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Santorum Gains Momentum As GOP Slog Continues
March 14, 2012 Rick Santorum racked up two wins in the South, Newt Gingrich vowed to stay in the race until Tampa, and Mitt Romney failed to put doubts about his candidacy to rest.
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Analysis: Why It's Time For Newt Gingrich To Say Good Night
March 14, 2012 Rick Santorum, who won the Alabama and Mississippi primaries on Tuesday, has proven himself the conservatives' favored alternative to front-runner Mitt Romney.
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Live Blog: Santorum Wins Ala., Miss.; Romney Wins Hawaii, American Samoa
March 13, 2012 In a gritty contest in the South, the former Pennsylvania senator has won two more primaries to further close in on rival Mitt Romney.
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Santorum Gets A Lift From Anti-Abortion Group
March 13, 2012 So far, the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List has given the GOP hopeful's campaign $500,000 in ads and other support.
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Has Southern Hospitality Steered Pollsters The Wrong Way In Ala. & Miss.?
March 13, 2012 Mitt Romney is at or near the top in polls of Alabama and Mississippi Republicans. But some voters in those states may just be too polite to tell pollsters that they don't support the "establishment" candidate.
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Like Grits? You Just Might Be A Republican Candidate
March 13, 2012 Strange things do happen to folks, especially national political candidates, when they talk to Southerners. They start drawling and twanging. Sometimes they're mocking; sometimes they're just trying to be friendly.
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Five Things To Watch For In Tuesday's Alabama, Mississippi GOP Primaries
March 13, 2012 Voters and analysts alike will be watching the two states closely Tuesday to learn whether voters in the Deep South choose to go with the most electable candidate, which many say is Romney, or the most conservative, a label Santorum and Gingrich say properly fits them.
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Monday Political Grab Bag: Rising Gas Prices Hurt Obama's Ratings Etc
March 12, 2012 President Obama's approval ratings have fallen as gas prices have risen. Mitt Romney has benefited from his well-planned strategy of collecting delegates whereever they're up for grabs. The most recent polls showed Romney tied or ahead in Alabama and Mississippi.
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Heading Into Tuesday's Vote, GOP Candidates Seek Southern Comfort
March 12, 2012 Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have been working hard across the country to pry votes away from Mitt Romney. In the Deep South, it may be easier for the candidates to do just that. Over the weekend, both Santorum and Gingrich campaigned before enthusiastic crowds in Alabama and Mississippi.
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Despite Mixed Polls, Gingrich Claims Lead In Southern States
March 9, 2012 Newt Gingrich will campaign throughout Alabama on Saturday. Ron Paul and Rick Santorum will spend the day in Missouri and Kansas. Mitt Romney has no public events scheduled.
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SuperPACs Allied With Romney, Santorum Spend Big On Ads In South
March 8, 2012 SuperPACs backing Romney and Santorum are spending big in three southern states and Illinois as they try to shift momentum heading into the next spate of primaries.
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Romney Aides: We Can Count To 1,144; Santorum, Gingrich Can't
March 7, 2012 Mitt Romney's campaign aides told journalists Wednesday that it all comes down to delegate math and that their candidate has got the numbers on his side while Santorum and Gingrich don't.
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Fight For GOP Nomination Is Over But Will Still Go On
March 7, 2012 Usually by this time in the nominating contests, the GOP has given its heart to its hero, and it's lights out for the rest. But once again, the GOP of 2012 refused to read the usual script.
