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Bradenton Herald
| over 1 year ago
tool goes here Once assured of victory on friendly turf, Mitt Romney faces a potentially devastating loss of his home state of Michigan to Rick Santorum, which could upend the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Christian Science Monitor
| over 1 year ago
Evidence is mounting that the vote totals for the Maine caucuses, in which Mitt Romney edged out Ron Paul, were pretty messed up. In addition to towns that hadn't voted yet, others' totals were not recorded...On Feb. 12, state GOP officials announced...
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The Tribune
| over 1 year ago
The latest Republican to surge in polls, Rick Santorum is trying to turn his newfound strength into something lasting. In Michigan, Romney aims to repel surge by Santorum In Michigan, Romney aims to repel surge by Santorum A month ago, lots of people...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
Voters at a Portland, Maine, Republican caucus on Saturday. (Felicia Sonmez/The Washington Post) Nevada's Republican Party took two days to tally the results of its caucuses earlier this month caucuses that saw an even lower turnout this year than...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
He also won a meaningless straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference, though meaningless does not mean it did not receive undue attention. No event this year, apparently, is unworthy of attention or interpretation. Whatever boost...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
Another round of polling suggests that Rick Santorum may be on his way to consolidating conservative support nationally in the fight for the Republican presidential nomination. That's bad news for Newt Gingrich, and potentially even worse news for...
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The Guardian
| over 1 year ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney with his wife Ann in Troy, Michigan. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images Mitt Romney received much-needed good press by winning the Maine caucuses' straw poll on Saturday . The Maine vote, which...
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University Daily Kansan
| over 1 year ago
But what is it about Ron Paul that attracts so many young voters?...His plan to cut $1 trillion in spending from the federal budget in his first year as president? While those policies have found traction with some, the most popular policy among...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
Mitt Romney slammed President Obama 's budget proposal on Monday, arguing that the president has failed to keep campaign promises to reduce the nation's deficit while at the same time jeopardizing the safety net for seniors. The president came out...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| over 1 year ago
Monday, February 13, 2012 3:19 pm (0) Comments Font Size: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was scheduled to campaign in Arizona Monday evening as he tries to build on his narrow win in the Maine caucuses over the weekend.
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Arizona Daily Sun
| over 1 year ago
Monday, February 13, 2012 1:34 pm (0) Comments Font Size: Mitt Romney campaigns in Arizona on Monday as he tries to build on a narrow win in the Maine caucuses over the weekend. Romney is scheduled to address an evening rally in the Phoenix suburb of...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
Rep. Ron Paul 's (R-Texas) campaign may have blown its best chance at winning a state in the Republican presidential contest last week in Maine...The final results from Maine showed Paul losing to Mitt Romney by fewer than 200 votes. His campaign is...
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Russia Today
| over 1 year ago
The mainstream media reported Mitt Romney the victor of the Maine caucus on Saturday, claiming another win for the frontrunner who had slipped in standing behind Rick Santorum during the previous week's contests. Then again, when you ignore an entire...
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Taiwan News
| over 1 year ago
The Republican presidential candidates faced a more than two-week break in the primary and caucus calendar Monday, a breather in the frantic contest for the party's nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in November.
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Christian Science Monitor
| over 1 year ago
The caucus for Washington County, Maine was cancelled Saturday due to the threat of inclement weather. Ron Paul supporters believe that with those votes, Paul could have won the state contest...They suspect that another Republican campaign conspired...
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USA Today
| over 1 year ago
Santorum leads in Romney's native Michigan Updated Two new polls out today show Rick Santorum leading Mitt Romney in Michigan, the state where the former Massachusetts governor was born and believed to have an advantage. An American Research Group...
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USA Today
| over 1 year ago
The former Massachusetts governor told National Review Online that he plans to sound the same themes about his conservative values and record in the coming days, as the GOP race enters a slow period until the Arizona and Michigan primaries on Feb. 28.
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KSAZ
| over 1 year ago
Michigan is emerging as the next big battleground in the 2012 Republican presidential contest as the leading contenders -- Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum -- duel for momentum heading into the pivotal month of March. Coming off his three wins last week,...
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Seattle Times
| over 1 year ago
just the facts and dirt With his decision to embrace an independent super PAC last week, President Obama issued a plea for deep-pocketed allies to help his campaign.....The Midwestern state and Arizona host Republican presidential-nominating contests...
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Epoch Times
| over 1 year ago
Thousands of conservative activists are attending the annual gathering in the nation's capital. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Mitt Romney has won the Maine caucuses and a conservative straw poll, but with his three GOP rivals vowing to press on in...
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The New York Times
| over 1 year ago
Recent Posts February 12 Ron Paul's campaign is claiming that it could still win the presidential preference poll in the Maine caucus because of a county that postponed its vote. February 11 Mitt Romney's narrow win in Maine didn't do much for him in...
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NY Daily News
| over 1 year ago
Romney beat his fellow GOP presidential contenders in Saturday's Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll in Washington, surprising some pundits who expected a surging Santorum to come in first. Santorum, who won three primaries last...
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The independent
| over 1 year ago
The idea is so glaringly obvious, and so obviously feeble, that I hesitate t... Suggested Topics Mitt Romney's latest attempt to woo the Republican rank and file misfired spectacularly, as popular figures lined up to ridicule his description of...
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Guardian Unlimited
| over 1 year ago
Rick Santorum, centre, said he could do 'exceptionally well' against Mitt Romney in Michigan. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Rick Santorum has shrugged off Mitt Romney 's victories in the Maine caucuses and the straw poll of conservative...
