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2012 Candidates Weekly Update 4/26/11

Michele Bachmann (link is external)

Media(link is external): Included in the Time 100 (Star Tribune, 4/21).

2012(link is external): Claims she will reach a decision on presidential bid by June (LA Times, 4/20). 

Haley Barbour (link is external)

2012(link is external): Decides against running for president (Politico, 4/25). 

Newt Gingrich (link is external)

Energy(link is external): Received $300,000 from ethanol lobbying group (Des Moines Register, 4/25).

Immigration(link is external): Balances outreach to Hispanic voters with GOP's increasing nativism (Politico, 4/22). 

Mike Huckabee(link is external)

South Carolina(link is external): Leads other candidates among South Carolina Republicans in new poll (The Ticket, 4/25).

Media(link is external): War of words with Glenn Beck escalates (HuffPo, 4/22). 

2012(link is external): Former campaign manager predicts he will run (The Daily Beast, 4/21). 

Jon Huntsman (link is external)

Foreign Affairs(link is external): Wins praise from Chinese leaders as he leaves post as Ambassador (Salt Lake Tribune, 4/21). 

Campaign(link is external): Hires prominent GOP pollster (Fox News, 4/20). 

Roy Moore (link is external)

Iowa(link is external): Completes 27-stop tour in Iowa, focusing on religious voters (Iowa Republican, 4/22). 

Religious Right(link is external): Addresses militantly anti-gay Cornerstone World Outreach church (Sioux City Journal, 4/22) 

Sarah Palin (link is external)

Alaska(link is external): 61% of home state voters view her unfavorably (Anchorage Daily News, 4/25). 

Family(link is external): Estranged ex-future-son-in-law Levi Johnston to write tell-all on Palin family (LA Times, 4/25). 

Religious Right(link is external): Set to speak alongside dominionist ex-General William Boykin (HuffPo, 4/25).

Iowa(link is external): Campaign in Iowa a one-man operation (WSJ, 4/22). 

Tim Pawlenty (link is external)

Polls(link is external): Fails to increase support among GOP primary voters in polls (Minnesota Public Radio, 4/25). 

Environment(link is external): Former adviser and polar explorer disappointed with Pawlenty's move towards climate change denial (Mother Jones, 4/21). 

Mitt Romney (link is external)

Budget(link is external): Wrongly claims that Obama is managing a "peacetime" budget in op-ed (Washington Monthly, 4/25).

Fundraising(link is external): Escalates fundraising to build campaign war chest (AP, 4/25). 

Rick Santorum (link is external)

Equality(link is external): Doubles down on opposition to civil rights for gays and lesbians (Crooks and Liars, 4/25). 

Health care(link is external): Regrets voting for Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (HuffPo, 4/24). 

Iowa(link is external): Hires state campaign manager and field director before embarking on tour (Politico, 4/21). 

Donald Trump (link is external)

Birther(link is external): Claims President Obama's birth certificate is either "missing" or "does not exist" (Daily Caller, 4/25). 

Voting(link is external): Has spotty voting record during primary elections (NY1, 4/23).