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Romney’s Tuesday losses show conservative doubts (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP – Mitt Romney still can’t seem to win over the bulk of the conservatives who make up the bedrock of the Republican Party.


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Analysis: Romney losses show conservative woes (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during an election night rally in Denver, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP – Mitt Romney just can’t shake his difficulty attracting conservatives. And that reality is undercutting his effort to cast himself as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee and prolonging a race that each day exposes deep divisions within the party.


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Mitt Romney’s conservative problem

Tantaros: Fresh off of a huge GOP primary win in Florida, Mitt Romney is feeling good. But exit polls revealed one key shortcoming that has dogged Romney thus far: Conservative voters — a key constituency, and the base of the Republican Party — are still not feeling good about his candidacy.

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Rivals see split conservative vote; Huntsman out (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., speaks as he campaigns at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Prayer Breakfast in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – A splintered conservative vote in South Carolina could pave the way for Mitt Romney to win this week’s pivotal primary — a contest due to have one fewer candidate after the withdrawal of moderate Jon Huntsman.


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Rivals say split SC conservative vote aids Romney (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., speaks as he campaigns at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Prayer Breakfast in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – A splintered conservative vote in South Carolina could pave the way for Mitt Romney to win this week’s pivotal primary, some rivals said Sunday, acknowledging an outcome that prominent state lawmakers suggested could end the nomination fight.


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Santorum backed by social conservative leaders (AP)

Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum waits to make remarks as he is introduced during a campaign event at Tommy's Ham House, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, during a campaign event in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – Rick Santorum’s quest to emerge as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney received a boost Saturday from a group of evangelicals and others who voted to back his candidacy in a last-ditch effort to stop the front-runner’s march to the nomination.


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Conservative Romney alternatives vie for Iowa edge (AP)

Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry talks with Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, left, during a hunting outing near Merrill, Iowa, Saturday Oct. 22, 2011. About a half-dozen Republican candidates and about 1,000 evangelical activists plan to attend the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition in Des Moines Saturday, as the Republican presidential campaign continues its search for a more conservative alternative to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)AP – Evangelical activists, Iowa’s most potent conservative voting bloc, are sharply divided barely 10 weeks away from the state’s leadoff caucuses.


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