FACTBOX - Palin among possible Republican presidential candidates (The Star)

REUTERS - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said on Friday she will resign this month and will not run for re-election as governor amid speculation that she will seek the Republican party’s nomination for president in 2012.

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Romney’s return to Statehouse recalls tidy tenure (7 News Boston)

BOSTON — One by one, potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates are fading away or facing challenges.

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Romney’s return to Statehouse recalls tidy tenure (Boston Globe)

One by one, potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates are fading away or facing challenges. Nevada Sen. John Ensign and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford both acknowledged extramarital affairs in recent weeks. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is writing a book to set the record straight about her life and 2008 vice presidential candidacy — a challenge considering a new 9,000-word Vanity …

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Romney Portrait Unveiled At Statehouse (WCVB Boston)

Mitt Romney returned to Beacon Hill this week for the unveiling of his official gubernatorial portrait.

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Mitt Romney’s return to Mass. Statehouse recalls tidy tenure (Deseret News)

On MormonTimes.com: Mitt Romney stays steadfast in the wake of 2012 Republican presidential candidate speculation. He…

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Party of family values struggling with image amid sexual scandals (WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans)

NEW ORLEANS – The party that has arguably tried to keep its hold on family values is now facing tough criticism in the wake of some recent missteps by prominent Republicans.

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Gregory Accidentally Accuses Jon Huntsman Of Having An Affair, Effusively Apologizes (The Huffington Post)

The Republican Party is in such a state of disrepair and scandal that television news hosts can’t keep track of which prominent figures are dealing with marital problems and which are simply abandoning ship.

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Sanford’s only the latest GOP rising star to crash and burn (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s admission of an affair Wednesday dealt a potentially fatal blow to the political career of a rising Republican star, and it’s only the latest stumble of many in the early jockeying to lead the GOP back from oblivion in 2012.

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The Republican field (Arkansas News Bureau)

Gail Collins of the New York Times makes fun of the large and not-so-impressive crop of apparent Republican presidential candidates. (John Ensign was one!) Most of the acreage is a recommended and pretty good rip of Caribou Barbie, but our boy Huck gets a nod: Mike Huckabee now has a TV show where he discusses current events, […]

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If White House Is Her Goal, Palin’s Route Is Risky (New York Times)

Sarah Palin may be looking to the next few years to do what Nixon did to prepare for his successful run for the White House in 1968.

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