Romney works behind the scenes to attract conservatives

* Conservative senator “comfortable” with Romney

* Candidate tries to overcome suspicion

* Presses fiscal conservative themes

By Steve Holland and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) – Mitt Romney, sensing the U.S. Republican presidential nomination will be his, is working behind the scenes to try to unify conservatives behind him and he may be gaining some traction.

Romney’s objective is to ease conservative doubts about his candidacy raised repeatedly by chief rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, [...]

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Santorum urges Iowa to send ‘shock wave’

By Steve Holland

SIOUX CITY, Iowa | Sun Jan 1, 2012 6:55pm EST

(Reuters) – Surging Republican Rick Santorum urged his supporters in Iowa on Sunday to “send a shock wave across this country” by voting for him in Tuesday’s first U.S. presidential contest of the 2012 election.

Riding a late burst of support after spending months as an also-ran candidate, the conservative sought to convince undecided voters to back his come-from-nowhere movement in remarks at [...]

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Palin says not too late to consider presidential run

Former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin speaks to supporters at a rally organized by …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tea Party champion Sarah Palin, who has already ruled out a 2012 presidential run, on Monday attempted to dangle her name anew as a possible Republican candidate, although it’s probably too late.

In an interview to air on Fox Business Network’s “Follow the Money” program, the 2008 Republican nominee for vice president was asked whether [...]

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OBAMA PRESENTS HIMSELF AS CENTRIST

* Obama: “Meaningful changes” to entitlements on table

* Time to “eat our peas,” he says

* U.S. stocks hit by debt talk uncertainty

* Obama, congressional leaders due to meet again Tuesday

(Updates with Cantor on Medicare cuts)

By Steve Holland and Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and top U.S. lawmakers fell short on Monday of finding enough spending cuts for a deal to avoid an Aug. [...]

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