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There’s fear, there’s loathing, and there’s electoral politics. Top Republicans say President Obama’s foreign policy triggered the attacks on US diplomatic staff – calling it “disgraceful”.
Matt Frei
You heard me. President Romney. Prepare to get used to it. Just as America was ready for a change in 2008, it is ready for change once again, writes Matt Frei from the Republican convention.
Matt Frei
Despite the parlous state of the US economy, the Republican party is wrestling with questions of rape, abortion and birth control as they head for a potentially feisty party convention.
It is cracked – but not broken yet. That old political glass ceiling is still blocking women from reaching the very top of American political power. What is going wrong?
Matt Frei
In every American presidential cycle one of the favourite Washington parlour games centres on the choice of the Vice Presidential candidate. After weeks of nose haired tingling speculation Mitt Romney, the man who will take on Barack Obama in November, has finally pricked the bubble of suspense.
It’s an American fried chicken chain with roots in evangelical politics. But now Chick Fil-A is at the centre of a national political storm over its CEO’s comments against gay marriage.
Could Condoleezza Rice be returning to frontline politics? Speculation is mounting that she could be Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential running mate – and that he could announce his choice within weeks.
They will be crucial in November’s election: and they’re not impressed by the Republicans. Now President Obama is reaching out to women voters – with a co-ordinated campaign.
Mitt Romney – the comeback kid? That’s what he’s calling himself, after snatching crucial victories in Michigan and Arizona’s Republican primaries, over his chief rival Rick Santorum.
Matt Frei
Uncle Sam is coming off a sugar high and dealing with the inevitable sugar low.
No White House run for New Jersey’s blunt talking Governor – despite huge pressure and weeks of speculation, writes Felicity Spector.
It’s lonely out there in front, as Rick Perry found out during last night’s Republican presidential debate, when he became everyone’s political target.
Anders Behring Breivik is the man accused of killing scores of people on the island of Utoya and in a bomb attack in Oslo. Channel 4 News investigates his alleged right-wing sympathies.
Sarah Smith considers whether 24 hour news channels are helping or destroying American politics.
Channel 4 News’s US politics commentator Felicity Spector gives her reaction to the first major debate between the Republican presidential contenders.