northern Virginia hospital by the end of the day.
Date: 04/09/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney faces challenges in reaching female voters
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney is starting to hone his appeal to female voters, acutely aware as he turns to the general election that he has little choice but to narrow President Barack Obama's commanding lead among this critical constituency.
Date: 04/08/2012 | Nation & World
Don't tell state GOP delegates race is over
Republican presidential candidates are not done fighting for delegates in Washington state.Far from it.And if what happened at Snohomish High School on Saturday is any indication, next month's state Republican Party confab in Tacoma may be a real humdinger.
Date: 04/05/2012 | Local News
Romney, Santorum reach out to conservatives
PEWAUKEE, Wis. -- Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum each sought to shore up their standing with religious conservatives Saturday as the two leading rivals for the Republican presidential nomination battled for support in the Wisconsin primary.
Date: 04/01/2012 | Nation & World
Santorum takes Louisiana
WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary Saturday, beating front-runner Mitt Romney in yet another conservative Southern state.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Nation & World
5 ways GOP could finally settle presidential race
WASHINGTON -- Are we there yet? Not quite. Mitt Romney's two steps forward, one flub back campaign continues its tantalizing progress toward a total victory that always seems just ahead.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Nation & World
Republicans offer few details on Afghanistan plans
WASHINGTON -- As Afghanistan seizes more of the political spotlight, the Republican presidential candidates are quick to criticize President Barack Obama's handling of the war but struggle to explain how they would change the strategy they would inherit.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Nation & World
Romney marks 2nd anniversary of Obama health law
METAIRIE, La. -- Mitt Romney on Friday looked to pre-empt Supreme Court arguments that will shine a spotlight on a key vulnerability for him in the Republican primary -- health care reform.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Nation & World
Presidential primary barely registers with Wis.
MADISON, Wis. -- The effort to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker has been so all-consuming in Wisconsin that the upcoming presidential primary election here is attracting little interest among voters or political activists.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Nation & World
Santorum on defensive as race turns to Louisiana
WEST MONROE, La. -- Facing heightened pressure to revive his presidential bid, Rick Santorum was forced to explain another apparent misstep as he courted Louisiana voters Friday, the eve of a critical contest in a Republican nomination battle that increasingly favors Mitt Romney.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Nation & World
Politics puts Etch A Sketch back in the picture
TOLEDO, Ohio -- Pushed to the bottom of the toy box by video games and other high-tech gadgets, Etch A Sketch is suddenly drawing lots of attention, thanks to a gaffe that has shaken up the race for the White House.
Date: 03/22/2012 | Nation & World
Santorum's best shot: Winning caucuses like Iowa -- again
WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum is falling so far behind Mitt Romney in the race for Republican delegates that his best chance might be in states that voted weeks ago.
Date: 03/22/2012 | Nation & World
Romney picks up support
WASHINGTON -- The Republican establishment started to coalesce around Mitt Romney in earnest on Wednesday, with Jeb Bush and other leading Republicans pressuring Rick Santorum to leave the race after a thumping in the Illinois primary.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Nation & World
Romney faces tough race in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. -- Mitt Romney faces another likely Southern setback -- this time in Louisiana.Rival Rick Santorum is pushing for a strong showing in Saturday's primary, driven largely by the conservative religious voters who have propelled him to victory elsewhere.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Nation & World
Rick Santorum rips Mitt Romney as clone of Obama
EFFINGHAM, Ill. -- Rick Santorum on Saturday morphed his chief rival for the Republican presidential nomination into the incumbent Democrat both are fighting to unseat, calling the two indistinguishable on key issues of the day.
Date: 03/18/2012 | Nation & World
Gingrich seeking donations in increments of $2.50
NEW ORLEANS -- Newt Gingrich is asking supporters for donations as small as $2.50 to keep his GOP presidential campaign going.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Nation & World
Republican delegate fight stretches to Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON — An upbeat Rick Santorum barreled into Puerto Rico on Wednesday in pursuit of another campaign-bending victory in a Republican presidential race where suddenly no primary is too minor and no delegate is conceded. Mitt Romney put nearly $1 million into television advertising in...
Date: 03/15/2012 | Nation & World
Rick Santorum wins don't slow Mitt Romney delegate march
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Republican presidential contest rumbled into Puerto Rico Wednesday as a two-man race, with Rick Santorum nipping more aggressively at Mitt Romney's heels after again frustrating the front-runner in Southern primaries.
