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Maine GOP chairman: Romney wins caucuses
Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster said Mitt Romney has won the Maine caucuses by a slim margin, giving him a much needed boost following losses in three other contests in the past week. (AP, 6:29 p.m.)
CPAC crowd chants `Newt, Newt, Newt’ as Gingrich invokes Reagan, slams Obama
Newt Gingrich invoked the name of Ronald Reagan in the opening lines of a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference here today, and then made a dozen or so policy pledges that he contends are in the revolutionary mold of the Gipper.Three GOP candidates appeal for support at CPAC convention
Three of the GOP’s leading candidates for president appealed to conservatives today, acknowledging the importance of a crucial voting bloc in a presidential battle that will soon swing through a wider swath of the country, including the evangelical South.Mitt Romney at CPAC appeals directly to conservatives for shot at White House
Mitt Romney firmly wrapped himself in the cloak of conservatism today by embracing the vernacular of a movement that has not fully embraced his campaign for president.Rick Santorum gets hearty welcome at conference of country’s conservatives
Rick Santorum, a favorite son of the nation’s conservatives, received a hero’s welcome today at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he railed against President Obama and made his case that Republicans need not abandon their conservative values to win in November. It was an obvious dig at Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, whose front-runner status is being challenged after Santorum’s sweep on Tuesday of Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri.Mitt Romney tries to dispel conservative doubts with letter from Mass. leaders
Facing doubts about his philosophical credentials, Republican Mitt Romney today released a letter from Massachusetts conservative luminaries aiming to clarify his record while the state’s governor. “Some press accounts and bloggers have described Governor Romney in terms we neither have observed nor can we accept,” wrote the group, which included former Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, gay marriage opponent Kris Mineau, and Harvard Law School professor Mary Ann Glendon. They also say Romney “stood for religious freedom,” a hot-button topic.National politics: Latest news
Romney edges Santorum in conservatives' straw poll
Mitt Romney has won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll of conservative activists. The former Massachusetts governor is favored as the Republican presidential nominee by 38 percent of the 3,408 respondents. Rivals Rick Santorum drew 31 percent, and Newt Gingrich was favored by 15 percent. All three candidates addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Friday. (AP, 5:08 p.m.)
Obama budget: New spending with recycled tax ideas
The White House is focusing on re-election themes such as jobs and public works projects in President Barack Obama's new budget blueprint while relying on familiar but never enacted tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to reduce future deficits after four years of trillion dollar-plus shortfalls. (Associated Press, 3:59 p.m.)
A look at Maine, where Romney and Paul are vying
A profile of Maine, site of the Republican caucus on Feb. 11: NUMBERS (AP, 5:59 p.m.)