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January 8, 2012 Saturday night's debate changed nothing. Romney did nothing to hurt himself and his rivals did precious little to damage him either. All I can say is, thank goodness Sunday's debate is early. It should be a fading memory by the time Sunday's wild card games start.

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November 10, 2011 It was another Republican presidential debate night Wednesday evening which meant another night on cruise control for Mitt Romney as he passed the car wrecks of his rivals for the nomination.

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November 9, 2011 When the Republican presidential candidates meet Wednesday evening in Michigan for their ninth debate (it feels like there've been many more than that) the main topic up for discussion is supposed to be the economy. But is there anyone who expects that the travails of Herman Cain won't be a subtopic?

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October 21, 2011 Since he entered the frontrunner spotlight, GOP hopeful Herman Cain has struggled at times to maintain a consistent message. This week he's drawn criticism over his tax plan, as well as his stance on social issues.

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October 18, 2011 As Republican presidential candidates gird for their eighth debate, this one in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday evening, a central question is: how will the Herman Cain phenomenon shape the event? With the one-time pizza company CEO near or at the top of the GOP field depending on which poll you consult, he's likely to draw more attention than ever before.

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• What Word Comes To Mind When You Think Of The GOP Candidates?

October 11, 2011 Can Texas Gov. Rick Perry turn in a performance at Tuesday night's presidential debate in New Hampshire that makes his past debate meltdowns and missteps things of the past?That's a primary question for many who will watch the Bloomberg News-Washington Post debate.

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September 26, 2011 Herman Cain won Saturday's straw poll at the Florida Republican convention in Orlando. The bigger news was that Rick Perry, who had been the favorite, finished a weak second.

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September 23, 2011 Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney made the most of his opportunities not only to raise doubts for voters about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's hostility towards Social Security as a federal entitlement but Perry's character.

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• Boos Heard At GOP Debate After Gay Soldier Asks About 'Don't Ask'

September 13, 2011 The other Republican presidential contenders spent much of the evening going after Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Some Tea Party supporters who were in the audience didn't like what they heard about him.

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• Perry Takes A Licking, But Keeps Ticking

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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