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December 26, 2011 In a newly surfaced YouTube video from 1995, GOP hopeful Ron Paul seems to claim credit for a controversial newsletter that he has since tried to distance himself from. "I put that out on a monthly basis," he says.

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December 26, 2011 WOIIf Iowans feel they've been bombarded by political ads in recent weeks, that's nothing compared to what the next eight days will be like. With the caucuses only a week from Tuesday, the ad wars are changing gears for the final stretch.

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December 16, 2011 Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich got front-runner treatment during the final GOP debate before that state's crucial Jan. 3 caucuses, taking a pounding for his years as a highly-compensated Washington influence peddler.

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December 9, 2011 Saturday's Republican presidential debate could offer one of the best chances yet to compare the top candidates.The field is winnowed to six, with the departure of Herman Cain and the disinvitation of Jon Huntsman. And voting to determine the Republican nominee begins in 25 days.

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October 17, 2011 Think of the past few months as the prologue to the 2012 presidential election story. A new study from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism reveals which candidates have gotten the most media attention during that time — and whether it's been positive or negative. The results may surprise you.

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• The State Of The GOP Field
• Financial Reports Shed Little Light On GOP Race

September 13, 2011 Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the Republican presidential frontrunner, has tried to walk back his more incendiary comments about Social Security, but his opponents aren't about to let voters forget.

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• Perry Takes A Licking, Keeps Ticking
• 'Sparks Flew' At GOP Debate

August 16, 2011 Fresh off his strong second place finish in Iowa's Ames Straw Poll, Ron Paul has a new campaign ad called "The One" in which he is portrayed as an entirely different type of leader than the"smooth-talking politicians" he's competing against for the presidency.

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May 13, 2011 Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas) declared his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination today on ABC's Good Morning America, telling host George Stephanopoulos his views are increasingly popular:

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May 6, 2011 Pundits said Tim Pawlenty succeeded. But how fine a night could it have been for him when the former Minnesota governor failed to directly say whether he equates creationism with evolution? Or when he had to make an abject apology for once supporting proposals to cap greenhouse gas emissions?

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April 26, 2011 During an appearance this afternoon in Des Moines, he's going to announce the formation of his 2012 presidential exploratory committee.

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February 15, 2011 Ron Paul, for the second year in a row, has won the presidential straw poll at CPAC, the conservative conference. The question remains: why does he do so well in straw polls and less well in actual primaries and caucuses?

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February 8, 2011 Rep. Ron Paul is considering a third run for the GOP presidential nomination, a move that would be welcomed by politics bloggers since he's a very popular topic on the Web. Or at least he was, before Sarah Palin and his son, Sen. Rand Paul.

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April 19, 2010 Rudy Giuliani has endorsed Trey Grayson in the KY GOP Senate primary, casting doubt on the foreign policy ideas of Grayson's rival, Rand Paul — just as he did with Paul's father, Ron Paul, in 2008.

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