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    Leaders' trickling support for GOP candidates (AP)

    AP - After two months of voting, none of the Republican candidates for president is getting much support from the GOP leaders who could play an important role in determining the party's nominee for president. More...
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    Christie says contested GOP convention is possible (AP)

    AP - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie isn't ruling out the possibility the topsy-turvy GOP presidential race ends up in a contested party convention this summer if Mitt Romney loses Tuesday's Michigan primary. More...
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    House GOP have backup on payroll tax (AP)

    AP - In an abrupt about-face, House GOP leaders announced Monday that they are willing to extend the two percentage point cut in the payroll tax through the end of the year and add the approximately $100 billion cost to the nation's $15 trillion-plus debt. More...
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    South Carolina TV already awash in GOP attack ads (AP)

    AP - Mitt Romney is "a Massachusetts moderate" who "can't be trusted" on abortion and other core Republican values. Newt Gingrich has questionable judgment for "teaming up with Nancy Pelosi," the Democratic lawmaker the GOP loves to malign. Rick Santorum is a "serial hypocrite" with "a record of...
  5. the doctor

    Obama challenges GOP to keep anti-tax pledges (AP)

    AP - President Barack Obama dashed into politically important New Hampshire Tuesday, seeking to steal the spotlight from Republican presidential candidates and challenging GOP lawmakers back in Washington to stand by their anti-tax pledges on one big measure. More...
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    GOP tax plan targets itemized deductions (AP)

    AP - A GOP plan to raise taxes by $290 billion over the next decade would limit deductions for mortgage interest, charitable donations and state and local taxes as part of a deficit-reduction deal. Some workers could also see their employer-provided health benefits taxed for the first time...
  7. the doctor

    Hispanic voters: Stick with Obama or go with GOP? (AP)

    AP - A year before the 2012 presidential election, Hispanic voters are facing a choice. They can continue to support President Barack Obama despite being hurt disproportionately by the economic downturn or turn to Republicans at a time when many GOP presidential hopefuls have taken a hard line...
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    House GOP lawmakers meeting Obama on borrowing

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    Ga. GOP gubernatorial race heads to runoff

    Ga. GOP gubernatorial race heads to runoff ATLANTA, Former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes won the Democratic primary Tuesday but a runoff will be needed to decide the GOP nominee for governor, election returns indicate. Barnes easily defeated the field in the Democratic primary, polling 64 percent...
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