Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum announced on April 10, 2012, that he was suspending his presidential campaign, all but bringing to a close the 2012 GOP presidential contest and effectively handing the nomination to Mitt Romney.
“We made a decision over the weekend that, while this presidential race for us is over — for me — and we will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting,” Santorum said at a campaign event in Gettysburg, Pa., the site of the historic and pivotal Civil War battle.
The former Pennsylvania senator had been Romney’s top opponent, but he suffered a trio of defeats in early April in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia, and his daughter, Bella, had been hospitalized for a second time during the campaign due to complications from a rare genetic disorder.
Limbaugh, Fluke and the GOP’s 'war on women’
Rush Limbaugh’s attack on Sandra Fluke was just the beginning.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
Apparently Someone Died and Made Rick Santorum Pope [Rick Santorum]
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They’re not coming: Some big political names will be absent from the political conventions
WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin and George W. Bush won’t be in Tampa, Fla. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Al Gore won’t make the trip to Charlotte, N.C. And scores of other Republican and Democratic stars are taking a pass as their parties gather for this year’s national conventions.
Santorum returns to Akron to stump for former opponent
via Akron Beacon Journal
Santorum says government forcing Catholics to sinBack in Iowa, Obama reaches for caucus magic
WATERLOO, Iowa — He is looking for the magic again in all these coffee shops and diners. On the farm pasture scorched by drought, on the state fairgrounds where he got the beer and the pork chop he can’t stop talking about. In the school library and the local bar, President Barack Obama is coming back to Iowans as if he wants to reconnect with old friends, telling them he needs one more shot.
Chris Christie to deliver keynote address at Republican convention
New Jersey governor, Rubio get prime speaking slots at convention
Paul Ryan to speak at Values Voter Summit
Presumptive GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan will speak at September’s Values Voter Summit in Washington.
Romney’s Ryan pick isn’t first time a candidate has defied expectations
Political prognosticators didn’t see Republican GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s choice of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate coming — but it was hardly the first time a candidate has defied the expectations of the chattering class.
Former Republican rival Santorum to campaign for Romney in Ohio
via Reuters
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Two Loop readers score coveted T-shirts with their Ryan predictions.
What Gingrich and Adelson and Santorum Really Mean When They Say the Palestinian People are "Invtented"
via The Daily Beast
Romney seeks distance from Ryan’s budget plans
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Cheered by the biggest crowds of his campaign, Republican Mitt Romney declared Sunday that 42-year-old running mate Paul Ryan is ready to be president, but said his own budget plan, not the more detailed proposals of his partner, will be the basis of his White House bid.
Convention update: Al Gore to anchor Current coverage from N.Y.; no decision from Giffords on Dem convo
The latest on this summer’s national party conventions.
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