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The auto bailout, spending earmarks and health care led to intense exchanges between the two front-runners for the GOP nomination in the presidential candidates’ debate Wednesday night. With pivotal primaries in Michigan and Arizona on Tuesday — and 10 more contests one week later — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum sparred more aggressively than in any of the past 19 debates, sometimes talking over each other.
Washington — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney unveiled a plan Wednesday to sharply reduce income tax rates, while President Barack Obama offered a plan to cut corporate taxes.
Washington— Twenty Republican presidential debates later, the claims kept coming.
Washington — Just two dozen ultra-wealthy donors are behind a surge of million-dollar contributions to the new breed of political committees during the presidential campaign.
Washington — President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country’s brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nation is heading in the right direction, and most independents now approve of the way he’s addressing the nation’s post-recession period.
The “Rick and Mitt Michigan Battle” could be the watershed primary of 2012, where Republicans determine whether the allegedly more moderate Mitt Romney or the presumably more conservative Rick Santorum will win the GOP nomination. But, will it?
State Republicans should go to the polls Tuesday with two missions: Pick a presidential candidate capable of leading this nation to prosperity and stability and choose a nominee who will give the GOP a fighting chance of defeating President Barack Obama this fall.
When Ron Paul attended high school in a small town outside of Pittsburgh, the GOP presidential candidate was a track star who broke records and landed the title of state champion.
Washington— A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows.
Mesa, Ariz.— Rick Santorum is looking for another upset or two, while Mitt Romney is hoping to keep his leading rival at bay in the run-up to the 20th debate of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Rick Santorum acknowledged Wednesday he’s probably running behind Mitt Romney in Arizona, but he implored a tea party crowd not to settle for “a Johnny-come-lately to the conservative cause.”
New York— Donald Trump is telling Michigan voters Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is a career politician who doesn't know how to create jobs.
Washington— First birth control, now prenatal testing? Once again a fact of life for many American women has become a jarring issue in the presidential race.
Political watchers will be glued to the Arizona debate tonight, but attention will shift swiftly back to Michigan.
Shelby Township — Trying to stay focused on jobs and the economy, Mitt Romney was pulled into a discussion of social issues at a town hall meeting Tuesday.
Washington — General Motors Co. launched a new blog Tuesday, and responded to Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s suggestion the Chevrolet Volt ...
Lansing— Former presidential candidate Herman Cain is joining Republican U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra during stops in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, ...
Washington— An independent group supporting President Barack Obama's re-election bid is running ads in Michigan chiding Republican candidate Mitt Romney ...
After a 35-minute riff on economic issues, Rick Santorum paused in his fiery speech to a west Michigan crowd Monday to talk about something “very important” — ...
GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul will campaign with students and doctors before Michigan's primary next Tuesday at two more events, campaign officials ...
Oklahoma City— A once-powerful Washington figure himself, Newt Gingrich says he'd shrink the role of the nation's capital if sent back as president. ...
Washington— A super political action committee supporting Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has refunded a $50,000 donation from a London- ...
Washington — A pair of “super” political action committees supporting top Republican presidential candidates spent nearly $24 million in January, drawing upon ...
As just about every available second of television ad time on Michigan’s airwaves is snatched up by Republican candidates ahead of Tuesday’s presidential ...
Washington — Michigan has become squirm central for Republican presidential candidates who are trying to explain their opposition to the auto bailout ...
Phoenix— Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says he was an outsider while inside Congress, a lawmaker who attacked corruption from within. ...
Michigan’s primary is eight days away and opponents Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have each made multiple appearances in the state with more scheduled; Newt ...
As Congress and the White House scrambled in the fall of 2008 to confront the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, Mitt Romney felt ...
Washington — Rick Santorum on Sunday condemned what he called President Barack Obama's world view that "elevates the Earth above man" and requires ...
Albuquerque, N.M.— When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon Faith 20 years ago, she said it was like "coming home."
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The Detroit News The Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor accused President Obama of trying to transform America into something unrecognizable, while saying... Read More
Christine Tierney Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s star may have dimmed, but he had some very good ideas that deserve to outlast his campaign. One of them was a bold proposal to... Read More
Mitt Romney is calling for a 20 percent cut in income tax rates. President Obama wants to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 28 percent and grant new tax breaks for manufacturers and green energy. Which idea do you prefer?
Will Rick Santorum's outspoken views on social issues help him or hurt him in the Republican primary?
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