Presidential candidate Rick Santorum has said that John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech advocating strict separation of church and state almost made him throw up. But scholars say Kennedy's speech has to be taken in the context of a vastly different political climate — one that was hostile to Catholics.
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Nearly two months into the GOP primary season, longtime frontrunner Mitt Romney still hasn't driven away his opponents, leading to increasing speculation about the chances of a brokered convention.
The Democrat, a former governor of the state, held the seat from 1989 to 2000. It was the second boost in two days for Democrats' efforts to retain their slim Senate majority: Moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine announced Tuesday she would not run for a fourth term.
As the GOP primary race moves into March, we look at the candidates' prospects in the 10 Super Tuesday states, where a trove of 413 delegates are up for grabs. Already Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are battling over Ohio, with its 43 delegates and Midwest bragging rights.
The entire political industry had been poised for weeks for a Rick Santorum breakthrough in Michigan, not quite believing it could happen but believing the polls that said it could.
GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney turned back challenges from former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum in Arizona., where Romney won easily, and in Michigan, where he eeked out a close win in the state where he was born. Before Tuesday night, Romney's last primary win was in Florida a month ago.
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Ron Paul ignored the primaries in Arizona and Michigan Tuesday night and took his campaign to Virginia, where only he and Mitt Romney are on the March 6 ballot.
Mitt Romney has won Arizona, but faces a real nail-biter in Michigan. A loss there — or even a narrow win over Rick Santorum — would hurt Romney's chances in upcoming primary states where his poll numbers have already been weak.
The bill would withhold for two years all federal development aid to states or locales that take private property for economic development. It now goes to the Senate. Supporters say the 5-4 high court decision was an instance of overreach.
An extra day. How will you use it? Here are 24 ideas. None of them takes longer than an hour. And if you don't have time to get to everything on the list, don't worry. Maybe in 2016.
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If Obama president sounded confident, maybe even a bit triumphant, some polling suggested he had good reason to feel upbeat, at least in Michigan. A recent NBC News/Marist poll found the president leading Romney in the state by 18 percentage points and Santorum by 26 points.
Mitt Romney complained that Rick Santorum was encouraging Democrats to influence the outcome of the GOP primary. But he has acknowledged doing that himself in Massachusetts.
Michigan's demographics and recent polling suggest there is a real possibility that Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney will each get 15 of the state's 30 delegates.
Arizona and Michigan voters cast their ballots Tuesday in the Republican presidential primary. A month ago, nobody expected these states to be consequential, but it's clear that the results could dramatically change the direction of the race.
Republicans in Wyoming pick delegates for the national convention in a process that stretches from early February to mid-April.
There is much at stake for Mitt Romney in Tuesday's presidential primary in Michigan – and it's not just because he's in a close race with Rick Santorum Romney has close personal ties to the state where his late father, George Romney, was a popular former governor. The younger Romney will find out if that history can help his presidential bid.
A day before Michigan's Republican presidential primary, Rick Santorum tried to outflank Mitt Romney on a fairly sensitive issue in Detroit: government bailouts. Santorum blasted Romney for supporting the government's Wall Street bailout while loudly opposing its bailout of the auto industry.
Billy Crystal did what he could to save the Oscars on Sunday night. Now if he could only save this week's ScuttleButton puzzle.
Ahead of Tuesday's primary, Romney and Santorum appeared tied in Michigan but polls indicated the former Massachusetts governor was significantly ahead in Arizona. Other polls showed the health-care law to be unpopular in some battleground states and gave mixed signals about whether or how much Obama's re-election chances had improved.
The race for the Republican presidential nomination enters another crucial week, with contests Tuesday in Arizona and Michigan. Rick Santorum is tied nationally with Mitt Romney in a new national poll of Republicans.
This year a dozen House races will pit one incumbent against another — a consequence of the once-every-decade event known as redistricting. Some well known members, such as Dennis Kucinich, are in serious jeopardy.
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GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney plays up his Michigan roots when he talks to voters in the state. But there's been mixed results for other Romneys who have run for office in the state.
Michigan holds its Republican primary on Tuesday. The former Massachusetts governor and Michigan native Mitt Romney has been touring the state in search of votes. A week ago, Rick Santorum held a double-digit lead in the polls. Now, NPR's Ari Shapiro reports, Romney seems to have closed the gap.
Host Rachel Martin speaks with Nate Silver, who writes the FiveThirtyEight blog for The New York Times, about the mechanics of the GOP primary, the number of delegates apportioned so far and how future contests will determine the delegate count.
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