Republican debate: Mitt Romney v. Rick Santorum get personal in Arizona

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum, viewed as a GOP co-front-runner for the first time, took heat from all sides in Wednesday night's Republican debate — and even had to ward off a charge that he was “a fake.” The former Pennsylvania senator traded blows

By Steve Holland MESA, Arizona (Reuters) – Rivals heaped criticism on surprise front-runner Rick Santorum in a debate among US Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday, hoping to stall his surge at a pivotal period in the 2012 campaign.

While it may feel like a lifetime, it has been all but about a month since the last time the four remaining (now that Buddy Roemer is running as an independent). Much has happened since then– Rick Santorum winning all three

WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum, viewed as a GOP co-front-runner for the first time, took heat from all sides in Wednesday night's Republican debate — and even had to ward off a charge that he was “a fake.” The former Pennsylvania senator traded blows

That was the position that political junkies found themselves in on Wednesday as CNN prepared to televise the 20th Republican presidential debate of the 2012 nomination race. There are no more debates on the conveyer belt — an abrupt change for a