ZANESVILLE, Ohio — As the four remaining Republican presidential candidates head into the most consequential voting day yet, each positioned himself Monday for a breakout moment that so far has proved elusive.
Ron Paul’s rallies this year have yielded quirky and eclectic crowds — bow-tie-wearing libertarians, scruffy anti-establishment types, large religious families and packs of antiwar college students, all drawn with an unusual fervor to the presidential candidate’s unique libertarian message.
The fight for the GOP presidential nomination will hit a fever pitch on Super Tuesday but the pivotal election day also will mark the official beginning of the battle for control of Congress.
Ohio will hold the nation’s first congressional primaries Tuesday, giving Republicans a chance to begin reaping the benefits of their big wins in the 2010 midterm elections. Because of those victories, Republicans control both the legislature and the governor’s mansion in so many states that they were able to redraw four times as many congressional districts as Democrats.
Beginning Nov. 4, 1979
, dozens of U.S. diplomats were held hostage by Iranian Islamic revolutionaries for 444 days
while America’s feckless president, Jimmy Carter, fretted in the White House. Running for the presidency against Carter the next year, Ronald Reagan made it crystal clear that the Iranians would pay a very stiff price for continuing their criminal behavior. On Jan. 20, 1981,
in the hour that Reagan was sworn into office, Iran released the hostages. The Iranians well understood that Reagan was serious about turning words into action in a way that Jimmy Carter never was.
The U.S. government has the right to order the killing of American citizens overseas if they are senior al-Qaeda leaders who pose an imminent terrorist threat and cannot reasonably be captured, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Monday.
Mitt Romney is the establishment candidate in the Republican presidential field. Everyone knows it.
Of course, there’s this one pesky fact: The GOP establishment, such as it is, had largely sat on its collective hands in the race so far — content to let Romney and the rest of the field duke it out, even as polling suggests that President Obama is gaining strength.
CANTON, Ohio — The Buckeye State is ground zero in the GOP presidential race today: former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R) and former senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) each hold three events here today, and we’ll be joining them on the trail.
Rick Santorum says he’s winning no matter what, another poll shows an Ohio tie, some unearthed video clips could hurt Romney and President Obama is holding a press conference.
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Former independent Maine governor Angus King will announce Monday night whether he will run for the state’s open Senate seat, potentially adding a major variable in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine).
Rick Santorum’s momentum has almost completely stopped in the GOP presidential race while Mitt Romney’s support has reached a new high.
The latest Gallup national tracking poll shows Romney extending his lead to 16 points nationally. Just more than two weeks ago, he trailed Santorum by double digits.