Rick Santorum Suspends Presidential Campaign
Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for president Tuesday afternoon, making Mitt Romney likely Republican nominee.
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Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for president Tuesday afternoon, making Mitt Romney likely Republican nominee.
KDKA Radio's Mike Pintek talks to Dr. Terry Madonna, director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall, about the GOP race and the polls that culminated in the end of Santorum's campaign.
Front-runner Mitt Romney was prepared to launch a media blitz this week against Rick Santorum in his home state with this attack ad. But word that Santorum had hospitalized his daughter Bella prompted Romney to pull the ad temporarily from Pennsylvania's airwaves.
With Mitt Romney hundreds of delegates short of winning the nomination, Pennsylvania Republicans now get a chance to help Romney -- or boost his main challenger former Senator Rick Santorum.
There is word from the Santorum campaign today that Bella Santorum, the former senator's 3-year-old daughter, has been taken to Children's Hospital in Philadelphia.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was joined by Congressman Tim Murphy for a meet and greet in Carnegie.
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum remained resolute in his pursuit of the Republican nomination in the presidential race Tuesday night, after former Governor Mitt Romney swept three primaries.
Rick Santorum is down in the polls in Wisconsin, where Mitt Romney is favored to win on Tuesday, but one Democrat who defeated Santorum six years ago says nobody should take the former Pennsylvania senator lightly.
Six years ago, Ed Gainey, an aide to Mayor Ravenstahl, came within 94 votes of defeating long-time incumbent State Representative Joe Preston. Now he's back for another try, and Gainey has sharpened the rhetoric against his adversary, saying Preston condoned the use of forged signatures to get on the ballot.
The conviction of State Senator Jane Orie on 14 counts of theft, conspiracy, conflict of interest, forgery, and evidence tampering brought sympathy from some Republican leaders.
KDKA Radio's Mike Pintek was joined on NewsRadio1020 KDKA by Political expert Bill Green and Forensic Pathologist Cyril Wecht. The topic - Jane Orie and the verdict that was given yesterday.
State Sen. Jane Orie has been convicted in a public corruption trial that took days to argue and several days to decide.
Buses will be taking people from around the state to Washington, D.C. to protest President Barack Obama's healthcare law.
The jury has reached a verdict in the corruption trial of State Sen. Jane Orie. Jurors have found State Sen. Jane Orie guilty on two counts of theft of services and guilty of conspiracy, guilty of forgery and not guilty of perjury.
The jury began deliberations in the re-trial State Sen. Jane Orie following closing arguments, which got underway this morning.
