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The bad news for the GOP’s presidential hopefuls from Texas? No blows landed on Mitt Romney in Saturday night’s nationally televised New Hampshire debate to knock the front-runner from his perch. Full Story
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A video postcard from Manchester, N.H., where the GOP candidates are getting ready to face each other in a debate sponsored by ABC News and WMUR. Full Story
Ron Paul is trying to stop Rick Santorum's surge, but his new attack ad coincides with the revelation of a xenophobic video produced by a group claiming to be Paul's supporters. Full Story
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The first week of 2012 started with the first presidential voting of the cycle, and our coverage included Dehn's videos of Rick Perry's "reassessment" and "next leg of the marathon" speeches, Ramshaw's reporting on the rationale behind his decision and Root's analysis of just what happened in the hours after the Iowa results came in, plus Galbraith on the Texas critters that might be added to the endangered list, Tan's look at new laws regulating payday lenders, Hamilton on an impending battle over tuition increases at UT, and Murphy with a new data map using the latest Census numbers for Texas: The best of our best content from January 2 to 6, 2012. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry has named embattled Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio his Arizona campaign chairman, despite a recent Obama administration report condemning alleged discriminatory practices in Arpaio's office. Full Story
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Guess who's not happy that Gov. Rick Perry will compete in this weekend's GOP presidential debates in New Hampshire? Buddy Roemer. Full Story
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Could Gov. Rick Perry have been right when he decided to reassess his campaign after the Iowa disaster and, again, when he quickly decided to soldier on to South Carolina? Maybe. Full Story
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Here's the problem for the Texas governor after his awful fifth-place showing in Iowa, as the specter of his first defeat has come into focus: He does not really know how to lose. Full Story
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If the voters haven't ruled you out, and the money people haven't starved you, why quit? Full Story
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What's usually known in December before an election year won't be known now until February: Who's actually in these races? Full Story
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The bet here is that the U.S. Supreme Court wouldn't have taken the Texas redistricting case if they thought it was a good idea to hold elections using the San Antonio court's plan. If it was, why issue a stay, set arguments, and risk delaying the primaries? Full Story
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For the first Inside Intelligence survey of 2012, we waited until the morning after the Iowa caucuses to see what Texans thought Gov. Rick Perry should do after finishing fifth there. Full Story
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During his speech, Gov. Rick Perry said he was going home for some "prayer and reflection" to decide whether to continue his presidential quest after a dismal fifth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday. Full Story
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One question has sprung from many minds since Rick Perry's stunning reversal on Wednesday: What's the governor thinking? Full Story
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What motivated Gov. Rick Perry's quick-turn decision to forge ahead in the GOP presidential race despite a poor finish in the Iowa caucuses? We asked campaign strategists and politicos for their top five theories. Full Story
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Gov. Rick Perry may have seeemed like a dead man walking after his fifth-place finish Tuesday night in Iowa. But as Matt Largey of KUT News reports, Perry's pressing on, and his supporters still think he's the only candidate with the mettle to challenge Mitt Romney. Full Story
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Evan, Reeve, Brandi and Jim attempt to wrap their heads around the future of Rick Perry's presidential campaign, the state of the U.S. Senate race, and what lies ahead in 2012. Full Story
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Despite a disappointing fifth-place finish in Tuesday night's Iowa caucuses, which led Gov. Rick Perry to say he was returning to Texas to reassess his candidacy, he surprised everyone — including some of his own staff — by announcing that he would stay in the race. Full Story
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Despite a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses that led Rick Perry to say he was returning home to Texas to reassess his candidacy, the Texas governor surprised everyone by announcing this morning that he would stay in the race. Full Story
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A round-up of the morning show buzz after Tuesday night's Iowa caucuses. Full Story
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