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Santorum thumps Romney on health care – Romney sticks to the script – A universal health care advocate falls – Rehberg slams Sebelius

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With lots of help from David Nather, Jason Millman, Kate Nocera, Lester Feder, Joanne Kenen, Matt DoBias and Jen Haberkorn THE RACE GOES ON – Super Tuesday brought a split decision, with Mitt Romney taking at least five of the 10 states in play. Rick Santorum won at least three, and Newt Gingrich handily won [...]

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Super Tuesday a wild one

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1:00 AM Ohio too close to call BY DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney rolled to primary victories in Virginia, Vermont and home-state Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, reaching for a decisive advantage in the most turbulent race for the Republican presidential nomination in a generation. But his rivals countered crisply. Rick Santorum [...]

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Mitt Romney – Will He Be the First Mormon President?

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Republican presidential candidate Willard Mitt Romney was born on March 12, 1947. He was named for his father's best friend, hotel businessman J. Willard Marriott and Milton Mitt Romney, a relative who played football for the Chicago Bears. his father, George W. Romney, was a former Michigan governor, Housing and Urban Development Secretary, American Motors [...]

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Prospective 2008 Presidential Candidate: Mitt Romney

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Before being elected governor of Massachusetts in 2002, Mitt Romney headed up the Salt Lake City Olympic Organizing Committee earlier that same year. He had also made a run for the U.S. Senate against Ted Kennedy in 1994 and lost. However, he did so much better against Kennedy that most of his previous challengers had [...]

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Rick Santorum hits Barack Obama on energy and climate

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20 February 2012 Last updated at 15:58 ET Share this page Rick Santorum told supporters that President Obama was "imposing his ideology" on US policy US Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has renewed an attack on President Barack Obama's environmental policy, calling it "political science'. Mr Obama unwisely limits energy production, he said, saying science [...]

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REMEMBERING NYT's ANTHONY SHADID: 'Voice of the People' for everyday Iraqis – Pat Buchanan bids peeved farewell to MSNBC — The stimulus is 3 – Betsy Fischer bday

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THE ECONOMIST cover, “Over-regulated America,” with image of Uncle Sam eyeing a monstrous pile of paper and holding a blowtorch: “The home of laissez-faire is being suffocated by excessive and badly written regulation … Consider the Dodd-Frank law of 2010. Its aim was noble: to prevent another financial crisis. … But Dodd-Frank is far too [...]

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Ann Coulter

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Nearly a year ago at the annual CPAC conference in Washington, D.C., conservative commentator Ann Coulter said, "If you don't run Chris Christie, [Gov. Mitt] Romney will be the nominee, and we'll lose." But something changed over the summer, and now Coulter is touting the former Massachusetts governor. In her column on Wednesday, Coulter, the author [...]

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Romney's bad day is Santorum's best in GOP race

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Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string ofstunning victories that snapped his four-state losing streak andraised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's clout withconservatives. Romney shrugged off his poor showing, but his losses Tuesday inMissouri, Minnesota and Colorado laid bare his stubborn weaknessjust when it looked as if his party was beginning [...]

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GOP voters in Nevada caucus to make their choice for presidential nominee

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LAS VEGAS – Mitt Romney, confident that he will notch another victory here tonight, decamped for the day to fly to Colorado as his rivals already began conceding their expected losses and focusing on the states ahead. The former Massachusetts governor, planning to return to Las Vegas tonight for an election night party, was hoping [...]

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Climate Change: Earlier Elections, Later Super Bowls

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There was a rhythm to the calendar when I was growing up. They played the Super Bowl someplace warm in January, began the presidential primaries in new Hampshire in February, and opened the major league baseball season every April in Cincinnati. Set aside my skepticism of dire climate change forecasts. I won't deny what is [...]

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Newt Gingrich’s tax returns raise questions

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>> during this election cycle there's been reporting about the so-called super pacs and attention to tax returns . mitt romney promises he'll release his 2010 returns tomorrow. newt gingrich released his late last week. tonight we have a story about newt gingrich 's use of tax exempt political organization before he was a candidate, [...]