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Kip Holden captured 71 percent of the vote and became the only mayor-president to win all 314 of East Baton Rouge Parish’s precincts when he was re-elected in 2008, but his quest for a third term Nov. 6 may prove much more of a challenge.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s political shifting over contraception coverage has united conservative Republicans in protest even as they split over which GOP presidential hopeful should face him in the general election.Continue reading →
PORTLAND, Maine — Mitt Romney narrowly won Maine’s Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign with a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week. But the … Continue reading →
ATHENS, Greece — Warning of a “catastrophe” that would leave Greeks subsisting on food stamps and the country wallowing in bankruptcy, Greek leaders urged lawmakers Saturday to pass more painful spending cuts on the eve … Continue reading →
Senator calls GOP on ‘Obamacare’State Sen. Ed Murray, D-New Orleans, chided the Jindal administration Thursday, like many Republicans, for referring to the 2010 federal health-care legislation as “Obamacare.”“I couldn’t find … Continue reading →
PHOENIX — A top aide to former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who was shot in the leg and face in the Tucson rampage that also left the congresswoman severely wounded announced Thursday that he will … Continue reading →
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Romney’s bad day is Santorum’s best in GOP race
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By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on … Continue reading →
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Santorum will find different landscape when he returns to Missouri for caucuses
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By Jake Wagman and Bill Lambrecht
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
ST. LOUIS — Rick Santorum scored his best night of the primary season on … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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.Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Edwards may not ride in paradeFormer Gov. Edwin Edwards’ battle with pneumonia may sideline his plans to be king of the Feb. 18 Spanish Town Mardi Gras parade in downtown … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Updated at 5:30 p.m. – 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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Updated at 6:25 p.m. – 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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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.Continue reading →
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, … Continue reading →