Pennsylvanian draws 750 plus Thursday at "Faith, Family and Freedom" town hall in Windham, NH.
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Utahan closes his day of campaigning with a town hall at the Newport Recreation Department in New Hampshire.
Halperin's Take: They Like Him Enough
On MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews," Halperin says Mitt's Iowa squeaker has set him up nicely.
Halperin's Take: Patient Super Friends
On MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews," Halperin says Romney's Super PAC is waiting until if/when a clear conservative choice emerges to go on the attack.
Halperin's Take: Mitt's Granite Fortress
On MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews," Halperin says some reports may be over-hyping Romney's vulnerabilities going into Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.
Halperin's Take: The Wrong Target(s)
On MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews," Halperin explains the potential Romney alternatives are still attacking each other — not Mitt.
Halperin's Take: Operational Strength
On MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews," Halperin says Romney's general election messaging, deep pockets and deep staff makes it tough for any potential challenger.
Like Denny's
Huck compares Mitt to the restaurant chain and "bean dip," says, "He's always going to be at the end of the table, and always ready."
Ex-AR Guv: "I've told people that I think Mitt Romney is the 'Denny's' of the Republican field...not the restaurant you jump in the car and say, 'Honey, it's our anniversary. Let's go to 'Denny's.' But 'Denny's' is the place that, when everything else is closed, or you just want to go someplace where you know what you're going to get and it's going to be priced in a way that you can afford it — 'OK, we'll go to Denny's.'"
Santorum Rejects Newt's "Junior Partner" Label
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In Northfield media scrum, Keystone Stater calmly dismisses Gingrich criticism, touts his own leadership role on congressional ethics battles.
Santorum says ex-Speaker "has a lot of great ideas and we share a lot of ideas but I think a couple go too far."
Halperin's Take
The back-and-forth between Newt and Santorum on the "junior partner" tweak shows a sustaining dynamic that is Mitt's friend: his rivals can't help turning on each other to try to edge the competition out to be the Alternative (just like in Iowa), leaving them less bandwidth to go after the frontrunner.Santorum Visits Tilt'n Diner
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Surging '12er meets-and-greets lunch crowd in Tilton, NH.
Newt's Theory of the Race
At a Plymouth, NH press availability, former Speaker explains to Mark Halperin how Romney can and will be beaten, even if he continues to win primaries and caucuses.
Gingrich: "Eventually you'll get down to one conservative and Governor Romney and he'll continue to get 25 percent. Now, by definition, at some point in that game, somebody else is going to start getting a lot more votes than Governor Romney... If he wins at 25 percent, this would be the weakest frontrunner in history."
The "Junior Partner"
After telling Plymouth, NH town hall crowd he wasn't "going to say anything bad about Rick" Thursday morning, Newt questions the Pennsylvanian's experience and his ability to run a national race.
Gingrich: "In historical terms, he would be a junior partner."
Obama Promises Military to Remain "Vigilant"
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In press conference alongside SecDef Panetta from the Pentagon, POTUS says the country is "turning the page on a decade of war" and/but the defense budget will continue to grow — at a slower pace.
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