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A tough new ad put out by Rick Santorum's campaign suggests that Mitt Romney is President Obama's political twin on bailouts, social issues, and health-care reform.

Rick Santorum's 'scathing' anti-Romney ad

The lagging social conservative brands the frontrunner as an Obama clone in a fiercely negative ad running in South Carolina this week

The Romney Campaign : The List
With Mitt Romney's rivals attacking his private-equity-firm background, the former Massachusetts governor retaliates by saying that his GOP opponents sound just like Obama.

Mitt Romney's Bain defense: 3 talking points

The GOP frontrunner is sick of his Republican rivals badmouthing his years as a venture capitalist. Here's a preview of his forceful counterattack

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The Romney Campaign : Opinion Brief
Mitt Romney's polls numbers have dropped in South Carolina, amid a barrage of attacks from a Gingrich-friendly super PAC.

Will Mitt Romney lose South Carolina?

After a one-two punch in Iowa and New Hampshire, the road to the nomination was supposed to be a cakewalk for Romney. Not so fast, say some South Carolinians

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The Romney Campaign : The Bullpen
Robert Shrum

Robert Shrum: Monsieur Romney's attack on American values

The GOP frontrunner blasts the president as "tak[ing] his inspiration from the capitals of Europe." But the truth is, that's exactly what Mitt's doing

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The Romney Campaign : Fact Sheet
In the 1980s, Mitt Romney, as lay leader of his Mormon congregation, allegedly told a single mother the church wanted her to give up her child for adoption.

The Real Romney: Did Mitt pressure a single mom to give up her baby?

A new book digs into the Republican frontrunner's controversial history, including his time as a Mormon lay leader in the 1980s

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The Romney Campaign : Instant Guide
Mitt Romney helped found Bain Capital in 1984, and made most of his $200 million-plus fortune while he was at the helm of the private equity firm.

Mitt Romney's much-maligned career at Bain Capital: An instant guide

Romney is being called everything from a "vulture capitalist" to a free-market hero. What exactly did he do during his career as a venture capitalist?

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The Romney Campaign : Opinion Brief
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney celebrates in Manchester, N.H., after his big win in the Granite State Tuesday evening.

Mitt Romney's New Hampshire win: Is he 'unstoppable'?

Romney scored a double-digit win in the Granite State, sealing a historic Iowa-New Hampshire sweep. But does he need to worry about runner-up Ron Paul?

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The Romney Campaign : The List
Mitt Romney told a New Hampshire audience this week that "I like to being able to fire people," handing his opponents a devastating (if out-of-context) soundbite.

Mitt Romney's 'stumbles': 4 New Hampshire mistakes

It's been a tough couple of days for the GOP frontrunner: Right when he's on the verge of sealing the nomination, his mouth gets in the way...

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The Romney Campaign : Forecast
Mitt Romney may be poised to win the New Hampshire primary, but he still could find himself fighting for his political life at a brokered convention in August, analysts say.

4 ways Mitt Romney could still lose

Romney has the nomination wrapped up... right? Not quite. Consider these arguably plausible conservative-friendly scenarios

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The Romney Campaign : Burning Question
Mitt Romney seems to be the GOP's inevitable presidential nominee, but he still might have to duke it out with conservative rivals for several months.

How quickly can Romney wrap up the GOP nomination?

The GOP establishment, Obama, and Team Romney all seem to agree that it's just a matter of time before Romney is crowned nominee. But how much time?

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The Romney Campaign : The Bullpen
Robert Shrum

Robert Shrum: Mitt's single-digit landslide, and Newt's singularly focused revenge

Romney can no longer avoid the fury of his desperate rivals. This weekend in New Hampshire, they'll pile on the frontrunner like never before

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The Romney Campaign : Opinion Brief
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Wednesday, just as the former Massachusetts governor did for McCain after dropping out of the 2008 race.

McCain endorses Romney: Will it backfire?

The 2008 GOP presidential nominee backs his former rival. But the maverick's support could actually hurt Mitt with wary conservatives

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The Romney Campaign : Analysis
If Mitt Romney wins the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, he'll be the first GOP primary candidate in modern history to score that 1-2 punch.

5 keys to Mitt Romney's 2012 success

A robotic, flip-flopping, super-rich, squishily conservative Mormon is on track to (improbably) win the Iowa caucuses and the GOP nomination. How did he do it?

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The Romney Campaign : Opinion Brief
Mitt Romney has no plans to reveal just how rich he is, but critics say that if he wins the nomination he'll have to release his tax returns sooner or later.

Should Romney release his tax returns?

The longtime GOP frontrunner says that, unlike past presidential nominees, he won't tell the public what he tells the IRS. Is that smart?

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The Romney Campaign : The Bullpen
Robert Shrum

Robert Shrum: Is it Mitt in Iowa?

Romney has long downplayed the importance of the first-in-the-nation caucuses, but an increasingly likely win would help him cruise to the nomination

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Sacre bleu! A liberal group is trying to use Mitt Romney's fluency in French to the presidential hopeful's disadvantage.

Romney's big weakness: Speaking French?

A Democratic political group releases a video showing Mitt Romney speaking French, in a "cynical" bid to turn off conservative voters

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