The Republican candidates are no Clinton and Obama
After the epic Democratic primaries in 2008 between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the Republican Party changed the structure of its primaries to facilitate a longer, more exciting race. The GOP no...
View ArticleSantorum beats Romney handily in Kansas caucuses
Rick Santorum was declared the winner in the Mar. 10 Kansas caucuses. He beat Mitt Romney handily, taking 51 percent of the vote to Romney’s 21 percent. Newt Gingrich came in a distant third with 14...
View ArticleSantorum wins big in the South
Rick Santorum swept Tuesday night’s southern primaries, winning both Alabama and Mississippi. He trumped southerner Newt Gingrich, who finished second in both races. The victories were a powerful...
View ArticleWill Pennsylvania’s primary matter this year?
This year could mark only the third time in almost 40 years that the Pennsylvania primary matters. Pennsylvania’s primary is usually too late in the election cycle to have an impact on the nomination....
View ArticleSuper PACs put Santorum at a disadvantage
Post-Citizens United campaigning has enabled the rise of super PACs. These are political action committees that may receive unlimited monetary contributions from individuals, unions and corporations....
View ArticleThe Romney certainty
“He’s just not relatable!” This is the most common argument used to show Mitt Romney will lose the Republican primaries. But that is underestimating the rationality of voters and the power of the U.S....
View ArticleSantorum drops out of race for GOP nomination
Rick Santorum formally suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination on Tuesday. During a news conference in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Santorum announced that while his official bid for the...
View ArticleGingrich drops out
Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, will suspend his campaign for the Republican nomination next week. The announcement came after Presidential candidate Mitt Romney won all five of Tuesday...
View ArticleRomney clinches GOP nomination
On Tuesday night, presidential candidate Mitt Romney clinched the GOPnomination by winning the Texas primary. By winning Texas, Romney has now amassed over 1,144 delegates, the total needed to clinch...
View ArticleWhat’s next after Romney’s primary victory?
Ex-Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney won the Republican nomination by surpassing the 1,144-delegate threshold with a decisive win in the Texas primary last Tuesday, setting the stage for the upcoming...
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