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Why Mitt Romney's campaign needs a Sarah Palin

Opinion digest Fri 20 Apr, AT 10:50

Opinion round-up: Romney's running mate dilemma, ignoring our youth and a solution to the housing crisis

Mitt Romney - Book of Mormon

It's a dead head as Mitt Romney catches up with Barack Obama

Thu 19 Apr, AT 07:34 Alexander Cockburn

With small-town America still hurting from the 2008 crash, Republican Romney could turn this into a lead

Chen Guangcheng

Chen Guangcheng case will test US-China relations

First Reaction Mon 30 Apr, AT 13:55

Blind activist's escape from house arrest poses delicate diplomatic crisis for Washington and Beijing

Rick Santorum quits Republican presidential candidate race

Santorum quits – but damage to Republicans is already done

First Post Wed 11 Apr, AT 07:36

The contest is now certain to be Romney v Obama and latest poll gives the President a 51 to 44 lead

Michael Bywater

If you don't like God's word, write your own

Wed 28 Mar, AT 10:40 Michael Bywater

We should respect others' right to believe, but we don't have to respect what they believe.

Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev

Obama accused of 'caving' to Russians after nuclear mic gaffe

One-Minute Read Tue 27 Mar, AT 13:20

US president says he can be more flexible on missile defence after the November election

Bywater

What we need is a Secretary of State for Imagination

Fri 16 Mar, AT 08:12 Michael Bywater

And if Douglas Adams can't be in charge, then novelist Nick Harkaway might be the man

Bywater

Believe me - Mitt Romney is the perfect man to lead America

Fri 9 Mar, AT 07:46 Michael Bywater

A good president needs credulity. And a man who believes the Book of Mormon will believe anything

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