Rick Santorum rising, along with the culture war. Coincidence?
Christian Sc
This story has been updated to reflect the latest primary and caucus results. Rick Santorum is not going away. Not yet. The former Pennsylvania senator clinched three notable victories Tuesday night, in the Missouri primary Rick Santorum was projected the winner of the Missouri primary on Tuesday night by NBC. The vote was merely symbolic [...]
Read MoreGOP debate night in Florida: A newly aggressive Romney hopes to reverse …
Washington P
Rocked in South Carolina over the weekend, an increasingly aggressive Mitt Romney looked to take the fight to Newt Gingrich in debate Monday night as the combative Republican presidential contest shifted farther south to Florida. The battle for the Republican presidential nomination has moved to Florida where the candidates will spend nine days vying for [...]
Read MoreGOP debate night in Florida: A newly aggressive Romney hopes to reverse …
Washington P
By Greg Sargent All: No roundup tonight because of the GOP debate. Jonathan Bernstein will be live-tweeting it right here, and he'll have reaction later on this blog. Enjoy! By Greg Sargent | 07:08 PM ET, 01/23/2012 SuperFan badge holders consistently Tonight's NBC GOP Debate will be the first chance for the four remaining Republican [...]
Read MoreGingrich's South Carolina Win Raises Stakes in Florida Race
BusinessWeek
But in South Carolina, they backed Gingrich. Indeed, South Carolinians placed an even higher priority on beating Obama than did their counterparts in Iowa and New Hampshire. About one-third of voters in each of the other two early states told pollsters SUMTER, SC – Dr. Brenda Williams, who grew up in the segregated South, has [...]
Read MoreSouth Carolina primary results: 9 takeaways
Politico
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was projected the winner of South Carolina's primary election on Saturday by MSNBC. Going into the contest, the presidential contender was riding a wave of momentum and surged COLUMBIA, S.C. — Brushing off his poor last place finish in the South Carolina primary Saturday, Republican Ron Paul promised supporters the [...]
Read MoreSouth Carolina primary: What to watch as the votes come in
CBS News
A look at the county-by-county votes in the 2008 South Carolina primary. Since the 1980's the South Carolina Primary has sought to be the first voice of southern Republicans – even scheduling itself on Saturdays to help do that – and has always played a crucial role in GOP nomination contests. With the pre-election polls [...]
Read MoreSouth Carolina primary: What to watch as the votes come in
CBS News
ORANGEBURG, SC — Newt Gingrich went into the last night before Saturday's South Carolina primary acting like he thought he was on the verge of a win. And Mitt Romney seemed to agree. Gingrich's momentum has been ticking steadily up all week, ORANGEBURG, SC — Newt Gingrich went into the last night before Saturday's South [...]
Read MoreSouth Carolina primary: Voting under way in tight race
BBC News
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Newt Gingrich is feeling it. Having slugged his way to the lead for the second time, the former House speaker spies victory in South Carolina, a win he has said repeatedly will "make history" and By Roger Repohl|January 21, 2012 12:18 pm The South Carolina primary is coming up on Saturday, [...]
Read MoreFor Gingrich, Wives Always at Center of Career
New York Tim
Michael Reagan spoke out in support of Newt Gingrich before the Iowa caucuses, but, today, he released a statement via the Gingrich campaign to announce that he unequivocally endorses the former Speaker of the House. On the eve of the South Carolina primary, action star and Internet phenomenon Chuck Norris endorsed Newt Gingrich for the [...]
Read MoreRick Perry out, Santorum wins Iowa, Gingrich's ex-wife speaks out: Can you …
Washington P
If the results in those precincts are included, Santorum wins the caucuses by 69 votes. If those precincts are excluded, Santorum wins the caucuses by 34 votes. The choice that Iowa GOP officials had to make is what to do An Iowa City woman won a $10000 lottery prize. “I've been calling it Match.com for [...]
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