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Santorum hits Romney on role in 2002 Olympics

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum is attacking Mitt Romney's leadership at the Salt Lake City Olympics.

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Ohio AG DeWine switches from Romney to Santorum

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine switched his endorsement from Mitt Romney to Rick Santorum on Friday in a defection he said was driven by his belief the former Pennsylvania senator can win the Republican presidential race.

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Santorum distances himself from 'aspirin' comment

Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum is distancing himself from a high-profile supporter's comments about contraception.

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Santorum exploring Secret Service protection

Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum is exploring Secret Service protection following a rowdy rally in Washington state earlier in the week.

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Mich. voters: Santorum connects better than Romney

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum promised Monday to revive manufacturing, cut taxes and shrink government, pledges that drew loud applause from conservative Michigan voters who said he was more in line with their values than native son and GOP rival Mitt Romney.

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Santorum says he was an outsider inside Congress

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says he was an outsider while inside Congress, a lawmaker who attacked corruption from within.

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Romney, under-funded rivals in hunt for cash

Mitt Romney and his under-funded opponents are taking advantage of a weeklong lull in the Republican presidential nomination fight — no debate or primary is slated — to raise the money needed to carry out Super Tuesday strategies and compete in states beyond.

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Romney raps GOP rivals' government backgrounds

If Mitt Romney is rattled by polls showing presidential rival Rick Santorum nipping at his heels, he didn't show it Monday at an outdoor rally with about 2,500 people.

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Romney turns to killer instinct to win Florida

Mitt Romney embraced a killer instinct and leveraged a dominant political machine to crush chief rival Newt Gingrich in Florida's Republican presidential primary.

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Romney says GOP fight strengthens him for fall

Barreling out of Florida with money and momentum on his side, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said Wednesday that the bare-knuckled nomination fight thus far has toughened him up for contests to come. Chief rival Newt Gingrich is regrouping after a significant loss and faces serious disadvantages in the next states to vote.

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Romney confidently eyeing Fla. primary's big prize

Mitt Romney oozed confidence and a defiant Newt Gingrich seemed to acknowledge his momentum had been checked, at least for now, as Florida Republicans voted Tuesday to decide who gets the state's 50 delegates, the biggest prize yet in the Republican presidential nomination contest.

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Romney machine looks past Florida

Mitt Romney's strength may be growing, but he won't secure the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, even if he scores a convincing victory in Florida's primary.

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Backyard politics: risks and rewards for Gingrich

Newt Gingrich's promise to colonize the moon isn't pie-in-the-sky in Florida. It illustrates an adage: All politics is local.

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Feisty Gingrich stakes campaign on electability

Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on the idea that he's best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Yet even some supporters seem to be struggling to buy that claim, an indication that efforts by chief rival Mitt Romney to undercut him may be working.

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Gingrich vows to establish a colony on the moon

Newt Gingrich is promising to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020 if he's elected president.

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Fla. primary's big prize likely to go to Romney

Florida's time has come.

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GOP wants private sector to rescue space program

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich want to revive Florida's space coast.

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Romney is the aggressor in final Florida debate

An aggressive Mitt Romney repeatedly challenged Republican rival Newt Gingrich Thursday night in the final debate before next week's critical Florida primary, demanding an apology for an ad saying he harbors anti-immigrant sentiments and ridiculing the former House speaker's call to colonize the moon.

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Romney and Gingrich clash in Florida debate

A newly aggressive Mitt Romney charged in campaign debate Monday night that Newt Gingrich "resigned in disgrace" from Congress after four years as speaker and then spent the next 15 years "working as an influence peddler" in Washington.

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Romney looks to hit back at Gingrich in Florida

Rocked in South Carolina over the weekend, an increasingly aggressive Mitt Romney looked to take the fight to Newt Gingrich in debate Monday night as the combative Republican presidential contest shifted farther south to Florida.

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GOP race turns to new terrain in Florida

Now it's Florida's turn.

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Union spends big on ad attacking Romney in Florida

In what is organized labor's first major investment in the Republican presidential primary, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is spending almost $1 million in Florida on a television ad attacking Mitt Romney's business career.

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Gingrich seeks help among Florida evangelicals

Newt Gingrich's presidential hopes may rest among the pews of Florida's ministries and megachurches.

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Romney looking to clinch GOP nomination in Florida

Four years ago, Florida crushed Mitt Romney's presidential ambitions. This time, the GOP front-runner is working to ensure the state seals his nomination — regardless of what happens in South Carolina's primary on Saturday.

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In SC, Huntsman defends Romney's record at Bain

Jon Huntsman said Wednesday it's time for Republicans to stop attacking presidential front-runner Mitt Romney's role in a corporate-takeover firm, but he said there are plenty of government-related issues on which to criticize Romney.

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