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On to Florida: Romney to release taxes, Gingrich ready for Obama
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Newt Gingrich worked to capitalize Sunday on his upset victory in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary, while Mitt Romney moved quickly to cut his losses before the next contest with a promise to release his income tax returns within 48 hours.
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South Carolina shocker brewing? Overnight polls show big Gingrich lead
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Update: ABC News and the Associated Press have projected that Newt Gingrich has won South Carolina, based on exit polls.
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Analysis: Gingrich win forces GOP into grueling debate
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Gingrich's come-from-behind win in the South Carolina primary snatches away the quick and easy way for the GOP to pick its presidential nominee.
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Romney prepares for long fight as Gingrich surges into lead in polls
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Fast-climbing Newt Gingrich says he's "the only practical conservative vote." Front-runner Mitt Romney says it "could be real close" and prepares for an extended fight.
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South Carolina primary is suddenly 'neck and neck,' Romney admits
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On the eve of a Southern showdown, Mitt Romney conceded Friday he's in a tight race with Newt Gingrich for Saturday's South Carolina primary in a Republican campaign suddenly turned turbulent.
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Bob McDonnell endorses Romney
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Mitt Romney's campaign announced Bob McDonnell's endorsement Friday morning from South Carolina, where McDonnell will join the former Massachusetts governor later in the day to campaign ahead of that state's Saturday primary.
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Gingrich wanted wife and mistress, second wife tells ABC News
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Tonight on Nightline, ABC News will air an interview with Marianne Gingrich, the second of Newt Gingrich’s three wives. She says Gingrich wanted an "open marriage," so he could have both a wife and a mistress.
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Gingrich rails against media during debate
Newt Gingrich launched into a tirade against the news media at the top of the Republican primary debate Thursday night.
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GOP candidates make last push in South Carolina
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With the South Carolina Primary just days away, the last debate, scheduled for tonight, will prove to be key. The candidates are pushing hard to state their case to South Carolina's voters one last time.
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Rivals attack Romney's 'electability'
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A stepped-up challenge to Romney's electability, in paid television advertising, campaign appearances and the first of two pre-primary debates, appears aimed at one of his principal strengths in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries.
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Va. GOP asks board to nix loyalty oath from ballot
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Virginia's Republican Party has asked the state's elections board to delete a divisive loyalty oath from its March presidential primary ballot.
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Rick Perry's Virginia ballot appeal denied
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A federal appeals court rejected Rick Perry's appeal to get on the Virginia ballot.
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Jon Huntsman quits campaign, backs Mitt Romney
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Jon Huntsman, who placed 3rd in New Hampshire, said former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney gives the Republican Party its best shot at defeating President Barack Obama in the November general election.
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Rick Perry tries to appeal Virginia ballot issue lawsuit
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Virginia's attorney general is urging a federal appeals court to reject Rick Perry's appeal challenging the state's balloting process.
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GOP primary puts Romney in lead after Huntsman drops
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What will the GOP field look like after Jon Huntsman drops out?
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Campaign officials: Huntsman to quit GOP race; will endorse Romney
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Jon Huntsman will withdraw Monday from the race for the Republican presidential nomination and will endorse Mitt Romney, campaign officials told The Associated Press on Sunday.
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Social conservative conclave unites behind Santorum to derail Romney
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A group of social conservative leaders voted Saturday in Texas to back Rick Santorum in the GOP presidential race in a bid to stop Mitt Romney's momentum.
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Republicans rally around Romney after charges of 'vulture capitalism'
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An array of Republicans and conservatives - including some of Mitt Romney's sharpest critics - rushed to the GOP presidential front-runner's defense Thursday to counter efforts to paint the former venture capitalist as a job-killer.
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