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Mitt Romney basks in Republican accolades – for now
“By the way, the endorsement of George W Bush has so far been conspicuous by its absence. In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking that W has gone into a witness protection programme.”
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The Republican governor of the US state of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, fights off an attempt to vote him out of office, in what is seen as a key test ahead of November’s presidential election.
Mitt Romney wins the Republican presidential nomination and now has five months to convince US voters to trust him over Democratic President Barack Obama.
“By the way, the endorsement of George W Bush has so far been conspicuous by its absence. In fact, you could be forgiven for thinking that W has gone into a witness protection programme.”
Another clean sweep for Mitt Romney, with a resounding win in Puerto Rico’s primary. But though he’s narrowly tipped to win the crucial Illinois race – how come his rival has all the momentum?
Mitt Romney won five out of the ten state contests on Super Tuesday – but not the knockout he needed. The bitter fight for the presidential nomination could now drag on for months.
It is the closest thing America has to a national primary: 10 states, 437 delegates up for grabs. But with the Republicans still so divided, it is unlikely to give anyone a knockout win.
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No-one saw THIS coming: Rick Santorum swept to a triple victory in last night’s Republican presidential contests – in an embarassing setback for Mitt Romney.
As Newt Gingrich scores a convincing win in the South Carolina primary, Felicity Spector writes about the Republican race that is making history and why it ain’t going to be pretty.
Newt Gingrich wins the South Carolina Republican primary with a convincing victory over Mitt Romney. The result blows the Republican race for the presidential nomination wide open.
A man cleared of murdering two soldiers in Northern Ireland claims his DNA was planted in the getaway car. Colin Duffy says the charges against him were “spurious”.
Police blame two Derry bomb blasts on dissident republicans, in what may be a campaign against the UK City of Culture title next year.
Mitt Romney has won Iowa with the narrowest of margins. But as Felicity Spector reports, there is no rest for a would-be president, as candidates head for the next step on the campaign trail.
The 2012 US presidential campaign begins in earnest today when Republicans in the predominantly rural state of Iowa vote to decide who they want to represent them in November’s election.
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has a “Rick Perry moment” while being questioned about Libya in a television interview.