Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:48 AM EST
Ron Paul said Saturday the Republican presidential race has "a ways to go" and he doesn't intend to get out or get behind another candidate anytime soon.
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Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:31 AM EST
Forget the so-called liberal media. Right now Newt Gingrich's most ardent critics are conservative pundits and columnists, many of whom have launched aggressive campaigns to discredit him and trip up his run for the Republican nomination.
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:41 PM EST
The Republican presidential debates have served up riveting television and exposed the contenders' strengths and weaknesses, with no one benefiting more than Newt Gingrich. His in-your-face style has excited GOP voters who want a scrappy fighter to take on President Barack Obama in the fall.
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:00 PM EST
A political action committee backing Newt Gingrich is opening up a new line of attack against Mitt Romney, questioning his connection to a company that paid a multimillion-dollar fine for Medicare fraud.
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Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:21 AM EST
President Barack Obama plans to "hang out" in a video chat room to answer questions about his State of the Union address, part of a White House effort to test new social networking tools and the latest evidence of the growing intersection of social media and politics.
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:46 AM EST
The crush of campaign ad spending in South Carolina has swollen to more than $12 million so far, with candidates and independent groups paying top dollar to elbow for room in the state's crucial advertising marketplace.
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:31 AM EST
Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the presidential race on Thursday, endorsed his old friend Newt Gingrich and returned home to Texas, where the failed White House candidate has three years left to serve as the chief executive.
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Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:59 AM EST
With independent groups known as super PACs playing a pivotal role in the presidential contest, the Republican hopefuls are increasingly calling one another to account for the ads run by groups backing their candidacies.
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Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:49 PM EST
The Republican candidates have sharp disagreements over a new policy to detain American citizens suspected of terrorism.
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Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:08 PM EST
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul says he will make deep cuts to the military budget even though many voters in South Carolina and elsewhere are employed by the military.
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Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:39 PM EST
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is defending his work at Bain Capital saying his firm's investments created thousands of jobs.
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Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:11 PM EST
Ron Paul has returned to South Carolina to pick up an endorsement from a state lawmaker popular with tea party activists.
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Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:26 PM EST
A 76-year-old great-grandfather who gives eye-glazing speeches on monetary policy, displays a crotchety streak and disappears from the Republican campaign trail for days at a time to rest is captivating young voters.
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Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:23 AM EST
Ron Paul scored a solid second place finish in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, positioning him as the leading anti-establishment alternative to Mitt Romney and ensuring a platform for the Texas congressman's libertarian message for weeks to come.
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Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:23 AM EST
John Anderson, a New Hampshire Republican activist, is deciding between former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and Texas Rep. Ron Paul when he heads to the polls on Tuesday. Asked what he thinks of Mitt Romney, the field's front-runner, the retired construction worker wrinkles his nose.
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Sun Jan 8, 2012 10:12 AM EST
The Republican presidential candidates are being challenged on gay rights.
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Sun Jan 8, 2012 10:08 AM EST
A group supporting Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says it will remove errors from a film it made about Mitt Romney's business experience — if Romney helps them figure out what is inaccurate.
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Sun Jan 8, 2012 9:50 AM EST
The Republican presidential candidates are offering different ideas on cutting federal entitlement programs.
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Sun Jan 8, 2012 9:25 AM EST
Mitt Romney's rivals are casting doubt on whether he's the strongest candidate to take on President Barack Obama.
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Sun Jan 8, 2012 2:02 AM EST
A Las Vegas billionaire has contributed $5 million to an independent group backing Newt Gingrich, breathing new life into the former House Speaker's struggling campaign for the GOP presidential nomination and casting renewed attention on the role of such groups in the 2012 contest.
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Sat Jan 7, 2012 11:07 PM EST
A Las Vegas billionaire with ties to Newt Gingrich has given $5 million to an independent group backing the former House Speaker's presidential bid.
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Fri Jan 6, 2012 5:08 PM EST
The flood of presidential campaign ads that saturated Iowa has slowed to nearly a ripple in New Hampshire, where only Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and an outside group supporting Jon Huntsman are spending heavily before the state's primary next Tuesday.
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Tue Jan 3, 2012 1:33 AM EST
A funny thing happened recently in the presidential campaign in Iowa: The last Republican president's name actually surfaced.
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Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:17 PM EST
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is at or near the top of polls in Iowa, where he's drawing big crowds and has an enviable campaign organization. But with Iowa's caucuses on Tuesday, the Texas congressman plans to head home for the weekend, the latest evidence of an unconventional approach to winning the GOP nomination.
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Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:59 PM EST
At least $12.5 million and counting has blanketed the airwaves ahead of next Tuesday's Republican presidential caucuses, with hard-hitting commercials awash in ghoulish images and startling claims. Most are coming from a proliferation of new independent groups aligned with the candidates.
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