Politics Mar 20 Romney Scores Decisive Win in Illinois Primary Updated 10:04 p.m. ET | Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney scored a decisive victory Tuesday in the Illinois primary, helping cement his status as the Republican Party's frontrunner and adding to his lead in the race to the 1,144 delegates…
Politics Mar 16 New Romney TV Ad: Santorum Is an ‘Economic Lightweight’ Mitt Romney released a new television ad Friday in Illinois hammering Rick Santorum as an "economic lightweight." You can watch the ad here or below: The new spot comes ahead of Tuesday's primary in the Land of Lincoln, where…
Politics Mar 14 Pew Poll: Obama’s Approval Rating Climbs, Has Lead Over GOP Candidates President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House last week. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. What a difference a day makes. In Tuesday's Morning Line, we wrote about the New York Times/CBS News poll that…
Politics Feb 29 Romney Sells Business Background, Heart to Ohio Crowd Mitt Romney speaks during a Feb. 29 campaign rally at Capital University in Bexley, Ohio; photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images BEXLEY, Ohio | There was nothing subtle about Mitt Romney's pitch to Ohio voters Wednesday. The former Massachusetts governor entered…
Politics Dec 30 The Iowa State of Play: Romney-Paul Out Front, Santorum Surging At a campaign stop in Atlantic, Iowa, Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul stopped briefly to talk with NewsHour Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff. Photo by Quinn Bowman. A new NBC News-Marist poll released Friday confirms the state of…
Politics Dec 29 New Polls Put Romney in GOP Driver’s Seat Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney greets voters during a campaign stop in Muscatine, Iowa, Wednesday. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. The tumultuous Republican presidential race experienced its latest shake-up Wednesday with the release of new CNN/Time/ORC International…
Politics Dec 28 Romney Manages Expectations Game in Iowa Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets supporters and poses for photographs during a rally at the Hotel Blackhawk Tuesday in Davenport, Iowa. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Mitt Romney has worked hard all year to keep expectations for…
Politics Dec 21 Romney-Gingrich Dead Heat Produces Sharper Attacks Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich speaks during a townhall meeting in Hiawatha, Iowa, on December 19, 2011. Photo by AFP/Getty Images. There is a sense of deja vu with the Republican presidential race this week, as a third…
Politics Dec 20 Gingrich, Romney in Dead Heat with Iowa on the Horizon Mitt Romney (L), listens as Newt Gingrich answers a question during the Fox News Channel debate at the Sioux City Convention Center on December 15, 2011 in Sioux City, Iowa. Photo by Getty Images. Two weeks before…
Politics Dec 19 House GOP Reject Senate’s Payroll Tax Cut Bill House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday rejected a bipartisan Senate measure to extend the payroll tax cut for two months. Photo by Roll Call/ Getty Images. House Speaker John Boehner revealed Sunday that House Republicans would reject a bipartisan agreement…