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2012 Candidates Weekly Update 4/12/11

Michele Bachmann (link is external)

Iowa(link is external): Slams marriage equality in speech to The Family Leader (Politico, 4/11).

Religious Right(link is external): Wins straw poll at Liberty University's The Awakening 2011 (Freedom Federation, 4/11). 

Budget(link is external): Refuses to endorse budget compromise (NPR, 4/11). 

Haley Barbour(link is external)

Background(link is external): Experience as a lobbyist may make problems for campaign (AP, 4/12).

New Hampshire(link is external): Traveling to Republican events in New Hampshire this week (Boston Globe, 4/11).

Herman Cain (link is external)

South Carolina(link is external): Talks about the "ultimate destruction of the IRS" at Furman University (CSBT, 4/9). 

Background(link is external): Discusses the role faith plays in his presidential ambitions (Christian Post, 4/8). 

Newt Gingrich (link is external)

Georgia(link is external): Slated to address Georgia GOP convention (The State Column, 4/11).

Religious Right(link is external): Speaks to conservative leaders at Liberty University (Lynchburg News & Advance, 4/8). 

Minnesota(link is external): To deliver keynote address to anti-gay Minnesota group along with Bachmann (RWW, 4/11). 

Mike Huckabee (link is external)

Reproductive Rights(link is external): Endorses Janet Porter's "Hearbeat Bill" (RWW, 4/11). 

Religious Right(link is external): Faces increasing scrutiny over ties to pseudo-historian David Barton (RWW, 4/7).

Jon Huntsman (link is external)

Utah(link is external): Receives support of just fourteen percent of Republicans in home state of Utah (AP, 4/10). 

South Carolina(link is external): Selected to deliver commencement address to University of South Carolina (The Hill, 4/8). 

Sarah Palin(link is external)

Birther(link is external): Lauds Donald Trump's "investigation" of Obama's birth certificate (Mediaite, 4/9). 

Poll(link is external): Popularity continues to plunge, even among Republicans (WaPo, 4/8). 

Tim Pawlenty(link is external)

Campaign(link is external): Picks former head of the Republican Governors Association as campaign manager (Star Tribune, 4/11). 

Iowa(link is external): Campaign aide arrested for breaking into home while drunk (Des Moines Register, 4/8). 

Mitt Romney (link is external)

Health Care(link is external): Marks fifth anniversary of Massachusetts health care reform law (RCP, 4/12). 

2012(link is external): Makes video announcement of exploratory committee (LA Times, 4/11). 

Rick Santorum (link is external)

New Hampshire(link is external): Commits to June 7 presidential debate in New Hampshire (The Hill, 4/11). 

South Carolina(link is external): Wins straw poll in GOP-heavy Greenville County (Greenville Online, 4/10). 

Health Care(link is external): Says health care reform makes one "less than what God created you to be" (RWW, 4/8). 

Donald Trump (link is external)

Religious Right(link is external): Speaks about faith to David Brody of CBN News (CBN News, 4/11). 

Media(link is external): Lashes out at Vanity Fair and the New York Times (Vanity Fair, 4/11).