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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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Saudi heir’s death brings conservative to fore (AP)

Saudis watch a TV broadcast on the death of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Prince Sultan died abroad Saturday after an illness, state TV said. Sultan, who was the kingdom's deputy prime minister and the minister of defense and aviation, has had a string of health issues. He underwent surgery in New York in February 2009 for an undisclosed illness and spent nearly a year abroad recuperating in the United States and at a palace in Agadir, Morocco. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)AP – Saudi Arabia’s ruling monarchy moved into a critical period of realignment Saturday after the death of the heir to the throne opened the way for a new crown prince: most likely a tough-talking interior minister who has led crackdowns on Islamic militants but also has shown favor to ultraconservative traditions such as keeping the ban on women voting.


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Conservative leader takes fight to his own party (AP)

In this July 22, 2011, photo, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, left, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, walk through the Capitol rotunda after meeting with Senators on the Senate floor, on Capitol Hill,  in Washington. When President Barack Obama complains about House Republicans unwilling to compromise on a deficit reduction package, he's talking about Jordan, a former wrestling champion from Ohio who is becoming a driving force in the debt debate on Capitol Hill.  Jordan’s district is right next to Speaker John Boehner’s in the western part of state, but ideologically, he is miles apart from the Republican leader. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP – When President Barack Obama complains about House Republicans unwilling to compromise on a deficit reduction package, he’s talking about Rep. Jim Jordan, a former wrestling champion from Ohio who is becoming a driving force in the debt debate on Capitol Hill.


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Conservative pundit Glenn Beck defends his right to use Nazis, Hitler for comparisons

A day after shocking the world by likening the victims of the Norway massacre to the Hitler youth, Glenn Beck took to the airwaves to defend his right to use Hitler comparisons — and argued that any impediment on his freedom to do so, or criticism of such remarks, portends the Nazification of America.

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Conservative ire threatens GOP debt plan in House (AP)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., gestures while speaking at The Republican National Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 26, 2011.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – Thwarted by conservatives in his own Republican Party, House Speaker John Boehner scrambled Tuesday to secure enough GOP votes to beat a fast-closing Aug. 2 deadline and stave off the potential financial chaos of the nation’s first-ever default.


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Conservative revolt casts doubt on House GOP plan (AP)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., gestures while speaking at The Republican National Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 26, 2011.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP – The White House threatened Tuesday to veto legislation pending in the House to avert a threatened default, a pre-emptive strike issued as Speaker John Boehner labored to line up enough votes to pass the measure.


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Perry’s credentials: As conservative as they come (AP)

FILE - In this June 23, 2011, file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during the 28th annual National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference in San Antonio.   Perry has phoned influential Republicans in early voting New Hampshire and Iowa in recent days as he weighs whether to enter the race for the GOP presidential nomination.  (AP Photo/Darren Abate, File)AP – Should Rick Perry conclude that voter discontent has left him an opening to enter the presidential race, the longtime Texas governor would be among the GOP field’s most conservative candidates.


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