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  • updatedRomney wins Bachmann backing on Va. swing

    By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

    Former presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann — who said before dropping out of the Republican primary race that Mitt Romney could not beat President Obama — endorsed the former Massachusetts governor Thursday as the GOP continues to slowly coalesce around its presumptive nominee. Published May 3, 2012 Comments

  • GOP debates thinned field, but didn't produce clear consensus

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    Rick Santorum said Sunday that he wants to go head-to-head in a debate with Mitt Romney before the primary season is over — raising the possibility of one last showdown at some point. Published March 18, 2012 Comments

  • Iowa takes toll: Bachmann out

    By Susan Crabtree and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota ended her presidential bid Wednesday, a day after voters in Iowa, the state in which she was born, left her in sixth place — last of all the major Republican candidates who competed there. Published January 4, 2012 Comments

  • updatedBachmann ends campaign after loss in Iowa

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann ended her presidential bid Wednesday, a day after voters in Iowa, her birth state, left her in sixth place — last of all the major Republican candidates who competed here. Published January 4, 2012 Comments

  • updatedRomney's Iowa win falls short of 2008 showing

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won Iowa's caucuses by the narrowest of margins, collecting fewer votes than he won here in 2008 — even as the caucuses themselves saw a slight uptick in voters compared with last time. Published January 4, 2012 Comments

  • PRUDEN: The night the music stops, or pauses, for GOP presidential candidates

    By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

    Tonight's the night the music stops, if only for a pause, and the Republican game of musical chairs eliminates several candidates who have outlived their welcome in living rooms across the land. Published January 3, 2012 Comments

  • updatedRomney edges Santorum in historic Iowa caucuses

    By Paige Winfield Cunningham, Susan Crabtree and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    Winning the closest caucus in Iowa's history, Mitt Romney edged Rick Santorum by just eight votes Tuesday night as Republican voters kicked off the 2012 campaign by sending a signal to Mr. Romney that his path to the nomination could be difficult. Published January 3, 2012 Comments

  • updatedRace shifts to N.H. with Santorum surging, Gingrich fighting back

    By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

    The excitement inside former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's campaign headquarters grew throughout the evening here Tuesday as it became increasingly clear that he would finish in a virtual tie for first with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Iowa's Republican caucuses. Published January 3, 2012 Comments

  • GOP candidates try to impress Des Moines teens

    By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

    A Des Moines high school was alive with presidential-campaign energy Tuesday morning, when Republican hopefuls Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and four of Mitt Romney's sons dropped by and tried to connect with teenagers. Published January 3, 2012 Comments

  • GOP candidates vie for voters' trust in fluid Iowa

    By Kasie Hunt and Philip Elliott - Associated Press

    In the kickoff contest of the 2012 presidential race, Republican candidates argued up to Tuesday's finish line in Iowa over which candidate is a conservative that voters can trust and who they can count on to defeat President Barack Obama. Published January 3, 2012 Comments

  • Bachmann defies poll forecasts

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    If Michele Bachmann's campaign is running on fumes, as the polls seem to suggest, you'd never know it from the crowd of supporters and journalists that filled four shops in West Des Moines Monday afternoon to catch a glimpse of her. Published January 2, 2012 Comments

  • As Iowans prepare to vote, doubts linger about Republican field

    By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

    Doubts persist among Republican Party professionals about the quality of this year's presidential field and the ability of the leading candidates to defeat an unpopular Democratic president struggling with a stubbornly bad economy. Published January 2, 2012 Comments

  • In Iowa, 40 years at starting line of presidential race

    By Susan Crabtree and Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

    Iowa is whiter, more rural and older than much of the rest of the U.S., but the small, middle-America state has gone to extraordinary lengths to keep a firm hold on its special claim as the first state to vote in presidential contests. Published January 2, 2012 Comments

  • Romney, Santorum gain momentum down stretch in Iowa

    By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

    Mitt Romney was all business, Rick Santorum was all smiles and Newt Gingrich pleaded for Iowans to punish negative ads as they fanned out across Iowa on Sunday searching for late momentum ahead of Tuesday's caucuses. Published January 1, 2012 Comments

  • Fate of GOP hopefuls rests with undecided voters

    By Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

    The volatile Republican presidential race in Iowa will come down to which way an enormous chunk of undecided voters breaks in the coming days. Published January 1, 2012 Comments

  • updatedRomney has Iowa edge, glimmer of clarity in race?

    By Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

    Mitt Romney is the clear Republican front-runner in Iowa in the final days before the first voting in the 2012 presidential election. But that's where the glimmer of clarity ends in this unpredictable nomination race. Published December 31, 2011 Comments

  • Poll shows possible second-place surge by Santorum

    By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

    The most recent poll shows Mitt Romney continuing to lead in Iowa, trailed by Ron Paul and Rick Santorum, but the final days of polling indicate that Mr. Santorum's recent campaign surge may have catapulted him to second place. Published December 31, 2011 Comments

  • updatedBachmann vows to stay in GOP race despite setbacks

    By Brian Bakst - Associated Press

    Vowing to press ahead through the Iowa caucuses, Republican Michele Bachmann dismissed the notion Thursday that her presidential campaign was in disarray — even as she lost another staff member. Published December 29, 2011 Comments

  • Odd notes, mad-dash trips mark Iowa closing sprint

    By Charles Babington - Associated Press

    Iowa's GOP presidential contest remains deeply unsettled, if not downright strange, five days before the Jan. 3 caucus. Published December 29, 2011 Comments

  • updatedMitt Romney, Rick Perry hit Ron Paul on Iran

    By Kasie Hunt and Philip Elliott - Associated Press

    Mitt Romney and Rick Perry on Wednesday assailed Republican presidential rival Ron Paul for saying the U.S. has no business bombing Iran to keep it from acquiring a nuclear weapon, drawing a sharp contrast with their rising rival as he returned to Iowa to campaign before the lead-off caucuses. Published December 28, 2011 Comments

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