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Associated Press
| 4 months ago
The Republican presidential debates have served up riveting TV and exposed the contenders' strengths and weaknesses. No one has benefited more than Newt Gingrich, whose in-your-face style has excited GOP voters who want a scrappy fighter to take on...
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Voice of America
| 4 months ago
The two apparent leaders in the contest to pick a nominee to oppose President Barack Obama, a Democrat, in the national election in November are one-time venture capitalist Mitt Romney, a former governor of the northeastern state of Massachusetts,...
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Isthmus
| 4 months ago
Never mind that Gingrich made over $3 million last year and has lived much of his life in DC as a congressman and lobbyist. Gingrich won in the South Carolina tradition of thinly veiled racism, declaring in his victory speech that Obama was \"the...
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International Business Times
| 4 months ago
Articles President Obama released on statement on Sunday defending the Roe v. Wade decision, vowing to "protect a woman's right to choose." "We must remember that this Supreme Court decision not only protects a woman's health and reproductive freedom,...
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Vanity Fair
| 4 months ago
According to a poll conducted the day after his victory in the South Carolina primary , vintage Pez dispenser Newt Gingrich leads the rest of the Republican pack in Florida by at least eight points . His nearest rival is an animate CPR mannequin that...
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Star Tribune
| 4 months ago
Mitt Romney says Newt Gingrich engaged in "potentially wrongful activity" when he worked with former congressional colleagues to push for a prescription drug benefit for Medicare. Romney on Monday called on his rival for the GOP presidential...
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USA Today
| 4 months ago
ET Mitt Romney launched a more aggressive line of attack against Newt Gingrich, telling a Florida audience that his GOP rival is a "failed leader" who "had to resign in disgrace" as House speaker. "Speaker Gingrich has also been a leader. At the end...
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KSAZ
| 4 months ago
The debates are where Newt Gingrich has really made his mark, but he has to move fast now to build momentum in Florida. Gingrich attended church in Washington, perhaps giving thanks for a big weekend win in South Carolina...Just hours earlier, he...
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New York Post
| 4 months ago
January 22, 2012 Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer is stirring up trouble on the campaign trail saying yesterday he wants to stage a one-hour, one-on-one debate next Sunday between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.
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USA Today
| 4 months ago
Updated In the wake of a South Carolina stunner, a revamped Republican presidential race moves to a showdown in Florida between Mitt Romney , scrambling to regain his footing, and Newt Gingrich , hoping to take advantage of momentum from his big win.
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NY1
| 4 months ago
summary+' The Republican race for president is now wide open, following former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's victory in the South Carolina Republican primary. On the Sunday talk shows, Gingrich used his newfound momentum to try and draw clear...
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MarketWatch
| 4 months ago
As a shaken-up field of Republican presidential candidates set their sights on Florida, Mitt Romney pushed up the release of tax returns to Tuesday. A day after his South Carolina primary win, Newt Gingrich, commended his rival's decision.
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USA Today
| 4 months ago
As a result, he said the morning after his big win in South Carolina, the "dynamics" of a Gingrich-Obama race are better for Republicans than the dynamics of a Romney-Obama race. Gingrich declined to back off criticisms of Romney's business practices,...
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The Sun UK
| 4 months ago
THE Republican race to challenge Barack Obama for the White House has been turned on its head with under-fire Newt Gingrich making a dramatic comeback. In a huge setback for former front-runner Mitt Romney, Gingrich won 41 per cent of the vote in...
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International Business Times
| 4 months ago
Text Size Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul vowed to continue in the race, despite his last-place finish (with 13 percent of the votes) in the South Carolina primary. Paul spoke to his supporters in Columbia and said he would not drop out of...
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ITN
| 4 months ago
Reuters/ Mary Chastain Newt Gingrich stormed to a shock victory over Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary, scrambling the race to choose a Republican challenger to President Barack Obama. The win marks a turnaround from Mr Gingrich's poor...
