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Perry drops out of presidential race; endorses Gingrich

Beth Fouhy, David Espo The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 2:26pm

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination and endorsed Newt Gingrich, adding a fresh layer of unpredictability to the campaign two days before the South Carolina primary.

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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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(Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is hugged by his wife, Ann, during a Romney for President Iowa Caucus night rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday.

Romney wins by a whisker in Iowa

David Espo, Thomas Beaumont The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 9:46am

DES MOINES, Iowa — Mitt Romney eked out a minuscule 8-vote victory over Rick Santorum in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses, the state party chairman said early Wednesday, ringing down the curtain on an improbable first act in the campaign to pick a challenger to President Barack Obama in the fall.

Appearing hours after the caucuses had ended, Matt Strawn said Romney had 30,015 votes, to 30,007 for Santorum, whose late surge carried him to a near win.

Even before his victory was announced, Romney looked past his GOP rivals and took aim at Obama. "The gap between his promises four years ago and his performance is as great as anything I've ever seen in my life," he told supporters in Iowa's capital city.

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Republican presidential candidates are getting their wives and children in on their campaigning in New Hampshire. Here, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, eat burritos at Dos Amigos Burritos while campaigning. (WINSLOW TOWNSON/The Associated Press)

GOP candidates' wives, kids get in on the act

Holly Ramer The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 26, 2011 - 1:03am

CONCORD, N.H. — Mitt Romney’s wife gushes about his silly side and devotion to their five sons and 16 grandchildren.

Rick Santorum’s college-age daughter opines online about missing the campus coffee shop and chats with friends.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters at the American Polish Cultural Center in Troy , Mich.,Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Romney deflects question about Perry gaffe, focuses on economic plan

Maeve Reston Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, November 11, 2011 - 11:20am

TROY, Mich. -- Embracing his Michigan roots during an afternoon rally Thursday, Mitt Romney steered clear of passing judgment on Texas Gov. Rick Perry's embarrassing memory lapse during Thursday night's debate and sought to turn the conversation back to his economic plans.

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Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a Republican Presidential Debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Perry says his campaign won't end despite blunder

Kasie Hunt The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 10:56am

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- Rick Perry says he "stepped in it" when he couldn't remember the third federal department he would cut if elected, but insisted the debate blunder wouldn't force him out of the Republican presidential field.

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(NATI HARNIK/The Associated Press) In this Oct. 13, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks in Denison, Iowa. They’ve rolled the dice. The top Republican presidential rivals are locked in a game of one-upmanship, each trying to outdo the other in offering the boldest economic plan for the party’s efforts to unseat President Barack Obama next November.

GOP rivals focus on flat taxes, smaller government

Tom Raum The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 29, 2011 - 5:33pm

WASHINGTON — On jobs and taxes, the top Republican presidential rivals are locked in a fierce game of one-upmanship. They’re all trying to outdo each other in offering the boldest economic plan for the campaign to unseat President Barack Obama next November.

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Rick Perry bashes the GOP debates

Sarah Palermo Concord Monitor

Last updated Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 1:57pm

CONCORD, N.H. -- One week after yet another disappointing performance in a national debate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said the whole experience has been a mistake.

Speaking on Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's talk show Tuesday night, Perry said the debates "are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates."

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(NATI HARNIK/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry, speaks at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition presidential candidate forum, in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. A half-dozen GOP contenders flocked to Iowa on Saturday, barely 10 weeks before the state’s Jan. 3 caucuses.

Perry wants flat tax with some popular deductions

Kasie Hunt The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 9:48am

GRAY COURT, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is rolling out an economic plan that includes a flat tax proposal, private retirement accounts for Social Security and a lower corporate tax rate.

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(DAVE WEAVER/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry talks with Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, left, during a hunting outing near Merrill, Iowa, Saturday Oct. 22, 2011. About a half-dozen Republican candidates and about 1,000 evangelical activists plan to attend the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition in Des Moines Saturday, as the Republican presidential campaign continues its search for a more conservative alternative to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Conservative Romney alternatives vie for Iowa edge

Kasie Hunt, Thomas Beaumont The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 4:31pm

DES MOINES, Iowa — Evangelical activists are Iowa’s most potent Republican voting bloc and the fight for their support is in full swing among the presidential candidates competing to emerge as a more conservative alternative to early front-runner Mitt Romney.

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Romney turns tables on Perry

Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 3:11pm

HANOVER, N.H. -- Hours before he expected to fend off sharp criticism from his Republican rivals, presidential contender Mitt Romney turned the tables on Texas Gov. Rick Perry and called on him to disavow comments from an ally who likened his faith to a "cult."

Romney urged the Texas governor to reject "divisiveness" and called on Perry "to repudiate the sentiment and the remarks." Perry, through a spokesman, declined and said Romney's remarks represent "political rhetoric from Gov. Romney that isn't going to create one new job."

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(STEVEN SENNE/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney retakes the microphone after being asked a question by a member of the audience during a campaign stop Monday at a VFW Post in Milford, N.H.

Layton pastor comments on Romney, Mormonism

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 6:25am

LAYTON — It’s time to build bridges instead of insulting Mormons, says one local pastor. The Rev. Myke Crowder, pastor of Christian Life Center in Layton and a member of the executive council of the National Clergy Council in Washington, D.C., said remarks made by Southern Baptist pastor and Rick Perry supporter Robert Jeffress have no place in a presidential debate.

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Perry backer says Romney not a Christian, Mormonism a 'cult'

Kasie Hunt The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 7, 2011 - 4:06pm

WASHINGTON -- The pastor who introduced Texas Gov. Rick Perry at a conservative gathering Friday said rival presidential candidate Mitt Romney is not a Christian and is in a cult because he is a Mormon.

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(The Associated Press) This image provided by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shows the design of a proposed Sons of Confederate Veterans license plate. Eleven years ago, when the NAACP stepped up a campaign to remove the Confederate battle flag from statehouses and other government buildings across the South, it found an opponent in then Lt. Gov. Rick Perry. Perry argued that states should honor their history and decide on appropriate displays. A related issue may rise this fall when Texas decides whether to allow specialty license plates featuring the Confederate flag.

Perry once defended Confederate symbols

Will Weissert The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 8:12am

AUSTIN, Texas — Eleven years ago, when the NAACP stepped up a campaign to remove the Confederate battle flag from statehouses and other government buildings across the South, it found an opponent in Rick Perry.

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