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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks at a GOP forum in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Backers are saying he failed to reach out to evangelical Christians and has done a poor job on using surrogates. (Associated Press)
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Illustration: GOP changing lead by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times
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** FILE ** Sen. Thad Cochran (left), Mississippi Republican, is pictured with then-Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a fellow GOP member, in 2011. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks Tuesday night as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney listens during a GOP debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. (Associated Press)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (left) endorses former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (right) for the GOP presidential nomination on Oct. 11, 2011, during a news conference in Lebanon, N.H. (Associated Press)
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Former Sen. Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Republican, is one of two GOP ex-lawmakers who Monday threw their support behind Mitt Romney, a former governor of neighboring Massachusetts, in his bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nod. (Associated Press)
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Shawn Mitchell, a Democratic candidate for Virginia state Senate in Loudoun County, disagrees with his GOP rival on the role of the federal government in health care. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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President Obama is attacking the field of Republican candidates who want his job and characterizes the GOP as unwilling to compromise on legislation. "I've tried every step of the way to get the Republican Party to work with me," he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos. "Each time, all we've gotten from them is 'no.' " (Associated Press)
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Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, who won her seat narrowly in 2006 and is up for re-election in 2012, has no shortage of would-be GOP challengers. (Associated Press)
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Illustration: The GOP tent by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times
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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain trounced GOP front-runners Rick Perry and Mitt Romney in a weekend poll of 2,657 delegates at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida. (Associated Press)
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The GOP presidential hopeful's new book "This Is Herman Cain!" has an Oct. 4 release date, which is very favorable timing for last week's Florida straw poll winner. (Simon and Schuster)
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GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks to delegates before a straw poll during the Florida Republican Party Presidency 5 Convention on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Sen. Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, said President Obama is more attuned to average voters than the Republican presidential candidates because the GOP field is courting the tea party. (Associated Press)
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Sarah Palin, former GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor, rides on the back of a motorcycle at the Rolling Thunder annual motorcycle rally, past the U.S. Capitol during the Memorial Day weekend rally in Washington, Sunday, May 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry acknowledges the audience after a GOP presidential debate Monday in Tampa, Fla. He is scheduled to be a featured guest at a Virginia Republican Party fundraiser Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, has been the subject of speculation that he might be vice-presidential material for the 2012 GOP ticket. He thus far has demurred. (Associated Press)
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UPSET IN OFFING? Polls show GOP nominee Bob Turner could pull an upset Tuesday in a special election in the heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District of New York. (Bobturnerforcongress.com)
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PARTY POLITICS: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left) and Texas Gov. Rick Perry spar during a Wednesday debate held at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., among eight Republicans seeking the 2012 GOP presidential nod. (Associated Press)
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Associated Press GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry greets guests at a party Saturday in Chichester, N.H. He "needs to cut back on the volatile rhetoric and couch his words more carefully, or they can come back to haunt him," one party strategist said.
