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- How Marco Rubio can help Mitt Romney without spot on GOP ticketMitt Romney trails President Obama by 40 points among Latinos, a new Pew poll shows. Maybe Marco Rubio, the charismatic US senator from Florida, can help by introducing a new version of the DREAM Act.
- Mitt Romney's big plans overheard, showing why he's Mr. CautiousIn public, Mitt Romney sticks to generalities. But in private remarks overheard by reporters, he floated details of what a Romney presidency might look like. Now he may be even more cautious.
- Mitt Romney, President Obama woo women (politically speaking)President Obama enjoys a clear gender gap in key swing states, especially among younger women. Romney is fighting back with an emphasis on how women are doing economically.
- Can Newt Gingrich keep his sputtering campaign alive?Until this week, Newt Gingrich was running a distant third in the GOP presidential nominating race. With Rick Santorum out, Gingrich now runs a very distant second behind Mitt Romney. What reason does he have to stay in the fight?
- Beyond Hillary Clinton: Eight Democrats who might run if she doesn鈥檛 If Hillary Clinton runs, few other Democrats will. But if she doesn't, there's a big potential field out there.
- How Rick Santorum wins by dropping out of presidential raceRick Santorum effectively ended his campaign Tuesday, but he has gained much after doing better than pundits expected, setting himself up for a run in 2016 or 2020.
- Gingrich acknowledges the inevitable: He won't be the nomineeNewt Gingrich didn't formally withdraw from the presidential race. But he's way behind in delegates, and he聽describes Mitt Romney as 'far and away the most likely' Republican nominee.
- What鈥檚 Rick Santorum鈥檚 exit strategy 鈥 er plan to prevail?Rick Santorum is falling farther and farther behind Mitt Romney in the Republican convention delegate count. To reverse that, he needs to win his home state of Pennsylvania and then the southern states that follow.
- With an eye on female vote, Obama touts progress for womenA White House forum Friday on women and the economy offered President Obama a chance to remind women of things his administration has done for them.
- Mitt Romney: Obama warning on budget has 'no relevance in reality'On Tuesday Obama said the Republican budget would lead to draconian cuts to the social safety net. Mitt Romney counterpunched Wednesday, calling the warnings 'rhetorical excess.'
- GOP nomination all but assured, Mitt Romney zooms in on ObamaPrimary wins Tuesday for Mitt Romney in Wisconsin, Maryland, and the District of Columbia make it mathematically improbable that any of his GOP rivals can capture the nomination. That frees Romney and party leaders to train their fire on President Obama.
- In Wisconsin, Mitt Romney is running against Obama, not Rick SantorumEven before Tuesday's Wisconsin primary is finished, Mitt Romney breaks away from a tough GOP primary season to reset themes for a November campaign against President Obama
- Slamming 'social Darwinism,' Obama reignites debt clash with GOPOn primary day, Obama decries the Republican budget proposal as a 'prescription for decline' that would bring cuts to education, transportation, and the social safety net.
- In Wisconsin, Romney and Santorum give governor, and recall, a wide berthThe recall election of Republican Gov. Scott Walker is the main issue on Wisconsin voters' minds, creating a host of obstacles for Romney and Santorum in the primary Tuesday.
- Ron Paul: Most Americans agree with him on Afghanistan pulloutRon Paul has yet to win a primary or caucus election, but on one thing he has the support of most Americans: The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan sooner rather than later.
- Obama praises John McCain as he sharpens rhetoric against GOPAt campaign fund-raisers and rallies, President Obama is contrasting the Republicans of today with John McCain and others in the GOP who were more willing to work in bipartisan fashion.
- Mitt Romney sings 鈥極n, Wisconsin鈥 toward next primary voteRomney is whistling a happy tune going into Tuesday's major primary election in Wisconsin, and a string of upcoming primaries seems to favor him. Rick Santorum hopes to hang on until May, when voting swings back south.
- Presidential race has become two-man: Romney versus ObamaMitt聽Romney鈥檚 chances of winning his party鈥檚 nomination increase daily. He's reframing his campaign to take on Barack Obama, who's also approaching full-campaign mode with an eye on Romney.
- Why Rick Santorum's once-generous lead in Wisconsin is erodingThe Wisconsin GOP primary is Tuesday. Current polling in the state shows Mitt Romney leading, 39 percent to 31 percent for Rick Santorum.
- Marco Rubio & 9 likely Republican VP candidates Too soon to start speculating about possible Republican vice-presidential candidates? Evidently not. Mitt Romney's rise to the level of presumptive presidential nominee seems to have given political writers and pundits the go-ahead to begin one of the favored handicapping contests in all of politics.