GOP debate: Candidate haiku challenge

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We hope you’ve been following our Candidate Week profiles of would-be Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul John Huntsman and Rick Santorum, because you will be tested on this material... right now.
GOP candidates before the debate in Sioux City. (Reuters)

We are looking for the best haiku about each candidate. Get out your counting fingers and type up your best 5-7-5 verses in the comments. If you’d rather haiku-ify President Obama, that’s fine with us too. We’ll feature our favorite haikus in a photo gallery early next week.

Looking for a little more inspiration? Here’s a photo gallery from last night’s debate:

View Photo Gallery: For the final time before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, the seven men and women running for the Republican presidential nomination faced off on a debate stage.

Gingrich on the defensive in Iowa debate

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