Author: Steve Peoples
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Romney fights to avoid home-state embarrassment
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Mitt Romney is fighting to avoid an embarrassing home-state loss in a high-stakes Michigan primary that will not decide the Republican presidential contest but could scar the former Massachusetts governor just a week before Super Tuesday. Rival Rick Santorum is calling upon an unusual coalition of tea party activists, religious conservatives…
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Romney, Gingrich clash in Florida debate
TAMPA, Fla. — Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clashed repeatedly in heated, personal terms Monday night in a crackling campaign debate, the former Massachusetts governor tagging his rival as a Washington “influence peddler,” only to be accused in turn of spreading falsehoods over many years in politics. “You’ve been walking around the…
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Rivals look to chip away at Romney in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. — With Mitt Romney the overwhelming favorite, his five Republican opponents hoped to chip away at his lead in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary and finish well enough to prove they’re still in the race to challenge him again in South Carolina and Florida.A narrower than expected win for Romney in the nation’s first…