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Iowa College Student Tops YouTube's Most-Viewed Political Videos Of 2011

Of all the political videos made and uploaded in 2011, the one that drew the most views according to YouTube wasn't a slickly produced attack ad or a speech by President Obama. Instead, it was a powerful and brief speech by an Iowa college student trying to persuade Iowa lawmakers against approving an amendment to the state constitution that would define marriage as between a man and a woman.

Romney, Perry Come Out Swinging At Debate

Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, makes a point as Texas Gov. Rick Perry listens, during a debate in Orlando, Fla. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP hide caption

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Romney, Perry Come Out Swinging At Debate

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.