Iowa Caucus

Rick Santorum's Best Shot May Be In States That Already Voted

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.22.2012

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum is falling so far behind Mitt Romney in the race for Republican delegates that his best chance might be in states tha...

Caucuses Causing Chaos, Raising Questions

AP | By CRISTINA SILVA | Posted 02.07.2012

LAS VEGAS -- After back-to-back fiascos in Nevada and Iowa, the term "caucus" may be on its way to becoming a bad word in the GOP lexicon. Those trou...

Iowa GOP Chairman To Resign After Caucus Mishap

AP | MIKE GLOVER | Posted 04.01.2012

DES MOINES, Iowa — Two Republican officials say Matt Strawn will step down as chairman of Iowa's Republican Party, possibly as early as Tuesday....

Rick Santorum Officially Declared Winner Of Iowa Caucus

Posted 01.21.2012

As both CNN and Politico are reporting, the Republican Party of Iowa has officially declared Rick Santorum the winner of the 2012 Iowa Caucus. Init...

Michael Calderone

How Media Shaped Romney's 'Inevitable' Narrative

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 01.19.2012

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Mitt Romney won the Iowa Caucus by eight votes over Rick Santorum, according to reports by every news organization on Jan. 4. N...

Iowa Caucus Results Certified: Santorum Finishes Ahead Of Romney

Posted 02.26.2012

More than two weeks after the 2012 Iowa caucus, a final certified tally showed former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum finishing with 29,839 votes and forme...

Iowa Caucus Results Revealing Surprising Outcome

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.20.2012

COLUMBIA, S.C.--Rick Santorum edged Mitt Romney by 34 votes in a surprise flip to the final tally of the Iowa caucuses, but no winner will be declared...

I Will Not Suspend My Campaign For President, So Stop Asking

Marvin E. Quasniki | Posted 03.18.2012

Marvin E. Quasniki

Entering the race late gives me an advantage over my esteemed co-candidates and worthless enemies. My delayed candidacy means there's less time to be investigated by the lame-stream media. If Herman Cain had waited to jump into the race, who knows how far he could have gone.

Final Vote Count Could Reveal Santorum Won Iowa Caucus: Report

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 01.16.2012

A final count of votes from the 2012 Iowa Caucus may show that Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum actually won over rival Mitt Romney. R...

Santorum: 'I'm Not A Perfect Conservative'

AP | By ANDREW MIGA | Posted 01.14.2012

WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum is brash and blunt, and proudly so. But it's a trait that will make it easy for Democrats to use his own words against him...

Huntsman Putting Up A Fight In New Hampshire

AP | By HOLLY RAMER | Posted 01.07.2012

NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman told northern New Hampshire voters Saturday that a campaign button worn by one o...

'You Don't Want To Trap Yourself'

AP | By BETH FOUHY | Posted 01.06.2012

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The flood of presidential campaign ads that saturated Iowa has slowed to nearly a ripple in New Hampshire, where only Mitt Romney,...

Where Does Change Come From?

Bob McKinnon | Posted 03.07.2012

Bob McKinnon

In moving the world forward and creating social change, one without the other doesn't quite cut it. As they say, it takes two to tango.

Mike Huckabee Talks GOP Hopeful's 'Incredibly Bad Blunder'

Posted 01.06.2012

Former Arkansas governor and 2008 GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said this week that Rick Perry may have damaged his presidential campaign i...

Iowa Result Puts Perry In Unfamiliar Role

AP | By WILL WEISSERT | Posted 01.06.2012

AUSTIN, Texas -- Rick Perry did something in Iowa he's never done in three decades of public life: He lost. But those who have known Perry for years ...

Sam Stein

Typo May Give Iowa Caucus Win to Santorum

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.06.2012

WINDHAM, N.H. -- Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said he was "not surprised to hear" that the vote total for ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may have...

Jason Linkins

Can Twitter Predict Election Winners? Should We Be Excited? (No.)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.06.2012

If you watched the CNN's Iowa caucus coverage Tuesday night (or caught our highlight reel of the same), you probably were treated to another extension...

WATCH: Ron Paul Super PAC Mocks GOP Rivals

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 01.05.2012

As the race for the GOP presidential nomination heats up, one pro-Ron Paul Super PAC has unleashed its sense of humor. Endorse Liberty has launche...

WATCH: Huntsman Loss In Iowa Even Worse Than First Thought

Posted 01.05.2012

It was too early on Tuesday for late night hosts to weigh in on the results of the Iowa caucuses, so a lot of the best bits about the winners (Democra...

Jason Linkins

A Fond Farewell To Michele Bachmann

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.30.2012

The Iowa caucuses are perhaps better known as a contest that culls certain losers from a field of candidates than one that anoints the winner. But thi...

Santorum Faces Hurdles

AP | By STEVE PEOPLES and PHILIP ELLIOT | Posted 01.04.2012

BRENTWOOD, N.H. -- Rick Santorum is counting on momentum – and perhaps help from outside groups – to carry him to victory in New Hampshire...

Santorum Denies Making Controversial Remarks

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 01.05.2012

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum denied recently making comments about "black people's lives" after receiving criticism for the remarks...

Rick Santorum Is Wrong

Alan Grayson | Posted 03.05.2012

Alan Grayson

Rick Santorum thinks that no one in America ever dies because he has no health care. Why does Santorum think that? Because he has to.

Jason Linkins

The Real Results Of The Iowa Caucus: Hardly Anybody Voted, And Nobody Won Anything

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.04.2012

So, with the Iowa caucuses in the books, our attention turns to the matter of who "won" last night. Technically, the "winner" is Mitt Romney, who eked...

What Is Mitt Romney's Real First Name?

Posted 01.04.2012

Mitt Romney won the Iowa caucus last night. But do you know his real first name? Romney eked out a win by the narrowest of margins: The form...