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What matters isn’t the victory. It’s whether Mitt Romney’s rivals still have any hopes of knocking him off course, or whether he’s unstoppable, writes Felicity Spector.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is the overwhelming favourite to capture the New Hampshire primary, despite suffering criticism over a gaffe he made about enjoying firing people.
Mitt Romney didn’t win convincingly in Iowa and just one of his rivals has bowed out. But he’s got cash, he’s got organisation: the Republican nomination is still his to lose, writes Felicity Spector.
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.
At the “invisible primary” in rural Iowa, candidates for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination battle to get the most out of this conservative state, writes US journalist Tawanda Kanhema.
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.
In the run up to 2012’s first presidential contest in Iowa, Channel 4 News looks at the Republican party nominees in what has been a volatile election race.
Republican hopeful Herman Cain suspends his US presidential campaign saying continued distractions have caused hurt for him and his family.
Matt Frei
You have to feel just a little sorry for Rick Perry. We have all had one of those moments when the cameras are pointing, the lights are blinding and the words are missing. Luckily most of us aren’t running for President of the United States.
Channel 4 News’s US politics commentator Felicity Spector gives her reaction to the first major debate between the Republican presidential contenders.
President Obama warns of the dire consequences of a possible federal shutdown as he attempts to broker a deal before Friday’s budget deadline.
His critics have branded him a “Joe McCarthy for the age of terror”. Republican Congressman Peter King is holding hearings into what he sees as the rising terror threat from American Muslims.
President Obama pleads for the Arizona shootings not to be used for “politics and point-scoring”, but – as Felicity Spector reports – the political debate is already hotting up.
President Obama called the result “a shellacking,” acknowledging US voters want solutions on the economy. The election means the Republicans have control of the House, and Democrats the Senate.
Channel 4 News takes you through the key points of America’s midterm elections.