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Virginia gubernatorial hopefuls Republican Ken Cuccinelli, left, and Democrat Terry McAuliffe share a lighter moment after appearing at a luncheon sponsored by the Virginia Public Access Project, Thursday, May 30, 2013 in Richmond, Va. The project tracks political spending in campaigns. (AP Photo/The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Joe Mahoney)
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FILE - In this May 29, 2012 file photo, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee speaks at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I. Chafee, an independent, is joining the Democratic Party ahead of his bid for a second term, two Democratic officials said Thursday, May 29, 2013. He served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican but left the GOP in 2007. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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Rand Paul has risen from Tea Party troublemaker to GOP celebrity. Can he reshape a party that never quite took his father seriously?
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh (C) listens to his nephew, Brigadier Tariq Mohamed Abdullah Saleh (R), the head of Saleh's special guards, during Saleh's visit to a Republican Guards brigade near Sanaa November 19, 2011. (Photo: Yemen Army / Reuters)
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh (C) listens to his nephew, Brigadier Tariq Mohamed Abdullah Saleh (R), the head of Saleh's special guards, during Saleh's visit to a Republican Guards brigade near Sanaa November 19, 2011. (Photo: Yemen Army / Reuters)
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Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele talks with Saul Anuzis. January 14, 2011.
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Then-Michigan Republican National Committeeman Saul Anuzis speaks with then-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on January 14, 2011.
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ORLANDO, FL - JUNE 22: Florida Senator Marco Rubio addresses the audience at the 29th annual NALEO conference June 22, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials) also hosted presumptive Republican presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney on Thursday and President Obama on Friday. (Photo by Edward Linsmier/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama (L) listens to the Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the second presidential debate, the only held in a townhall format, at the David Mack Center at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, October 16, 2012, moderated by CNN's Candy Crowley. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARYTIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt, who will lead the transition team for Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, watches before he campaigns at Hy Vee Center, Iowa Events Center, in Des Moines, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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(FILE PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison has been made between US Presidential Candidates Barack Obama (L) and Mitt Romney. The November 6, 2012 elections will decide between Obama and Romney who will win to become the next President of the United States. ***LEFT IMAGE*** SPRINGFIELD, OH - NOVEMBER 02: U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a campaign rally at Springfield High School November 2, 2012 in Springfield, Ohio. With four days left until the general election, Obama and the Republican presidential nominee, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, are racing from swing-state to swing-state in an attempt to change voters' minds at the last minute. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ***RIGHT IMAGE*** TAMPA, FL - AUGUST 30: Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivers his nomination acceptance speech during the final day of the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 30, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate during the RNC which will conclude today. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Mitt Romney, campaigns in Colorado Springs, Colo. on Nov. 3, 2012
MADISON, WI - NOVEMBER 6: U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) speaks after her victory over Republican candidate Tommy Thompson on election night on November 6, 2012 in Madison, Wisconsin. With tonight's win, Baldwin became Wisconsin's first openly gay Senator. (Photo by Darren Hauck/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney shake hands at the start of the final presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida October 22, 2012. At center is moderator Bob Schieffer.
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BOCA RATON, FL - OCTOBER 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) debates with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as moderator Bob Schieffer (C) of CBS looks on at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University on October 22, 2012 in Boca Raton, Florida. The focus for the final presidential debate before Election Day on November 6 is foreign policy. (Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)
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President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, laugh with Cardinal Timothy Dolan during the Archdiocese of New York's 67th Annual Alfred. E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.
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ASHEVILLE, NC - OCTOBER 11: Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters during a campaign rally on October 11, 2012 in Asheville, North Carolina. Romney is campaigning in North Carolina with less than a month to go before the general election. (Photo by Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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GOP challenger Mitt Romney, left, and President Barack Obama greet one another at their third and last debate Monday night at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla.
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In this Oct. 2, 2012 photo, former Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo speaks out in favor supporting Amendment 64 to legalize marijuana in Colorado during a news conference at the Capitol in Denver. Joe Megyesy coordinator for the campaign to regulate marijuana like alcohol listens at left.
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Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama during their first debate at the University of Denver on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Taken from live CNN
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Mitt Romney sits in a Nash automobile in 1957. After attending a public elementary school, Mitt moved to a private boys' prepatory school, where he was the lone Mormon; he initially struggled in athletics and academics.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event at Watson Truck and Supply in Hobbs, N.M., Aug. 23, 2012. Romney is in New Mexico to unveil his energy plan, which aims at energy independence for North America by 2020.
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Thomas E. Dewey accepts the nomination for president at the 1948 GOP National Convention in Philadelphia. (He would, of course, go on to lose to Harry Truman -- and would forever be associated with the famous, erroneous Chicago Tribune election-day headline, "Dewey Defeats Truman.")
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A young Republican rests on a sofa in the Hotel Adelphi during the 1940 GOP National Convention in Philadelphia. ("Van" is Sen. Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, long considered a front-runner for the GOP nomination; instead, the Republicans nominated Indiana's Wendell Willkie, who lost the election to the Democratic incumbent, FDR.)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets coal miners during a campaign rally at American Energy Corporation in Beallsville, Ohio, Aug. 14, 2012.
