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1:12pm

Fri March 9, 2012
It's All Politics

Despite Mixed Polls, Gingrich Claims Lead In Southern States

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Mitt Romney may consider the pair of primaries in Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday an "away game," but Newt Gingrich is claiming a home court advantage.

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6:38am

Fri March 9, 2012
It's All Politics

Next For GOP: A Brief Stop In Kansas And A Southern Swing

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Up next in the Republican presidential race is Kansas, which holds its caucuses Saturday.

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas — the 1996 GOP presidential nominee — is urging the state's Republican electorate to back Mitt Romney.

Dole, who had endorsed Romney months ago, called the former Massachusetts governor "a main street conservative" in a statement Thursday, released by the Romney campaign.

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11:07am

Thu March 8, 2012

10:01pm

Wed March 7, 2012
Presidential Race

How Far Apart On Iran Are GOP Candidates, Obama?

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Republican presidential candidates this week — with the exception of Ron Paul — appeared to be trying to outdo each other in saying how tough they would be in dealing with Iran. Speaking before a pro-Israel group, they said President Obama has been weak — "feckless," in Mitt Romney's words.

Obama, meanwhile, was not impressed. He said he'd heard a lot of "bluster" and "big talk" about Iran, "but when you actually ask them specifically what they would do, it turns out they repeat the things that we've been doing over the last three years."

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