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Santorum, Romney challenged on gay rights

By Robin Abcarian Rick Santorum loves to push back against those who call him a “warmonger,” but Sunday at the NBC News/Facebook Republican presidential debate in Concord. NH, he showed exactly what has some voters concerned about his hard-line stance Moderator David Gregory pivoted to "substance" about 10 minutes after Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) suggested [...]

Santorum, Romney challenged on gay rights in debate

In a Sunday morning debate, Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, the top finishers in the Iowa caucuses last week, were questioned about gay rights – for very different reasons. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, Paul is also right that Santorum voted for No Child Left Behind, which massively expanded the role [...]

An Old Loss Dogs Surging Santorum

"Well, 39 points in five days is a bit of a tough one to do," Rick Santorum told a scrum of reporters. By Michael A. Memoli and Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times For the second time in as many days, Rick Santorum waded into the issue of gay marriage, suggesting it was so important [...]

Santorum on the upswing in GOP race

Meet the real Rick Santorum, the one prudish reporters keep missing. By Jill Radsken Take your pick from TV's past, but it's hard to look at presidential hopeful Rick Santorum and his sweater vests without thinking about these small-screen softies and their out-dated affection for knitwear. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum denied recently making comments [...]

Rick Santorum Goes After Obama, Romney at First New Hampshire Event

Read conservative news, blogs and opinion about 2012, 2012 Elections and Rick Santorum from The Weekly Standard, the must read magazine available in online edition. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum continues to be saddled by an unfortunate Web definition for his last name. / Charles Krupa/Associated Press By Mark W. Smith Rick Santorum, who lost [...]

Romney Takes a Victory Lap as Santorum Plays Catch-Up

Rick Santorum worked to ramp up his presence in Illinois, while former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign continued to bolster the support structure it has had in place for months. Key to Santorum's newly energized Illinois campaign are former Santorum has long opposed the Supreme Court's 1965 ruling “that invalidated a Connecticut law banning contraception” [...]

Romney Takes a Victory Lap as Santorum Plays Catch-Up

Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman have joined Rick Perry's bid to gain ballot access to Virginia's primary election. US District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. in Richmond today approved a request from the In an interview today on CNN's John King, USA, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum spoke with CNN [...]