At first glance, the numbers may seem like good news for Romney, given that he is by far the strongest fundraiser in the field. Through the end of January, he had raised $63.2 million for his campaign, more than twice as much as the next most successful Republican candidate, Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.), who had raised $30 million. Newt Gingrich had brought in $18.2 million, and the figure for Rick Santorum was $6.7 million.

Instead, Santorum’s comments were a new twist on a steady theme of his Republican presidential candidacy: that Obama and other Democrats have a secular worldview not based on the Bible, one they are intent on imposing on believers.

That debate was held Wednesday night in Arizona, and its impact on the GOP presidential race will become clear in the days ahead.

And that image had some serious holes poked in it at Wednesday’s debate in Arizona.

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In total, the four GOP contenders mentioned the word “jobs” only 10 times over the span of two hours — and former senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) uttered the word a grand total of zero times.

TUCSON, Ariz. — “You know who I think needs to run for president?” asks one of the workers clearing away the chairs at the Mason hall where GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum just finished addressing supporters. “Sheldon Adelson.”

The Michigan Democratic Party sent an e-mail to supporters Wednesday encouraging them to take part in the state’s Republican presidential primary on Tuesday.

The e-mail points to a YouTube video of two Republican state senators encouraging Democrats to vote and notes that voters can still return to voting in the Democratic caucuses two months from now.

But he obliged the request by blues legends Buddy Guy and B.B. King, singing a few lines of “Sweet Home Chicago.”

The bureau said it will look into whether banks are reordering customers’ debit-card charges to maximize overdraft fees. Reordering transactions can double or triple penalties, and the practice has been the target of several class-action lawsuits against the nation’s biggest banks.

Obama was among several dignitaries, including former first lady Laura Bush, who is a member of the museum’s council, to speak at the ceremony for the 374,000-square-foot museum, which has been more than a century in the making.

On Tuesday night, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart used the New Jersey governor's recent veto of a bill legalizing same sex marriage to go after his size. “Chris Christie seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding of marriage equality, specifically the equality part,” Stewart said. “It’s surprising, since he too is a member of a group that society does not always grant a full measure of respect. I’m referring, of course, to Christie’s choice to live openly as an obese American.” There followed a parade of GOP hopefuls — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum among others — mouthing doctored utterances that substituted "fat" for "same sex" marriage. Subtle it wasn’t.  

Forbes, sitting in first class, ran in the GOP presidential primaries in 1996 and 2000, and lost. This time around, he endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry.