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2012 Candidates Weekly Update 1/11/10

Michele Bachmann(link is external)

PAC(link is external): Vast majority of MICHELE PAC money went to Iowa politicians or PACs (National Journal, 1/10).

Religious Right(link is external): Potential 2012 bid wins plaudits from Religious Right activists (RWW, 1/10).

Iowa(link is external): Speaks to Iowans for Tax Relief PAC in Des Moines on 1/21 (Iowans for Tax Relief PAC, 1/7).

Mitch Daniels (link is external)

Indiana(link is external): Makes 7th State of the State address with emphasis on education (South Bend Tribune, 1/11).

CPAC(link is external): To address the Conservative Political Action Conference along with other 2012 prospects (Politico, 1/6).

Newt Gingrich (link is external)

Religious Right(link is external): Invited to speak at the Freedom Federation’s Awakening 2011 along with other potential 2012 candidates (RWW, 1/10).

Iowa(link is external): Listed to address Iowa Renewable Fuels Association in Des Moines on Janurary 25th (Des Moines Register, 1/10).

Mike Huckabee (link is external)

Iowa(link is external): New poll shows Huckabee on top with 24% support from Republicans (TPM, 1/10).

Poll(link is external): Gallup finds in nationwide poll that Huckabee has the highest favorable rating among potential GOP candidates (WSJ, 1/10).

Reproductive Rights(link is external): Scheduled to address anti-choice fundraise in Tennessee on February, 14th (Knoxville News Sentinel, 1/9).

Sarah Palin (link is external)

Extremism(link is external): Faces torrent of criticism over "bullseye" map with target on Giffords's congressional district, defends (link is external)herself to Glenn Beck (The Week & NYDN, 1/10).

Reality TV(link is external): Doesn't sign on for a second season of Sarah Palin's Alaska (Forbes, 1/10).

Tim Pawlenty (link is external)

2012(link is external): Tells newspaper he is "seriously considering running for president" (St. Petersburg Times, 1/10).

Book(link is external): Memoir focuses on his faith, attacks on Obama (MN Public Radio, 1/8).

Palin(link is external): Calls Sarah Palin "a force of nature" (Mediaite, 1/7).

Mike Pence(link is external)

Reproductive Rights(link is external): Introduces legislation to de-fund Planned Parenthood (Human Events, 1/10).

2012(link is external): Tells an Indiana Rotary Club that he will decide on future political plans by the end of January (The Republic, 1/10).

South Carolina(link is external): Keynote speaker for South Carolina’s America Conference (Politico, 1/4).

Mitt Romney(link is external)

Foreign affairs(link is external): Met with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai as plan of tour of Afghanistan and Middle East (Boston Globe, 1/10).

Poll(link is external): Pew poll has Romney as most competitive candidate against Obama in Nevada (UPI, 1/10).

Rick Santorum (link is external)

Religious Right(link is external): Speaks with group founded by right-wing activist Ovide Lamontagne (Granite Oath PAC, 1/10).

New Hampshire(link is external): Hires GOP Congressman Frank Guinta’s strategist as state director of his America’s Foundation PAC (Union Leader, 1/5).

GOP(link is external): Says Romney’s Massachusetts health care law will make it “very hard for us to nominate” him (National Journal, 1/4).