On the day Mitt Romney bowed out of the presidential race in February, his supporters latched onto something of a consolation prize that appeared to bode well for his political future: the warm embrace of conservatives whose approval he had long sought. ...more

August 16, 2008

Sen. John McCain of Arizona all but sewed up the Republican presidential nomination Thursday after Mitt Romney withdrew from the race, saying the war in Iraq and the terrorist threat made it imperative that the party unite. ...more

February 8, 2008

In a fiercely contentious debate, Mitt Romney tried to halt the momentum propelling Sen. John McCain after his victory in the Florida primary by charging in a debate Wednesday that McCain's positions on immigration, campaign finance and the environment were "outside the mainstream of conservative Republican thought." ...more

January 31, 2008

"How," Rudy Giuliani asked a sweaty crowd of snowbirds and Northeastern transplants in Estero, Fla., the other day, "can you not be happy when you're here?" ...more

January 27, 2008

Linda Ellerbee has some advice for parents who want their children to be good citizens: ...more

January 12, 2008

Over a late supper here the night of the Iowa caucuses, I was reading a magazine article about Barack Obama, which included an arresting photo. ...more

January 6, 2008

Presidential contenders squeezed a final few hours of campaigning out of the old year on Monday in a race marked by exhausting personal appeals, anonymous phone calls and a negative campaign commercial that vanished into thin air. ...more

January 1, 2008

With the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary within the next two weeks, Rudy Giuliani will make a three-day campaign swing through Florida starting today. ...more

December 25, 2007

Mike Huckabee apologized to Mitt Romney on Wednesday for raising questions about the Mormon faith, again pushing religion to the fore of an increasingly bitter fight for the Republican presidential nomination. ...more

December 13, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is scheduled to make "the religion speech" Thursday, but don't count on him giving a soliloquy on Mormon beliefs and practices. ...more

December 5, 2007