US National Media Watching Closely as Presidential Candidate Republicans in Obama’s Backyard

Republican race shifts to Obama’s home state

AFP – Republican White House hopefuls set their sights on President Barack Obama’s home state of Illinois and Missouri Saturday, in a key step in their pitched battle to be the party’s standard-bearer. Polls showed former senator Rick Santorum within striking range of frontrunner Mitt Romney. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles