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Santorum gets mandatory counseling before aborting campaign

Rick Santorum, an ardent opponent of a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy, received some mandatory counseling before aborting his Republican presidential campaign. In a video by Funny or Die, actors Ashley Judd, Michelle Trachtenberg, Katy Mixon, and Eliza Coupe weighed in on the “risky behaviors” that led Santorum to…

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…

WATCH LIVE: Santorum expected to suspend campaign

UPDATE: Santorum pulls out of presidential race Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was expected to suspend his campaign at a press conference on Tuesday. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast April 10, 2012.   Photo: Shutterstock…

U.S. candidate Santorum’s daughter leaves hospital

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will resume campaigning on Tuesday after his daughter was released from hospital and returned home, his campaign said. “Rick and Karen are happy to announce that their daughter Bella has been discharged from the hospital and returned home earlier Monday evening,” spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement.…

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…

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…

WATCH LIVE: Santorum gives speech after primaries

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks after the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Wisconsin primaries. Watch live, courtesy of MSNBC, below: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

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…

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