Washington: Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago and had to fight hard this year as voters flirted with a carousel of GOP rivals. According to the Associated Press count, Romney surpassed the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination by winning at least 88 delegates in...
08:03 AM, May 30, 2012
As the race to the White House heats up, US President Barack Obama decided to lighten things up with his sense of humour. ...
09:48 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama's job approval rating has increased to 50 per cent, extending his lead over his top Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a latest national opinion poll said on Tuesday. While Obama's approval rating climbed to 50 per cent, his disapproval rating dropped to 44 per cent in Gallup's Daily tracking poll on Obama's support among US voters. Gallup said the 50 per cent approval mark is notable...
10:59 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Washington: Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Tuesday asked President Barack Obama to "start packing", showing confidence that he would be able to defeat the incumbent in the November presidential elections. "Well, start packing. That's what I'd like to say," 65-year-old Romney told ABC News in an interview when asked what his message to the US President was. "Obviously we have a very different view. The President, I'm sure wants...
10:34 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Fitchburg: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday predicted a victory on Saturday in Wisconsin's upcoming primary contest and said he believed it could help put him on a path to clinching the nomination. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, has come from behind in the polls in Wisconsin to take the lead over chief rival Rick Santorum. The state will vote on Tuesday along with Maryland and Washington, DC. "This...
10:45 AM, Apr 01, 2012
Washington: The winner of the 2012 US presidential elections must be prepared to deal with a potential re-emerging crisis between India and Pakistan and engage with New Delhi over its ties with Iran and interests in Afghanistan, an American expert on South Asia has said. Daniel Markey, Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia, at Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) a Washington-based think-tank said on Friday that the winner...
09:53 AM, Mar 31, 2012
Washington: Rick Santorum cruised to victory in the Louisiana Republican presidential primary on Saturday but still trails Mitt Romney by a wide margin in the national delegate count for the party nomination. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, was projected to finish second. Former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich was third, but immediately rejected suggestions he should drop out. Texas congressman Ron Paul ran fourth. Santorum had strong support in...
10:38 AM, Mar 25, 2012
Schaumburg, Illinois: Mitt Romney easily won the Republican presidential primary in Illinois on Tuesday night, padding his already-formidable lead over chief rival Rick Santorum with another victory in a key industrial state. Romney, a multimillionaire who has the backing of most of the Republican establishment but struggles with the party's more conservative wing, is leading the overall race for delegates to choose a candidate to challenge President Barack Obama in...
08:45 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Washington: Frontrunner Mitt Romney has won the Puerto Rico's Republican presidential primary, taking him a step closer to bagging the party's nomination to challenge incumbent Barack Obama in the fall. Mainstream American media declared him the winner on Sunday as early results showed that he had more than 80 per cent of the votes polled. Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania Senator, was a distant second with less than 10 per...
07:26 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Washington: The recent US actions, targeting trade practices of China, are not driven by the upcoming presidential polls, Obama administration has said. The steps against China's trade policies are not driven by the upcoming presidential elections in November, given the Republican leaders are criticising Obama's China policy, the administration said on Tuesday. "It was announced today because the time was appropriate to announce this new trade case. And this trade...
09:36 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Washington: For the first time in the run-up to the crucial 2012 presidential elections in the US, President Barack Obama's approval ratings have plunged below 50 per cent and he is trailing behind Republican hopeful Mitt Romney. If November elections were to be held today, a poll survey done by ABC News/Washington Post showed that Obama had reverted to a dead heat in public preferences against Republican White House hopeful...
06:42 PM, Mar 12, 2012
Washington: Affirming his frontrunner status, Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Washington state caucuses, his fourth straight win ahead of the 10-state 'Super Tuesday' contest for the party nomination for November Presidential polls against incumbent Barack Obama. With 60 per cent of precincts reporting in Washington, Romney was well ahead with 37 per cent, while Ron Paul and Rick Santorum, each of whom got 24 per cent, battled for...
11:50 AM, Mar 04, 2012
New York: US President Barack Obama invoked the legacies of his heroes Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela as he sought support from voters for a second term, saying he too needs time to fulfil his promise of bringing a "real change" to America just as the two legendary leaders did. "The change we fought for in 2008 hasn't always happened as fast as we would have liked... real change, big...
11:37 AM, Mar 04, 2012
Washington: Mitt Romney scored a hard-won, home state triumph in Michigan and powered to victory in Arizona on Tuesday night, gaining a two-state primary sweep over Rick Santorum and precious momentum in the most turbulent Republican presidential race in a generation. "We didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough," Romney told cheering supporters in Michigan. He also tweeted his delight - and his determination: "I take great...
10:24 AM, Feb 29, 2012
Maine: Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign for the party's presidential nomination a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week. But the former Massachusetts governor's margin of victory over Texas Rep. Ron Paul was so slim it all but guaranteed scrutiny of the party's decision not to count the results of caucuses scheduled later in...
11:58 AM, Feb 12, 2012
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