ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made a last-minute dash to get on the ballot for the Republican primary in Virginia, in another sign his campaign may not be ready for prime time and could struggle to beat President Barack Obama next year.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is rushing to get on the ballot for the Republican primary in Virginia, in another sign his campaign may not be ready for prime time and could struggle to beat President Barack Obama next year.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich suffered a big drop in support in Iowa with Ron Paul taking the lead weeks before a key caucus in the state, according to a Democratic polling firm.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich suffered a big drop in support in Iowa with Ron Paul taking the lead weeks before a key caucus in the state, according to a Democratic polling firm.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich suffered a big drop in support in Iowa with Ron Paul taking the lead weeks before a key caucus in the state, according to a Democratic polling firm.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich suffered a big drop in support in Iowa with Ron Paul taking the lead weeks before a key caucus in the state, according to a Democratic polling firm.

DES MOINES (Reuters) - Republican elder statesman and former Senate leader Bob Dole on Sunday endorsed Mitt Romney to be the Republican presidential nominee, a day after the former Massachusetts governor received the backing of Iowa's main newspaper.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney won a key endorsement from South Carolina's governor Friday, as he battles to tilt the scales back in his favor just weeks before the first nominating votes.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the final weeks of Mitt Romney's term as Massachusetts governor, his office sought and received permission to destroy 150 boxes of paper records of his tenure, according to documents obtained by Reuters.

Rick Santorum on Thursday claimed that Mitt Romney helped advance gay marriage in Massachusetts while he was governor. ?Rick Santorum on Thursday claimed that Mitt Romney helped advance gay marriage in Massachusetts while he was governor. During last night's GOP presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa, Fox News' Chris Wallace questioned Romney on what he meant when he told a gay GOP group in 1994 that he would do more for ?full equality? for gay men and lesbians than his opponent, Senator Ted Kennedy. Romney explained that as a Republican his support for the gay community ? in terms of non-discrimination measures, not marriage rights ? would be more valuable than Kennedy's backing because he, as a Democrat, ?would be expected to do so.? Unsatisfied, Santorum alleged that Romney in fact helped advance gay marriage in Massachusetts. ?Romney, when he was governor of Massachusetts, was faced with a Supreme Court decision that said that traditional marriage was unconstitutional. In that cou

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former national manager of Jon Huntsman's presidential campaign said on Monday she was endorsing Mitt Romney for president.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former national manager of Jon Huntsman's presidential campaign said on Monday she was endorsing Mitt Romney for president.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former national manager of Jon Huntsman's presidential campaign said on Monday she was endorsing Mitt Romney for president.

I realize you hate politics, and you have every right to. The inscrutable gibberish, the meaningless bickering. The jargon, the gridlock. The bad comb-overs. You hate it because it was stated with utmost seriousness that global warming legislation died last year because it snowed in Washington.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts will allow some public access to hundreds of previously off-limits boxes of official records generated by Mitt Romney's office when he was governor from 2003 to 2007, a state official said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts will allow some public access to hundreds of previously off-limits boxes of official records generated by Mitt Romney's office when he was governor from 2003 to 2007, a state official said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, Reuters has learned.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, Reuters has learned.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as governor of Massachusetts in 2007 as part of an unprecedented effort to keep his records secret, Reuters has learned.

BOSTON (Reuters) - For many years, Rebeccah Pearson, a retail store manager in Newburyport, Massachusetts, was among the state residents who had to forego medical insurance. "It was pretty much pay rent and eat, or go to the doctor. I chose the rent and food," she recalls. "I would have to save up for two months before going to the doctor because it was ridiculously expensive."