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CNSNews.com
| over 1 year ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, whose conservative credentials have long been called into question, wooed a conservative audience Friday by highlighting what he called the conservative constants in his life...Those aren't values I just...
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Fox News
| over 1 year ago
Despite a hard-charging speech over the weekend that suggested dissatisfaction with the Republican presidential primary frontrunner, Sarah Palin said Sunday that Mitt Romney "is a great candidate." But the 2008 vice presidential candidate and Tea...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
Republican front-runner Mitt Romney is moving on from a narrow victory in the Maine caucuses to raising money for his already well-financed campaign and to the more difficult task of convincing Republican voters he is conservative enough to be the...
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KSAZ
| over 1 year ago
Romney won Maine's caucuses with 39 percent of the vote on Saturday, followed by Texas Rep. Ron Paul with 36 percent. Santorum and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who did not campaign in Maine, received 18 percent and six percent respectively.
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Gawker
| over 1 year ago
Everyone's favorite pundit and reality star Sarah Palin has yet to endorse a Republican presidential candidate. (But Sarah, there are so many great options to choose from.) The Washington Times has an article about Palin's appearance on Fox News...
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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| over 1 year ago
Maine Rick Santorum is pursuing an aggressive strategy to challenge Mitt Romney in the state where the GOP presidential front-runner grew up. Santorum said Sunday he could do "exceptionally well" in Michigan, the next state to host a presidential...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Articles For the first time in the GOP presidential race, Romney's national acceptability is less than that of Rick Santorum, according to the most recent polls. Santorum, riding on the wave of momentum from his victories in Minnesota, Colorado and...
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MarketWatch
| over 1 year ago
Mitt Romney won the Republican Party's caucuses in Maine, with the former governor of Massachusetts taking nearly two-fifths of the vote, media reports say. Rick Santorum regains the spotlight WSJ Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib visits Mean Street...
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ITN
| over 1 year ago
Rick Wilking Mitt Romney has pulled back some momentum after winning the Maine caucuses on Saturday, shortly after winning a straw poll of Republican conservative activists. The results of the non-binding poll gave the former Massachusetts governor...
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National Public Radio
| over 1 year ago
Stung by a series of defeats earlier this week, Mitt Romney got a much-needed boost Saturday with a win in the straw poll of the Conservative Political Action Conference and a victory in Maine's nonbinding caucuses. Yet Romney walked away without...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, may not have won the presidential straw poll in the Maine 2012 Republican caucuses, but the libertarian candidate has good reason to believe that by the time Maine's delegates are up for grabs, his "almost tie" may become a...
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The Guardian
| over 1 year ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Maine on Saturday. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has got his campaign back on track by winning the Maine caucuses, holding off a strong challenge from...
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Star Tribune
| over 1 year ago
Mitt Romney added to his lead in the race for delegates Saturday with a narrow victory in the Maine Republican presidential caucuses. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, won 11 delegates and Texas Rep. Ron Paul won 10, according to an analysis...
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The Economic Times
| over 1 year ago
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney won a non-binding nominating contest in the northeastern state of Maine Saturday with 39 percent of the vote, the head of state Republican party said. Second-place finisher in the Maine caucuses with 36...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| over 1 year ago
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney got a much-needed boost Saturday, winning a key symbolic vote over former Sen. Rick Santorum among some of the nation's most active Republican voters and besting the field in the Maine caucuses. Romney's 38-31...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
Mitt Romney has won the Maine caucuses, turning aside a valiant effort from Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and getting back on the winning side of the ledger after a tough week. Results of the week-long caucuses released Saturday evening by the Maine...
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National Public Radio
| over 1 year ago
February 11, 2012 Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign for the party's presidential nomination a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this...
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The New York Times
| over 1 year ago
As G.O.P. leaders wring their hands at the prospect of a drawn-out nominating contest, many of those attending the Conservative Political Action Conference did not seem too concerned about that. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said a...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
Reversing his embarrassing string of setbacks earlier this week when he lost Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri to Rick Santorum , Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in the straw poll tied to Maine's multiday caucuses Saturday, defeating Rep. Ron Paul...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 1 year ago
Ron Paul received 36 per cent, Rick Santorum won 18 per cent and Newt Gingrich took six per cent of the votes in the ongoing battles for the Republican Party presidential nomination. Romney has already won state primaries in New Hampshire, Florida...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Articles The state's unconventional ways and unpredictable results are what make candidates like former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and former Speaker Newt Gingrich shy away. It's also what gives Texas Rep. Ron Paul his best chance to win. Maine'...
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Fox News
| over 1 year ago
Mitt Romney won the presidential straw poll Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference , an unofficial endorsement from party activists that nevertheless helps the former Massachusetts governor burnish his conservative image. The...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
Mitt Romney won the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll on Saturday, taking 38 percent of the vote at the annual gathering of party activists in Washington, D.C...With more than 3,400 ballots cast, the final results showed Romney...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney faces a tough race against Rep. Ron Paul in Maine's caucuses. (Darren McCollester Getty Images) I think it's going well, Sununu responded...The former New Hampshire governor and top Mitt Romney surrogate was...
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Voice of America
| over 1 year ago
Republicans in the northeastern U.S. state of Maine wrap up voting Saturday for the candidate they hope to see take on President Barack Obama in November. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is hoping for a strong showing in the Maine caucuses...
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Boston Globe
| over 1 year ago
In this Jan. 7, 2012 file photo, Merav Yaakov of Manchester, N.H., hold signs in support of Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, outside a scheduled event for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt...
