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BC-US—GOP Campaign, 1st Ld-Writethru,769Romney’s bad day is Santorum’s best in GOP raceAP Photo MOJR115, COGH126, MNJM108, OHEV124Eds: Updates throughout with details. With AP Photos. AP Video.By LAURIE KELLMANAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a …
BC-CAMPAIGN-MISSOURI:SL — national (1150 words),1258Santorum will find different landscape when he returns to Missouri for caucuses(PHOTOS) (HAS TRIMS)By Jake Wagman and Bill LambrechtSt. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)ST. LOUIS — Rick Santorum scored his best night of the primary season on Tuesday, …
Critics say Gov. Bobby Jindal’s recent proposals for dramatic state pension system changes are fraught with problems — constitutional and otherwise. Ask top officials of the Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System, which covers some 54,000 active state workers targeted …
WASHINGTON — A resurgent Rick Santorum won Minnesota’s Republican presidential caucuses with ease and was nearing victory in Colorado.Santorum triumphed, as well, in a nonbinding Missouri primary for bragging rights but no delegates.Returns from 74 percent of Minnesota’s precincts show …
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo . — Sensing a possible threat, Mitt Romney criticized Rick Santorum’s time in the Senate as “not effective” because of his past support for spending on pork-barrel projects as he worked to fend off an unexpected …
In a posting to Facebook followers about an $8 billion Planned Parenthood “Abortionplex,” U.S. Rep. John Fleming apparently fell victim to political satire spun by a website. Fleming, R-Minden, posted the fictional story as fact, denouncing the “Abortionplex” with 2,000 …
Gov. Bobby Jindal has repeated the same mantra for four years: “Who you know is not more important than what you know.”But who you know certainly seems to help in the job application vetting process for Jindal’s administration.A recent flurry …
Edwards may not ride in parade Former Gov. Edwin Edwards’ battle with pneumonia may sideline his plans to be king of the Feb. 18 Spanish Town Mardi Gras parade in downtown Baton Rouge.Edwards’ wife, Trina, said her …
LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a surprise twist, Donald Trump planned to endorse Mitt Romney — not Newt Gingrich — for the Republican presidential nomination Thursday, three Republican officials told The Associated Press. Gingrich’s camp had been so confident of …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised in 2007 he would shed any investments that conflicted with Republican positions on hot-button domestic and foreign policy issues. But Romney’s family trusts kept some of those holdings and repeatedly bought new …
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has long relished a dragged-out Republican primary contest that would leave the eventual GOP nominee battered before the fall election.He might be getting his wish, a prospect that is firing up Democrats, galvanizing their …
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Barreling out of Florida with money and momentum on his side, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said Wednesday that the bare-knuckled nomination fight thus far has toughened him up for contests to come. Chief rival Newt …
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding smartly from an earlier defeat and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Despite the one-sided setback, the former …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — American Crossroads, the Republican “super” political committee that plans to play a major role in this year’s presidential campaign, raised more than $51 million along with its nonprofit arm last year, The Associated Press has learned.The figures …
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republicans were putting an end to a raucous, big-spending, character-bashing primary campaign Tuesday as they decided whether a confident Mitt Romney or a defiant Newt Gingrich would win the state’s 50 delegates, the biggest prize …
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s former chief of staff said Monday he believes President Barack Obama is well positioned for re-election, while he expects Republicans to make more gains in Congress.Timmy Teepell, now a partner in the OnMessage national political consulting firm, …
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MIAMI (AP) — Cheered by new polls, Mitt Romney is all but predicting victory in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary. Newt Gingrich is looking past Florida to regroup, vowing he won’t stay buried long.“With a turnout like this, I’m beginning to …
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Looking for a convincing win, a confident Mitt Romney said Monday the Florida primary is breaking his way and urged voters to send Newt Gingrich “to the moon.” Gingrich claimed he’s gaining ground and will stay …
Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards returned home to Gonzales Monday after a bout with pneumonia landed him in the hospital over the weekend.His wife, Trina, posted on Facebook Monday afternoon that her husband was at home and resting.Edwards, 84, spent …
Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards was being treated for pneumonia Saturday at a Baton Rouge hospital.Edwards’ wife, Trina, said by email late Saturday that her husband was taken by ambulance to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center.They live …
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — On the weekend before the pivotal Florida primary, Newt Gingrich vowed on Saturday to stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination until the national convention this summer even if he loses Tuesday’s vote. …
WASHINGTON — Just how rich is Mitt Romney? Add up the wealth of the last eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. Then double that number. Now you’re in Romney territory.He would be among the richest presidents in American …
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney pitched their ideas for reforming immigration law and pushing democracy into Cuba and across Latin America as the Republican presidential candidates vied for Hispanic votes Friday, entering the final, frenzied weekend …
Former Gov. Buddy Roemer said Wednesday that he is pinning the future of his presidential campaign on the nomination by a third party. Roemer, 68, failed to get on the ballot in Florida and got less than 1 percent of …