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  • Romney Wins Conservative Straw Poll

    By Reuters

    Mitt Romney won a presidential straw poll of Republican conservative activists on Saturday in a boost to his suddenly hard-fought battle against Rick Santorum.

  • CPAC: Santorum Runs Victory Lap and Blasts Obama

    By Eric Pianin and Michelle Hirsch

    Former senator Rick Santorum was the talk of a conservative gathering in Washington, but whether he will prove to be the “true” conservative in the GOP presidential sweepstakes remains to be seen.

  • Election 2012: Obama Is Misplaying the Tax Card

    By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

    Barack Obama has a potentially strong hand on the tax issue, but is misplaying it. An enormous opportunity was missed when he ignored the issue of tax reform in his State of the Union address on Jan...

  • Romney Can't Afford More Stumbles

    By John Whitesides and Sam Youngman, Reuters

    Many Republicans may have growing concerns about their presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, but no one is pushing the panic button, yet. That could change quickly, however, if Romney does not...

  • Misspent Defense: Funding Last Century's Wars

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is running around the world reassuring allies that the cuts in next year’s Pentagon budget won’t lessen America’s resolve. "Our military footprint in Europe will...