High-stakes race for second and third in New Hampshire

January 10, 2012

It's round two in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, with voting beginning in New Hampshire. While most polling places in the state didn't open until early Tuesday, the first votes were cast just after midnight in the tiny communities of Dixville Notch and Hart's Location. In...

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Rivals turn up heat on Romney as N.H. primary closes in

January 9, 2012

With one day to go until the New Hampshire primary, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is facing attacks from all sides. Romney, who is making his second bid for the GOP nomination, kicks off a full day of campaigning Monday by speaking at a chamber of commerce breakfast in Nashua, ...

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New state of play with 5 days left in Iowa

December 29, 2011

With five days to go until the caucuses, a new poll is really shaking things up in Iowa. Six of the major Republican presidential candidates are barnstorming across Iowa on Thursday against a changing political landscape -- a CNN/Time/ORC International poll released Wednesday showed support plung...

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Just days before Iowa caucuses, GOP presidential field is still unsettled

December 28, 2011

Forget all of the complaints about the Iowa caucuses. It may be good for everyone else that the Hawkeye State is going first. With a week and counting until the caucuses on January 3, one of the state's top Republican leaders is amazed by Iowa's most unsettled field of candidates so close to the ...

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Congress passes payroll tax cut extension

December 23, 2011

Both chambers of Congress passed an amended version of the two-month payroll tax cut extension Friday, sending the measure to President Barack Obama's desk and handing Democrats a hard-fought victory on an issue -- taxes -- that has historically favored their Republican counterparts. The measure ...

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Obama steps up pressure on payroll tax impasse

December 22, 2011

Embattled House Republicans are facing mounting pressure across the political spectrum Thursday to yield in their opposition to a bipartisan plan for a short-term extension of the payroll tax cut -- an issue many in the GOP fear is damaging the party's anti-tax reputation heading into the 2012 campa...

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