Republican Presidential Race

That Sh*t Cray! Who Said It: Newt Gingrich Or Kanye West?!

The Huffington Post/MTV News | Becca Frucht, MTV News | Posted 03.22.2012

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Yo, we’ve had so much fun lately with the Rapper or Republican face-off that we just had to take it one step further. So we singled out two heavywei...

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Tennessee College Kids Tell Us Which GOP Candidate Is The Craziest

Posted 03.06.2012

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To mark Super Tuesday, The Huffington Post teamed up with mtvU in an effort to take the political pulse on college campuses. We asked Vanderbilt Hu...

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More Severely Conservative Than Thou

Olga Bonfiglio | Posted 05.01.2012

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Olga Bonfiglio

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum showed that he is the "severely conservative" one in the Republican race for the nomination -- as reflected by the vote in southwest Michigan's 6th Congressional District.

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Michigan Primary: Anybody's Vote, Anybody's Guess

Olga Bonfiglio | Posted 04.28.2012

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Olga Bonfiglio

Many Michigan Democrats are planning to vote for Santorum Tuesday because they believe a match up between him and Obama would deliver a sure win to the Dems in November. Others refuse to play this game...

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Rick Santorum's Intolerance (Not What You Think)

Eli Lehrer | Posted 04.14.2012

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Eli Lehrer

A winning Republican Party is, indeed, a conservative party. But it needs to appeal to non-conservative voters. And Rick Santorum's efforts to hang a "no moderates allowed" sign on the GOP's door will hurt the Republican Party.

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GOP Race Far From Over

AP | By THOMAS BEAUMONT and LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 02.01.2012

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- The race for the GOP presidential nomination probably is far from over. Front-runner Mitt Romney's rivals – chief among them Ne...

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Iowa Then and Now

William Bradley | Posted 02.29.2012

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William Bradley

The chaotic jumble of holding the Iowa presidential caucuses on January 3rd is now fully apparent. It didn't used to be this way.

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Newtonian Motion: In Iowa, a Lot Can Happen in Four Weeks

William Bradley | Posted 02.05.2012

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William Bradley

Newt Gingrich. Iowa caucuses. To say it seemed an unlikely prospect that the candidate whose staff famously quit because of disorganization would have a commanding lead in a state that supposedly requires a premium in organization would be gross understatement.

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GOP Candidate Plants Flag In Key State

AP | KASIE HUNT and BRENDAN FARRINGTON | Posted 01.29.2012

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TAMPA, Fla. — If there's any Republican presidential candidate who can afford to spend precious time and money focusing on winning in Florida, i...

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Republican Candidates Fight On Despite Long Odds

AP | By MIKE GLOVER | Posted 11.25.2011

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- They are barely blips in presidential polls and their campaign cash is scarce. Some are running on empty, fueled mainly by the exp...

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Christina Wilkie

Meet The New Callista Gingrich

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 11.15.2011

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As Newt Gingrich surges in Republican primary polls, his wife, Callista Gingrich, will deliver her first speech to voters in Iowa on Tuesday, as part ...

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American Corporations Owe Nothing to American Workers, and That's a Big Part of the Problem.

Peter Smirniotopoulos | Posted 01.14.2012

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Peter Smirniotopoulos

In last Wednesday's CNBC-sponsored "Your Money, Your Vote" Republican Presidential Debate, an intriguing question was posed that goes to the heart of the issue "to what extent should America be willing to rely on the private sector for our economic recovery?"

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After Dropping Out From GOP Primary, Republican Admits Regret

AP | By BRIAN BAKST | Posted 12.11.2011

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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he might have stayed in the Republican presidential race longer had he known it would be th...

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Florida Set For Big Role In GOP Presidential Race

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 11.10.2011

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WASHINGTON — Take a breather, Iowa and New Hampshire. Florida is about to get into the Republican presidential race big time, starting with a t...

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Watch McCain Flip Flop On Waterboarding

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hanna Ingber Win

So much for Sen. John McCain being a man of principle who stood up to the Bush Administration and fellow Republicans. Turns out, he too is just anoth...

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Thompson Bags Just $7 Million In Donations: Report

CNN's "Political Ticker" Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson will report raising more than $7 million in the third quarter, a source inside the campaign tells CNN Senior Polit...

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