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  • Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich pauses during a campaign stop at the Tulare World Ag Expo on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Tulare, Calif., as he bids for the Republican presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Gingrich hopes for another campaign resurrection

    Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign has a history of near-death experiences, and he insists another resurrection is on its way.


  • Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a Republican presidential candidate, is prayed over after speaking at the Bella Donna Chapel in McKinney, Texas, on Wednesday. Mr. Santorum won Republican caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado and a nonbinding primary in Missouri on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

    Santorum eager to build on momentum after wins

    One day after Rick Santorum's startling breakthrough in the presidential race, his few aides decamped to distant states to start building campaign organizations from scratch. It was evidence of his challenge in converting sudden momentum into victories in future contests.


  • Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks Feb. 7, 2012, as his wife Karen (right) listens during a primary night watch party in St. Charles, Mo. (Associated Press)

    Santorum: I won and raised about $250K Tuesday night

    Resurgent Rick Santorum said his sweep of three GOP contests earned his shoestring campaign $250,000 overnight, cash he needs to take his upstart bid for the Republican presidential nomination to Mitt Romney's turf.


  • ** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich speaks during a news conference on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Gingrich: Super Tuesday is the goal

    Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich on Sunday brushed off his loss to Mitt Romney a day earlier in Nevada's Republican caucuses, saying his campaign will go forward and he is looking ahead to Super Tuesday.


  • ** FILE ** Newt Gingrich (Associated Press)

    Gingrich vows to stay in race

    Newt Gingrich will stay in the Republican presidential nomination contest despite an expected loss to Mitt Romney in Saturday's Nevada caucuses, the former speaker told The Washington Times late Saturday afternoon.


  • Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (right), returns a shipbuilder's hard hat as he campaigns Saturday at Eastern Shipbuilding in Pensacola, Fla. Mr. Romney is leading in the polls in the run-up to the state's Republican presidential primary election Tuesday. (Associated Press)

    Lull in primaries to test Gingrich

    The rapid-fire GOP presidential primary season is about to ease into a slower pace and a more spread-out map, creating new challenges for Newt Gingrich.


  • Petraeus

    Inside Politics

    The Obama administration has hit two men with sanctions for suspected laundering money on behalf of Mexican and Colombian drug cartels.


  • "He's sold me," said Dan Keith, 61, about Newt Gingrich. Mr. Keith and his wife, Pat, of Hamilton, Ohio, said they are convinced that Mr. Gingrich has the experience and savvy to be a strong candidate against President Obama. (Associated Press)

    Gingrich picks up support in Ohio

    For "Anybody but Romney" Republicans in a key conservative region of Ohio, Newt Gingrich has been picking up support as an alternative to the former Massachusetts governor.


  • Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a campaign stop, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

    Gingrich attacks Virginia for keeping him off ballot

    Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich's campaign attacked Virginia's GOP primary election system on Saturday for keeping him off the state's March 6 Super Tuesday ballot, a significant setback for a candidate who has surged in popularity but has struggled to organize his campaign.


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