Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:07 AM EST
First, the TV ads. Then, the mailers. And now, in the final days before South Carolina's primary, the pitches are coming ever more frequently by phone: Vote for me over the other guys — and here's why.
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Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:26 AM EST
Brushing off his poor last place finish in the South Carolina primary Saturday, Republican Ron Paul promised supporters the momentum around his libertarian-leaning campaign would continue.
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Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:31 AM EST
Texas Gov. Rick Perry will abandon his presidential bid and endorse Newt Gingrich, two Republican officials said Thursday, a move coming just two days before the pivotal South Carolina primary as Republican front-runner Mitt Romney struggles to fend off a challenge from the former House speaker.
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Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:40 AM EST
In the 2012 Republican nominating contest, Sen. Jim DeMint is like the pretty girl all the boys want to take to the prom. Nearly every GOP presidential candidate has come a-courting the South Carolina Republican ahead of his state's Jan. 21 primary.
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Thu Jan 5, 2012 5:08 AM EST
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is bashing the National Labor Relations Board in a new ad airing in South Carolina the day after the Obama administration circumvented Congress and put three new people on the labor panel.
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Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:32 PM EST
South Carolina's top Democrat says Republican Gov. Nikki Haley is letting her staff eat cake in lean times — on the taxpayer's dime.
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Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:39 PM EST
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's chef has been barred from catering private events at the Governor's Mansion complex and told to reimburse the state after an Associated Press investigation questioned whether he was using his high-profile position for financial gain.
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Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:31 PM EST
The South Carolina Supreme Court by a 3-2 vote refused to block the first-in-the-South presidential primary, turning back challenges by counties that the state lacked the authority to hold it.
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Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:34 PM EST
White House hopeful Mitt Romney on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama for saying the U.S. had grown "a little bit lazy" in trying to attract business investment.
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Sat Nov 12, 2011 2:03 PM EST
Ron Paul said he didn't mean to embarrass fellow Texan Rick Perry when Perry forgot, during a debate, one of the three federal agencies he wants to abolish.
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Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:38 AM EST
South Carolina's Christian conservatives, personified by Bob Jones University presidents and alums, have both made and broken presidential campaigns.
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Tue Nov 8, 2011 6:26 PM EST
Sixteen Latin American and Caribbean nations have asked to join in the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit against South Carolina's new illegal immigration law, citing concerns for their citizens.
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Tue Nov 8, 2011 6:26 PM EST
Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann called on President Barack Obama Tuesday to apologize to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for an unflattering exchange caught on an open microphone at a summit in France last week.
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Mon Nov 7, 2011 3:53 PM EST
South Carolina's new voter ID law could affect an unlikely group: older white voters who have higher incomes, are reliably Republican and live in retirement homes and gated golf communities along the state's southern coast, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
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Wed Nov 2, 2011 6:33 PM EDT
Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman said Wednesday that recent comments by rivals Herman Cain and Mitt Romney raise concerns about taking the nation's security and economic policies toward China in the wrong direction.
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Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:01 AM EDT
South Carolina's new voter photo identification law appears to be disproportionately affecting minority voters in one of the state's largest counties and black precincts elsewhere, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
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Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:55 PM EDT
South Carolina lacks the authority to conduct a 2012 presidential primary, according to a lawsuit filed by four counties at the state Supreme Court.
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Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:27 PM EDT
The South Carolina Supreme Court says it will decide a challenge brought by four counties that say the first-in-the-South presidential primary is private and the taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for it.
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Mon Oct 10, 2011 2:40 PM EDT
The tea party activists that packed the room picked up the refrain of a song as they waited for Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to arrive.
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Mon Oct 3, 2011 11:08 AM EDT
South Carolina Republicans will hold their first-in-the-South presidential primary on Jan. 21 to trump Florida's rule-breaking jump ahead in the party's calendar.
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Sat Oct 1, 2011 12:30 PM EDT
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will cover extra costs for veterans who struck deals on home loans and faced the possibility of higher fees amid confusion over a federal law change, the agency said Saturday.
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Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:30 PM EDT
South Carolina's governor is ordering state workers to cheerfully answer phones with the phrase "It's a great day in South Carolina." Never mind the state's 11.1 percent jobless rate and the fact that one in five residents are on Medicaid.
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Fri Sep 9, 2011 1:09 PM EDT
South Carolina's first woman governor called a female reporter a "little girl" over an article detailing at least $127,000 in taxpayer dollars the governor and other state officials spent on a European economic development trip.
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Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:50 AM EDT
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Saturday that thoughtful discussion is needed to bring U.S. troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq as he wrapped up his first week of campaigning for the GOP's presidential nomination.
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Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:58 PM EDT
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's delivered a timely jobs message to South Carolina's Republican primary voters Friday.
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