Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Conservative Political Action Conference?s straw poll. Romney garnered 38 percent support, besting second place Rick Santorum by seven percentage points. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich came in third place with 15 percent while Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who was the only presidential contender not to deliver a speech [...]
WASHINGTON ? Mitt Romney rode overwhelming backing from Mormons and his best performance yet among conservatives to his emphatic victory Saturday in Nevada’s Republican presidential contest, according to preliminary results of a poll of voters entering the caucuses. Buoyed by near monolithic support from Mormons, the former Massachusetts governor won a broad and deep victory. [...]
HOLLIS, N.H. ? John Anderson, a New Hampshire Republican activist, is deciding between former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Texas Rep. Ron Paul when he heads to the polls on Tuesday. Asked what he thinks of Mitt Romney, the field’s front-runner, the retired construction worker wrinkles his nose. “My problem with him is he’s been [...]
DAVENPORT, Iowa (Reuters) ? Former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich’s status as the front runner for the 2012 Republican U.S. presidential nomination is fading after weeks of attacks by rivals and intense media scrutiny of his political record and personality. Gingrich acknowledged that negative advertisements by political opponents had dented his popularity but suggested [...]
AAA??Dec. 3, 2011?3:51 PM ETRomney, Gingrich proceed carefully in GOP showdownBETH FOUHYBETH FOUHY, Associated PressCHARLES BABINGTONCHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press?? Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, appears at a news conference before a tea party rally in the Staten Island borough of New York Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Gingrich is praising GOP presidential rival [...]
