Jon Huntsman

No one in the Republican field is talking about the housing crisis . When the Republican presidential field debated economic policy in New Hampshire last week, the word "foreclosure" was uttered once. One time.

Boycotts are all fun and games until someone loses a presidential election.As the apparent silliness over the lower-tier presidential candidates boycotting the Nevada caucus escalated last week, the true motive became clear: Go after front-runner Mitt Romney by making his strongest early state irrelevant to the process.

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Herman Cain has soared to the top of the Republican presidential polls by touting his 9-9-9 tax plan as the solution to everything from unemployment to deflated housing prices.

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Pressure is mounting on Nevada's Republican Party to push back its presidential caucus as four candidates announced they could boycott the contest, standing in solidarity with New Hampshire.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jon Huntsman, who has been mired far back in the field vying for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination, will boycott Tuesday's debate among the party's candidates to be held in Nevada, and instead hold a town hall meeting in New Hampshire.

For a guy who says he knows nothing about poker, Bill Gardner sure can bluff.And if Nevada folds its very strong hand now, it will squander the efforts four years ago of the state's greatest card player, who has made a career of intimidating opponents despite holding demonstrably weaker hands.

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman has waded into a dispute over the Republican primary calendar, saying he will boycott the Nevada caucus unless the state postpones its balloting to give New Hampshire more space.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Businessman Herman Cain now leads the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, while former front-runner Rick Perry has dropped to third, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.

Former pizza executive Herman Cain has vaulted to the lead of Republican presidential contenders in a national poll released Wednesday.

Former pizza company CEO Herman Cain, rising to second place in national polls, brushed off attacks on his bare bones tax plan in the latest 2012 Republican presidential debate.

HANOVER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney largely ignored his presidential rivals at a debate on Tuesday, casting himself as the candidate most suited to rescue the economy and lead the party back to the White House.

HANOVER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney largely ignored his presidential rivals at a debate on Tuesday, casting himself as the candidate most suited to rescue the economy and lead the party back to the White House.

Mitt Romney leads the rest of the Republican White House field in two key primary election states, according to a poll released ahead of a pivotal debate Tuesday in New Hampshire.

Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum share the stage with gay GOP candidate Fred Karger in a new TV ad. Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum share the stage with gay GOP candidate Fred Karger in new a TV ad. Karger debuted the ad Monday night at the Grafton County Republican Committee Columbus Day Dinner at The Common Man Inn in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Also attending were Ann Romney, wife of Mitt Romney, and former Governors Jon Huntsman and Buddy Roemer. In the 90-second ad, titled Let Fred In, Karger takes on Fox News for not inviting him to the last two presidential debates. ?When my old boss Ronald Reagan ran for president 30 years ago, he wanted all Republicans included at the presidential debates. Now, Fox News and Rupert Murdoch refuse to let me debate,? Karger says while sitting in front of a roaring fire. ?When I met their qualifications, they changed the rules. That's just not fair.? In the next scene, Karger is seen participating in last month's Fox News

Former pizza chain executive Herman Cain has surged in the race for the Republican presidential nomination and is hot on the heels of frontrunner Mitt Romney, a new Gallup opinion poll showed Monday.

Republican White House hopeful Jon Huntsman called Monday for the United States to forge trade deals with Taiwan and Japan and warned that, if elected, he might use force to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

HOOKSETT, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman called on Monday for a new era of U.S. global engagement based on strong economic partnerships and a leading role in what he said would be a new "Pacific Century."

Republican hopefuls insist the 2012 White House race will hinge on the economy, but it is the conservative hot-button issues of race and religion that currently dominate the campaign.

DALLAS (Reuters) - An unapologetic Pastor Robert Jeffress, who created a stir for calling Mormonism a "cult" at a political gathering, told hundreds of congregants at his Texas megachurch on Sunday that he welcomed the opportunity he's had to warn people about a "false religion."

Texas Governor Rick Perry can expect his most conservative rivals to try to knock him out of the saddle Tuesday in a high-stakes presidential debate in the key state of New Hampshire.