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    January 8, 2012

    Billionaire gives $5 million to Gingrich’s super PAC

    A Las Vegas billionaire has breathed new life into Newt Gingrich's struggling campaign for the GOP presidential nomination.

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    January 7, 2012

    Obama to promote insourcing of jobs

    President Obama is calling attention to companies that have brought jobs back to American soil, offering it up as another way of putting people back to work.

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    January 1, 2012

    Rising Santorum targeted by GOP rivals in Iowa

    DES MOINES, Iowa — Surging into top-tier contention, Republican Rick Santorum came under sharp criticism from rivals hoping to slow his momentum two days before Iowa’s kickoff caucuses. The former Pennsylvania senator defended his record in Washington and cast himself as the most electable conservative alternative to front-runner Mitt Romney. Polls showed Romney poised for […]

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    January 1, 2012

    Fate of GOP hopefuls rests with undecided voters

    The volatile Republican presidential race in Iowa will come down to which way an enormous chunk of undecided voters breaks in the coming days.

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    December 30, 2011

    Once an afterthought, Romney eyes Iowa with hope

    Mitt Romney, watching as Republican efforts to find a not-Romney alternative have failed, is suddenly making a play to win Iowa.

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    December 29, 2011

    Poll: Americans optimistic about 2012

    78 percent of Americans are hopeful for what 2012 will bring for their families and the country, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll, though most say 2011 was a year they would rather forget.

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    December 28, 2011

    Paul’s surge prompting a new look from GOP voters

    Leading in some state polls, Paul is getting a look from mainstream voters in Iowa, where the 76-year-old has emerged as a serious contender in the Jan. 3 caucuses.

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    December 27, 2011

    Memo: Gingrich praised Romney health plan

    In an April 2006 memo, Gingrich said the "exciting" Massachusetts plan had "tremendous potential to effect major change in the American health system."

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    December 26, 2011

    Obama spends Christmas with family, military

    President Barack Obama blended his roles as a father and commander-in-chief this Christmas, exchanging presents and singing carols with his family, then greeting U.S. service members stationed at a Marine base in Hawaii.

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    December 26, 2011

    Back in campaign mode, GOP presidential hopefuls focus

    With just a week until Iowa holds its leadoff caucuses and many still undecided, the GOP candidates resume campaign mode today.