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2012 Presidential election
Rundle12: the return of Santorum opens the Republican race
Republican candidate Rick Santorum may be on the way to either victory or a close second in the Minnesota and Missouri contests tonight, throwing the smooth coronation of Mitt Romney into fresh doubt.
Guy Rundle: Compared to these guys, Obama is Howard Zinn on bad acid
With five primaries and caucuses done, with party favourite Mitt Romney leading, and with the next four contests before Super Tuesday favouring him, the 2012 race for the Republican nomination is beginning to slip quietly away from the top of the news agenda.
The Tea Party is dead. Long live the Tea Party
The GOP spent months pondering the effect the Tea Party would have on Republican primaries, and the answer was: not much at all. One Tea Party leader has described the movement as “dead” and “gone,” reports Patricia Murphy.
Rundle12: Ron Paul beckons the lost boys and girls of Las Vegas
The sweet, sweet paradox of Ron Paul is that a large slice of his support comes from those who carefully and cheerfully disregard his foreign policy reviews altogether, writes Guy Rundle in Las Vegas.
Video of the Day: Obama interviewed by the internet
US President Barack Obama participated in a Google+ and YouTube interview earlier this week, with everyday US citizens talking via video chat to the president. Obama even told one woman whose engineer husband struggled to find work that she should send his resume in and Obama would see if he could help (she did and […]
Rundle12: no one understands how utterly unconservative Newt Gingrich is
In Gingrich you see something triangulate between Marx, Mussolini, Toffler and sundry others, an investment in nation and species, an utter disinterest in the fate of the individual. None of his supporters really understand that, or how utterly unconservative he is.
Political snippets: A plain talking politician
I rather admire Tony Abbott for not being one of those ultra cautious politicians.
The Stephen Colbert carnival continues, raising calls for campaign financing reform
The murky blend of corporate profit-taking and political interference was the focus of Stephen Colbert’s second spook campaign attack ad, which has given raise to widespread calls for campaign financing reform, writes Robin Cameron.
Guy Rundle: Emergency Republican scenario includes another Bush
So it’s on. And if Gingrich wins he’ll take all Florida’s delegates, 50 in total, which will put him way ahead in the delegate count.
Video of the Day: Newt vs Romney — was he a lobbyist?
At last night’s Florida debate of GOP presidential hopefuls, front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich battled it out over whether Gingrich was involved in lobbying for toxic mortgage giant Freddie Mac.
Rundle12: down Florida way, Newt’s about to tear Mitt a fresh one afresh
They’re off the blocks in Florida today, for the fourth Republican primary (OK three primaries, one caucus) with a debate tonight in Tampa, and both Romney and Gingrich ripping each other new ones.
Carr: what Mitt Romney should have said in South Carolina
When quizzed about his vast personal fortune, Mitt Romney missed a great opportunity to promote himself as an investor in American companies, products and jobs, writes Bob Carr.
Rundle12: Gingrich’s secret weapon — Mitt Romney
This thing is absolutely on, and it may well go all the way to the last primary – June 26, Utah, which may well be Mormon Mitt’s ace-in-the-hole … or his last stand.
Crikey Says: Cue the Newt puns, the US primaries just got interesting
What was shaping up as a done deal for Mitt Romney, and quite frankly, a decidedly boring outcome for political junkies everywhere, just got interesting.
Fear and loathing in the GOP: Gingrich victory propels panic
Newt Gingrich’s thumping victory over Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary has sent the GOP into the throes of panic, writes Paul Begala.
Rundle12: Mrs Gingrich throws campaign grenade at egomaniac man-baby ex
Newt Gingrich may not be able to get out of this one with his usual pious “I made mistakes” line, because this is so calculated in the telling that it reminds people Gingrich is a member of the elite he hates.
Rundle12: up close and personal with Rick Perry
Why is Texas Governor Rick Perry still in the Republican race? A campaign stop in South Carolina demonstrated why even the man himself doesn’t seem to think he can win.
John McCain’s 2000 page dirt file on Mitt Romney
A massive leaked document widely reported to have been created by John McCain’s team during the ‘08 US campaign trail is the mother of all dirt files on Mitt Romney, reports David Martosko.
Rundle12: Gingrich on points in latest debate, but Paul lit the room up
Mitt Romney has sailed about as close to defeat in South Carolina as he is likely to, with a disastrous performance in the first of two South Carolina debates.
Stephen Colbert is running for president! Well, sort of
Released to support comedian Stephen Colbert, an ad that paints Mitt Romney as a serial killer draws on the notion that ‘corporations are people,’ writes Robin Cameron.
Rundle12: the Redneck Riviera where there’s 2, 3, many Americas
Jesus, there are probably less appropriate places to spend Martin Luther King day than Myrtle Beach, a resort town at the northern end of the South Carolina coast, writes Guy Rundle from in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
A lesson c/o John Huntsman: don’t believe the hype
He’s good looking, undoubtedly competent and ran a slick campaign embraced by the media but GOP Presidential nominee contender John Huntsman never came close to living up to expectations, writes Beth Reinhard.
Video of the Day: Gingrich attack ad — votre nom est Mitt Romney, oui?
He’s a “Massachusetts moderate” and just like John Kerry he speaks — gasp! — French. Meaning Mitt Romney cannot get elected, according to New Gingrich’s new attack ad.
