US Politics August 2012 Archive

Former Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, who waged a bitter but unsuccessful battle for the nomination against Mitt Romney this spring, has released the delegates he won during the primary ... Read More

The Republican and Democratic national conventions are set to begin. So how much will the party conventions, often described as mere lavish soirées for the political elite, actually help Mitt ... Read More

Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann Romney, have declined to release more than one year's worth of their tax returns to the public so far, saying more ... Read More

Everyone knows Vice President Joe Biden is particularly prone to clumsy verbal stumbles. But is his recent suggestion, to an audience made up of many African-Americans, that Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Mitt ... Read More

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose popularity among conservatives made him a subject of vice presidential speculation in Election 2012, has been given the role of delivering the second-most important ... Read More

The 2012 presidential debate moderators have been announced, and they include the first woman to be given a such a role in two decades. Candy Crowley, the chief political correspondent for ... Read More

Rick Santorum, who was engaged in a bitter and ultimately futile battle against Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination in Election 2012, has been given a prominent speaking role ... Read More

The speakers for the 2012 Democratic National Convention have been announced, and the man given the responsibility of delivering the keynote address in primetime this September is - drumroll, please ... Read More