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International Business Times
| 4 months ago
Articles Gingrich has bagged 40 percent of the votes whereas opponent and front runner Mitt Romney got 27 percent of votes, according to reports . Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are in the third and fourth positions respectively. "It is very humbling...
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National Public Radio
| 4 months ago
Padmananda Rama Most of the candidates in the GOP primary race have given their primary night speeches following South Carolina's primary Saturday...PBS NewsHour will be posting video of all of the candidates' speeches here. Former Massachusetts Gov.
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KION
| 4 months ago
Newt Gingrich has defeated Mitt Romney in the South Carolina Republican primary, CBS News is projecting from estimates based on exit polls and early vote totals...Gingrich's win was due in large part to his strong performance in two debates in the...
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International Business Times
| 4 months ago
Text Size Newt Gingrich has been tipped to win the crucial South Carolina Republican primary, according projections in the US media. Fox News has predicted the victory of the former House speaker even as counting is progressing in the closely-fought...
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Voice of America
| 4 months ago
With the polls closing just a short time ago in South Carolina, news organizations are projecting that former Congressman Newt Gingrich has won the Republican presidential primary. The primary was seen as essentially a two-man race - Newt Gingrich...
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Leader Post Online
| 4 months ago
Support for Newt Gingrich is soaring as South Carolina votes in its Republican presidential primary, according to a new poll Saturday that shows him with a commanding lead over longtime frontrunner Mitt Romney. Former House speaker Gingrich has the...
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NY1
| 4 months ago
summary+' South Carolina voters are hitting the polls today for the state's Republican presidential primary, a race that has gotten surprisingly tight over the past few days. The polls opened at 7 a.m. following days of intense campaigning by the GOP...
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NY1
| 4 months ago
summary+' South Carolina voters are hitting the polls today for the state's Republican presidential primary, a race that has gotten surprisingly tight over the past few days. Newt Gingrich is now running neck and neck with Mitt Romney, who has...
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Star Tribune
| 4 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is already looking past the South Carolina primary with plans to make the most of a few states that could be more receptive to his libertarian, Internet-driven message. Paul campaigned across seven South...
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The Courier-Mail
| 4 months ago
South Carolina in a pivotal Republican presidential primary in which former House speaker Newt Gingrich eyes an upset win over former frontrunner Mitt Romney. Mr Gingrich and Mr Romney crisscrossed the state ahead of the primary, mindful that no...
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Kansas City Star
| 4 months ago
With the race here seemingly between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, Republican rival Rick Santorum is bracing for a setback and looking ahead to the next contest: Florida.Santorum planned to visit polling locations in South Carolina and attend an...
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The Guardian
| 4 months ago
Predict the finishing order in the South Carolina GOP primary and win prizes Republicans are getting ready to vote in South Carolina but who for? Photograph: Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters As a tie-breaker, include the winning candidate's share of the vote...
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Los Angeles Times
| 4 months ago
Two new polls out on Friday suggest trouble for Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney . Gallup's tracking poll shows Romney's lead nationally which was 23 percentage points last week has fallen considerably...But a poll out of South...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 4 months ago
Far from damaging Mr Gingrich's support amongst social conservatives, claims from his second wife that he asked her for an open marriage and his blistering attacks on the US media for even raising the issue seem to have helped his cause. Tracking...
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USA Today
| 4 months ago
Iowa Republicans disclosed he actually received more votes than Romney in the Jan. 3 caucuses. Santorum also spoke as Gingrich argues that -- just as Rick Perry did on Thursday -- the former Pennsylvania senator should exit the race so that anti-...
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Washington Post
| 4 months ago
If former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney loses South Carolina Saturday night, it will be a very expensive loss. From Jan. 16 through the Saturday primary, he and his super PAC supporters have spent more than any two of his rivals combined,...
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Kansas City Star
| 4 months ago
Mitt Romney may be the front-runner for the GOP nomination for president, but he has yet to win over most of the national party leaders whose help he will need to defeat President Barack Obama in November.The upside for Romney is they aren't...
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The Journal Gazette
| 4 months ago
The race for the Republican presidential nomination took a turn toward the South Carolina surreal Thursday as Rick Perry dropped out, Newt Gingrich faced stunning allegations from an ex-wife and Mitt Romney struggled to maintain a shaky front-runner'...
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United Press International
| 4 months ago
Thirty-one percent of Republican voters favor former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination, a survey released Thursday found. The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press said former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich...
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Little Fairy Local
| 4 months ago
The race for the Republican presidential nomination took a turn toward the South Carolina surreal Thursday as Rick Perry dropped out, Newt Gingrich faced stunning allegations from an ex-wife and Mitt Romney struggled to maintain a shaky front-runner'...
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Associated Press
| 4 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich aren't electable because they've both supported policies too similar President Barack Obama's health care plan. In Thursday night's GOP debate, Santorum says the...
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Arizona Republic
| 4 months ago
Newt Gingrich's Republican rivals are not eager to criticize him on his marital woes. Gingrich's ex-wife says in an interview with ABC News that the former House speaker asked her for an open marriage. In a nationally televised debate Thursday night,...
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Mother Jones
| 4 months ago
With just one more day of campaigning before South Carolina voters head to the polls, the remaining GOP candidates face off in anotherperhaps finaldebate...Zuma Tonight, with the crucial South Carolina primary looming on Saturday, the four remaining...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 4 months ago
And now it's the national anthem sung by cadets from The Citadel. Coincientally, I'm blogging this from the site of the original Citadel, now a mid-priced hotel, after the earlier version was, ah, undone somewhat post-1865. It was cadets from The...
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KSAZ
| 4 months ago
Newt Gingrich's campaign continued to gain momentum on Thursday as the former House speaker surged in front of Mitt Romney in several polls of likely South Carolina voters ahead of the state's Republican primary Saturday. Romney, however, maintains a...
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United Press International
| 4 months ago
Newt Gingrich 's passionate supporters put him within striking distance of front-runner Mitt Romney in the South Carolina primary, a Politico poll indicates. Romney remains at the top of the Republican contenders with 37 percent support; Gingrich is...
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Toronto Star
| 4 months ago
Mitt Romney heads into Thursday's TV debate down in the polls. S.C.With his cakewalk journey to the Republican nomination suddenly in doubt, Mitt Romney now faces the daunting prospect of taking a miserable day and making it better. A news-packed...
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International Business Times
| 4 months ago
The final four GOP presidential candidates will battle for the nomination in the last debate before Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary. The debate, hosted by CNN and the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, will be held late Thursday...
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MarketWatch
| 4 months ago
South Carolina voters head to the polls on Saturday for what's turning out to be something of a nail-biter of a Republican primary that just days ago looked to be Mitt Romney's to lose. /conga/story/misc/election.html 188035 With ex-House Speaker...
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| 4 months ago
CNN and The New York Times reported Thursday that the Texas governor will announce later in the day his decision to bow out; a news conference reportedly is scheduled in South Carolina. Perry, a staunch backer of Israel who has longstanding ties with...
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Miami Herald
| 4 months ago
The morning began with news that he actually lost the Jan. 3 caucus vote in Iowa to Rick Santorum. Then, sources say, Rick Perry planned to drop out and is likely to support Newt Gingrich the only candidate that, according to the polls, has a good...
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NY Daily News
| 4 months ago
The Republican presidential candidate is gaining ground on Mitt Romney in South Carolina, just days before the critical, first-in-the-South primary, according to several new polls. A Politico survey released Thursday shows the ex-Massachusetts...
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Towleroad
| 4 months ago
Here are the most recent ads from the GOP candidates, some the final ads before Tuesday's primary in South Carolina. Mitt Romney turns his attention to Obama's policies: "President Obama wants to fundamentally transform America...Rick Santorum goes...
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USA Today
| 4 months ago
Drawing large crowds, and challenging Romney's conservative credentials, Gingrich's campaign is now touting a poll showing him actually ahead in the Palmetto State. The survey by InsiderAdvantage survey shows Gingrich at 32% and Romney at 29%, though...