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Jon Huntsman has impeccable conservative credentials. More so than his rivals, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney. His campaign deserves a second look
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Republican presidential campaigns are getting off to a slow start while the party’s hopes of taking control of the Senate may be imperilled by public distaste for proposed Medicare reforms
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Romney sweeps five primaries
Declaring that ‘a new America begins tonight’, Mitt Romney crowned himself as the presumptive nominee of the Republican party to challenge Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election
Romney to pitch a doubtful Wall Street
The Republican candidate will be fêted next week by some former colleagues as the candidate best placed to rescue the US from its economic peril
Granite State proves a grey area for Romney
Gingrich continues to make gains on the polls leader, perplexing many observers and proving that a win in the state is not a given
Gingrich surges to front of GOP pack
A poll puts support in Iowa for the former House of Representatives speaker at almost double that of Republican rivals Mitt Romney and Ron Paul
Gingrich extends lead in Iowa race
The former speaker of the House of Representatives commands a strong lead in the race to become Republican candidate for the 2012 election
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Now on Broadway! Waiting for Euro
If Europe fails to stave off a collapse, Obama’s re-election prospects would be downgraded to junk, writes Edward Luce
The Gingrich surge
The longer Newt Gingrich’s surge continues, the more his past is likely to come back to haunt him. The race is still Mitt Romney’s to lose
The rise of Gingrich and the ‘elite media’
Newt Gingrich entered the Republican race for the presidency with personal and political baggage, but has turned to the GOP base and it is paying off
Too trivial a debate for our times
The Republican party appears to believe Barack Obama is on an apology tour of America and nothing can apparently shake that belief, writes Edward Luce
Disillusioned with DC
As confidence in politicians reaches all-time lows, both parties are struggling to win over a volatile electorate in the run-up to next year’s polls, write Richard McGregor and Anna Fifield
A comedy of errors: lessons for Republican contenders
Voters may wish a plague on the houses of both Democrats and Republicans, and that way perhaps a third party bid will unfold, writes Mark McKinnon
Mr President, it’s time to panic
Obama prefers to campaign than govern. It would be optimistic to expect things to change radically in a second term, writes Edward Luce
Ohio vote reflects an unhappy, vengeful electorate
Within Congress, there is circumspection about OWS and a new wariness about being portrayed as siding with the rich, writes Richard McGregor
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