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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by comedian Jeff Foxworthy speaks during a campaign stop at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Monday, March 12, 2012 in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/ John David Mercer)

Voting in Alabama, Mississippi could clarify race

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Mitt Romney hoped to seal his status as the Republican presidential front-runner with a thus-far-elusive victory in the Deep South, a region that has been slow to embrace the former Massachusetts governor.

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Farmers Market in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Romney says Washington could learn from Mississippi

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney made his first appearance here Thursday ahead of Mississippi's Tuesday primary election, and attacked President Barack Obama for not creating jobs or working on the deficit. He said Washington could learn from the Magnolia State on those issues.

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