| GOP candidates want more on illegal immigration
(AP) |
AP - The Republican candidates say more must be done to combat illegal immigration. |
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| Romney, Santorum trade barbs over former senator
(AP) |
AP - Republicans Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are sparring over Santorum's support for his former Senate colleague, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. |
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| Romney, Santorum swap charges in fiery 20th debate
(AP) |
AP - Primed for a fight, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum traded fiery accusations about health care, spending earmarks and federal bailouts Wednesday night in the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination. |
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| FACT CHECK: Errant claims on auto bailout, taxes
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AP - Twenty Republican presidential debates later, the head-scratching claims kept coming. |
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| Idaho GOP state Sen. McGee resigns amid scandal
(AP) |
AP - An Idaho Republican state senator who had been seen as a political riser has stepped down amid sexual harassment allegations. |
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| GOP rivals pass contraception debate, hit Obama
(AP) |
AP - The Republican presidential candidates are trying to avoid a debate on contraception and instead are looking to keep the focus of their criticism on President Barack Obama. |
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| The Michigan GOP Primary: Where All Politics Is National
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Time.com - The nationalization of our politics was one of the major stories of the 2010 midterms, when political experience became a liability and races boiled down to which candidate could claim the outsider's mantle. So it is again this year |
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| GOP candidates all oppose auto bailout
(AP) |
AP - All of the GOP presidential candidates say they oppose President Barack Obama's decision to bail out failing automakers. |
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| GOP rivals spar over earmarks in Congress
(AP) |
AP - Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are clashing on spending requests during a sharp confrontation that fellow Republican Newt Gingrich calls "silly" as the Republican presidential contenders' debate. |
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| Romney defends himself as 'severely conservative'
(AP) |
AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is explaining what he meant when he described himself as "severely conservative" at a conservative political meeting earlier this month. |
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| At Arizona GOP debate, Romney fights for frontrunner status
(The Ticket) |
The Ticket - Mitt Romney fought for frontrunner status in front of a live national audience Wednesday night in the last debate before the crucial primaries on Feb. 28 in Michigan and Arizona. Mitt Romney said in his opening statement at the CNN debate that he wanted to restore America's promise, prompting immediate applause from the audience in [...] |
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| Santorum on the defensive early in debate
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AP - Rick Santorum is on the defensive at the GOP presidential debate, taking criticism from GOP opponents who say he's not a fiscal conservative. |
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