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Rick Santorum

How can gay monogamy be the end of the family?

Rick Santorum's hardline social creed is gaining ground as the Republicans run short of options to beat Obama

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Mitt Romney still fails to judge the mood of the people

Now the Republican frontrunner has horrified his party by his lack of Right-wing rigour in his attitude to the poor

Taxing the rich - has the States hit a tipping point?

The doctrine that the wealthy getting wealthier works to the advantage of all Americans is under close scrutiny

Mitt Romney's on the home straight but Gingrich is still a danger

Despite the Republican reverence for wealth, Romney's reluctance to pay taxes may yet prove his undoing

Obama can just sit and watch as the Republicans bitch

Mitt Romney's leadership rivals are doing the Democrats a favour by digging up his 'corporate raider' reputation

While Republicans flounder, the mood is turning ugly

The indecisive Iowa primary has seen a Newt Gingrich-Mitt Romney dust-up that could cause lasting damage

Obama can face 2012 with his confidence high

While some still regard the President as weak, he can now go to the polls as a credible military leader

Fighting over the poets who express America's story

View from America: A racial, historical and artistic storm has been sparked by a review of a new anthology of 20th-century US verse

Now Republican hopes are pinned on Newt the Sinner

Right-wingers set on denying Mitt Romney the ticket are happy to overlook the new rival's past ethical lapses

Are Latinos now America's most persecuted group?

View from America: Hispanics in the US now struggle as African-Americans once did. But not all Republicans are against them

With opponents like these, Obama's a shoo-in for 2012

To date, Republican contenders have not been of a calibre to capitalise on the country's economic woes

When morality bows down to sport and cash

View from America: An alleged sexual scandal involving a US university football coach is causing a stir - for the wrong reasons

How Europe's crisis came home to Wall Street

The $41bn crash of a brokerage laden with European debt will add fuel to anti-capitalism protesters' fury

The right history is key to seizing the American dream

View from America: Marco Rubio is the latest politician trying to woo voters with tales of family endeavour that seem to stretch facts

Why Republicans are cheering for a pizza karaoke star

What the latest Right-wing presidential contender lacks in experience he more than makes up for in chutzpah

Is Obama morally any different from George W Bush?

Assassination seems to have become a normal part of policy - but we are being asked to take a lot on trust

The anguished march of the Wall Street warriors

It's not just about banks - this week's peaceful protesters are deeply angry about the entire US political system

Warren Buffett's Rule for taxing the rich sparks class war

The billionaire investor's proposal that tax rates should be equalised has given ammunition to both parties

As Wall Street shivers, New York feels the chill

Stock market gloom is reflected across the Big Apple in different ways between the city's rich and poor

The Republican Right is turning on itself now

Accusations thrown at leading presidential contender Rick Perry show the irrationality of the Tea Party

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