Primary Election 2012

Enfranchising Americans Through Electoral Reform

Howard Barbanel | Posted 04.18.2012

Howard Barbanel

We need to move toward a one-day national primary, just as we have a one-day national election. There's no reason to have a protracted six-month primary schedule with states jockeying with one another for the distinction of being one of the first.

Candidates Speak On Primary Night

Posted 03.13.2012

On Tuesday night, Rick Santorum was projected the winner of the Alabama primary. Watch live video of what the former senator and other contenders comp...

Rick Santorum Wins Alabama Primary

Posted 03.13.2012

Rick Santorum was projected the winner of the Alabama primary on Tuesday night by NBC News, and not long after projected to finish first in the Missis...

Live Updates: Alabama & Mississippi Primary Contests

Posted 03.13.2012

The Alabama primary and Mississippi primary are taking place on Tuesday, along with the Hawaii Caucus. The latest polls out on the race in the two...

Jason Linkins

Santorum Quietly, Calmly, Deconstructs Gingrich At Republican Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.19.2012

At a moment after a break in Thursday's Republican debate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum got asked about Newt Gingrich's call for him to quit...

GOP Vacuum

James Campion | Posted 11.30.2011

James Campion

No mavericks. No crazy people from Alaska. No pizza guys or thrice-divorced angry has-beens or even stammering Texas crackers this time. It's wooden, hold-your-nose and vote or be stuck with Obama time.

Republicans Quietly Adopted New Rule That Could Rock Primary Process

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 11.28.2011

WASHINGTON — Don't look for a quick winner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. After watching Democrats successfully ride th...

Some Rising, Some Declining

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.26.2011

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTERS KASIE HUNT AND JENNIFER AGIESTA (AP/The Huffington Post) WASHINGTON — After grousing for months, Republicans are gr...

Palin Slams Pundits Who 'Predicted With Glee' Her Demise

Posted 10.24.2011

Sarah Palin's political action committee is pushing back against recent reports on any plans she may have in the works to run for president in the nex...

Paul Ryan 2012?

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.22.2011

MADISON, Wis. — U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan says he won't run for president next year. The Republican congressman from Wisconsin issued a statement Monda...

Controversial Congressman Plays Outsized Role In 2012 Race

Roll Call | Shira Toeplitz | Posted 10.22.2011

Between Reps. Michele Bachmann's and Ron Paul's oversized white party tents, Rep. Steve King held court in his modest canopy at the Ames straw poll....

Bad News For GOP Presidential Field

The Los Angeles Times | Seema Mehta | Posted 10.04.2011

This year, the top finisher in an Iowa poll was not an actual candidate but 'someone else.' Many are still waiting for the perfect Republican to arriv...

Rick Perry On 2012: 'This Is What I've Been Called To Do'

AP | CHRIS TOMLINSON | Posted 09.16.2011

AUSTIN, Texas — Should Rick Perry conclude that voter discontent has left him an opening to enter the presidential race, the longtime Texas gove...

Poll Has Good News For Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney In Key Primary State

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.26.2011

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A new Iowa Poll shows national Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney and Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann leadin...

Romney And Bachmann Lead In Iowa, Poll Shows

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.25.2011

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A new Iowa Poll shows national Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney and Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann leadin...

Good News For One GOP Candidate, But Bad News For The Other

AP | By NANCY BENAC and JENNIFER AGIESTA | Posted 08.23.2011

WASHINGTON -- Republicans are starting to pay more attention to the candidates who hope to take on President Barack Obama next year, and so far that's...

One Contentious Issue Produces Position-Shifts From Four GOP Presidential Candidates

Posted 08.23.2011

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has faced sharp criticism from conservatives over the health care reform package he signed into law in the B...

Three Presidential Candidates Fall Victim To Same Prank

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 08.22.2011

NEW YORK — Many VIPs have gotten a pie in the face from protesters: Bill Gates, for one, and years earlier, Anita Bryant. President George W. Bu...

John McCain 2012?

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.21.2011

WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain is brushing aside any questions about whether he might ultimately decide to run for president again in 2012. McCain...

McCain: GOP Presidential Candidates Preaching 'Isolationism'

Posted 08.20.2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain, his party's 2008 presidential nominee, ripped into the current crop of Republican White Hou...

Rick Perry Discusses Timeline For Making Decision On 2012

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 08.14.2011

NEW YORK — Texas Gov. Rick Perry stirred speculation Tuesday that he would seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, championing his sta...

One GOP Presidential Candidate's Star Is On The Rise

TIME | Alex Altman | Posted 08.07.2011

Once again, Herman Cain was in Iowa Monday, brimming with confidence as he pitched his presidential candidacy to voters. “This is where the vetting ...

DeMint Reverses Course On Prospect Of Running For President In 2012

Posted 08.01.2011

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is considering launching a campaign for president in the next election cycle, The Hill reports. Despite previously denyin...

Hoopla, Hype Hover Over Unsettled GOP Field

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 07.31.2011

WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin draws crowds with her hide-and-seek bus tour. Michele Bachmann says Palin's plans won't dissuade her from her likely pr...

Group Launches Effort To Draft Paul Ryan Into Presidential Race

Hotline On Call | Kathy Kiely | Posted 07.31.2011

Further evidence that this is the summer of Republicans' discontent: Just as one group of well-heeled Iowans jets east today in hopes of persuading Ne...