Date: 03/13/2012 | Nation & World
Rick Santorum wins in Kansas; Mitt Romney captures Wyoming
WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum won the Kansas caucuses in a rout on Saturday and Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney countered in Wyoming, a weekend prelude to suddenly pivotal Southern primary showdowns in the week ahead.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Nation & World
Rick Santorum takes Kansas, Mitt Romney counters in Wyoming
WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum won the Kansas caucuses in a rout on Saturday and Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney countered in Wyoming, a weekend prelude to suddenly pivotal Southern primary showdowns in the week ahead.
Date: 03/10/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney urges his rivals to end campaigns
WASHINGTON -- His delegate lead growing, Mitt Romney gently nudged his Republican opponents toward the sidelines on Wednesday and said he was on track to wrap up the presidential nomination before the party convention next summer. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich paid him no mind, vowing to fight on...
Date: 03/08/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum share Super Tuesday momentum
LAURIE KELLMAN,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are trying to make the most of a mixed Super Tuesday, each claiming a measure of victory but unable to settle the most tumultuous race for the GOP presidential nomination in decades.
Date: 03/06/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney wins Oregon's GOP straw poll
SEASIDE, Ore. -- Mitt Romney notched another Northwest victory Sunday, winning the straw poll conducted by Oregon Republicans at their annual Dorchester Conference.
Date: 03/04/2012 | Northwest
State GOP investigating caucus robocalls
SEATTLE -- The Washington Republican Party says there have been reports of people in King County receiving robocalls falsely claiming the caucuses have been cancelled.
Date: 03/04/2012 | Northwest
Romney clear caucus choice
Win gives frontrunner momentum for Super Tuesday
Date: 03/03/2012 | Local News
Despite Washington state caucuses, GOP focus remains on Ohio
BLUE ASH, Ohio — Washington state was Saturday's prize for the Republican presidential candidates, but they focused on delegate-rich Ohio, among the 10 states holding contests on Super Tuesday in what will be campaign's biggest payday.
Date: 03/03/2012 | Northwest
How to join in today's caucus
Republicans, are you ready to caucus today?You've decided who to support but are not sure when or where to show it?Here's what you need to know.
Date: 03/03/2012 | Local News
Ron Paul gets a shot at first primary campaign victory
SPOKANE -- He has the organization. He has the fired-up base. There are just two questions about Ron Paul's performance in Washington state's Republican caucuses.Can he win? And will it matter?
Date: 03/02/2012 | Northwest
State GOP caucuses are up for grabs
BELLEVUE -- Washington state Republicans will hold caucuses Saturday, hoping to make or break the four presidential candidates' momentum -- however briefly, before 10 more states weigh in Tuesday -- in the race for the party's 2012 nomination.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Northwest
Santorum's daughter to campaign in Everett today
Elizabeth Santorum, the 20-year-old daughter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, will drop by an Everett eatery today to meet with supporters of her father's...
Date: 03/02/2012 | The Petri Dish
Front Porch: Saturday’s your chance to pick a GOP presidential candidate
Republican caucusesSaturday is the only chance Washington's Republicans can voice their preference for the party's presidential nominee.The Republican caucuses will occur from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Doors will open at 9 a.m. at most sites.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Local News
Tied with Jay Inslee in latest poll, Rob McKenna steps with caution around presidential race
Republican Rob McKenna's ever-so-smooth ride into the governor's mansion has hit a rough patch of late.First, there are signs Democrats realize Jay Inslee will be their party's nominee and are no longer dreaming of or hoping for others to enter the race.
Date: 03/01/2012 | Local News
McKenna to attend Romney fundraiser as GOP presidential hopeful adds public event in Bellevue
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna will attend a Thursday night fund raiser for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. But the appearance should not be viewed as an endorsement.That's the word from McKenna's campaign spokesman Charles McCray III.
Date: 02/29/2012 | The Petri Dish
Ron Paul making push in Washington with TV ads and rallies
Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Paul is showing no signs of ending his bid for president. Instead, he's out to win Washington's Republican caucuses this Saturday.
Date: 02/29/2012 | The Petri Dish
Santorum, Paul back in return to state later this week
OLYMPIA -- Republican presidential contenders Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are returning to Washington state to hold rallies in the days leading up to Saturday's caucuses.
Date: 02/28/2012 | Northwest
Reichert endorses Romney for president
SEATTLE -- Republican congressman Dave Reichert has endorsed Mitt Romney in advance of Saturday's GOP state caucuses.
