Many House GOP freshmen still undecided about a presidential nominee

A year after storming the Capitol in the vanguard of the tea party revolution, the House Republican freshman class has fallen largely silent on the most pressing issue facing their party at the moment: Who should be the GOP presidential nominee?
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If U.S. economy strengthens, Mitt Romney’s pitch could be undercut

SPARKS, Nev. — With Friday’s jobs report punctuating the nation’s steadily improving conditions, Mitt Romney and his advisers are confronting an unexpected economic turnaround that threatens to undercut the central rationale for his candidacy.
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If recovery strengthens, Romney’s pitch could be undercut

SPARKS, Nev. — With Friday’s jobs report punctuating the nation’s steadily improving conditions, Mitt Romney and his advisers are confronting an unexpected economic turnaround that threatens to undercut the central rationale for his candidacy.
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Keep your Super Bowl (Give me show tunes!)

The super-sized hype about this weekend’s annual football playoff always feels like a huge party — one I am not invited to — going on in the next apartment.
I’ve never followed the NFL and will not be watching this weekend’s annual national programming and advertising veneration of the league’s championship game, either.  It’s nothing against football; I am just not much of a TV sports fan in general.  My source for competitive entertainment  has always been politics: More drama and less pain.
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The Donald Trump bump: It exists on @MentionMachine

Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, a gesture that isn’t likely to have much of an effect on Romney’s support among GOP voters.
A Washington Post-Pew R esearch Center poll taken in January showed that only 13 percent of Republicans said they were more likely to support a candidate who won Trump’s endorsement.
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