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2012 Candidates Weekly Update 1/4/11

Mitch Daniels(link is external)

Social issues(link is external): Candidates for RNC Chair pan Daniels's "truce" proposal (GOP12, 1/3).

2012(link is external): Claims that a potential presidential bid scares his family "to death" (The Hill, 1/3).

Newt Gingrich(link is external)

Religious Right(link is external): Bryan Fischer of AFA thinks his history of extramarital affairs will doom him among social conservatives (RWW, 1/3).

Fundraising(link is external): Confirmed to address, along with Mike Pence, Illinois GOP fundraiser celebrating Ronald Reagan's birthday (Chicago Tribune, 1/3).

Mike Huckabee (link is external)

Arkansas(link is external): Enthusiasm builds for a second presidential run in his home state of Arkansas (Politics Daily, 1/2).

Poll(link is external): Two out of three Republicans said that they were "very or somewhat likely" to back Huckabee, leading the field (CBNNews, 1/2).

Jon Huntsman (link is external)

2012(link is external): Still open to presidential bid despite his appointment as Ambassador to China (Newsweek, 1/1).

Sarah Palin (link is external)

Social issues(link is external): Re-tweets Tammy Bruce, who said that "the more someone complains about the homos the more we should look under their bed" (Gawker, 1/4).

GOP(link is external): Conservative writer George Will and blogger Erick Erickson dismiss Palin's chances of winning the Presidency (Salon, 1/3).

Book(link is external): Reviewer of America By Heart finds that "there is no identity she embraces with more alacrity than that of victim" (Religion Dispatches, 1/2).

Tim Pawlenty (link is external)

2012(link is external): With Mark Dayton's inauguration as governor, Pawlenty now "full-time candidate" (The Atlantic, 1/3).

Book(link is external): Will begin tour for new book, Courage to Stand (Minnesota Public Radio, 1/3).

Mike Pence (link is external)

Indiana(link is external): Fundraising plans point to potential gubernatorial bid (TPM, 1/4).

GOP(link is external): Wins the endorsement of RedState's Erick Erickson (RedState, 1/3).

Fundraising(link is external): Confirmed to address, along with Newt Gingrich, Illinois GOP fundraiser celebrating Ronald Reagan's birthday (Chicago Tribune, 1/3).

Mitt Romney(link is external)

Massachusetts(link is external): May have a "Willie Horton" situation from his parole board appointments as Massachusetts governor (UPI, 1/3).

South Carolina(link is external): Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) calls Romney "the most electable conservative" (Greenville Online, 1/3).