Rick Santorum
LANSING, MI - MAY 8: Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at Lansing Community College May 8, 2012 in Lansing, Michigan. Last night former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum gave his endorsement to Gov. Romney in an e-mail sent to supporters.
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Rick Perry didn’t win. Michele Bachmann didn’t win. Rick Santorum didn’t win. You have to have some respect for a guy who spent six years of his life, put together a serious national campaign, made the case.
Rick Santorum thinks based on Mitt Romney's failed jobs and economic record in Massachusetts that America would be in trouble with him at the helm ... that his time as a corporate raider is definitely NOT what Americans are looking for in a president, that it's unfair that Mitt Romney pays a lower tax rate than many middle class Americans and that Mitt Romney should release his tax returns. Senator, we couldn't agree more. All this ought to make for an interesting meeting.
People who hadn't decided were overwhelmingly deciding in favor of us. This was the up-and-coming thing, and it came out of nowhereMore quotes »
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Primary stumbles warnings for Romney versus Obama
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Maragos on Senate run: "Full speed ahead"
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LIA hopes Romney will accept invite
The Long Island Association had invited both Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum to address the association's membership before the New York State Republican primary April 24.That was before Santorum dropped out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination Read more »
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NY primary: Little clout, little bout now that Santorum's out
After what was clearly some personal reflection over the Easter weekend, as certain observers anticipated even without evidence, Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential race.That leaves the New York primary in two weeks less of a factor than before Read more »
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Editorial: Santorum's issues are staying
Rick Santorum has thrown in the towel on his quest for the Republican presidential nomination, and perhaps the epitaph for his campaign is this: Love him or hate him, you never worried that his views would change with the polls. The race began with numer Read more »
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GOP ads more negative than Democrats' spots
White House have been positive, while 49% have been negative, from April 10 through May 24. April 10 is the day former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania suspended his presidential campaign. Santorum was former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's main rival for 9:18 AM from CNN Read more »
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Do Conservatives Care About Policy Or Political Combat?
state convention to ensure that the delegates to the national convention were Romney supporters rather than supporters or Rick Santorum or Ron Paul who actually won the state’s caucus vote. All that being said, it’s interesting to watch as once skeptical conservatives 2:05 AM from Say Anything Read more »
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Jeffrey Toobin On John Edwards Trial: 'This Is A Mess' (VIDEO)
Arizona at the Mesa Arts Center between Republican presidential candidates U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on February 22, 2012 in Mesa, Arizona. from The Huffington Post Read more »
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How Mitt Romney has performed in primaries as nominee-presumptive | Harry J Enten
primary. The truth, however, is that he has effectively been the presumptive nominee since 5 April, when his main nemesis, Rick Santorum, dropped out after the Wisconsin primary. Some expected the Republican contest to go all the way to the convention because from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
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Lexington: The war over class war
agitators, when he suggested that certain tax breaks should be available only to those who earned less than $200,000. Rick Santorum, one of Mr Romney’s rivals for the Republican nomination, though he had promised never to use the word “class”, earned a similar from Economist Read more »