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  • Santorum sharpening political attacks on Obama’s motives

    Wednesday, February 22

    PHOENIX – A surging Rick Santorum is making increasingly harsh remarks about President Barack Obama, questioning not just the president’s competence but his motives and even his Christian values.

  • As Santorum seizes social issues, Romney demurs

    Tuesday, February 21

    STEUBENVILLE, Ohio – Philosophical differences between the top two Republican presidential candidates are becoming starker as Rick Santorum drives harder on religious and social issues that Mitt Romney rarely discusses in detail.

  • Obama raises $29 million in January for his campaign, Democratic party

    Saturday, February 18

    WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama pulled in $29.1 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party in January, raising his total for this election cycle to about $250 million.

  • Tax records show rapid wealth for GOP’s Santorum

    Friday, February 17

    WASHINGTON – Rick Santorum grew wealthy over his four years working as a corporate consultant and media commentator after leaving the Senate in 2006, his newly released federal tax returns show. He made more than $3.6 million and drove an Audi luxury sedan – details that could be at odds with his effort to attract blue-collar voters in the GOP’s upcoming presidential primary in Michigan.

  • Romney takes aim at auto bailout

    Thursday, February 16

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is wooing tea partyers in his home state of Michigan with a potentially risky strategy: blasting the auto industry bailout that many people credit with saving the state’s most vital industry.