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These 3 states are key to Romney win

Last updated Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 7:25am

WASHINGTON — The presidential candidates have just placed their opening bets, and three states stand out as keys to the 2012 election: Ohio, Virginia and, perhaps surprisingly, Iowa.

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How Mitt Romney will choose his running mate

Paul West Tribune Washington Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 5:04pm

WASHINGTON--For those in political circles, the next three months will be consumed by speculation about Mitt Romney's running mate. Early favorites include Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio and Rep. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin. Many more names will be floated -- some will be serious contenders, others not -- before the pick is announced.

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Romney, Santorum battle in Michigan

Paul West, Seema Mehta Tribune Washington Bureau

Last updated Friday, February 17, 2012 - 7:20am

DETROIT — With a new poll showing a virtual dead heat in Michigan’s presidential primary, the leading Republican candidates veered Thursday from defensiveness to discomfort.

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Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry and his son Griffin arrive for a news conference in North Charleston, S.C., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, where Perry announced he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Rick Perry to quit presidential race

Paul West McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 11:31am

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who parachuted into the 2012 Republican presidential contest on a surge of upbeat expectations, is expected to exit the contest Thursday, two days before a South Carolina primary in which he was trailing far behind the leaders.

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Romney may be forced to shift course because of Perry

Paul West McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Monday, August 29, 2011 - 1:26pm

WASHINGTON -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may be forced to shake up his strategy to win the Republican presidential nomination now that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has seized the top spot in the latest Gallup poll.

Among Romney's likely shifts: softening his focus on New Hampshire, the first primary state, and starting a more aggressive campaign in Iowa, where the race actually begins.

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(Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press) Republican presidential hopeful former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney talks with Des Moines attorney Doug Gross, second from right, in Des Moines, Iowa. A nationally televised debate, a test vote in Iowa, and a candidacy by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, should he decide to seek the GOP nomination, could shake up the Republican presidential race in the coming days. Romney's focusing far less on Iowa than he did in 2008, and Gross, a top 2008 supporter, but unaligned this year, said, “Perry can come here and legitimately go after the economic message and, if he does, Romney’s in trouble."

Romney's shaky front-runner perch

Mark Z. Barabak, Paul West McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Monday, August 8, 2011 - 8:31am

SAN FRANCISCO — Six months before the scheduled start of the presidential primaries, Mitt Romney has staked a strong claim as the Republican front-runner in a contest shrouded by an unusual degree of volatility and uncertainty.

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(The Associated Press) Mitt Romney speaks with a tie in Iowa.

Romney reworks image, nears official second presidential bid

Paul West Tribune Washington Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 11:54pm

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney formally kicks off his presidential candidacy today as the nominal Republican front-runner, hoping that persistent questions about his beliefs and his record are swamped by overwhelming anxiety about the economy.

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A whole new Romney for 2012 presidential run

McClatchy News Services, Paul West

Last updated Monday, March 7, 2011 - 6:01pm

WASHINGTON -- Defying his reputation as a 1950s square, the new, more casual Mitt Romney is popping up around the country as he readies a second run for president. He's going tieless on network TV, strolling NASCAR pits in Daytona and sporting skinny Gap jeans bought for him by his wife.

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