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FILE - In this May 17, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Jacksonville, Fla. Romney is set to raise about $10 million during a fundraising swing through the northeast. Romney's top finance aide on Monday told donors in New York City that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was set to raise at least that _ and possibly “substantially” more _ during more than a dozen fundraising events in Connecticut and New York over the course of two days. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Romney's Bain playbook unclear as attacks grow

Last updated Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 10:01am

NEW YORK -- The core of his presidential candidacy under attack, Mitt Romney has yet to shape a playbook to defend a quarter-century in the business world that created great riches for himself and great hardship, at times, for some American workers.

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Romney's latest TV ad promises tax cuts on first day in office

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 18, 2012 - 9:52am

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's first general-election TV commercial promises he would introduce tax cuts and approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline on the first day of his presidency.

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Romney says he would have ordered bin Laden killed

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 30, 2012 - 4:28pm

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Once a moment of national unity, the political battle over Osama bin Laden's death intensified Monday as presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sought to minimize the role President Barack Obama has carved out for himself in killing the terrorist leader.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney takes the stage at an election night rally in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Romney added to his big lead in the race for convention delegates Tuesday with a five-state sweep of Republican presidential primaries. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Romney turns campaign toward money, reconciliation

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 10:03am

WASHINGTON -- The Republican presidential nomination all but in hand, Mitt Romney is refocusing his efforts on challenging President Barack Obama, raising cash for the battle ahead and reconciling with one-time primary rival Rick Santorum.

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Ann Romney emerging as husband's political weapon

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 10:41am

BOSTON -- She is a 63-year-old grandmother known as "Mamie," a former stay-at-home mother of five boys, and the cookie-baking wife of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. But do not be fooled: Republicans and Democrats alike see Ann Romney as an effective political weapon.

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FILE - In this April 27, 2007 file photo, Beth Myers is seen at the Romney 2008 campaign office in Boston. Mitt Romney has tapped a longtime adviser to begin his search for a vice presidential candidate. Romney said Monday that campaign adviser Beth Myers is in charge of "selection and vetting and analysis." (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Romney taps longtime adviser to head VP search

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 10:14am

BOSTON -- Mitt Romney has tapped a longtime adviser to begin his search for a vice presidential candidate.

Romney said Monday that Beth Myers is in charge of "selection and vetting and analysis."

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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney campaigns at Wisconsin Building Supply in Howard, Monday, April 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Green Bay Press-Gazette, H. Marc Larson)

Romney expects sweep of Tuesday primaries

Kasie Hunt, Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 5:32pm

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Mitt Romney is looking for a sweep in Tuesday's three Republican primaries, expecting to tighten his grasp on the party's nomination.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., Friday, March 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Romney wealth in focus on campaign trail

Beth Fouhy, Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 3:50pm

APPLETON, Wis. — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney on Friday defended his personal wealth amid intensifying criticism from his main GOP rival and President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, unlikely allies working to portray the former businessman as out of touch with most Americans.

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, meets with former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush to receive their endorsements Thursday, March 29, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Bush senior backing Romney, but no sign of George W.

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 10:25am

HOUSTON -- George W. Bush is as hard to find in his father's office, as he is in the 2012 presidential contest.

The 43rd president appears in a gold-framed picture tucked into a far corner of the room, partially hidden by a Texas flag and a cabinet door. The placement -- whether intentional or not -- is a reminder of the Republican presidential campaign and the lengths to which Romney and his rivals have tried to marginalize the two-term president.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Monday, March 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Romney confident as Santorum stumbles

Jim Kuhnhenn, Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 10:48am

PEORIA, Ill. -- As they await an Illinois primary vote whose outcome is hardly assured, Mitt Romney is betting his message of economic proficiency will resonate with Republican voters more than Rick Santorum's sharply honed conservatism.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speak during a campaign stop at a restaurant in Springfield, Ill., Monday, March 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Confident Romney calls for GOP unity behind him

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 10:18am

VERNON HILLS, Ill. -- Mitt Romney's increasingly confident campaign is intensifying calls -- publicly and privately -- for his Republican opponents to concede defeat in the presidential nomination battle, even before Illinois voters have their say Tuesday in the campaign's next big contest.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Pancakes Eggcetera, Friday, March 16, 2012, in Rosemont, Ill. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

Romney campaign shows financial strains

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 10:30am

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The long and increasingly messy Republican presidential contest is starting to hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most: his wallet.

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Activist associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement dress as the one percent during a demonstration outside a luxury midtown hotel, Wednesday, March 14, 2012 in New York. Several hundred protesters walked around the Waldorf Astoria on Wednesday behind a black urn they said represented "job cremation" during a fundraiser for Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Democrats ride Romney's Planned Parenthood remark

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 10:41am

WASHINGTON -- A coordinated attack by Democrats on Mitt Romney's plan to "get rid of" Planned Parenthood to help balance the federal budget is part of a larger campaign to ensure that Romney and other Republicans lose credibility with female voters.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally at Gregory Industries in Canton, Ohio, Monday, March 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Republican hopefuls sprint to Super Tuesday

Kasie Hunt, Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 12:20pm

CANTON, Ohio — Mitt Romney’s allies are hoping Super Tuesday’s powerful imprint on the Republican presidential nomination will bring clarity, at long last, to the fractious contest and rouse Republicans behind their front-runner. But that’s strictly up to voters across the nation, weighing in on the most consequential day of the campaign to date.

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Limbaugh comments overshadow GOP contest

Kasie Hunt, Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 5:17pm

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Intensifying debate over conservative social values -- and Republican icon Rush Limbaugh -- overshadowed the nation's economic concerns Sunday as the Republican presidential campaign hurtled toward Super Tuesday contests that could re-shape the nomination battle and shift the direction of the Grand Old Party.

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