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Fate of GOP hopefuls rests with undecided voters
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Underscoring the unpredictability of the race, a new poll shows that a remarkable 41 percent of likely caucus-goers say they were undecided or still might change their minds.
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Politico: Des Moines Register poll shows Romney ahead, with Santorum surging
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Politico reports that Mitt Romney now holds the lead in Iowa with 24 percent, according to the new Des Moines Register poll released Saturday night. Ron Paul is in second place at 22 percent, but Rick Santorum is mounting a surge and comes in third with 15 percent.
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Gingrich, Bachmann, Huntsman, Santorum join Perry in seeking to get on Va. ballot
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On Saturday, lawyers for Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum joined Rick Perry in asking the State Board of Elections and the Virginia GOP to be added to the ballot.
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Iowa caucuses: Mitt Romney returns for final push toward Jan. 3
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With just four days to go until caucus day, Mitt Romney is looking at Iowa with optimism while Newt Gingrich gets choked up recalling his late mother's struggle with depression and mental illness.
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Newt Gingrich ballot lawsuit filed by Virginia attorney
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A Virginia attorney and tea party activist is seeking to have Newt Gingrich's name placed on the state's Super Tuesday primary ballot.
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Romney making push in Iowa
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Mitt Ronney on Thursday announced an aggressive schedule of campaign events for the days leading up to next week's caucuses.
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GOP race in Iowa looking like a circular firing squad
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Some are comparing the GOP presidential nomination race to a circular firing squad with Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich attacking each other, and Romney, Gingrich, and Rick Perry attacking Ron Paul.
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Perry sues Virginia to get on GOP primary ballot
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Republican Rick Perry's presidential campaign filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Virginia in an attempt to get his name on Virginia's March 6 primary ballot.
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Perry shifts views on abortion, opposes any exceptions
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One week before the Iowa caucuses, Rick Perry on Tuesday said he had strengthened his opposition to abortion and now opposes the procedure even in the case of rape, incest or when the woman's life would be at risk.
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GOP contenders wage war of words one week before Iowa caucuses
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Mitt Romney carried himself Tuesday like a man with the party nomination in hand, while most of his GOP rivals rumbled through Iowa's small towns by bus in a final, frenzied dash of retail politicking before the Iowa caucuses in exactly one week.
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GOP campaign for Iowa caucus enters final week
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An Iowa caucus campaign that has cycled through several Republican presidential front-runners entered its final week Monday, as unpredictable as the day conservatives began competing to emerge as Mitt Romney's chief rival.
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Gingrich attacks Va. for keeping him off GOP primary ballot
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Newt Gingrich's campaign attacked Virginia's GOP primary election system for keeping him off the March 6 ballot. Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and Jon Huntsman also failed to qualify for the ballot.
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Trump drops Republican Party registration in NY
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Donald Trump has changed his voter registration in New York state from Republican to unaffiliated to preserve his option to seek the presidency in 2012.
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Gov. Rick Perry fails to qualify for Va. GOP presidential primary ballot
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul will be on Virginia's March 6 Republican presidential primary ballot, but Texas Gov. Rick Perry has failed to qualify.
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Iowa caucuses rapidly approaching as Romney, Gingrich square off
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As valuable campaign time dwindles before the Iowa caucuses, the frontrunners for the 2012 GOP nomination are busily preparing for the hottest race of the campaign season.
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No deal: House GOP leaders torpedo bi-partisan payroll tax cut bill
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Top House Republicans rebelled Sunday against a bipartisan, Senate-approved bill extending payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two months.
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Gingrich says rivals' criticism taking a toll
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Newt Gingrich says unrelenting criticism has taken a toll as Mitt Romney stepped up insider attacks in hopes of regaining front-runner status with the first presidential vote little more than two weeks away.
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Thursday GOP debate is last before Iowa caucuses
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Several of the hopefuls who are gunning for the GOP nomination for president in 2012 will meet for the final debate before the Iowa caucuses on Thursday night.
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