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• Mitt Romney Wins CPAC Straw Poll
  Mitt Romney won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll on Saturday, and also nipped Rick Santorum as the top choice of conservatives nationwide, according to a new version of the poll conducted for the first time this year that suggests Mr. Romney retains strong...
• In Maine, Paul Vies to Extend Romney Losing Streak
  Mitt Romney hoped to avoid a fourth straight election setback Saturday in the GOP presidential nomination race, but feisty Ron Paul could extend that losing streak with a victory in Maine's caucuses. Romney, the one-time front-runner, stepped up efforts to...
• Matt Kibbe: Big 2012 Prize Is Conservative Takeover of Senate
  The biggest prize for fiscal conservatives in the 2012 elections may not be the presidency but control of the Senate, Matt Kibbe, president and CEO of FreedomWorks, tells Newsmax.TV. Kibbe, in an exclusive interview at the Conservative Political Action Conference in...
• George Allen: I Want to Kill Obamacare With my Vote
  Former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen tells Newsmax he is running for the Senate again because I want to be the deciding vote to repeal Obamacare. He also declares that he is aggravated and frustrated about what is going on in Washington and would...
• US House Republican Rejects Obama's Revised Health Rule
  
• Ronald Kessler: Grover Norquist Says Obama Will Be Defeated
  Ronald Kessler Reporting from Washington, D.C. The...
• McConnell: Obama 'Demeans' Presidency
  The White House plays dirty pool when it comes to political activity, says Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. He offered perhaps his harshest critique of President Barack Obama in remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday, The Hill reports. The...
• Cuccinelli: GOP Must Make Obamacare Centerpiece in 2012
  Should former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney win the Republican nomination for president the key issue of Obamacare will lose some of its bite as an election issue, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli tells Newsmax.TV.
• Santorum Donor Friess Makes DC Debut
  Foster Friess, the wealthy investor who is fueling Rick Santorum's U.S. presidential campaign, is enjoying his new-found fame. I am. You know why? I have a huge ego, Friess joked in an interview with Reuters.Friess is in Washington this week for his political coming out...
• They're Back: Social Issues Overtake US Politics
  
• Foreign Donations at Risk in Super PAC Landscape
  
• Santorum Amplifies Faith in Way GOP Rivals Don't
  
• Santorum: Obama Trying to Allow Iran to Have Nuke
  Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is accusing President Barack Obama of actively seeking ways to allow Iran to gain a nuclear weapon.
• Cardenas to Newsmax: GOP 'Hand-to-Hand Warfare' Benefits Obama
  
• Embattled Biden Tries to Fix Birth-Control Fiasco
  
• American Majority Uses NASCAR to Drive Conservatives
  The conservative group American Majority has figured out a unique way to get its message out. It will sponsor NASCAR driver Jason Bowles and his MacDonald Motorsports No. 81 car for the season that begins this month in Daytona, Fla.,
• Some Republicans Want to Reconsider Earmark Ban
  House and Senate Republicans agreed to a two-year ban of earmarks in November 2010. But now some of the GOP members of Congress are having second thoughts,
• Five Lesser-Known Figures to Watch at CPAC
  The Conservative Political Action Conference, which runs through Saturday in Washington, D.C., features plenty of heavyweight Republicans. But Politico profiles five lesser-known people to watch at the annual conference.
• Some Republicans Regret Debt Limit Vote
  Many congressional Republicans compromised on the debt ceiling last year, agreeing to raise it so the U.S. government would avoid defaulting on its debt. But some of those compromisers now regret their decision,
• Shot Giffords Aide to Seek Her Post in Special Election
  TUCSON, Ariz. — A top former aide to former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is running in the special election to serve as the interim replacement for the Arizona Democrat who was wounded in a shooting rampage a year ago.
• GOP Congressmen to Romney: Pick Up the Pace
  GOP Congressmen are conveying to Mitt Romney to Pick Up the Pace to win over conservatives.
• US House Passes Bill against Congressional Insider Trading
  The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed on Thursday a bill to curb insider trading by lawmakers and other government officials, despite objections from both Democrats and Republicans that it was weaker than a...
• Bachmann: Santorum Victories Show Importance of Social Issues
  
• Friess: Santorum Should Pick Romney as VP
  Rick Santorum's main financial backer, Wyoming businessman Foster Friess, said on Wednesday that he would put his money behind Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich if either of them win the Republican presidential nomination. But Friess said he is firmly of the opinion that...
• Huntsman Named to Ford Motor Co. Board
  Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman has a new gig post-presidential campaign: He has been elected to Ford Motor Co. s board of directors, Automotivenews.com reports. The former ambassador to China's appointment was approved Wednesday and announced to reporters in a...

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