Triumph of the carpetbagger
Rick Santorum wins in Alabama and Mississippi(265)
Rick Santorum wins in Alabama and Mississippi(265)
The Republican front-runner should be talking about jobs above all(120)
Rick Santorum's "economic freedom agenda" hasn't much to do with economic freedom(251)
It's not the issues that define culture war now; it's culture war that defines the issues(199)
In being so rigorous about ideological purity, libertarians aren't doing themselves any favours(77)
Super PACs are changing the face of American politics. And it may be impossible to reverse their startling advance(50)
The president's rhetoric of fairness deserves critical, even sceptical, scrutiny(253)
America needs simpler laws(4)
Yet somehow Super Tuesday didn't feel like a great night for Mitt Romney(180)
Voters will hold Barack Obama responsible for rising petrol prices, even though he isn’t
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Republican race:
| Romney | 28% |
| Santorum | 24% |
| Gingrich | 21% |
| Paul | 10% |
| Other | 8% |
Head to head:
| Obama | 48% |
| Romney | 44% |
| Obama | 50% |
| Santorum | 43% |
| Obama | 51% |
| Gingrich | 41% |
| Obama | 48% |
| Paul | 42% |
Approval:
| Obama | 45% |
| Congress | 7% |
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