Date: 02/28/2012 | Northwest
Plenty of Snohomish County Republicans on Romney team
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney did a bit of name-dropping today as he looks to build up steam heading into this Saturday's caucuses.
Date: 02/27/2012 | The Petri Dish
State's GOP caucuses getting attention from candidates
OLYMPIA -- Republicans are preparing for caucuses this week that really matter to the four men battling to be the party's presidential nominee.
Date: 02/26/2012 | Local News
It's down to the wire in Michigan GOP primary
FLINT, Mich. -- Republican Mitt Romney fought Saturday to prove he is the strongest challenger to President Barack Obama, an increasingly difficult task given the tight race in his native state of Michigan against surging conservative Rick Santorum.
Date: 02/26/2012 | Nation & World
Voters should determine fate of gay marriage, Gingrich says
OLYMPIA -- Newt Gingrich declined Friday to outright reject a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington state, saying if it goes to the voters and approved it will at least be enacted "the right way."The former House speaker's comments came on a visit to the state Capitol.
Date: 02/25/2012 | Northwest
Gingrich in Everett
GOP hopeful touts his energy policy, criticizes Obama
Date: 02/25/2012 | Local News
Mitt Romney would raise Medicare eligibility age
DETROIT — Four days before critical primary elections, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney outlined a far-reaching plan Friday to gradually delay Americans' eligibility for Medicare as well as Social Security.
Date: 02/24/2012 | Nation & World
Where Republican candidates stand on the issues
WASHINGTON — Here's where the 2012 Republican presidential candidates stand on a selection of issues.They are former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.___GINGRICH:
Date: 02/24/2012 | Nation & World
Gingrich pledges energy independence for America; will rally Friday in Everett
KENNEWICK -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, speaking at an eastern Washington campaign stop Thursday, pledged to open federal lands and offshore areas to oil drilling in an attempt to make the United States energy independent.
Date: 02/23/2012 | Northwest
3 Republican candidates' plans would increase debt, study says
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is roundly criticized by Republicans for running up the nation's debt. But if a Republican takes the White House, the debt will keep climbing -- and perhaps even faster than under Obama's proposed policies, a budget watchdog group said.
Date: 02/23/2012 | Nation & World
President Obama benefits from improving economy, poll finds
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nation is heading in the right direction and most independents now approve the way he's addressing the...
Date: 02/23/2012 | Nation & World
Rick Santorum compromised his principles, Mitt Romney says (Video)
PHOENIX — Mitt Romney took new aim at Rick Santorum's image as a devoted conservative Thursday, accusing his rival of compromising his own principles by repeatedly voting for legislation he didn't believe in.
Date: 02/22/2012 | Nation & World
Gingrich scheduled to appear at Everett rally on Friday
EVERETT -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich plans to be in Everett on Friday night to wrap up a two-day swing through Washington before the upcoming Republican Party caucuses.
Date: 02/22/2012 | Local News
Gingrich to hold rally in Everett on Friday
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will be in Everett Friday night to complete a two-day swing through Washington before the upcoming Republican Party caucuses.
Date: 02/21/2012 | The Petri Dish
Newt Gingrich expected to stop in Snohomish County on Friday
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will be in Snohomish County on Friday as part of a two-day swing through Washington before the Republican Party caucuses March 3.
Date: 02/20/2012 | The Petri Dish
Rick Santorum questions Obama's 'world view,' not faith
WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum on Sunday condemned what he called President Barack Obama's world view that "elevates the Earth above man" and requires insurers to pay for prenatal tests that will encourage more abortions.
Date: 02/19/2012 | Nation & World
With Republicans bent on attacking Obama, his position improves
PHILADELPHIA -- For months, Republicans fighting for their party's nomination have dominated the political discussion with a grim narrative of American decline: a sluggish economy worsened by a Democratic president bent on creating a European-style social-welfare state on this side of the Atlantic,...
Date: 02/18/2012 | Nation & World
The cost of presidential travel irks some opponents
EVERETT -- President Barack Obama spent the better part of the last week rubbing elbows with the Hollywood and tech industry A-list and being serenaded by Grammy winners on an $8 million-plus fundraising tour of the West Coast that helps explain why he is on track to set a record for campaign...
Date: 02/18/2012 | Nation & World
Paul pitches spending cuts in Richland visit
RICHLAND -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul made a stop Friday in a community reliant on federal money to clean up the nation's most contaminated nuclear site and said again that he would cut federal spending by $1 trillion in his first year in office.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Northwest
In state, Paul decries 'war on drugs'
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul decried the "war on drugs" Thursday night, telling supporters in Washington state that people should be able to make their own decisions on such matters.
Date: 02/16/2012 | Northwest
Santorum exploring Secret Service protection following Tacoma rally
BOISE, Idaho -- Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum is exploring Secret Service protection following a rowdy rally in Washington state earlier in the week.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Northwest
McKenna won't caucus for any GOP hopefuls
OLYMPIA -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna isn't ready to endorse any of his party's presidential hopefuls, even during next month's caucuses.
Date: 02/14/2012 | Northwest
Santorum says gay marriage signing not last word
OLYMPIA -- Rick Santorum said Monday that Washington state's approval of gay marriage is "not the final word," as the Republican presidential hopeful rallied opponents who are exploring a referendum to block the law.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Northwest
Santorum calls protesters 'radical element'
TACOMA -- Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum clashed with Tacoma Occupy protesters Monday night during his first visit to a state he said would be a "momentum changer" heading into Super Tuesday.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Northwest
Rick Santorum plans aggressive strategy against Mitt Romney
PORTLAND, Maine — A day after Mitt Romney regained some momentum in the Republican presidential contest, his rival Rick Santorum went on the attack, calling the front-runner "desperate" while promising to compete aggressively to win the state where Romney grew up.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney edges Rick Santorum in conservatives' straw poll
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney has won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll of conservative activists.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Nation & World
Conservatives shrug at Obama's birth control rewrite
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's political shifting over contraception coverage has united conservative Republicans in protest even as they split over which GOP presidential hopeful should face him in the general election.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Nation & World
Will Santorum address lawmakers or just wave at them?
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will be visiting the state Legislature Monday as part of a quick swing through the state.
Date: 02/11/2012 | The Petri Dish
Conservative gathering opens amid uncertainty in GOP race
WASHINGTON -- Conservative activists began a three-day gathering in the nation's capital Thursday with a clear mission -- defeating President Barack Obama -- if not a clear sense of how to get there.
Date: 02/10/2012 | Nation & World
In Texas, Rick Santorum talks faith and family
MCKINNEY, Texas -- After talking about his faith and family for about an hour, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum stood in the middle of a small chapel Wednesday morning, bowed his head and closed his eyes -- ready to receive prayers from more than 100 clergymen gathered...
Date: 02/08/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney's bad day is Rick Santorum's best (Video)
WASHINGTON — Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victories that snapped his four-state losing streak and raised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's clout with conservatives.
Date: 02/07/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney rolls to easy victory in Nevada
LAS VEGAS -- Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.
Date: 02/05/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney rolls to easy win in Nevada Republican caucuses
LAS VEGAS — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Nation & World
Newt Gingrich donor may spend millions more to aid GOP
Billionaire casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson seems to be signaling his intention to plow millions more into conservative groups to influence this year's elections, in addition to the $10 million that he and his wife gave a "super" political action committee that backs Newt Gingrich.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Nation & World
Donald Trump endorses Mitt Romney after puzzling day in Las Vegas (Video)
LAS VEGAS — With his trademark flair for spectacle, Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday on the famed Las Vegas strip — just hours after Newt Gingrich's advisers were spreading the word that The Donald would be anointing him instead.
Date: 02/02/2012 | Nation & World
Wash. caucuses come into focus for GOP campaign
OLYMPIA -- The Republican presidential race is heading West. And it soon may be arriving in Washington state.
Date: 02/02/2012 | Northwest
Mitt Romney to get Secret Service protection
TAMPA, Fla. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is getting Secret Service protection, according to two people with knowledge of the plans.A Romney campaign adviser said the Secret Service will provide security for the former Massachusetts governor starting Wednesday.
Date: 02/02/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney 'not concerned about the very poor' who have 'ample safety net'
EAGAN, Minn. — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, confident after his Florida primary victory, ended up inviting criticism Wednesday when he said he's "not concerned about the very poor" because they have an "ample safety net."
Date: 02/01/2012 | Nation & World
Gingrich: It's a 2-person race for nomination
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Trounced in Florida, presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Tuesday used the defeat to declare that he alone is the conservative alternative to GOP front-runner Mitt Romney.
Date: 01/31/2012 | Nation & World
Mitt Romney rolls to big win in Florida; Newt Gingrich says he'll press on
TAMPA, Fla. -- Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding smartly from an earlier defeat and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Gingrich vowed to press on despite the one-sided setback
Date: 01/31/2012 | Nation & World
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