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  1. Romney, Santorum go on attack in GOP debate

    The auto bailout, spending earmarks and health care led to intense exchanges between the two front-runners for the GOP nomination in the presidential candidates’ debate Wednesday night. With pivotal primaries in Michigan and Arizona on Tuesday — and 10 more contests one week later — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum sparred more aggressively than in any of the past 19 debates, sometimes talking over each other.

    • 12:53 AM, Feb. 23, 2012
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Campaign 2012

    Romney, Obama unveil tax cut plans

    Washington — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney unveiled a plan Wednesday to sharply reduce income tax rates, while President Barack Obama offered a plan to cut corporate taxes.

    • Feb. 23, 2012
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Campaign 2012

    How GOP candidates’ statements line up with facts

    Washington— Twenty Republican presidential debates later, the claims kept coming.

  2. A wealthy few pumping big bucks into 5 campaigns

    Washington — Just two dozen ultra-wealthy donors are behind a surge of million-dollar contributions to the new breed of political committees during the presidential campaign.

  3. Poll: Obama benefits from better economy

    Washington — President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country’s brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nation is heading in the right direction, and most independents now approve of the way he’s addressing the nation’s post-recession period.

  4. Michigan's quirky primaries

    The “Rick and Mitt Michigan Battle” could be the watershed primary of 2012, where Republicans determine whether the allegedly more moderate Mitt Romney or the presumably more conservative Rick Santorum will win the GOP nomination. But, will it?

  5. Detroit News endorsement: Mitt Romney for Michigan GOP primary

    State Republicans should go to the polls Tuesday with two missions: Pick a presidential candidate capable of leading this nation to prosperity and stability and choose a nominee who will give the GOP a fighting chance of defeating President Barack Obama this fall.

  6. Texas maverick Ron Paul makes mark on GOP race

    When Ron Paul attended high school in a small town outside of Pittsburgh, the GOP presidential candidate was a track star who broke records and landed the title of state champion.

    • Feb. 22, 2012
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Campaign 2012

    Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans

    Washington— A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows.

  7. Arizona finally gets GOP candidates’ attention

    Mesa, Ariz.— Rick Santorum is looking for another upset or two, while Mitt Romney is hoping to keep his leading rival at bay in the run-up to the 20th debate of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

  8. Santorum mocks Romney ahead of Arizona GOP debate

    Rick Santorum acknowledged Wednesday he’s probably running behind Mitt Romney in Arizona, but he implored a tea party crowd not to settle for “a Johnny-come-lately to the conservative cause.”

  9. Trump records robo-call in Michigan for Romney

    New York— Donald Trump is telling Michigan voters Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is a career politician who doesn't know how to create jobs.

  10. Common prenatal tests become campaign issue

    Washington— First birth control, now prenatal testing? Once again a fact of life for many American women has become a jarring issue in the presidential race.

  11. GOP hopefuls hone strategies

    Political watchers will be glued to the Arizona debate tonight, but attention will shift swiftly back to Michigan.

  12. Mitt Romney sticks to message on economy

    Shelby Township — Trying to stay focused on jobs and the economy, Mitt Romney was pulled into a discussion of social issues at a town hall meeting Tuesday.

  13. GM to Gingrich: You can put a gun rack in a Volt

    Washington — General Motors Co. launched a new blog Tuesday, and responded to Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s suggestion the Chevrolet Volt ...

  14. Cain to join Hoekstra on U.S. Senate campaign trail

    Lansing— Former presidential candidate Herman Cain is joining Republican U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra during stops in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, ...

  15. Pro-Obama group runs anti-Romney ads in Michigan

    Washington— An independent group supporting President Barack Obama's re-election bid is running ads in Michigan chiding Republican candidate Mitt Romney ...

    • Feb. 21, 2012
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Campaign 2012

    Santorum hits social issues hard in west Michigan

    After a 35-minute riff on economic issues, Rick Santorum paused in his fiery speech to a west Michigan crowd Monday to talk about something “very important” — ...

    • Feb. 21, 2012
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Campaign 2012

    Paul to stop at CMU, Dearborn, releases ad slamming Santorum

    GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul will campaign with students and doctors before Michigan's primary next Tuesday at two more events, campaign officials ...

  16. Gingrich says as president he’ll shrink Washington’s role

    Oklahoma City— A once-powerful Washington figure himself, Newt Gingrich says he'd shrink the role of the nation's capital if sent back as president. ...

  17. Santorum super PAC returned big foreign donation

    Washington— A super political action committee supporting Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has refunded a $50,000 donation from a London- ...

  18. Super PACs linked to Romney, Gingrich raise $17M

    Washington — A pair of “super” political action committees supporting top Republican presidential candidates spent nearly $24 million in January, drawing upon ...

  19. Democrats watch, wait amid GOP fray

    As just about every available second of television ad time on Michigan’s airwaves is snatched up by Republican candidates ahead of Tuesday’s presidential ...

    • Feb. 21, 2012
    • POLITICS+GOVERNMENT
    • Campaign 2012

    Fact Check: Artful swerves on the auto bailout

    Washington — Michigan has become squirm central for Republican presidential candidates who are trying to explain their opposition to the auto bailout ...

  20. Santorum says he was an outsider inside Congress

    Phoenix— Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says he was an outsider while inside Congress, a lawmaker who attacked corruption from within. ...

  21. Gingrich perseveres in tough GOP campaign

    Michigan’s primary is eight days away and opponents Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have each made multiple appearances in the state with more scheduled; Newt ...

  22. Auto bailout back to haunt Romney or help him

    As Congress and the White House scrambled in the fall of 2008 to confront the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, Mitt Romney felt ...

  23. Santorum decries ‘phony theology’

    Washington — Rick Santorum on Sunday condemned what he called President Barack Obama's world view that "elevates the Earth above man" and requires ...

  24. Latino Mormons speaking out against Romney

    Albuquerque, N.M.— When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon Faith 20 years ago, she said it was like "coming home."

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