On the Trail: Nov. 29

Gingrich wins key endorsement; Romney leads in polls.

Michele Bachmann - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, who is pinning her hopes on winning the upcoming Iowa caucuses, has announced 39 endorsements from 39 state party activists who “represent a spectrum of campaign experience with some having been politically active for many years and others being new to the process," CNN reports. But Bachmann continues to trail her rivals in the polls, both nationally and in Iowa.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Michele Bachmann - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, who is pinning her hopes on winning the upcoming Iowa caucuses, has announced 39 endorsements from 39 state party activists who “represent a spectrum of campaign experience with some having been politically active for many years and others being new to the process," CNN reports. But Bachmann continues to trail her rivals in the polls, both nationally and in Iowa.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Herman Cain - Despite several bumps on the campaign trail, Herman Cain is as optimistic as ever. "Here's the good news. We didn't drop all the way down to sixth or seventh. We dropped to third" in the polls, he told Fox News Channel.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Herman Cain - Despite several bumps on the campaign trail, Herman Cain is as optimistic as ever. "Here's the good news. We didn't drop all the way down to sixth or seventh. We dropped to third" in the polls, he told Fox News Channel.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Newt Gingrich - Newt Gingrich‘s steady rise in the polls got a huge boost Nov. 28 when New Hampshire’s largest newspaper, the Union Leader, endorsed his presidential bid in the state’s January primary. “He has the experience, the leadership qualities and the vision to lead this country in these trying times,” the endorsement reads.(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Newt Gingrich - Newt Gingrich‘s steady rise in the polls got a huge boost Nov. 28 when New Hampshire’s largest newspaper, the Union Leader, endorsed his presidential bid in the state’s January primary. “He has the experience, the leadership qualities and the vision to lead this country in these trying times,” the endorsement reads.(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Jon Huntsman - Jon Huntsman has spent most of his time and resources in New Hampshire, but struggles to break into the double digits in the polls. He downplayed the key endorsement rival Gingrich received from the Union Leader earlier this week, saying it shows how “fluid” the race still is. “I mean, a month ago, for Newt Gingrich to have been in the running to capture the Union Leader endorsement would have been unthinkable,” Huntsman said in an interview on Fox News Sunday.(Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

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Jon Huntsman - Jon Huntsman has spent most of his time and resources in New Hampshire, but struggles to break into the double digits in the polls. He downplayed the key endorsement rival Gingrich received from the Union Leader earlier this week, saying it shows how “fluid” the race still is. “I mean, a month ago, for Newt Gingrich to have been in the running to capture the Union Leader endorsement would have been unthinkable,” Huntsman said in an interview on Fox News Sunday.(Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

Did President Obama Call Americans Lazy? - In a campaign ad that ran in November, Texas Gov. Rick Perry attacked President Barack Obama for saying that “Americans are lazy” — but according to the APPC, he took the commander-in-chief’s words out of context. Obama actually said that “We’ve been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades,” according to the APPC, and was referring to collective efforts to promote foreign investment in the U.S., and not to American workers or voters as individuals.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Rick Perry - Texas Gov. Rick Perry will receive the endorsement this week of Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is known for his controversial, hard-line stance on illegal immigration, and the two will reportedly hit the campaign trail together in New Hampshire, Fox News reports. Perry is still trying to undo the damage his campaign has suffered as a result of his support for in-state tuition for children of illegal immigrants in Texas.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Ron Paul - Texas Rep. Ron Paul plans to deploy 500 “Youth for Ron Paul” in New Hampshire and Iowa during their year-end break as part of a “Christmas Vacation With Ron Paul” program. The college students will work to build support for him by knocking on doors and making calls to voters.(Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

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Ron Paul - Texas Rep. Ron Paul plans to deploy 500 “Youth for Ron Paul” in New Hampshire and Iowa during their year-end break as part of a “Christmas Vacation With Ron Paul” program. The college students will work to build support for him by knocking on doors and making calls to voters.(Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

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Mitt Romney - In its endorsement of Newt Gingrich, the Union Leader included a veiled dig at former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. “We would rather back someone with whom we may sometimes disagree than one who tells us what he thinks we want to hear,” the endorsement read, echoing much of the criticisms made by both Democrats and GOP voters. Still, Romney leads the field in New Hampshire. In a WMUR Granite State poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire released Nov. 23, he garnered 42 percent of support, compared to Gingrich’s second-place 15 percent.(Photo: Mark Kegans/Getty Images)

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Mitt Romney - In its endorsement of Newt Gingrich, the Union Leader included a veiled dig at former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. “We would rather back someone with whom we may sometimes disagree than one who tells us what he thinks we want to hear,” the endorsement read, echoing much of the criticisms made by both Democrats and GOP voters. Still, Romney leads the field in New Hampshire. In a WMUR Granite State poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire released Nov. 23, he garnered 42 percent of support, compared to Gingrich’s second-place 15 percent.(Photo: Mark Kegans/Getty Images)

Rick Santorum - Rick Santorum is hoping that a fourth-place or better showing in January’s Iowa caucuses will boost his chances in New Hampshire. “Our focus and efforts are going to be in these two states. We feel like we've got the right message that can connect with both Iowans and New Hampshirans and do very, very well in both,” the former Pennsylvania senator said during a weekend campaign stop in the Granite State, where he received just one percent of support in a recent poll.(Photo: Daniel Acker/Landov)

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Rick Santorum - Rick Santorum is hoping that a fourth-place or better showing in January’s Iowa caucuses will boost his chances in New Hampshire. “Our focus and efforts are going to be in these two states. We feel like we've got the right message that can connect with both Iowans and New Hampshirans and do very, very well in both,” the former Pennsylvania senator said during a weekend campaign stop in the Granite State, where he received just one percent of support in a recent poll.(Photo: Daniel Acker/Landov)