On the Trail: Dec. 13
GOP presidential candidates are getting nastier.
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Michele Bachmann - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, who is polling in the single digits, is ramping up her fundraising efforts to become more competitive. In a fundraising letter to supporters she said she’s got to raise every dollar she can before the January primary season “to ensure our hard-charging constitutional conservative campaign — not some milquetoast opponents like Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich — wins over these undecided Iowa voters." She hit the club scene in Scottsdale, Arizona, Sunday night, raising $50,000.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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Newt Gingrich - Newt Gingrich is learning that his frontrunner status comes with a target on his back. At the Dec. 10 GOP presidential in Iowa, his rivals accused him of changing his political views based on his ambitions and being untrustworthy. "If you will cheat on your wife, if you will cheat on your spouse, then why wouldn’t you cheat on your business partner, or why wouldn’t you cheat on anyone for that matter?" asked Texas Gov. Rick Perry.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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Jon Huntsman - Jon Huntsman was excluded from the Dec. 10 Republican presidential primary debate in Iowa because of low poll numbers, but he still has high hopes for his ability to be competitive in the critical New Hampshire primary. In an interview on ABC News’ This Week with Christiane Amanpour, he said “there’ve been so many ups and downs” he’s getting “whiplashed,” but added that he believes the time he’s devoted to winning over Granite State voters will pay off.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Rick Perry - Criticizing President Obama in Iowa Saturday for his administration’s support of an energy company that went bankrupt this year after receiving billions of dollars in federal loan guarantees, Texas Gov. Rick Perry referred to Solyndra as a country. He also recently said there were eight, not nine, Supreme Court Justices and called Justice Sotomayor “Montemayor.” Oops. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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Ron Paul - Texas Rep. Ron Paul may be on the upswing. In the latest ABC News poll, he is tied with Mitt Romney for second place in Iowa and is in third place in New Hampshire.(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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