In less than three weeks, Republican voters in the Midwestern state of Iowa will attend caucus meetings to express their preference in the race for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Iowa will be the first test in what could be a lengthy battle for the party nomination that at the moment appears to be between [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011
December 12, 2011
Mitt Romney attacked as out of touch over $10,000 TV bet attempt
Mitt Romney was accused of being out of touch with working-class America on Sunday, after the Republican presidential candidate tried to make an impromptu $10,000 bet during a TV debate. The slip, at the time of high unemployment and a growing poverty divide, could damage Romney three weeks before the first of the Republican contests [...]
December 11, 2011
Iowa Republican debate: Gingrich banks Romney’s ‘$10,000 bet’ gaffe
The Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich came under sustained fire throughout a two-hour televised debate in Iowa on Saturday night as rivals ranged wide over his views on the Middle East, his work as a lobbyist and his sex life. With 24 days left to the Iowa caucus and only one more scheduled debate left, time [...]
December 5, 2011
Newt Gingrich gains after Herman Cain drops out of Republican race
Republican strategists have long said that the party’s search for a presidential candidate meant a choice between its ideological heart and its election-winning head. As the first of the Republican primaries drew closer, there were growing signs that voters had sobered up from their indulgence of the Tea Party movement and were ready to plump [...]
December 4, 2011
Newt Gingrich leads in Iowa Republican primary race
A surge in support for Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich has made him the new frontrunner in Iowa, which holds the first of next year’s US primaries, according to a closely watched opinion poll. Gingrich, a former speaker of the US House of Representatives, has support from 25% of likely Republican primary voters, up [...]
December 4, 2011
Newt Gingrich leads in new Iowa presidential poll
A surge in support for Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich has made him the new front-runner in Iowa, which holds the first of next year’s US presidential nominating contests, according to a closely watched opinion poll. Gingrich, a former speaker of the US House of Representatives, has support from 25% of likely Republican caucus-goers, [...]
November 24, 2011
Newt Gingrich facing GOP backlash over ‘humane’ immigration policy
Link to this video The latest frontrunner in the Republican presidential race, Newt Gingrich, faced a conservative backlash on Wednesday after advocating a “humane” approach to illegal immigrants, a red hot issue for Tea Party activists and other rightwingers. His proposal to allow most of the country’s estimated 12 million illegal immigrants to remain in [...]
November 24, 2011
The lost cause of Newt Gingrich’s immigration gambit | Rodrigo Camarena
From conspiratorial claims that Hezbollah and Hamas are actively plotting to attack the US from Mexico, to proposals for shutting down the US-Mexico border, Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary candidates’ national security debate was rife with the sort of wild assertions and alarmist rhetoric that GOP strategists must believe excites the party’s base. In this two-hour [...]
November 23, 2011
Security focus for 2012 hopefuls
23 November 2011 Last updated at 04:38 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The possibility of almost $1tn of defence and domestic spending cuts was criticised by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Governor Rick Perry (Footage courtesy of CNN) The eight Republican presidential hopefuls [...]
November 23, 2011
Newt Gingrich calls for ‘humane’ policy on illegal immigration
The latest front-runner in the Republican presidential race, Newt Gingrich, took a gamble on Tuesday night by advocating a “humane” approach to illegal immigration, one that risks alienating conservatives. Gingrich, the former House Speaker, was conscious that he was entering an area that was potentially dangerous for him. “I am prepared to take the heat [...]
November 23, 2011
Gingrich in TV debate spotlight
23 November 2011 Last updated at 00:45 GMT Mr Gingrich (right) has recently caught up – and passed – Mr Romney in some polls The eight Republican presidential hopefuls are due to lock horns in their 10th TV debate at 2000 EST (0100 GMT). The debate will focus on national security, but questions are likely [...]
November 15, 2011
Cain slip blamed on lack of sleep
15 November 2011 Last updated at 15:52 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Herman Cain stumbled in an interview on Monday about his position on Libya Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s campaign says he had not slept enough when he stumbled on an interview question about Libya. Mr Cain appeared confused [...]
November 13, 2011
Republicans debate foreign policy
13 November 2011 Last updated at 04:16 GMT There were no clear winners in the Republican foreign policy debate The eight contenders for the US Republican presidential nomination have debated foreign policy in the state of South Carolina. They said they would stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, but differed over how to do [...]