Politics Of The United States

Brutal nomination fight lays ahead for Republicans

With the nominating race now ever more chaotic, Romney still holds an huge lead in delegates to the Republican national nominating convention in August in Tampa, Florida.

For Santorum voters, he's a candidate like them

Sporting his signature sweater vest and telling stories of his coal miner grandfather, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has struck a chord in the Rust Belt that is helping propel his once long-shot candidacy.

Super PACs: The new flood of money poisoning US politics

Unprecedented amounts of money are flooding into the US presidential election campaign. Critics are predicting a scandal. Will even that be enough to trigger reform in the money-soaked black market that has become American politics?

Romney ridicules Gingrich on eve of Florida vote

A confident Mitt Romney solidified his lead in Florida polls and ridiculed Republican rival Newt Gingrich on Monday.

Ahead of Hampshire voting, Romney kicks off in Iowa targeting Obama

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney kicked off the last week before the Iowa caucuses warning that November's presidential contest will be "an election to save the soul of America."

Too many jokers in the Republican circus

Republican candidates vying for their party's nomination to run against President Barack Obama next year are more than a massive dose of depression. To many, George W Bush today seems reasonable and bright by comparison.