On the Trail: Week of July 15
GOP candidates take swipes at each other and Obama.
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Herman Cain - Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, Herman Cain, continues to gain ground on the campaign trail. In addition to greater name recognition, Cain beat former Massachusetts governor and GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney in The Washington Times/Conservative Leadership Conference straw poll in Henderson, Nevada, on Saturday.(Photo: Steve Pope/Getty Images)
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Tim Pawlenty - Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty dissed fellow presidential candidate Michele Bachman on NBC's Meet the Press. "We're looking for someone who can lead a large enterprise in a public setting and drive it to conclusion. I have done that; she hasn't." Bachmann's response: "People can count on me as a fighter; I am proud of my record of fighting with resolve, and without apology, for our free markets, for sane fiscal policies and in opposition to the advancement of the big government left." (Photo: Brian Snyder/Landov)
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Michele Bachmann - Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann faced criticism this week for signing a controversial marriage pledge that claimed Black children were better off during slavery than they are now that President Obama is in office. It was dropped after the news broke, causing a political storm. Bachmann, however, claims that the passage wasn’t in the document that she signed and that she "abhors" slavery under any circumstances. Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty announced this week that they won't be signing the pledge.(Photo: Jim Gehrz/AP Photo)
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Mitt Romney - Mitt Romney announced this week that he wouldn't be signing the pledge.(Photo: EPA/JUSTIN LANE /LANDOV)
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Newt Gingrich - Though Newt Gingrich's campaign may be at death's doorstep, that isn’t stopping him from slamming a proposal by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for a limited debt ceiling increase deal, calling it "an irresponsible surrender."(Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
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