Santorum struggles to win voters' hearts
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Rick Santorum has spent 12 years in the Senate &#151; and millions of dollars on TV ads for a third term. Yet a lot of Pennsylvania voters just plain don't like him.
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Few constituencies are as eager for the Republican Party to falter this political season as gay-rights activists. Yet as they observe the Democratic presidential campaign and the rest of the electoral landscape, their high hopes often are mixed with frustration.
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The Senate race in Pennsylvania, where Senator Rick Santorum lags in the polls, will put Republican fortifications to the test.
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Why GOP senator Lincoln Chafee finds it hard to vote for Bush
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Sen. John Kerry campaigned Sunday for votes in this Democratic stronghold of Ohio, where he is still struggling to break ahead despite massive job losses under President Bush.
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In a U.S. election campaign where presidential candidates from both major parties have talked openly about their Christian faith, some non-Christians feel shut out or turned off.
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Sen. John Kerry is having trouble wooing fellow Roman Catholics in Iowa and Wisconsin. President Bush is short of his expected Catholic count in Michigan and Minnesota. Once reliably Democratic, Catholics have become one of the most complicated and coveted swing voting blocs.
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The corruption-tainted president is still favored to win reelection, but his failure to gain a majority on the first round has shaken him
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Democrat Bob Casey's lead is shrinking over Republican Sen. Rick Santorum in one of the nation's hottest Senate races, a poll released Tuesday shows.
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Former GOP senator Rick Santorium believes his staunch defense of the Iraq War helped lead to his defeat. But he still believes U.S. troops need to continue the fight.
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Far from the coastal strongholds of the same-sex marriage movement, gays in the red states of the Bible Belt are struggling to maintain confidence and optimism in the aftermath of an election that many viewed as a stinging personal rebuff.
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After years of political dominance, Republican voters are concerned about their party and their candidates, according to a new Times/CBS News Poll.
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The presidential election has deeply divided many Americans, but in six states with close races for governor, local concerns prevail.
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When you are a  candidate for U.S. president only drawing about 2 percent  support in opinion polls, you have to keep telling yourself  that the race is still wide open and there is plenty of time to  catch up.
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Having lost the Presidential election in part because of the 21% of the voters who told exit pollsters their chief concern was &#39;moral values,&#39; Democrats are now trying to figure out how to &quot;get religion &quot; -- and they&#39;re already deluding themselves.
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The Democratic front runners are leading their party's crusade to win over religious voters
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US President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry are battling for support among Roman Catholics voters, an electorate divided between a Bible-reading Protestant president and a Catholic senator who supports abortion rights.