Newt Gingrich

• The trouble with Newt
  

  After Mr Dopey and Mr (too) Friendly, Mr Grumpy gets his turn (46)

• • • Can it last?

    • (89)

  • • Why should the courts decide on constitutionality when Newt Gingrich can?

    • (39)

  • • The candidate's theology of exceptionalism

    • (71)

Rick Perry

• 
  Man v himself

  Rick Perry's stumbles aren't simply a result of poor debate performances (33)

• • • The death rattle of a campaign

    • (113)

  • • An inarticulate man of action

    • (51)

  • • Why didn't we anticipate Rick Perry's struggles?

    • (50)

  • • Scrutinising the Texas "miracle"

    • (39)

  • • Perryisms

    • (23)

Mitt Romney

• 
  Conservatism comes in many flavours

  A Romney administration would probably involve a significantly different flavour of conservatism from a Perry administration (83)

• • • The "real" Mitt Romney is moderate

    • (42)

  • • The politician that didn't endorse

    • Democracy in America
    • (34)

  • • The candidate's unimaginative foreign-policy blueprint

    • (110)

  • • The front-runner Republicans hate

    • (85)

  • • Will they rally behind the dull but serviceable candidate?

    • (60)

Herman Cain

• 
  Anonymous no longer

  Herman Cain’s accusers make themselves known, and the candidate loses his status as front-runner (34)

• • • Lexington: The fairy tale of a political original heads towards a sticky end

    • (86)

  • • Dial 9-9-9 for nonsense

    • (171)

  • • Don't blame Cain. Blame his supporters

    • (102)

  • • Save us from the white knights

    • (63)

Barack Obama

• 
  The elusive progressive majority

  One day a majority of minorities may put the Democrats permanently on top. But not yet (92)

• • • A beatable president

    • (170)

  • • Obama's rejection of Obamaism

    • (24)

  • • What is the Obama presidency about?

    • (15)

The issues

• 
  The craze for flat taxes

  Republican candidates are competing to race to the lowest point (64)

• • • What's wrong with the economy?

    • (209)

  • • What Americans think about climate change, by political allegiance

    • (1099)

  • • Mormonism and Christianity

    • (215)

  • • Are student loans the next big credit bubble?

    • (164)

Multimedia

• 
  And they're off

  It is a year until Americans vote on whether or not to expel Barack Obama from the White House. In the first of a series of monthly videographics, we present the latest data on the contest (32)

• • • Our correspondents discuss the latest Republican flavours of the month

    • (11)

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  "Romney looked at me blankly"

  Being a voter doesn't give you the upper hand on a plane (63)

• The most Republican states

  Who is the reddest of them all?

  Wyoming, Idaho or Utah, but Oklahoma is the one to watch (19)

• California's Republicans

  Dead, or just resting?

  The threat of demography (11)

• Unintended consequences

  Birthers borking themselves

  Birthers may have developed a strategy that will come back to haunt the Republican Party (65)

• Progressive demonstrators

  But will they primary anyone?

  There are plenty of Democrats in Congress whom progressives might like to take on from the left. It'll be interesting to see if any such challenges develop (52)