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Romney: Santorum ‘on my list’ for VP

It seems like probable Republican nominee Mitt Romney has already forgotten that former rival Rick Santorum recently called him a liar and the “worst Republican in the country.” During a town hall-style event in Warwick, Rhode Island on Wednesday, Romney insisted that he had not ruled out the former Pennsylvania…

Next up: ‘Sundays With Santorum’ on Fox News

It wasn’t anywhere near as entertaining as Herman Cain’s announcement, nor as revealing as Michele Bachmann’s, nor as long-overdue as Rick Perry’s, but Rick Santorum definitely took the gold for moral grandiloquence as he officially ended his bid for the presidency Tuesday. Though he failed to imbue the American people…

Newt Gingrich to Rick Santorum supporters: Vote for me

Former House speaker, whose campaign has collapsed, urges Santorum’s conservative followers to lend their support Newt Gingrich has cheekily called on Rick Santorum’s supporters to throw their weight behind him to prevent Mitt Romney becoming the Republican presidential nominee. Gingrich repeatedly split the rightwing vote with Santorum, allowing Romney to…

Cracks emerge in Santorum’s evangelical support

Rick Santorum, who rose in the polls thanks to enthusiastic support from Christian conservatives, faced pressure Sunday from a key Republican evangelical to end his increasingly long-shot White House bid. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention urged him to abandon the race and throw his support to frontrunner Mitt…

Will Santorum surge — or sink — in Pennsylvania?

The rally here began — as most Rick Santorum campaign events do — with a prayer. But barring divine intervention, it will take a change of heart by much of Pennsylvania’s diverse electorate to help the religious arch-conservative win his home state and stay in the hunt for the Republican…

Rick Santorum’s daughter hospitalized again

WASHINGTON — The youngest daughter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who suffers from a rare genetic disorder, has again been hospitalized, his campaign said Friday. “Rick and his wife Karen have taken their daughter Bella to the hospital,” spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement. “The family requests prayers…

Santorum: ‘Damn right’ we cling to guns and religion

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pennsylvania — White House hopeful Rick Santorum revived a divisive political firestorm from the 2008 campaign Wednesday, reminding voters “you’re damn right” that blue-collar Pennsylvanians cling to guns and religion. “Barack Obama four years ago referred to this area of Pennsylvania, right here, as a place that clings to…

Romney wins Republican primaries in Maryland, Wisconsin and D.C.

WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney notched a huge presidential primary triple win, strengthening an already compelling case that he is the presumptive nominee in the battle for the White House. Romney thumped his main rival Rick Santorum in Maryland and the US capital Washington, and was expected to win a…

Parody: Pornstars organize ‘world’s largest wank out’ against Santorum

Upset that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has vowed to crack down on Internet pornography if elected, pornstars have organized a “wank out” on May 1. The pornstars warned that without easily available pornography, people will be forced to use Facebook photos or possibly even their own imagination to masturbate.…

Maddow: Santorum campaign like the comments on a birther blog

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said Monday night that it was difficult to report on Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum because he does not appear to be running a serious campaign. On Monday, Santorum falsely claimed that “seven or eight” of the University of California’s ten campuses did not offer any…