Archive for January 15th, 2012

South Carolina’s Religious Views May Influence Presidential Primary (ContributorNetwork)

January 15, 2012
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South Carolina is an entirely different state than New Hampshire. Mitt Romney has won the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary. Now all six remaining GOP candidates shift their focus to the Palmetto State. Reuters reports a group of 150 conservative and religious leaders chose to back Rick Santorum for president. The move...
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Anti-immigration tone alienating Hispanics (AP)

January 15, 2012
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Republican Party is beefing up its minority outreach nationwide and preparing to put its rising Latino stars on the campaign trail amid concerns that tough immigration rhetoric in the presidential primary is taking on an increasingly anti-Hispanic tone.
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Romney rivals fight for South Carolina coast (AP)

January 15, 2012
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Call it the fight for the coast. Mitt Romney’s presidential challengers were to campaign up and down the South Carolina shoreline on Sunday as they worked to stymie the GOP front-runner one week before this state’s pivotal GOP primary. The former Massachusetts governor was taking a rare day off the campaign...
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Attacks on Romney getting personal (AP)

January 15, 2012
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SUMTER, S.C. – The criticism of Mitt Romney is getting personal. His rivals have tried to chip away at his business record and they’ve hit him on abortion. Now, Rick Santorum is calling him “bland and boring.” And Newt Gingrich is chiding him for, among other things, once strapping the family dog to a...
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Gingrich faces tough questions at black church (AP)

January 15, 2012
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich faced tough questions Saturday about his past statements on race and class, making a rare appearance by a Republican primary candidate before a black church — an audience unlikely to vote in South Carolina’s Jan. 21 contest.
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