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Now listen up, y’all. Mitt Romney thought tonight’s primaries in the Deep South would be an ‘away game’. But with his rivals splitting the conservative vote – could it deliver him an unexpected win?
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.
Republican hopeful Mitt Romney surges ahead to win a quick succession of states in the Super Tuesday contest but fails to land outright victory, throwing the race into confusion.
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.
Right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh does not often say sorry, writes Felicity Spector. But he has apologised to the law student he branded a slut and a prostitute, over her views on birth control.
With Super Tuesday on the horizon, brand consultant James von Leyden assesses the merits – or otherwise – of the Republican candidates’ advertising campaigns.
President Obama has backed the law student called a “slut” and a “prostitute” by right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh, after she testified about birth control on Capitol Hill.
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.
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.
The Republican rivals are ripping each other to shreds in tonight’s Florida primary. But it’s not just the politicians who are getting up to some monkey business over the outcome of this race.
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.
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.
Matt Frei
So it looks as if the arranged marriage between Mitt Romney and the GOP is being consummated. It remains loveless but unavoidable, and although the congregation was smiling last night, they weren’t smiling with their eyes.
From bible bashing to very public gaffes – it seems there’s not much that’s off limits in the US presidential race, as the Republicans outdo each other to prove they’re never wrong for long.