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Even though Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich are still officially in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination, Rick Santorum’s 10 April decision to ‘suspend’ his campaign has now cleared the way for Mitt Romney to become the Republican

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If someone had told me this time last year that Rick Santorum would be in a two-man race with Mitt Romney for the Republican Presidential nomination, I would have figured it to be an April Fool’s joke. Well the joke is on me, because the Republican contest

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Last update: 02:25 | 15.03.12 | © Metro Éireann

The political campaign drums continue to beat loudly here in the States despite Mitt Romney winning the majority of the 10 ‘Super Tuesday’ primaries on 6 March, as he failed to deliver a knockout blow to any of his three remaining opponents.

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Since there will be a lull in voting until 6 March’s Super Tuesday primaries, I’m going to suspend my analysis of the Republican presidential campaign a little bit, and instead will discuss the increasingly violent situation in Syria – and

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Now that the results of the Florida primary and the Nevada caucuses have been tallied, it’s time to discuss why I think the pre-election favourite Mitt Romney is still in trouble, and the reasons why both Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are likely to remain

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And then there were four. First Herman Cain was driven from the race for the Republican Presidential nomination by a litany of adultery and sexual harassment allegations before the first votes were even cast in Iowa. Then Michelle Bachman followed suit after

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The results of the Iowa caucuses are in, and one of the first casualties was an Iowa native, Michele Bachman. The representative had spent most of her time and campaign money barnstorming the state where she grew up, hoping that the combination of her evangelical

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Last time I discussed the impact that Tea Party activists and Christian ‘values’ voters had on the presidential aspirations of three Republican governors held in high regard by the GOP establishment, but no longer involved in the 2012 campaign.

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Last time out I discussed the extraordinary influence that right wing evangelical Christians and the anti-tax Tea Party movement currently exert on the Republican Party, and in turn the field of Republican Presidential candidates. That influence has played

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On 6 November 2012, just a year from now, Americans will troop to the polls to cast their ballots in an extremely important general election. While all votes involving the selection of America’s President are considered vital for the future of the United

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Now that the Republican Party’s field of presidential candidates finally looks complete, I guess it’s about time for me to begin analysing these hopefuls’ chances of winning their party nomination and going up against President Obama in

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Last time out I expressed my concern that with no judicial institutions to protect the rights of minorities, the flowers of freedom that have bloomed in countries like Egypt and Tunisia during the ‘Arab Spring’ will be trampled by the “tyranny

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As I said last time out, Congressional Republicans are putting their selfish personal and political interests ahead of their country by pandering to the Tea Party. However, they’re not the only ones pandering to narrow-minded, right wing interest groups

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Last time out I accused Republicans of ‘kicking the can down the road’ by using a bit of legislative sleight of hand to allow an increase in America’s debt ceiling without agreeing to a plan to address the deficit.

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The US Chamber of Commerce – a frequent foe of many of President Obama’s legislative proposals – and many American CEOs have spent much of the past year holding numerous educational meetings with members of Congress who are opposed to raising

Charles Laffiteau's Bigger Picture

The big debate here in the States at the moment concern the raising of the debt ceiling. Many Americans, including some members of Congress, don’t really understand what this means. They’re under the mistaken belief that raising the debt ceiling

Charles Laffiteau's Bigger Picture

This week I want to turn my focus to the world’s longest-running conflict: the ongoing disagreement between Israelis and Palestinians. As Middle East advisor Aaron Miller says: “In an existential conflict driven by memory, identity, religion and

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Last time out I mentioned that the primary purpose of President Obama’s recent stops in the UK, France and Poland was to reassure that America’s longstanding alliance with Europe was still very important to him. But at the same time, America is also

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