Rick Perry Articles

On 3 July 1976, just over 37 years ago, the US Supreme Court gave judgement in Gregg v Georgia 428 US 153 (1976). The ruling reinstated capital punishment in the United States. Four years earlier, in Furman v Georgia 408 US 238 (1972), capital punishment had been...

By a mere eight votes Mitt Romney may be the first Republican presidential candidate to win both Iowa and New Hampshire. This is, of course, if he can stop Newt’s kamikaze mission to implode his candidacy. In a night that was decided by eight votes, Rick Santorum...

The 2012 US election season begins on January 3 when Iowa becomes the first state to hold contests to decide who will be the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates in November. While Barack Obama will be renominated as the Democratic contender, the...

A divisive, drawn-out Republican contest to challenge Obama now more likely - and could be good for Obama. The Republican presidential nomination contest was energised on Saturday by Representative Michelle Bachmann’s victory in the Ames straw poll, combined with...