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The Once and Future Front Runner: Why Romney Is Winning in Florida and What...
In a Republican-primary season marked by political chaos, here’s something that finally seems settled: Mitt Romney will win the Tuesday, Jan. 31, Florida primary. So say the latest public polls,...
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Romney Rolls in Nevada
Mitt Romney won the Nevada caucuses by a wide margin on Saturday night, quickening the front runner’s pace toward the Republican presidential nomination. The victory, his second blowout in a week, set...
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Was Tuesday Night Really So Terrible for Mitt Romney?
I’m wondering if Tuesday night’s results in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri really were so atrocious for Mitt Romney. As Alex Altman noted last night, there’s one obvious upside: Rick Santorum’s big...
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Rick Santorum’s Unlucky Timing
The morning after his three-state sweep of Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Rick Santorum is finally getting a bit of credit. But for a guy who’s now won more nominating contests than any other...
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Rick Santorum Wants to Fight ‘The Dangers Of Contraception’
Candidates often say things when polling in the single digits that come back to haunt them when they start leading the polls. Last October, Rick Santorum gave an interview with an Evangelical blog...
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The Saga of Rick Santorum’s Second Surge
Only six weeks ago, Rick Santorum was basking in the aftermath of his Iowa triumph. Pundits and voters alike wondered how they missed a force hiding in plain sight. Santorum talked about taking his...
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The Misplaced Criticism of Rick Santorum’s Tax Returns
Rick Santorum released his tax returns to Politico’s Maggie Haberman on Wednesday night. Santorum is the third of the four remaining Republican presidential candidates to unveil a peek into his...
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Under the Cowboy Hat: Foster Friess, Santorum’s Controversial Benefactor
For the past several weeks, few people have been enjoying the Republican presidential campaign quite as much as Foster Friess. The 71-year-old mutual fund millionaire from Wyoming, who has emerged as...
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In the National Spotlight, Santorum Doesn’t Shy Away from Social Issues
Rick Santorum’s victories on Feb. 7 kicked off a month-long trial period, which will be capped by Super Tuesday on March 6, to convince Republican voters that he is not only the best conservative...
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Arizona GOP Debate: Santorum Finds Himself in the Spotlight and On the Defensive
Rick Santorum found himself in unfamiliar territory on Wednesday night: at the center of attention in a Republican primary debate. The CNN forum in Arizona was the first in almost a month, and the only...
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Arlen Specter: ‘I Never Made Any Deals with Santorum’
One of the most damaging moments for Rick Santorum in Wednesday night’s debate came when Mitt Romney reminded Republicans that, in 2004, Santorum had endorsed Arlen Specter, then his fellow GOP Senator...
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How Santorum’s Scolding Is Dooming His Campaign
In the early summer of 2006, then-Senator Rick Santorum was facing a tough reelection challenge, trailing Pennsylvania’s Treasurer Bob Casey by 9 points and struggling to shed his image as a Washington...
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What Santorum Got Wrong About JFK’s Religion Speech
Writing in the new issue of TIME, Jon Meacham challenges Santorum’s account of Kennedy’s views on Church and State: Santorum suggests that Kennedy offered a secular call to arms, banishing religion...
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Rick Santorum: ‘I Would Consider’ Air Strikes in Syria
I spoke to Rick Santorum by phone for a few minutes on Monday afternoon as he rode across Ohio on the eve of tomorrow’s Super Tuesday extravaganza. The interview mostly covered ground for a piece you...
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The Under-Told Story of How Santorum Became a Crusader for the Religious Right
With his narrow defeat in Ohio on Tuesday night, Santorum missed his chance to send Mitt Romney reeling, and to become the arguable front-runner for the Republican nomination. But Santorum didn’t fare...
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On Social Issues, Santorum Can’t Help Himself
When it comes to religion and morality, Rick Santorum is in a tricky position. He is clearly guided by his devout Catholic faith and most passionate about cultural values. And that explains a lot of...
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What Santorum Means By the Odds of an Open Convention ‘Increasing’
That’s the line he used Monday morning in an interview with CBS News. Here’s what he can’t say, but really means: The already slim chances of Santorum securing the 1,144 delegates required to clinch...
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Santorum’s Grim Delegate Math
Rick Santorum’s campaign held an hour-long conference call with reporters on Tuesday with two purposes: 1) to say that it’s not fair that all anyone is talking about is Mitt Romney’s delegate lead, and...
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Santorum’s Campaign of Faith in Louisiana
As Mitt Romney stumped Sunday in Illinois, Santorum barnstormed three of Louisiana's largest Baptist churches. The political calculation was clear. As he looks for his third straight victory in the...
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Santorum’s Honorable Campaign
One evening in Iowa last October, as autumn trudged toward winter, I watched Rick Santorum work a huge crowd of 7 civilians in the back room of a tavern, in a very small town. It was his final stop of...
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