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Campaign 2012: Who’s in and who’s out? It’s still a changing field among Republicans pursuing the GOP presidential nomination.
Oct. 7, 2011
Herman Cain, Republican presidential candidate and former chief executive of Godfather’s Pizza, looks pensive backstage before delivering a speech at the Value Voters Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in the District.
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Republican presidential candidate and Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), with her back to the camera, holds a news conference outside of her bus at New England College in Henniker, N.H.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, center, greets members of the audience at the conclusion of a campaign stop at a VFW Post in Milford, N.H.
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Oct. 6, 2011
Fox News personality Sean Hannity and Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich talk during the Fox News "Hannity with Sean Hannity" 15th anniversary show at Olympic Centennial Park in Atlanta.
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Oct. 8, 2011
Republican presidential candidate and Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) speaks at the Values Voter Summit in the District. The cultural conservatives who gathered at the summit this weekend care deeply about abortion, gay marriage and other social issues.
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Oct. 10, 2011
Republican presidential candidate and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman talks to the media after holding a town hall meeting at the Merrimack Valley Railroad Company in Tilton, N.H.
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Oct. 8, 2011
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a GOP presidential contender, speaks at McCarthy & Bailey's Irish Pub in Sioux City, Iowa.
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Oct. 4, 2011
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during an announcement in Trenton, N.J., that he will not be seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for president.
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Sept. 30, 2011
Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry gestures during an address at a campaign stop in Derry, N.H.
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Sept. 28, 2011
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney bows his head during applause while speaking at a town hall meeting at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.
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Sept. 29, 2011
Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) speaks to the media after a roundtable discussion with business leaders in Charlotte.
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Oct. 2, 2011
Republican presidential candidate and businessman Herman Cain, fresh off a surprising win in Florida's straw poll election, speaks to supporters as he makes a campaign stop and launches his new book "This is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House," outside the Olde Blind Dog Irish Pub in Milton, Ga.
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Sept. 29, 2011
Republican presidential candidate and Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) speaks at a house party in Derry, N.H.
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Sept. 29, 2011
Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a town hall meeting with employees at the Principal Financial Group in Des Moines. Hoping to revive his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, Gingrich is calling for an overhaul of the way Americans pay taxes and buy health care and would allow young people to opt out of the Social Security system.
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Sept. 7, 2011
Texas Gov. Rick Perry gives a thumbs up as he stands on stage before the Reagan Centennial GOP presidential primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Perry’s campaign is moving aggressively to reassure key Republican leaders, donors and activists of his strength as a candidate, after a series of uneven performances in September.
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Sept. 28, 2011
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) gestures during a speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.
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Sept. 24, 2011
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, arrive at the Republican Leadership Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Mich. As Republicans swoon over other , more incendiary candidates, Romney is sticking to his tortoise-beats-all-the-hares strategy. “You just express what you believe, talk about the issues you care about. Hopefully, people will come to you in the final analysis,” he said.
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Sept. 24, 2011
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks during the Republican Party's Florida Presidency 5 convention in Orlando. Cain won the Florida GOP presidential straw poll in a major surprise Sept. 24, as Republicans there delivered a rebuke to Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
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Sept. 26, 2011
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas speaks to a crowd during a town hall meeting at the Northeast Iowa Community College east campus in downtown Dubuque, Iowa. Paul has a loyal and relatively large following — according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, 25 percent of the American public views the Texas congressman favorably while 27 percent see him in an unfavorable light — but of the 25 percent of people who regard Paul favorably, roughly
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Sept. 24, 2011
Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, center, talks with the Sandhage family of Milford, N.H., during a meet-and-greet at Joey's Diner in Amherst, N.H. Since arriving on the scene, Jon Huntsman has slipped below the fold. He might not be able to make it to the next debate — without 2 percent in three national polls, you don’t receive airtime, and he has only managed 2 percent in one.
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Sept. 6, 2011
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich poses with a supporter before a town-hall-style meeting in Pasadena, Calif. Gingrich, who is trying to revive his presidential campaign after a series of stumbles early on, said he will unveil a set of sweeping changes to government that he says will foster a “national renewal” in the United States and return the country to its founding principles.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during the Perspectives on Leadership Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Many conservatives are clamoring for Christie to run for president, but he has not jumped into the race.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry had long said that he would not run for president in 2012. But on Aug. 13, in South Carolina, he officially announced his bid for the White House.
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Aug. 14, 2011
Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty announced his formal entry into the presidential race May 23 and withdrew Aug. 14, after placing third in the Iowa straw poll with 14 percent.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) announced during the June 13 GOP debate in New Hampshire that she had filed her paperwork to run for president. Bachmann finished in the top spot Aug. 13 in the Iowa straw poll with 29 percent of the vote.
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Herman Cain speaks at the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention in Richmond. The former talk radio host and businessman, who announced his candidacy in May, has drawn much of his support from tea party groups.
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Former House speaker Newt Gingrich formally entered the 2012 Republican presidential race in May. For Gingrich, a presidential run is a culmination of a long political career in which he rose from being a backbencher in Congress to the architect of the 1994 Republican revolution.
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No one ever knew for sure whether Donald Trump's flirtation with a 2012 bid was more serious than those in 1988 and 2000, or whether it was simply his latest attention-getting, ratings-boosting stunt. But he announced May 16 that he had "decided not to pursue the office of the presidency."
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Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) formally launched his long-shot bid for the presidential nomination July 2 at a rock festival outside Detriot.
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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced in a middle-of-the-night message May 22 that he wouldn't seek the GOP nomination. Daniels said he was taking the advice of his family and would skip a bid for the White House.
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Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) talks with Buck Mercier at Chez Vachon on April 14 in Manchester, N.H. Barbour announced April 25 that he would not run for president saying, in a statement, "A candidate for president today is embracing a ten-year commitment to an all-consuming effort, to the virtual exclusion of all else. His (or her) supporters expect and deserve no less than absolute fire in the belly from their candidate. I cannot offer that with certainty, and total certainty is required."
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Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, center, with his wife, Mary Kaye Huntsman, join President Obama as Obama announces Huntman's nomination to be U.S. ambassador to China in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in May 2009.
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Rick Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania, is considered a long shot for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Santorum officially entered the race June 6, saying, "We're in it to win it."
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Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) is seen here speaking to reporters in the "spin room" after the Republican debate at Saint Anselm College on Jan. 5, 2008, in Manchester, N.H. Paul announced April 26 that he will form a presidential exploratory committee for the 2012 election.
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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is no stranger to presidential campaigns -- he finished second to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the 2008 GOP presidential primary. He offiicially jumped into the 2012 race June 2.
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Former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin enjoys strong support within the tea party, and her last-minute endorsements (more than 40 in total) have made talk of her 2012 ambitions practically a requirement. But polls show her appeal is relatively narrow.
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