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2012 Candidates Weekly Update 4/19/11

Michele Bachmann (link is external)

Book(link is external): Considering a proposal to write her memoirs (AP, 4/18).

South Carolina(link is external): Rally in South Carolina a bust (CBS News, 4/18). 

Birther(link is external): Continues to float birther conspiracy on Fox News (The Atlantic, 4/18). 

Budget(link is external): Falsely claims that the top 1% pay 40% of taxes (PolitiFact, 4/13). 

Haley Barbour (link is external)

South Carolina(link is external): Wins Charleston County GOP straw poll (The State Column, 4/18). 

New Hampshire(link is external): Takes two-day swing in New Hampshire (Boston Globe, 4/15). 

Mike Huckabee (link is external)

South Carolina(link is external): Meets with supporters from the 2008 campaign (RCP, 4/18). 

Iowa(link is external): Volunteers from 2008 bid work to build new campaign (The Ticket, 4/15). 

Jon Huntsman (link is external)

South Carolina(link is external): Organizes campaign in the Palmetto State (CNN, 4/18).

Obama(link is external): Conservative website features laudatory letters from Huntsman to Obama (Daily Caller, 4/15).

Roy Moore (link is external)

2012(link is external): Forms presidential exploratory committee (AP, 4/18). 

Religious Right(link is external): Travels around Iowa with staffer from the far-right The Family Leader (Des Moines Register, 4/18). 

Sarah Palin (link is external)

PAC(link is external): Launches new website for leadership pac (The Caucus, 4/18). 

Tea Party(link is external): Addresses small rally for Koch front group in Wisconsin (TPM, 4/16). 

Ron Paul(link is external)

South Carolina(link is external): Tops the field in the Lexington County straw poll (CNN, 4/16). 

2012(link is external): Opens fundraising account for potential presidential bid (Politico, 4/14). 

Tim Pawlenty(link is external)

Tea Party(link is external): Keynotes tea party rally in Boston, slams health care reform (Boston Globe, 4/16). 

Budget(link is external): Criticizes compromise budget deal (The Fix, 4/13). 

Mitt Romney (link is external)

Florida(link is external): Leads in early poll of Sunshine State Republicans (Taunton Daily Gazette, 4/17). 

Fundraising(link is external): Benefits from network of state leadership PACs (Boston Globe, 4/15). 

Donald Trump(link is external)

GOP(link is external): Presidential campaign gains increasing interest among Republican activists (AP, 4/19). 

Tea Party(link is external): Addresses Tea Party rally with Florida Congressman Allen West (The State Column, 4/17). 

Poll(link is external): Leads other likely candidates in poll of Republicans nationwide (WSJ, 4/15). 

Rick Santorum(link is external)

Campaign(link is external): Rejects pro-union line of Langston Hughes he used as a campaign motto (The Guardian, 4/18). 

Equality(link is external): Supports reinstating Don't Ask Don't Tell policy (Think Progress, 4/18). 

Religious Right(link is external): Plans to join The Family Leader's Iowa presidential lecture tour (RWW, 4/18).

New Hampshire(link is external): Plays in mini golf tournament in Granite State tour (Foster's Daily Democrat, 4/17).