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Alan Colmes mocks Rick Santorum for ‘playing’ with his dead baby
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum and his wife Karen have reportedly accepted the apology of a Fox News contributor who mocked them for taking their dead baby home, where he said they “played” with it. During a segment on Fox News Monday, Alan Colmes told host Jon Scott that Santorum’s…
Murdoch backs Santorum for president
DES MOINES, Iowa — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch on Monday urged Iowans to back firebrand social conservative Rick Santorum, one day before they cast the first votes of the 2012 White House race. “Can’t resist this tweet, but all Iowans think about Rick Santorum. Only candidate with genuine big vision…
Santorum does more than surge
You can tell delirium is setting in with the people who've been tasked to spend the past half-year covering the silliest primary season of all time. The reason? At the last minute, Rick Santorum is getting a bunch of press for a relatively small uptick in the polls that will…
Ron Paul loses momentum in Iowa, Santorum gains support
With the nation’s first primary vote just a day away, Texas Rep. Ron Paul has lost his momentum after climbing to the top of the polls. He is down four points from last week, according to a survey released by Public Policy Polling (PPP) on Sunday night. Despite the drop,…
Santorum tells Iowans: ‘I don’t want to make black people’s lives better’
Speaking to Republicans in Iowa on Monday, former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) said his administration would reform welfare to the point that it would offer no welfare at all. After suggesting that an expansion of Medicare is really just a plot to make voters more “dependent” on Washington, Santorum added: ”I…
Santorum proposes bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities
Rick Santorum continued the tough rhetoric from Republican presidential candidates on Iran Sunday morning. When asked by Meet The Press host David Gregory what he would do differently than President Barack Obama towards Tehran, Santorum was adamant in how aggressive he would be. “I would be saying to the Iranians,…
Man throws glitter at Santorum for his anti-LGBT views
A bump in the Iowa caucus polls isn’t the only thing Rick Santorum has received over the past week. During a campaign spot in Johnston, Iowa Friday evening, the Republican presidential candidate was greeted by an unidentified man upset over Santorum’s negative views on the LGBT community. Within a second…
White House Republican hopefuls make last Iowa push
Republican presidential hopefuls crisscrossed Iowa Saturday as they made a final frenzied push for votes ahead of the heartland state’s first-in-the-nation contest to pick the party’s nominee. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, savoring his regained frontrunner status, ripped President Barack Obama’s annual vacation to his native state of Hawaii as…
Bachmann, Santorum have no delegates on Tennessee primary ballot
The Knoxville News reported on Friday that four out of the nine Republican presidential candidates have no committed delegates on the March 6 primary ballot. The four are Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Gary Johnson, and Buddy Roemer, while Jon Huntsman has only three potential delegates pledged to him. Under Tennessee’s…
A surge of santorum sheds light on the irrelevance of Iowa
Right on schedule, Rick Santorum is getting a push in Iowa amongst people who probably don't know how to use the googles anyway. He's polling at 10%, but as Steve at Salon explains, a bunch of evangelical leaders have endorsed him, which might put him over the top in Iowa.…
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