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  • Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a town hall meeting at Taylor Winfield in Youngstown, Ohio, Monday, March 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

    GOP on losing side of birth control

    Their fight with President Obama over contraceptive coverage is becoming a losing battle for Republicans, a significant chunk of whom reject GOP leaders' stance that it's a fight about religious liberty, according to the latest Washington Times/JZ Analytics poll.


  • "Latter Day Saints for Ron Paul" is one of the 32 coalitions fiercely devoted to Rep. Ron Paul, who now counts relatives of Mitt Romney among his supporters. (Courtesy Ron Paul 2012 campaign)

    Inside the Beltway: Super Tuesday dawns

    The four Republican presidential hopefuls are simultaneously frantic, energized and poised to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Cable news channels are ramping up Super Tuesdat coverage like it's New Year's Eve. Or Halloween.


  • Former first ladies Laura Bush and Barbara Bush share a light moment with moderator Doris Kearns Goodwin (right) during a discussion Monday that was part of the conference "America's First Ladies: An Enduring Vision" at SMU in Dallas. (Associated Press)

    Inside Politics

    Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, on Monday urged the United States to launch airstrikes against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime to force him out of power — a call for dramatic military intervention that wasn't supported by the Obama administration or its European or Arab partners.


  • Rush Limbaugh initially didn't back down from his comments about a Georgetown University law student. His eventual apology was the right thing to do, Republicans and Democrats agreed, though Democrats are unlikely to let the matter die anytime soon. (Associated Press)

    Limbaugh apology garners bipartisan approval

    Democrats and Republicans alike said Sunday that conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh was right to apologize this weekend for the inappropriate comments he made about a law school student who testified in support of the Obama administration's health care act.


  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida chairs the Democratic National Committee. (AP Photo)

    Democratic leader calls on Romney to repudiate Limbaugh

    The chair of the Democratic National Committee has called out GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney for not condemning comments by radio personality Rush Limbaugh about a law student who testified on Capitol Hill in support of the administration's health care law.


  • Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich speaks at the Ohio 5th Congressional District Lincoln-Reagan Day dinner at Bowling Green State University on Saturday, March 3, 2012, in Bowling Green, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Gingrich: 'I'm taking Santorum's advice'

    Newt Gingrich cited Rick Santorum's come-from-nowhere campaign wins last month as justification for plowing ahead with his own flagging presidential campaign.


  • Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult

    Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a "slut" and "prostitute" after fellow Republicans as well as Democrats criticized him and several advertisers left his program.


  • In this image made from Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, video provided by C-SPAN, Sandra Fluke, a third-year Georgetown University law student, testifies to Congress in Washington. Limbaugh drew fire Friday, March 2, 2012, from many directions for his depiction of Fluke as a "slut" because she testified before Congress about the need for contraceptive coverage. (AP Photo/C-SPAN)

    Limbaugh apologizes for making slurs about Georgetown student

    Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday for sexual slurs he made on the air about a Georgetown student who has become a public advocate for President Obama’s new contraception coverage mandate.


  • Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult

    Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a "slut" and "prostitute" after fellow Republicans as well as Democrats criticized him and several advertisers left his program.


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