Washington: President Barack Obama seems to think that the world of politics would be better if someone like John McCain were running for the White House. The Democratic incumbent and his re-election advisers are waxing nostalgic about the Republican senator from Arizona who lost to Obama in the 2008 presidential race. They're embracing McCain as a reasonable voice on climate change and immigration, someone who took on extremism in his...
08:20 AM, Jun 04, 2012
Washington: Like two prize fighters resting between rounds, Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney paused for a moment on Wednesday to wish each other well in the November 6 election. They spoke by phone after the president called to congratulate Romney for clinching the Republican nomination by winning the Texas primary on Tuesday. In winning the primary, the former Massachusetts governor surpassed the 1,144-delegate total he...
05:10 AM, May 31, 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: 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
Washington: Former Senator Rick Santorum rejuvenated his presidential hopes on Tuesday with overwhelming victories over front-runner Mitt Romney in Republican nominating contests in Missouri and Minnesota. Santorum, who until Tuesday had won only one of the first five Republican contests, crushed his rivals in a non-binding primary in Missouri and in the Minnesota caucuses. His previous victory had been by a slim margin over Romney in Iowa. Results were still...
10:18 AM, Feb 08, 2012
Las Vegas: Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory in Nevada on Saturday, crushing his three remaining rivals and taking firm command of the party's volatile presidential nominating race. Romney captured 44 percent of the vote with about 43 percent of precincts counted, taking about a 20-point lead over his closest rivals, former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich and US Representative Ron Paul, who were battling for second...
10:55 AM, Feb 05, 2012
Las Vegas: Mitt Romney, heavily favored to win Nevada's presidential caucuses Saturday, focused on the state's unemployment rate " which is well above the national average " rather than campaigning against chief Republican rival Newt Gingrich. Campaigning throughout Nevada on Friday, Romney sought to convince weary voters that he alone had the prescriptions for what ails the country " even as the government reported that a quarter-million Americans streamed back...
08:04 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Washington: Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has won the Republican primary in Florida, defeating Newt Gingrich. The victory has brought him closer to bagging the Republican nomination to challenge the incumbent, Barack Obama, in November presidential elections. Gingrich, who created a major upset in the previous South Carolina, was polled over 4.25 lakh votes against Romney's 6.3 lakh votes with more than two-thirds of the votes counted. As a result,...
07:21 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Cocoa Beach, Florida: Florida's Republican voters go to the polls on Tuesday in a high-stakes presidential primary election that could determine the direction of the race. In what shapes up as a two-man contest, most opinion polls show Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, holding a double-digit lead over Newt Gingrich, a former US House speaker. Florida is the largest state to hold a presidential primary so far this year...
03:08 PM, Jan 31, 2012
South Carolina: Newt Gingrich jolted the Republican presidential race on Saturday with a resounding victory in South Carolina, where voters rejected frontrunner Mitt Romney's pitch that he is the best bet to fix a broken economy and defeat President Barack Obama. Gingrich's come-from-behind win in conservative South Carolina injects unexpected volatility into a Republican nominating race that until this week appeared to be a coronation for Romney, the former Massachusetts...
09:42 AM, Jan 22, 2012
Myrtle Beach: Under heavy debate pressure from his rivals, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney defended his record as a venture capitalist, insisted he bears no responsibility for attack ads aired by his allies and grudgingly said Monday night he might release his income tax returns this spring. "I have nothing in them that suggests there's any problem and I'm happy to do so," he said. "I sort of feel like...
09:28 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Greer: An array of Republicans and conservatives - including some of Mitt Romney's sharpest critics - rushed to the GOP presidential front-runner's defence on Thursday to counter efforts to paint the former venture capitalist as a job-killer. Under fire, Romney rival Newt Gingrich tempered his attacks on Romney's tenure at the helm of Bain Capital, but Rick Perry defended his approach. "We're disappointed" with the line of criticism, said Thomas...
11:34 AM, Jan 13, 2012
Washington: Top Republican Senator John McCain on Wednesday endorsed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in his race to seek party's presidential nomination for the November 2012 elections. "The time has arrived for Republicans to choose a presidential nominee; a new standard bearer who has the ability and determination to defeat President (Barack) Obama and the strongest commitment to returning America to prosperity and defending our interests and values overseas," McCain...
09:01 AM, Jan 05, 2012
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