Gingrich dogs Romney with pet story
Spartanburg, South Carolina (CNN) – One day after declaring he would not delve into personal attacks, Newt Gingrich kicked the Mitt Romney family dog into the campaign's discourse Wednesday.
Gingrich called out the dog story in a web video posted on his campaign's website that brings up a story about the former Massachusetts governor driving with their family dog, Seamus, riding in a container on the roof of the car.
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Santorum takes on Perry and Romney
Ridgeway, South Carolina (CNN) - Rick Santorum dismissed GOP rival Rick Perry's claim that as a governor, he's the only true outsider in the race, following a crowded town hall here Wednesday.
"Rick Perry requested 1,200 earmarks as governor of Texas, and Rick Perry's been in politics in Texas for 25 years, so he's been in public life more than anyone else running for president," Santorum told a group of reporters on his way out of Yesteryears Restaurant.
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Pitt, Jolie pay Obama a visit
(CNN) – A big slice of Hollywood came to the White House Wednesday when President Obama greeted Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in the Oval Office.
For a brief moment the White House press corps was transformed into a pack of paparazzi as the star couple was spotted through the Oval Office windows during a previously unannounced visit with the president.
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Warren outraises Brown in Massachusetts Senate race
(CNN) - Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren pulled in $5.7 million for her Massachusetts Senate bid in the last three months, her campaign announced Wednesday.
Her fourth quarter fundraising outpaced the incumbent, Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who earlier this week reported raising $3.2 million.
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BLITZER'S BLOG: The next 10 days will be ugly
(CNN) – Allow me to insert some caution in assessing the Republican presidential campaign right now. As much as so many folks are already suggesting that Mitt Romney has it all but wrapped up, let me suggest that it's not over yet.
Sure Romney has a solid organization with lots of campaign cash. He's also blessed with a strong super PAC that can inflict major damage on his GOP rivals. And beyond that, he has some strong political instincts and a wonderful wife and family who are major weapons.
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Obama times 'insourcing' speech just right
(CNN) – A White House official says President Obama’s speech Wednesday proposing tax breaks to businesses that keep jobs in the United States has been in the works for weeks.
But politically, the timing couldn’t have been better.
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Gingrich fires up down South
Rock Hill, South Carolina (CNN) – Newt Gingrich assailed the bipartisan establishment Wednesday in a fiery speech 10 days before the South Carolina primary, a contest critical for the lagging presidential candidate.
After finishing a disappointing fourth in the first two nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, Gingrich questioned Mitt Romney's credentials and whether the frontrunner can beat President Barack Obama.
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Obama to raise hefty campaign dollars in his hometown
Washington (CNN) - A day after the GOP's New Hampshire primary, President Obama focuses on his re-election campaign, returning to his hometown Chicago to raise some hefty campaign cash. But pundits will be watching closely to see if he directly takes on Republican GOP front-runner Mitt Romney when the president speaks at a campaign event Wednesday evening.
Tuesday evening, as Romney celebrated his New Hampshire victory by attacking the president, Vice President Joe Biden unleashed the Obama camp's harshest attack yet on Romney, saying, "He thinks it's more important for the stockholders and the shareholders and the investors and the venture capital guys to do well for those employees to be part of the bargain."
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South Carolina in spotlight after Romney win in N.H.
Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) - The race for the Republican presidential nomination headed south Wednesday, one day after a resounding New Hampshire primary win for Mitt Romney that left the rest of the GOP field scrambling to catch the former Massachusetts governor.
South Carolina is next on the primary calendar; voters there head to the polls January 21. Romney's main rivals are counting on the state's social conservatism and reputation for brass-knuckle political brawls to slow the former governor's momentum. The Palmetto State has picked the winner of every GOP nomination fight since 1980.
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S.C. Republicans plan presidential forum in conservative upstate
Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) – With the Republican presidential race now moving to South Carolina, party activists here are in the final stages of organizing a candidate forum to be held Friday evening in the conservative stronghold of Spartanburg County, CNN has learned.
The forum is being sponsored by the Greenville and Spartanburg County Republican parties, two of the largest county party organizations in the state.
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