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Santorum: Obama daughter’s Mexico trip ‘sets a very bad precedent’

The children of politicians are normally off limits during campaigns but Rick Santorum is lashing out at President Barack Obama for allowing his daughter to go to Mexico, claiming it could endanger Americans. Speaking to GBTV’s Glenn Beck on Tuesday, the Republican presidential candidate reacted to the news that the…

Romney looks to win big in Illinois Republican primary

White House hopeful Mitt Romney is looking for a big win in President Barack Obama’s home state Tuesday as he fights to clinch the Republican nomination and focus on November’s general election. Underdog Rick Santorum was pushing for an upset as he rallied conservatives to stay true to their principles…

Scrambling Santorum lashes out at Romney in pivotal state of Illinois

Rick Santorum, facing a blow to his momentum in Tuesday’s primary, blasts Mitt Romney as a candidate ‘without a core.’ The fierce in-fighting among Republican presidential challengers intensified ahead of Tuesday’s Illinois primary with Rick Santorum unleashing one of his most personal attacks yet on frontrunner Mitt Romney. Santorum, scrambling…

Romney takes large early lead in Puerto Rico primary

Mitt Romney got off to a big early lead Sunday in the US territory of Puerto Rico’s Republican primary, a usually overlooked race with newfound significance in the White House race. Romney snatched 85 percent of the vote, while his closest challenger Rick Santorum stood a distant second at eight…

Brown: Secret Service gives Santorum ‘first time he’s used protection’

Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) decided to poke some fun at the GOP presidential candidates with a few colorful jokes Sunday morning, with probably the best saved for Rick Santorum. At a St. Patrick’s Day event in South Boston, the Massachusetts senator was intrigued over Santorum and Newt Gingrich receiving secret…

Shuster: ‘The Republican Party works for Fox News’

Current TV correspondent David Shuster says that it should not be a surprise to Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum or anyone else that Fox News is “shilling” for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Last week, Santorum complained to Fox News host Brian Kilmeade that the conservative news network was in…

Two men exchange kiss in protest at Santorum rally

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum was 15 minutes into his speech at the Christian Liberty Academy in Arlington Heights, Illinois on Friday night when the two men rose from their seats and began to shout for the crowd’s attention. Then, said a report in the Niles-Morton Grove Patch newspaper, as…

Santorum: Winning Puerto Rico primary would be an ‘act of God’

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Rick Santorum said Wednesday that it winning the Puerto Rico primary on Sunday, where 20 delegates are at stake, would be an act of divine intervention. At a church in San Juan, the devout Catholic encouraged his supporters to “continue to pray, not just for me, not…

Santorum to Puerto Rico: If you want to be a state, speak English

Rick Santorum has traveled to Puerto Rico ahead of the island territory’s Republican primary elections on Sunday and made its citizens what may prove to be a controversial offer, according to the New York Daily News. In an interview with the San Juan newspaper El Vocero, the 2012 presidential hopeful…

Craig Crawford: Gingrich should get out while he has some dignity left

Political blogger Craig Crawford said Wednesday that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich should drop out of the presidential race because he appears to be running out of money and has fallen behind Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. After failing to win the Mississippi and Alabama primaries on Tuesday, some conservatives…