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Santorum Stumps in Missouri Ahead of Caucuses

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:48:39 CDT

Rick Santorum was mining suburban St. Louis for last-minute support today, as Missouri Republicans began gathering in local caucuses that will help determine who gets the state's 52 presidential delegates up for grabs. Santorum won the state's nonbinding primary last month and was the only one of the four Republican...

Bachmann: I Was Perfect Candidate

Rob Quinn — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:31:00 CST

Hey, America: You had your chance to pick the perfect presidential candidate and you blew it—according to Michele Bachmann. Asked who she thought the most conservative candidate still in the GOP race was, Bachmann tooted her own horn, CNN reports. "I was. I was the perfect candidate," she declared....

Iowa GOP Chair Steps Down

Kevin Spak — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:58:29 CST

Iowa GOP chairman Matt Strawn will step down this week, he announced in a YouTube video today, citing "competing priorities" in his personal, business, and political lives. What he didn't mention was the intense criticism he's been under from Rick Santorum supporters, who accuse him of intentionally refusing to acknowledge...

Final Caucus Update: Santorum Wins, Iowa Loses

John Johnson — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:43:47 CST

Just hours before the polls open in South Carolina, we have what will presumably be the final update of results from Iowa: The state's Republican party last night declared that Rick Santorum was the winner, no ifs, ands, or buts about it, reports CNN . GOP leaders had said Thursday that...

Iowa Was Actually 'a Split Decision'

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:28:26 CST

We'll never know for sure who actually won the Iowa caucuses. After a recount, Rick Santorum was found to have finished ahead of declared winner Mitt Romney by 34 votes, but the results from eight precincts are missing and will never be certified—meaning "it’s a split decision," one GOP...

Iowa Ballot Counter: Santorum Won

Rob Quinn — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:27:00 CST

Mitt Romney's 8-vote victory in Iowa was the result of a typo, according to an Iowa man who helped count the votes. Edward True, a Ron Paul supporter, says there were just 2 votes for Romney at his 53-person caucus, but the Iowa Republican Party's website says there were 22....

Why the Heck Is Perry Still In?

Kevin Spak — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:55:05 CST

Normally when candidates say they're "reassessing" their campaign , they're done for, but for some reason Rick Perry is soldiering on . Why? Nate Silver of the New York Times contemplates that question today, posing two exaggerated hypothetical scenarios: Either a) It was personal. Perry prayed on the decision, and ignored his...

After Iowa, Romney Vaults Out in Front

Kevin Spak — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:24:05 CST

Not long ago it seemed unthinkable that Mitt Romney would win in über-conservative Iowa. But win it he did—albeit by only eight votes—and if he wins in New Hampshire as expected, “he becomes the prohibitive favorite,” writes Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal . Sure, Rick Santorum did...

Santorum Ethics Questions Resurface

Rob Quinn — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:25:00 CST

Rick Santorum's rise to the top tier of the GOP race has triggered a search for skeletons in his closet. Ethics questions from Santorum's time as a US senator have resurfaced, including allegations that he received a mortgage at a preferred rate from a bank run by a campaign donor,...