The bad news for the GOP’s presidential hopefuls from Texas? No blows landed on Mitt Romney in Saturday night’s nationally televised New Hampshire debate to knock the front-runner from his perch.
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Video: Scenes From Pre-Debate Demonstration in N.H.
A video postcard from Manchester, N.H., where the GOP candidates are getting ready to face each other in a debate sponsored by ABC News and WMUR.
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Video: Paul’s “Betrayal” Ad Targets Santorum
Ron Paul is trying to stop Rick Santorum’s surge, but his new attack ad coincides with the revelation of a xenophobic video produced by a group claiming to be Paul’s supporters.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
The first week of 2012 started with the first presidential voting of the cycle, and our coverage included Dehn’s videos of Rick Perry’s “reassessment” and “next leg of the marathon” speeches, Ramshaw’s reporting on the rationale behind his decision and Root’s analysis of just what happened in the hours after the Iowa results came in, plus Galbraith on the Texas critters that might be added to the endangered list, Tan’s look at new laws regulating payday lenders, Hamilton on an impending battle over tuition increases at UT, and Murphy with a new data map using the latest Census numbers for Texas: The best of our best content from January 2 to 6, 2012.
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Perry Names Embattled Sheriff His Arizona Campaign Chairman
Gov. Rick Perry has named embattled Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio his Arizona campaign chairman, despite a recent Obama administration report condemning alleged discriminatory practices in Arpaio’s office.
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Roemer: If I Can’t Debate, Perry Shouldn’t Either
Guess who’s not happy that Gov. Rick Perry will compete in this weekend’s GOP presidential debates in New Hampshire? Buddy Roemer.
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Quitting Not in Perry’s Political DNA
Here’s the problem for the Texas governor after his awful fifth-place showing in Iowa, as the specter of his first defeat has come into focus: He does not really know how to lose.
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Is This Any Way to Run for President?
Could Gov. Rick Perry have been right when he decided to reassess his campaign after the Iowa disaster and, again, when he quickly decided to soldier on to South Carolina? Maybe.
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Losing, But with Time on the Clock
If the voters haven’t ruled you out, and the money people haven’t starved you, why quit?
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A Late Guessing Game
What’s usually known in December before an election year won’t be known now until February: Who’s actually in these races?