Sex scandals and political setbacks might have brought out the best in US leaders Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, writes Khaya Dlanga.
A South African-born TV evangelist has served up holy laughter, fire and brimstone during the Republican primaries in the United States.
Republican Rick Santorum has won two crucial Deep South primaries, taking control of the conservative wing and dealing a setback to Newt Gingrich.
Mitt Romney has coasted to victory in the US Republican Party’s latest presidential nomination caucus, but rival Newt Gingrich has vowed to fight on.
Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney romped to victory in the Nevada caucuses, cementing his position as frontrunner to take on Obama.
Republican candidates and President Barack Obama recognise the importance of Nevada.
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/ 3 February 2012
In the latest tell-people-what-they-want-to-hear speech on the election circuit, Newt Gingrich made a remarkable promise: he wants a moon base.
Mitt Romney leads the Republican presidential race with his Florida win but drew criticism with remarks suggesting indifference to America’s poor.
Florida’s Republicans vote tonight in a high-stakes presidential primary election with Mitt Romney holding a double-digit lead over Newt Gingrich.
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/ 29 January 2012
Mitt Romney stormed towards a likely Tuesday victory in Florida that would make him strong favourite for the Republican presidential nomination.
The US president has launched his first salvo
in an election race marked by financial issues.
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/ 26 January 2012
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> wishes the ANC would let its wannabe leaders be as open as the US Republicans.
Newt Gingrich received a boost when the family who donated $5-million to an organisation supporting his campaign this month gave another $5-million.
Republican candidates are gearing up for party nominations after Newt Gingrich’s sensational victory in South Carolina threw the race wide open.
Newt Gingrich has pulled off a sensational victory in the Republican race by taking the South Carolina primary, wrecking Mitt Romney’s plans.
Fred Karger will certainly not win the Republican nomination, but he has made history as the first openly gay candidate to run in the race.
Republican frontrunner faces dirty tricks and a ‘bare-knuckles’ contest in South Carolina.
A brutal battle looms in the fight for the Republican nomination as presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s opponents prepare to launch an all-out ad war.
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/ 10 January 2012
Despite attacks from his competitors, Mitt Romney has been seen as the favourite for the Republican presidential candidate.
Republican front-runner Mitt Romney’s statement that "I like being able to fire people" is likely to be seized on in attack ads ahead of US primaries.
Mitt Romney’s rivals for the Republican ticket have ripped into the presidential candidate on live TV in a desperate bid to cut his massive poll lead.
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/ 20 December 2011
The Republican presidential race has been thrown wide open two weeks before the first votes in the battle for the party’s nomination.
Republicans are strategising to win more votes from the demographically critical US Hispanic group, without alienating the party’s conservative base.
Republican presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich is under fire for describing Palestinians as an "invented" people who were taught to kill at school
Republican Newt Gingrich restarted his troubled run for the US presidency with an appeal on Sunday to Jewish voters in California.
Key members of Republican Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign team resigned on Thursday in a devastating blow to his 2012 election hopes.
When Newt Gingrich last held political office <i>Seinfeld</i> was a top-rated TV show and pagers — not iPhones — were the must-have tech device.