All posts tagged "Senator Rick Santorum"

In an interview Friday with Bloomberg TV's Political Capital with Al Hunt, former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) estimated that the tradewinds of the Republican Party are beginning to blow in his favor, and could even knock a couple of his opponents right out of the race in a matter of days.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign regularly rips Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney for his economic policies. On Tuesday, it added former Senator Rick Santorum to its list of top targets.

In a startling outburst Thursday, the multimillionaire who's given most to a super PAC supporting former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) for president remarked that universal contraception coverage for women shouldn't be needed because, "Back in my day, they used Bayer aspirin for contraceptives."

According to Stephen Colbert, you can tell that things are looking up for former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) when "the most influential voice of the 19th century, George Will" is writing Op Ed columns calling him the "fun candidate" in the GOP race for the 2012 presidential nomination.

With less than 48 hours to go before the state officially kicks off the nation's presidential election season, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has emerged atop the GOP field among Iowa Republicans, polling data revealed Monday.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - Frozen by indecision, Iowa's politically powerful religious conservatives are still on the sidelines in the Republican presidential race less than a month before the state's kick-off nominating contest.