Republicans rethink the caucus format

Top Republicans are calling for a review of the methods used in presidential caucuses after a series of vote-counting mishaps in three early states.

Maine on Tuesday became the latest state to fall victim to the caucus bug, with a local report noting that the state GOP declared Mitt Romney the winner of a close race without many localities reporting votes in the totals, including some that had submitted their results and some whose caucuses were set for later this month.

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A hyper-regional GOP delegate race? Here’s how

Rick Santorum’s trio of victories in Tuesday’s contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri virtually assures that the Republican presidential race will, on some level, be a delegate race.

And if that delegate race drags on for a while, it could very well pit different regions of the country against one another.

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Most in poll think Romney will clinch GOP nomination

Mitt Romney holds a strong lead nationally in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, with a 2 to 1 advantage over his closest competitors, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Polling manager Peyton M. Craighill and polling analyst Scott Clement contributed to this report.

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Why Obama’s budget is smart politics

President Obama released a $3.8 trillion budget this morning that includes tax increases, continued infrastructure spending aimed at getting the country out of the economic crisis, and less debt reduction than Obama had previously promised.

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Romney’s toughest sale: His own conservatism

Mitt Romney spent much of his speech Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference trying to convince the activists assembled that he’s truly one of them.

He’s fighting a losing battle right now.

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Mitt Romney: ‘I don’t think there is any prospect of a brokered convention’

Romney doesn’t think a brokered convention can happen, his wife wants to strangle the press sometimes, Santorum thinks he’s a bully and Obama is fired.

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