Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The Super Tuesday that Nobody Lost and Nobody Won


A perplexing series of results keeps the Republican race going and going and going...

Time was that Super Tuesday was the moment when it was all over bar the shouting. We could all select a probable nominee, quietly watch the rest of the primary season tick quietly by and basically take an extended break until the conventions at the end of summer.

Not this year. Whilst last night was a very good night for Mitt Romney, it wasn’t a night of sweeping triumph, wherein he asserted himself as the presumptive nominee. It was a night where his strongholds came through for him, but he did weakly in other states and remained unable to claim much support from the right.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Review of the Week: February 26th - March 3rd


  • Romney Wins Well Before Super Tuesday
  • Contraception Takes Another Misogynistic Turn
  • 3 Dead in Ohio School Shooting
  • Severe Weather Takes Lives Across Midwest and South

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Romney Wins in Wyoming


He will have to share his Michigan delegates with Santorum though

There have been further developments in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Mitt Romney won the Wyoming caucus by 7 points from Rick Santorum, but the latest delegate projections from his victory in Michigan show that he and Santorum will share the states 30 delegates.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Romney wins in Michigan and Arizona

Important if narrow victory in Michigan makes Romney the front-runner once again


Mitt Romney reasserted his authority in this topsy-turvy Republican primary race with a narrow victory over Rick Santorum, 41% to 38%, in the state of Michigan. The former Governor of Pennsylvania also won the contest in Arizona, though this was largely expected. The victory gives Mr Romney an important boost ahead of next week’s Super Tuesday contests, when 10 states will hold ballots.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Review of the Week: 12th-18th February



  • Obama delivers $3.8tn budget proposal
  • Congress compromises on payroll tax holiday
  • Romney falters as Santorum surges
  • Comment: How resistant could Santorum be to negative ads?
  • Articles of the week

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Review of the Week: February 5th - 11th


  • Santorum's Triple Win Hurts Gingrich More Than Romney
  • Obama's Difficult Week
  • Two Victories for Gay Rights
  • Congressional Stalemate over Tax Holiday
  • Articles of the Week