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2012 Candidates Weekly Update 1/18/10

Michele Bachmann (link is external)

GOP(link is external): Scheduled to address Montana GOP's Lincoln/Reagan Dinner on Feb 5 (Politico, 1/17).

Iowa(link is external): Conservatives in Iowa excited about Bachmann's appearance at Iowans for Tax Relief event this week (Minnesota Public Radio, 1/17).

Religious Right(link is external): Ultraconservative writer Joseph Farah praises potential Bachmann bid (WND, 1/11).

Haley Barbour (link is external)

Immigration(link is external): Draconian Arizona-style law on immigrant rights to be considered by the Mississippi state legislature (Fox News, 1/17).

2012(link is external): Says he won't make a decision about a presidential run until the spring (WSJ, 1/14).

John Bolton (link is external)

2012(link is external): Tells Russia Today that he could win the GOP nomination since he is in "the mainstream of the Republican Party" (GOP12, 1/17).

Foreign affairs(link is external): Knocks Obama Administration's handling of the political crisis in Lebanon (The Hill, 1/16).

Mike Huckabee (link is external)

Alaska(link is external): Travelling to Alaska with a "Christian-based" cruise (HuffPo, 1/14).

Religious Right(link is external): Sarah Posner analyzes Huckabee's ties to Evangelical voters, "Christian nation mythology" (Religion Dispatches, 1/12).

Sarah Palin(link is external)

Fox News(link is external): Tells Sean Hannity that Tucson shooting was "left-leaning," defends herself from criticism (Mediaite, 1/17).

Polling(link is external): Performs well among Republicans nationwide, but not in early primary states (Public Policy Polling, 1/14).

Arizona(link is external): Video response to Tucson shootings widely panned(link is external) (Politico, 1/13; Salon, 1/12).

Tim Pawlenty(link is external)

Economics(link is external): Opposes raising the debt ceiling despite prospect of default (HufPo, 1/16).

Religious Right(link is external): Tells Bryan Fischer of AFA that he supports reinstating Don't Ask Don't Tell (RWW, 1/13).

Palin(link is external): Says that her "bullseye" crosshairs map of congressional Democrats isn't "his style" (MinnPost, 1/12).

Mike Pence (link is external)

2012(link is external): Former GOP Congressman launches a draft-Pence petition called the American President Committee (AP, 1/17).

Reproductive Rights(link is external): Planned Parenthood criticizes Pence's legislation to strip the group of federal funds (Muncie Star Press, 1/12).

Media(link is external): Introduces bill to block possible implementation of the Fairness Doctrine on talk radio (The Hill, 1/12).

Gun Violence(link is external): Denounces calls for gun control measures after Tuscon shootings (TPM, 1/12).

Rick Perry (link is external)

2012(link is external): Begins polling voters outside of Texas (NRO, 1/17).

Immigration(link is external): Presses for new laws to curb immigrant rights (NYT, 1/15).

Mitt Romney(link is external)

Foreign affairs(link is external): Meets with Israel's Prime Minister after visiting Afghanistan (Politico, 1/14).

Campaign(link is external): Hires new political director and pollster (RealClearPolitics, 1/13).

2012(link is external): Signs point to spring announcement as Romney steps down from the board of Marriott International (AP, 1/12).

Rick Santorum(link is external)

South Carolina(link is external): Addressed the Aiken Republican Club 2011 kickoff meeting (The Augusta Chronicle, 1/17).

Religious Right(link is external): Keynoted major anti-choice rally in Columbia, South Carolina (The State, 1/16).

New Hampshire(link is external): Interviewed by Boston Herald at Granite Oath PAC house party (Boston Herald, 1/14).

John Thune (link is external)

CPAC(link is external): Set to address Conservative Political Action Conference in February despite Religious Right boycott (Argus Leader, 1/13).

GOP(link is external): Keynote speaker for Missouri Republican Party's Lincoln Days fundraiser (News Leader, 1/11).