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CAMPAIGN 2012 12:58 p.m.

Gingrich Launches 30-Minute Energy Spot in Super Tuesday States

The Republican presidential candidate gives a video lecture in improving the country’s energy prospects in advance of primaries and caucuses in 10 states on March 6.

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CAMPAIGN 2012 11:14 a.m.

Romney: Obama Opposes 'Religious Liberty'

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says the Obama administration fought "religious liberty," remarks that the president's campaign called "disgraceful."

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CAMPAIGN 2012 6:30 a.m.

Polls: Romney Leads in Arizona, Tied in Michigan

Mitt Romney is locked in a neck-and-neck battle with Rick Santorum in next Tuesday's Michigan Republican presidential primary, but Romney holds a double-digit lead in Arizona, the other state to vote Tuesday, according to new NBC News/Marist polls released early Wednesday.

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CAMPAIGN 2012 6:00 a.m.

Arizona Republican Debate Will Be All About Michigan and Romney

The Republican candidates debate yet again on Wednesday night, this time in Mesa, Ariz. But the desert showdown less than a week before the Arizona primary will be all about Michigan, which votes the same day.

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CAMPAIGN 2012 February 21, 2012

Santorum: Satan Comments in 2008 'Not Relevant' Today

Asked about a speech he gave three years ago, the Republican presidential candidate says, “I believe in good and evil”--and staying on message.

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CAMPAIGN 2012 February 21, 2012

Gingrich Will Skip Michigan, Focus on Super-Tuesday States

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has scrapped plans to campaign in Michigan for that state’s Feb. 28 primary, and will instead spend most of his time in states with primaries that fall on Super Tuesday, March 6, his campaign confirmed late Tuesday.

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CAMPAIGN 2012 February 21, 2012

Romney Camp Portrays Him as 'Scrappy' Underdog in Home State of Michigan

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Mitt Romney’s campaign is sending double messages about his native state of Michigan. “Plan on winning. Hope to win,” Romney said on Tuesday at a town hall. But some of his advisers and allies are trying to play down expectations for the Feb. 28 primary, just in case.

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CAMPAIGN 2012 February 21, 2012

Santorum: I Was an Outsider Insider

Seeking to blunt attacks by rival Mitt Romney, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum points to his work exposing scandals in Congress.

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CAMPAIGN 2012 February 21, 2012

Poll: Romney Has Small Lead in Tight Arizona Race

Mitt Romney holds a slim lead over Rick Santorum in Arizona, one week before the Grand Canyon State's Republican presidential primary, according to a new CNN/Time/ORC poll released on Tuesday.

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CAMPAIGN 2012 February 21, 2012

Santorum in 2008: Satan Attacks U.S., Protestant Church

A 2008 speech by Rick Santorum in which he described an attack by Satan on the United States is getting renewed scrutiny after several Web-based publications circulated audio and text of his remarks over the holiday weekend.

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CAMPAIGN 2012 February 21, 2012

Kudlow: New and 'Bolder' Romney Tax Plan Coming This Week

Mitt Romney will unveil a new, "bolder" tax plan either on Wednesday night at the CNN debate in Arizona or at his Detroit Economic Club speech on Friday, CNBC's Larry Kudlow wrote Tuesday in National Review. More details on Medicare and Social Security are coming, too.

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CAMPAIGN 2012 February 21, 2012

Gingrich Attacks on Obama’s Foreign Policy

After calling President Obama “the most dangerous president in modern American history” over the weekend, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich continued his attacks on the president early Tuesday, criticizing him over his national security record.

 

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CAMPAIGN 2012 February 20, 2012

Gingrich: Obama Most Dangerous President, Incapable of Defending U.S.

TULSA, Oklahoma – Barack Obama is “the most dangerous president in modern American history” and the nation's safety can't be assured until he's ousted, Newt Gingrich said Monday.

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CAMPAIGN 2012 February 20, 2012

Romney and His Surrogates: It's Complicated

CINCINNATI -- Mitt Romney accused Rick Santorum on Monday of making a major contribution to reckless Republican spending, helping the GOP “spend like Democrats,” by voting repeatedly to raise the debt limit while he was in Congress. The attack came as Romney stood next to a Republican senator who voted last year to raise the debt limit.

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CAMPAIGN 2012 February 20, 2012

Santorum Aide Corrects Comment About Obama’s 'Radical Islamic Policies'

Rhetorical firebombs are becoming par for the course for Republican Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign. This one apparently was an accident.

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