TEXAS GOVERNOR ENDORSES NEWT GINGRICH
Texas Gov. Rick Perry – whose presidential campaign charged to the front of the GOP pack in September – has dropped out of the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Perry has told several of his South Carolina supporters that he will endorse former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is [...]
Rick Perry Drops Out
About Iowa
Two weeks after voters cast their ballots in the 2012 Iowa Caucuses, the outcome of the race remains in doubt.
On election night (January 3), the storyline was that former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum had eked out a narrow victory over presumed GOP nominee Mitt Romney. By the following morning (January 4), though, the story had [...]
Mitt Romney’s Ceiling
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney “won” the Iowa Caucuses on Tuesday by eight votes over Rick Santorum and is poised for a big GOP primary victory next week in New Hampshire. He’s got the backing of the national GOP establishment, the mainstream media and the Washington, D.C. special interests – and has a mountain of [...]
GOP Log Jam In Iowa
In a campaign marked by sudden momentum shifts and widespread indecision among Republican voters, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum picked a good time to take his turn as the GOP’s “flavor of the month.”
With 100 percent of precincts reporting in Iowa, Santorum finished in a dead heat with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the [...]
Iowa Caucuses Head To Photo Finish
On the eve of the Iowa Caucuses, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is clinging to a narrow lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney – while both candidates try to hold off a surging Rick Santorum.
The former U.S. Senator – a fiscally-liberal, social conservative panderer who was routed from office by the voters of Pennsylvania [...]
Wilkes: How Ron Paul Could Lose In Iowa
By Mande Wilkes || Full disclosure: I have a vested political interest in Ron Paul’s candidacy. During the presidential primary season, the extent to which he broadens his base will in part determine my own base going into South Carolina’s congressional primary. So I’m not just a Ron Paul supporter – well, I’m that too [...]
Ron Paul Maintains Iowa Lead
With one week remaining before the first votes are cast, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) is still enjoying a slim lead over establishment Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney in early-voting Iowa.
According to a new Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey, Paul is backed by 24 percent of likely voters in the January 3 Iowa Caucuses. Romney is [...]
