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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks at the AFP Defending the Dream Conference in Milwaukee on Saturday, March 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Santorum wins Republican presidential primary in Louisiana

Rick Santorum won the Republican primary in Louisiana on Saturday, giving the former Pennsylvania senator additional crowing rights going forward in the GOP presidential fight and further cementing him as the biggest rival to front-runner Mitt Romney.

March 24, 2012
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum greets supporters March 21, 2012, after a rally in Mandeville, La. (Associated Press)

Poll: Santorum poised for big win in Louisiana

A new Rasmussen Reports polls gives GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum a double-digit lead going into the Louisiana primary on Saturday, putting the former Pennsylvania senator on solid footing to carry some additional bragging rights out of another Deep South nominating contest.

March 22, 2012
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a GOP presidential hopeful, addresses an audience during a campaign stop at an American Legion post in Arbutus, Md., on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Evangelical states sketchy for Romney

Mitt Romney's lopsided victory in Illinois this week showed again that he's hard to beat in states with more moderate, less evangelical-minded voters — a good sign for the former Massachusetts governor when that describes most of the big prizes left on the Republican primary schedule.

March 21, 2012

Hyde Park embraces old neighbor, shuns GOP

President Obama still has boatloads of fans — and seemingly no political enemies — in his old backyard of Hyde Park, the neighborhood from where he launched the political career that eventually landed him in the White House.

March 20, 2012
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney reacts while greeting supporters at a rally in Schaumburg, Ill., after the winning the Illinois Republican presidential primary, Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Illinois win moves Romney closer to inevitability

Mitt Romney notched another victory in the Republican primaries on Tuesday, defeating Rick Santorum in Illinois and adding to the growing sense of inevitability that he will be the nominee to face President Obama in the fall.

March 20, 2012
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, speaking at the University of Chicago, said some of the nation's foremost inventors of an earlier era would have suffocated under the weight of the regulatory burden of today's federal government. (Associated Press)

Romney rallies for ‘economic freedom’

Mitt Romney focused his attacks Monday on President Obama as he campaigned ahead of the Illinois primary, while his chief rival for the GOP nomination — Rick Santorum — blasted the former Massachusetts governor's health care record and predicted that delegates will reject him if the race lasts until this summer's convention.

March 19, 2012
Mitt Romney tells Fox News' Megyn Kelly on "America Live" Wednesday that very conservative voters who don't support him now will favor him against Barack Obama. (Associated Press)

Romney’s delegate gain is still loss of ‘cushion’

Mitt Romney extended his lead in delegates in the Republican presidential nomination fight this week, but his hopes of avoiding a contested convention dimmed slightly after third-place finishes in Tuesday night's two biggest contests.

March 14, 2012
In this Monday, March 12, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum campaign in Montgomery, Ala. Santorum won the Republican presidential primary Tuesday, March 13, in Alabama (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Santorum wins; Romney pads delegate lead

Bolstering his claim that he's the strongest conservative in the Republican presidential field, Rick Santorum swept the Alabama and Mississippi primaries on Tuesday, sending a strong signal to Mitt Romney that the GOP front-runner still isn't connecting with a big chunk of the party's deeply conservative base.

March 13, 2012
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum failed to qualify for the ballot in Washington, D.C., and Virginia, allowing front-runner Mitt Romney to pad his delegate lead ahead of August's Republican National Convention. Such mishaps prove "he is incapable of taking on President Obama's formidable political machine," said Andrea Saul, a Romney spokeswoman. (Associated Press)

Santorum is a ‘David’ of his own making

Rick Santorum is casting his fight with Mitt Romney as a "David-versus-Goliath" battle — but from failing to get his name on ballots to coming up short on raising cash, the Republican presidential contender deserves at least part of the blame, political observers say.

March 13, 2012
Comedian Jeff Foxworthy introduces Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at a campaign stop at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Monday, March 12, 2012, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/ John David Mercer)

Who says Romney can’t win in the South?

The showdown between Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich was supposed to be the big story in Tuesday's GOP contests in Alabama and Mississippi — but polls show Mitt Romney is poised to rewrite the narrative that he can't win in the Deep South.

March 12, 2012
Rick Santorum, campaigning with his daughter Elizabeth in Lenexa, Kan., wasted no time using the issue of health care mandates against Mitt Romney, his toughest rival in the Republican presidential nominating contests. (Associated Press)

Santorum assails Romney’s health care stances

While Mitt Romney squeaked out a narrow victory in Ohio's Republican primary, chief opponent Rick Santorum peeled away the scab and drew new blood over the former Massachusetts governor's history on health care, resurrecting the chief obstacle between Mr. Romney and the nomination.

March 7, 2012
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks March 5, 2012, at the American Legion in Westerville, Ohio. (Associated Press)

Santorum hammers Romney on health care stance

Rick Santorum accused Mitt Romney on Monday of trying to cover up his prior support for a federal health care mandate, holding it up as proof that the former Massachusetts governor can't be trusted when it comes to standing up for basic conservative tenets — and that he can.

March 5, 2012
Mitt Romney greets supporters at Taylor-Winfield Technologies in Youngstown, Ohio. The GOP presidential candidate pushed his theme of more jobs and smaller government. (Associated Press)

Romney pushes jobs; Santorum lobs attacks

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum wrapped up their final full day of campaigning in Ohio before Tuesday's pivotal Republican presidential primary, delivering their respective closing arguments as Mr. Santorum's stock dipped in the polls and Mr. Romney brushed off new questions about his support for a federal health care mandate.

March 5, 2012
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio Saturday, March 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Ohio primary win seen as springboard for November

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are blanketing Ohio with "robocalls," mailings, and TV and radio spots in the countdown to Super Tuesday, the 10-state mega-contest that is the first major test of the candidates' national organizations.

March 4, 2012
Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a Republican presidential candidate, greets supporters after speaking at Temple Baptist Church in Powell, Tenn., on Wednesday. Mr. Santorum won 15 delegates in the Michigan primary. (Associated Press)

Santorum claims win despite loss in Michigan

Mitt Romney won more votes than Rick Santorum in Tuesday's Michigan primary, but the two Republican front-runners split the delegate haul down the middle — 15 each — prompting the Santorum campaign to declare victory as the focus shifts to next week's Super Tuesday.

February 29, 2012
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters Feb. 29, 2012, at American Posts in Toledo, Ohio. (Associated Press)

Romney cites economic concerns in primary wins

Fresh off his two-state sweep of the Arizona and Michigan primaries, Mitt Romney carried his new momentum to a steel distributor in Ohio, where voters will head to the polls next week as part of the all-important Super Tuesday contests.

February 29, 2012
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney wave at his election night party in Novi, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Romney sweeps Arizona, Michigan primaries

Overcoming his own stumbles and what he called one opponent's "dirty trick" campaign, Mitt Romney swept both the Arizona and Michigan primaries on Tuesday, once again taking control of the Republican presidential race and earning valuable momentum as the field prepares for Super Tuesday next week.

February 28, 2012
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum shakes hands with volunteers during a Feb. 28, 2012, stop at his campaign field office in Grand Rapids, Mich. (Associated Press)

Santorum, Romney trade charges of campaign dirty tricks

With voters heading to the polls for the state's pivotal primary, Rick Santorum on Tuesday dismissed rival Mitt Romney's claim that he's resorted to "dirty tricks" by calling on Michigan Democrats to support his candidacy.

February 28, 2012