Five Takeaways for Tuesday’s Primary Battles
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The GOP may have their presumptive nominee, but Tuesday’s voting contests will still hold important clues to the overall outlook for the GOP — and in Wisconsin for both parties — in the months ahead.Pres…
Five Takeaways for Tuesday’s Primary Battles
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The GOP may have their presumptive nominee, but Tuesday’s voting contests will still hold important clues to the overall outlook for the GOP — and in Wisconsin for both parties — in the months ahead.Pres…
Wis. Recall: Gov. Walker in Dead Heat with Top Democrat
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(MILWAUKEE) — A new Marquette Law School poll in Wisconsin shows Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett within a single percentage point of Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a head-to-head matchup of the recall election.Barrett, who ran…
Chris Christie Stands with Scott Walker in Wisconsin Ahead of Recall
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(GREEN BAY, Wis.) — New Jersey governor Chris Christie campaigned with Wisconsin governor Scott Walker in Green Bay Tuesday ahead of Walker’s June 5 recall election.The embattled governor is being subjected to the rec…
Tornadoes: Midwest Twisters Leave 5 Dead in Oklahoma
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least five people are dead after violent storms ripped through several states in the nation’s mid-section as officials work to clean up the damage this morning and brace for more violent weather. Wisconsin, Minnesota…
Romney Wins Three More Primaries: Is the Race Finally Over?
Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesANALYSISBy Amy Walter, ABC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR
(WASHINGTON) — It is done. The GOP primary is over.Yes, Rick Santorum can keep bowling for votes. He can call Tuesday night “halftime” as he did in…
Romney’s Victory Aside, Wisconsin Is Key for GOP in 2012
Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Wisconsin, and Mitt Romney’s win there on Tuesday, could be an important watershed moment in the GOP primary, elevating Romney from front-runner to foregone conclusion as his party’s nominee. …
Wisconsin Wife, 80, Lands Plane for Dying Pilot Husband
Door County Sheriff’s Office/Crossroads at Big Creek/J. & H. Collins Learning Ce(STURGEON BAY, Wis.) — A frail 80-year-old Wisconsin woman spent a harrowing 90 minutes on Monday learning how to handle a Cessna plane and then land it after her husb…
Ryan Responds to Obama Criticism: President Is ‘More Partisan and Desperate by the Day’
Michael Bonfigli /The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images(MILWAUKEE) — As Wisconsin voters headed to the polls Tuesday, the state’s most controversial congressman, Rep. Paul Ryan, ripped President Obama’s criticism of his budget pro…
Majority of Wisconsin Voters Believe Romney Will Be GOP Nominee
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A broad sense of inevitability carried Mitt Romney into the Republican presidential primary in Wisconsin Tuesday, with preliminary exit poll results indicating that, whatever their preference, eight in 10 voter…
Wisconsin Ballot Problems? Not So, Say State Officials
Comstock/Stockbyte/Thinkstock(MILWAUKEE) — Wisconsin state officials have dismissed reports of widespread ballot problems as voters make their decision in Tuesday’s Republican primary.An aide to Mitt Romney said Tuesday morning that the campaign…
Romney Says Obama Ad Ducks Responsibility
Priorities USA Action(WAUKESHA, Wis.) — Mitt Romney shot back Tuesday at the new ad released by President Obama’s re-election campaign, accusing the president of not taking responsibility for his administration’s mistakes.“The presid…
Primary Primer: Wisconsin, Maryland and DC
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The short break in the 2012 Republican primary calendar has come and gone; Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia hold their primaries on Tuesday.The three contests fall at a pivotal moment in the …
Santorum Visits Birthplace of Republican Party
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(RIPON, Wis.) — Rick Santorum paid a visit to the town described as the birthplace of the Republican Party on Monday as he made his final stop in Wisconsin before the state’s primary on Tuesday.“We came to where the …
Santorum Hopeful He’ll Pull Off a Wisconsin Upset
Jessica McGowan/Getty Images(MENASHA, Wis.) — Rick Santorum expressed some optimism on Monday about his chances in Wisconsin ahead of the Republican presidential primary there on Tuesday, saying he’s hopeful he’ll “pull off an upset&…
Mitt Romney Goes on Offensive on Immigration in Wisconsin
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(MILWAUKEE, Wis.) — Mitt Romney Monday flatly accused President Obama of reneging on his campaign promise to enact sweeping immigration reform, despite enjoying a Democrat-controlled Congress for his first two years in office….
Santorum Urges Pregnant Woman to ‘Hang in There’ for Him
Jay LaPrete/Getty Images(OSHKOSH, Wis.) — Ahead of Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary, Rick Santorum is scrambling to gather votes, even urging a pregnant woman not to go into labor before she can vote for him.“Don’t go into labor before el…
Romney Predicts Victory in Wisconsin Primary
Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images(FITCHBURG, Wis.) — Mitt Romney predicted victory in the upcoming primary in Wisconsin during a visit at Gov. Scott Walker’s phone bank, describing his campaign in the state for the Republican presidential nomina…
For Santorum, Ryan Becomes ‘Some Other Wisconsinite’ After Endorsing Romney
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After heaping praise on the Rep. Paul Ryan throughout the past week, Rick Santorum suddenly turned cold on him after the Wisconsin congressman endorsed his rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt…
Mitt Romney Delivers Powerful Speech, Pivots to the General Election
Scott Olson/Getty Images(APPLETON, Wis.) — Mitt Romney, delivering his most presidential speech to date, ignored his fellow GOP candidates, looked past the remaining primaries, and urged voters in Wisconsin Friday to join him on the path to Election D…