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Newt Gingrich emerged the winner in a Sunday night straw poll of tea party voters after he and three other Republican presidential candidates courted more than 23,000 activists during a tele forum sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots coalition.

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich suffered a big drop in support in Iowa with Ron Paul taking the lead weeks before a key caucus in the state, according to a Democratic polling firm.

Newt Gingrich hit a new level of crazy today on Face The Nation by announcing a plan to arrest federal judges who disagree with him. What makes Newt Gingrich dangerous is that he knows the voters that he is courting. These are the same people that nominated candidates like Sharron Angle and Christine O’Donnell. He knows they aren’t politically knowledgeable. He doesn’t need facts. All it takes is fanatical belief in an extremist ideology to win their love. He went straight for the hearts of religious right voters with talk of secularism, crosses, and Merry Christmas.

Just a year ago, tea party activists came roaring out of the congressional elections eager to shape the looming race for the White House.

The Des Moines Register endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Saturday night, saying his "sobriety, wisdom and judgment" fit the times and outweigh what they called his tendency to "pick his way through the political minefields."

Ron Paul’s built-in networks of loyal backers from his 2008 presidential run have given him a decisive organizational advantage this election season... It was four years ago that Ross Witt, a soft-spoken electrical engineer at John Deere, overcame his natural discomfort with knocking on hundreds of his neighbors’ doors during dinnertime as a precinct coordinator for Ron Paul’s campaign.

The Gallup daily tracking poll shows Newt Gingrich's national lead over Mitt Romney is down to just five points, 29% to 24%.

Seven GOP presidential candidates will meet for their final debate of the year, in their last chance to make an impression before the Iowa caucuses. ...

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul declared on Wednesday his campaign was "peaking at the right time" as polls show him closing in on the two perceived front-runners.

Republican political figure and tea-party favorite Christine O'Donnell says she's backing Mitt Romney's presidential bid....