By Dave Andrusko In a sense it was both a surprise and inevitable that former Senator Rick Santorum suspended his candidacy today to secure the Republican nomination to face pro-abortion President Barack Obama. Once ahead in his native Pennsylvania by 20+ points, recent polling data showed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gaining near-parity in the …
Continue reading "Santorum Exit Paves Way for Romney Nomination"By Karen Cross, National Right to Life Political Director On Tuesday, with 54 delegates at stake former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in first with 47% of the vote, followed by former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum with 35%, Texas Rep. Ron Paul third with 9%, and former Speaker Newt Gingrich fourth with 8%. The victory …
Continue reading "Romney Carries Illinois, State holds last of March congressional primaries"By Dave Andrusko After taking all 20 of Puerto Rico’s pledged Republican delegates on Saturday, former Gov. Mitt Romney is poised to do well in Illinois, according to a compilation of polls assembled by Realpolitics.com. The advantage he enjoys over former Senator Rick Santorum ranges from 4 points (an older Chicago Tribune poll) to 15 …
Continue reading "Illinois Next in Republican Presidential Sweepstakes"By Dave Andrusko When the results of the ten-state “Super Tuesday” are dividing 6-3-1, there is something for Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich to each take away. Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, carried the most states (six) and the most delegates, widening his lead. In addition to prevailing over Santorum by one percentage …
Continue reading "Romney Carries Six States in “Super Tuesday”"By Dave Andrusko Just as you can never know day to day exactly how the sun’s gravitation pull will affect earth’s tides, it’s almost impossible to precisely understand what it is that yanks some otherwise perceptive political observers into making the most preposterous statements. I can understand, although completely disagree, with those who (with eight …
Continue reading "Looking at the Election Eight Months Out"By Dave Andrusko We end this week’s edition of National Right to Life News Today with our customary once-over look at the latest polling data. By way of summary, regardless of what you may hear or read about President Obama’s advantage over Republican presidential candidates, his support is, at best, shaky. In addition there is …
Continue reading "Obama Weaker than Numbers Suggest, Romney and Santorum close in Michigan — Romney Ahead in Arizona as Tuesday Primaries Approach"By Dave Andrusko A quick update on polling data, sure to change. Even though Republicans are fiercely competing for the party’s presidential nomination, according to Gallup, pro-abortion President Barack Obama is only slightly ahead of former Senator Rick Santorum (49% to 48%) and trails former Gov. Mitt Romney by four points (46% to 50%). In …
Continue reading "Romney Ahead, Santorum Slightly Behind Obama in Latest Gallup Poll"By Dave Andrusko Tonight is the last debate before the February 28 Republican presidential primary. Unlike Michigan, where former Gov. Mitt Romney and former Senator Rick Santorum are a hair’s breath apart, most Arizona polling shows Romney with a hefty lead. Real Clear Politics, which compiles all the polling data in one place, shows Romney …
Continue reading "Obama Maintains Lead in Polls, Romney Ahead of Santorum in Arizona, tied in Michigan"By Dave Andrusko http://twitter.com/daveha Today’s wrap up of election news will be both brief and encouraging. Rasmussen Reports, which conducts telephone polling daily, reported, “In potential Election 2012 matchups, both Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have pulled to within two points of the president. Obama leads Romney 45% to 43% and, if Santorum is the …
Continue reading "Romney and Santorum close in Michigan and Arizona, narrow Gap with Obama"By Dave Andrusko http://twitter.com/daveha CBS’s Bob Schieffer, host of “Face the Nation,” is never going to be confused with a Republican sympathizer, nor is he likely to make any effort to understand what a pro-life Republican presidential candidate like Rick Santorum would be telling him. If you missed “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Schieffer put …
Continue reading "What Rick Santorum Actually Told Bob Schieffer on “Face the Nation”"By Dave Andrusko Our last political update for the week addresses two separate but related issues: how the leading pro-life Republican candidates; and how match up against pro-abortion President Barack Obama and how they are faring (as measured by polls) in the upcoming Michigan and Arizona primaries. Rasmussen reports that Obama is leading former Massachusetts …
Continue reading "Latest Polling Numbers Show Obama Ahead of both Leading Republican Candidates"By Dave Andrusko http://twitter.com/daveha It’s now official: former Senator Rick Santorum is enough of a bother to the New York Times for its editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, to pen a classic hit piece on the Republican presidential candidate, complete with a photo that makes an unrecognizable Santorum look possessed. Like his Republican rivals—former Massachusetts …
Continue reading "Santorum assumes narrow lead over Romney in two polls — Romney ahead in another"