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Gingrich wins SC GOP primary, beating Romney — Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina Republican primary, capping off a remarkable comeback for his presidential bid that reshapes the trajectory of the battle for the GOP nomination as the race now heads to Florida and beyond.
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Newt Gingrich Wins. What It Means. — “The base is revolting because they swept the GOP back into relevance in Washington just under two years ago and they have been thanked with contempt ever since.” — No candidate has won the GOP nomination for President without winning South Carolina since Ronald Reagan in 1980.


Romney Aide: Newt Win Will Help Mitt — “When we go up against Newt, it helps us in the general election,” says the aide. It's all about the Gestalt. — (Getty Images / EMMANUEL DUNAND) — COLUMBIA, South Carolina — A senior Romney campaign official told BuzzFeed Saturday …

South Carolina primary exit polls: 2/3rds say debates mattered — Nearly two out of three South Carolina Republican primary voters say the recent Republican presidential debates played an important factor in their decision, according to early CBS News exit polls - a good sign for Newt Gingrich …

Ron Paul looks ahead, says GOP contest will be ‘a long, hard slog’ — Ron Paul made clear he had no plans to drop out of the presidential race despite placing fourth in the South Carolina Republican primary on Saturday. — In a speech where the Texas congressman touched …
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Gingrich wins South Carolina primary, Fox News projects — Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina Republican primary, Fox News projects, further scrambling an already volatile presidential race which has produced three different winners in three states as the candidates head next to Florida.
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Republican Convention Has ‘50-50’ Chance Of Being Open: Former GOP Chair … 2012 Election , Mitt Romney , Republican Convention , Elections 2012 , Video , South Carolina Primary , South Carolina Primary Results , South Carolina Election Results , Brokered Convention , Election Results 2012 …
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Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina primary, CBS News projects — Newt Gingrich has defeated Mitt Romney in the South Carolina Republican primary, CBS News is projecting from analysis based on exit polls and early vote totals. Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are battling for third place.
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On Newt Gingrich S.C. primary win, Karl Rove says thank John King — After Newt Gingrich was declared the winner of the South Carolina primary Saturday night, Karl Rove suggested that the candidate has CNN's John King to thank for his victory in the Palmetto State.
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BYU Students Bus In To South Carolina To Rally For Romney
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Lessons From the South Carolina Exit Polls
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New Romney surrogate says Gingrich could cost GOP Congress
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Santorum releases Florida campaign schedule just after SC polls close
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In South Carolina, a sharply tightened race
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Gingrich Wins South Carolina Primary, Upending G.O.P. Race
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Santorum Says He Will Remain in Race Through Florida
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What South Carolinians want to know about Romney and Gingrich
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No One Cares About the Affair — Former House Speaker Newt …
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Gingrich confronted on race, agrees to meet with Sharpton
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Heilemann: USS Gingrich Now Boarding in South Carolina
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Hours before key primary, Romney lowers expectations
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Final survey suggests Gingrich leads in SC
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Muslim Brotherhood Wins 47% of Egypt Assembly Seats — CAIRO — Egyptian authorities confirmed Saturday that a political coalition dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, the 84-year-old group that virtually invented political Islam, had won about 47 percent of the seats in the first Parliament elected since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.
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Egypt's Islamists win 75 percent of parliament
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Jeb Bush Refrains From Endorsing Anyone — Jeb Bush, the popular former Florida governor, said he will “stay neutral” in the Republican presidential primary while warning his party's candidates to leave the “circular firing squad” of their primary debates behind and start appealing to a broader audience of voters.
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Not Just A Democrat Dirty Trick, But A Crime — A few years ago, as part of its strategy of facilitating voter fraud as a means of winning close elections, the Democratic Party undertook a campaign to secure as many Secretary of State offices in swing states as possible.
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Man Charged with Identity Theft after Falsely Implicating Secretary of State in Illegal Activity
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Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz Targeted for Identity Theft by Former Obama Staffer
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Former Obama Staffer Busted for Stealing Iowa Secretary of State's Identity
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The iEconomy: Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class — When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley's top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president. — But as Steven P. Jobs of Apple spoke, President Obama interrupted …
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The Irony Of American History — I'd like to think that the Confederate Flag in the back was photo-shopped. At any rate, what's amazing is the frame here—It's not the firing on federal property that inaugurated the War, it's Bull Run, or some such. It's as if I punch you in the face …
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