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Friday, March 9, 2012

Election 2012: "Morning, y'all." Romney seeks acceptance in South

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03/9/2012
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"Morning, y'all." Romney seeks acceptance in South
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is laying it on as thick as a syrupy Southern drawl as he tries to court the South, a region that has been unkind to him in the past and may soon turn its back on him again.
Factbox: Romney's long March could lead to sunny April
(Reuters) - The Republican presidential nominating contest could stretch into June after front-runner Mitt Romney failed to force his rivals from the race in this week's "Super Tuesday" contests in 10 states.
Deal not sealed, Romney hits Santorum with big ad buys
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney's presidential campaign would like to be focusing its attacks on Democratic President Barack Obama around now.
Blue-collar voters elude presidential hopeful Romney
BOSTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is finding it tough to connect with lower-income voters in his own party, a record that bodes poorly for success in a potential general election contest with President Barack Obama.
Obama campaign makes election pitch with Hollywood-style film
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign is putting a cinematic finish on its re-election pitch with a new documentary about the Democratic president's first three years in the White House.
Analysis: Quirks in jobless data could bite Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sharp winter decline in the unemployment rate has put a spring in President Barack Obama's step ahead of his re-election bid. But some economists think quirks in the jobless data mean progress could stall out soon.
Santorum left at the altar by fellow Catholics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rick Santorum has put his Catholic faith front and center as he courts religious conservatives in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. That may be hurting his chances with a crucial group of voters: his fellow Catholics.
Gingrich's Georgia win masks "southern strategy" problem
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich kept his presidential bid alive on Tuesday with a landslide win in his home state of Georgia, but his southern strategy to fight back to the top in the Republican White House race looked shaky.
Women, working and single, rescue Romney in Ohio primary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney has single women, working women, and arguably, Rush Limbaugh, to thank for his narrow win in the Ohio presidential primary, but that won't defuse the Republican Party's "woman problem" in November's general election.
Analysis: Once again, Romney wins just enough
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney survived another near-death campaign experience, but a narrow win in Ohio and five other "Super Tuesday" victories did little to ease doubts about the shaky front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.
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