For Democrats, the Republican presidential primaries remain the gift that keeps on giving.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the front-runner for the Republican nomination, once hoped to seal…
Republicans today went to the polls on Super Tuesday, but no clear candidate for the presidential nomination emerged.
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Voting in the Super Tuesday Republican primaries has ended in every participating state except Alaska.
The results have been shared: front runners Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have all…
Voters elect delegates who pledge support to a particular candidate.
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Super Tuesday is billed as the most important day for any US presidential nomination contest, and this year it’s more fascinating than ever. Fewer states are voting than usual and the Republican party…
Mitt Romney has targeted voters in different market segments in his bid to win the Republican nomination.
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One of the more interesting techniques emerging from the United States Republican Nomination Primary Contest has been the strategy being used in television advertising by some candidates, in particular…
Rick Perry failed to distinguish himself among an uninspiring field of contenders.
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I stated on The Conversation last August that Rick Perry would become the next President of the United States in 2013. Instead, the Texas governor dropped out of the race last week, unable to establish…
Can the Republican party get behind Mitt Romney despite the misgivings of the base?
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By rights, Mitt Romney should be on the ropes. In the years leading up to the Republican presidential primaries, he supported small-l liberal positions on anything from abortion and gun control to climate…
Change will again come to the White House. And it will come courtesy of another Texan.
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We now know the name of the next president of the United States: Rick Perry. The range of poor choices facing Republicans – from the bland Mitt Romney to the polarising Michele Bachman – has been transformed…
