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2012 Candidates Weekly Update 3/22/11

Michele Bachmann(link is external)

History(link is external): New Hampshire politicians take jabs at Bachmann's history blunder (Politico, 3/17).

2012(link is external): Deep roots in conservative movement bolster her campaign prospects (TNR, 3/17).

Haley Barbour (link is external)

Campaign(link is external): Expanding campaign and presence in early state (NYT, 3/22).

Mississippi(link is external): State taxpayers paid for $300,000 of his out-of-state traveling costs (Clarion Ledger, 3/21).

Foreign Affairs(link is external): Calls for reducing troop level in Afghanistan (CBS News, 3/16).

Mitch Daniels (link is external)

Book(link is external): Signs book deal with conservative publisher (AP, 3/21).

2012(link is external): Wife raises doubts about potential run (Indianapolis Star, 3/20).

Newt Gingrich (link is external)

New Hampshire(link is external): Schedules speeches and meetings in the Granite State (Union Leader, 3/21).

Foreign Affairs(link is external): Claims President Obama "does not even know who his enemies are" (Union Leader, 3/20).

Obama(link is external): Says President is busy on ESPN instead of handling crises (LA Times, 3/18).

Mike Huckabee (link is external)

Religious Right(link is external): Says he wants world leaders to have a "biblical worldview" (RWW, 3/21).

Anti-Choice(link is external): Lauds anti-choice leaders on Fox News show (News Hounds, 3/21).

Fox News(link is external): Favorite candidate of Fox News viewers (HuffPo, 3/18).

Sarah Palin(link is external)

Foreign Affairs(link is external): Plans to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu during tour of Israel after visiting India (Forward, 3/21).

Energy(link is external): Alaska abandons much of Palin's energy agenda (NYT, 3/17).

Campaign(link is external): Top aide profiled by Los Angeles Times (LA Times, 3/16).

Ron Paul (link is external)

Foreign Affairs(link is external): Slams US involvement in no-fly zone as "unconstitutional" (Raw Story, 3/21).

GOP(link is external): Wins California GOP convention straw poll (Sacramento Bee, 3/20).

Economy(link is external): Pushes elimination of the Federal Reserve (Reuters, 3/17).

Tim Pawlenty (link is external)

2012(link is external): Announces formation of exploratory committee (Star Tribune, 3/21).

Campaign(link is external): Adopts Southern accent in stump speech (Minnesota Public Radio, 3/18).

Tea Party(link is external): Set to address New Hampshire Tea Party rally (Think Progress, 3/17).

Mitt Romney (link is external)

Health Care(link is external): Allies downplay impact of Massachusetts health care reform law on primary (The Hill, 3/17).

Campaign(link is external): Recruits fundraisers close to former President Bush (Bloomberg, 3/17).

Donald Trump

Foreign Affairs(link is external): Brags to Fox News that he "screwed" Qaddafi on land deal (Fox News, 3/21).

New Hampshire(link is external): Scheduled to address political forum in New Hampshire (Boston Herald, 3/16).

Rick Santorum (link is external)

Foreign Affairs(link is external): Derides Obama for turning the US into "the military of the UN" (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/18).

Health Care(link is external): Calls Mitt Romney's health care reform law a "failure" (The State Column, 3/18).

Religious Right: Tells far-right Catholic group that he was "appalled" by JFK's "radical" support of the separation of church and state (Boston Globe, 3/15).