2012 Elections

"Glitter bombs" have become a frequent threat for Republican presidential candidates on the campaign trail this year, as gay rights activists draw attention to their cause by ambushing the candidates with the shimmery confetti.

Rick Santorum, riding a surge in the polls following his three-state primary sweep, urged a conservative crowd in Washington Friday not to pursue a "hollow victory" in November by compromising on their choice for Republican presidential nominee. 

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has turned the tables on Comedy Central host and satirical Super PAC founder, Stephen Colbert....

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - In a state vital to America's domestic energy production, GOP hopeful Rick Santorum electrified supporters with claims that environmentalists are leading a "reign of terror" in the country....

Texas Gov. Rick Perry came back onto the conservative stage with a tongue in cheek take on actor Clint Eastwood's controversial "Halftime in America" Super Bowl ad....

Influential conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart says this CPAC has the potential to play a big role in the 2012 presidential race. Breitbart called it an "X-factor in this election cycle."...

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The Obama campaign released the official soundtrack that will play at President Obama's 2012 election rallies, revealing an eclectic lineup that includes tracks from rock, indie and country acts. The campaign posted the playlist the president campaign Facebook page and also Spotify, a streaming ...

Pledging to run a "national campaign" and denying he faces a do-or-die "Alamo" moment in Texas -- whose April 3 primary will award 155 delegates -- Newt Gingrich accused newly minted frontrunner Rick Santorum of being a "Big Labor Republican" who has attacked the Tea...

Mitt Romney. the only remaining Republican presidential candidate never to have served in Congress, is attempting to distinguish himself as the candidate who is most removed from Washington....

PLANO, TX - Texas has yet to set a date for its primary, but that's not stopping GOP hopeful Rick Santorum from wrangling up support in the state....

Rick Santorum's banner election performance Tuesday night has exposed the risk in Newt Gingrich's plan to wait for the primary battle to come to him, as the former Pennsylvania senator claims the momentum charging into the contests Gingrich needs for another surge. 

The answer depends on who you ask.The Indiana Democratic Party has combed through records going all the way back to Lugar's first year in the Senate, 1977....