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After ignoring jibes from her homestate rival, Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann hit back at Tim Pawlenty on Sunday, accusing him of aligning himself with President Obama.

There's reason to view these results with some skepticism, since Rick Perry isn't a declared candidate and the NBC/WSJ and ABC/Washington Post polls this week showed a different picture, but this will certainly help intensify the drumbeat for the Texas ...

The campaign manager for Republican presidential candidate Jon M. Huntsman Jr. left that job Thursday, the clearest sign that the campaign, which began with considerable hype a month ago, is having trouble gaining traction.

More bad polling news for President Obama: He is now in a dead heat with Republican candidate Mitt Romney, according to a new survey.

The Wall Street powerhouse forecasts fiscal gloom in 2012 — which could help Republicans win back the White House.

Rick Perry's flirtation with a presidential run may be nearing an end. The Texas governor told the Des Moines Register -- the largest newspaper in the leadoff nominating state -- that he's two to three weeks away from making a decision.

Republican Mitt Romney easily leads rival Michele Bachmann in a head-to-head matchup of the two top declared candidates for the party's 2012 presidential nomination, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul says he won't run for another term in Congress so he can concentrate on his bid for the GOP presidential nomination.

The Jon Huntsman team is stepping up its attack on Mitt Romney's economic record, accusing the Republican presidential frontrunner of misrepresenting his record on job creation as governor of Massachusetts.

It's no surprise that former president Bill Clinton says Democratic successor Barack Obama will win re-election next year -- it would be news if he didn't -- but Clinton does have interesting things to say about the Republicans who might challenge Obama.