TAMPA, FL - AUGUST 20: Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus (L) and conention Chief Executive Officer William Harris (R) unveil the stage inside of the Tampa Bay Times Forum in preparation for the Republican National Convention on August 20, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Thousands will decend on Tampa for the four day convention which takes place August 27-30. (Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event at Watson Truck and Supply in Hobbs, N.M. on Aug. 23, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, seen at right next to his wife Ann, drives his boat out of his vacation home with his grandchildren on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, N.H., July 5, 2012.
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WAUKESHA - AUGUST 12: Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney and Vice Candidate Wisconsin native Paul Ryan campaign at the Waukesha Expo Center, August, 12, 2012 Waukesha Wi. (Photo by Darren Hauck/Getty Images)
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Chairman of the Republican National Committee Arthur E. Summerfield on the telephone during the 1952 GOP National Convention in Chicago.
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U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz speaks to a cheerful crowd after he defeated Republican rival, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in a runoff election for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by retiring Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison on July 31, 2012, in Houston.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leaves a private fundraising event at Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse restaurant in Chicago, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty talks to voters at the Des Moines Register's Soapbox during the second day of the Iowa State Fair August 12, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa.
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U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks after being announced by Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as his vice presidential running mate in front of the USS Wisconsin August 11, 2012 in Norfolk, Virginia. Ryan, a seven term congressman, is Chairman of the House Budget Committee and provides a strong contrast to the Obama administration on fiscal policy.
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Bertha Baur, a prominent figure at conventions for decades and a long-time member of the Republican National Committee, in an elephant hat at the 1952 GOP National Convention in Chicago.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is seen in a tele prompter reflection waiting to speak to supporters at the Chillicothe Victory rally in Chillicothe, Ohio, Aug. 14, 2012.
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Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan, 42, has been chosen as Mitt Romney's running mate. Choosing the fiscally conservative Ryan has widely been seen as a bold but smart move for Romney. Ryan, who has served in Congress since 1998, rose quickly through the ranks and now serves as chair of the House Budget Committee. There, he crafted a set of controversial budgets that helped him gain political fame. But all rising stars have to start somewhere; his began in the small town of Janesville, Wis.
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Republican vice presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks at a campaign event at Miami University on August 15, 2012 in Oxford, Ohio.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns at American Energy Corporation's Century Mine in Beallsville, Ohio on Aug. 14, 2012.
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US Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, August 13, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney shakes hands with his running mate Rep. Paul Ryan before parting ways on the tarmac after at Milwaukee-Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 12, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, and his vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrive at a campaign rally Sunday, August 12, 2012 in Mooresville, N.C. at the NASCAR Technical Institute.
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A microphone sits on a podium at the end of a campaign rally with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan at the NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville, N.C. on Aug. 12, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally at Palacio De Los Jugos in Miami, Fla. on August 13, 2012.
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Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks during a campagin stop at the Des Moines Register Soap Box at the Iowa State Fair August 13, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa
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Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks during a campaign rally at the NASCAR Technical Institute on August 12, 2012 in Mooresville, North Carolina
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The order of speakers for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign stop is seen on a podium in St. Augustine, Florida August 13, 2012.
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Republican U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) stands with Ryan after introducing him as his vice-presidential running mate during a campaign event at the battleship <i>USS Wisconsin</i> in Norfolk, Virginia, August 11, 2012.
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Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney and U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) wave after Romney introduced Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate during a campaign event at the battleship USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virginia August 11, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney (L) and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) (R) wave as Ryan is announced as his running mate aboard the USS Wisconsin Aug. 11, 2012 in Norfolk, Va.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (L) greets U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan before speaking to supporters during his primary night gathering at The Grain Exchange on April 3, 2012 in Milwaukee, Wis.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks with members of his staff aboard his campaign plane on Aug. 10, 2012 in flight from Mass. to Va.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event at Central Campus High School on Aug. 8, 2012 in Des Moines, Iowa.
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US Republican vice presidential hopeful Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan (R) and presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his wife Ann attend a campaign rally at Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha, Wisconsin, August 12, 2012
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks while standing on top of a table at a campaign event in Golden, Colorado on Aug. 2, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks in Lansing, Mich., May 8, 2012.
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US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney addresses the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) annual convention in Houston on July 11, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally at Horizontal Wireline Services July 17, 2012 in Irwin, Pennsylvania.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a speech to the NAACP annual convention, Wednesday, July 11, 2012, in Houston, Texas.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney participates during the Wolfeboro Independence Day parade on July 4, 2012 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa in this January 2, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves as he speaks during a campaign stop at Lansing Community College, May 8, 2012, in Lansing, Michigan.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney participates in a round table discussion with Latino business leader in Tempe, Arizona, April 20, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks at a primary night rally in Manchester, New Hampshire on April 24, 2012.
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Republican candidate Mitt Romney smiles and waves to the crowd after being introduced at the Consol Energy R&D Center in South Park, Pa., April 23, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets supporters during a small gathering in uptown Charlotte, N.C., April 18, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks to supporters at an election-night rally April 3, 2012 in Milwaukee, Wis.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at Lawrence University, March 30, 2012 in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney addresses supporters during a "Repeal & Replace Obamacare" campaign in Metairie, Louisiana March 21, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves during a campaign stop at William Jewell College on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 in Liberty, Mo.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is introduced by his wife Ann at his Illinois primary night rally in Schaumburg, Illinois, March 20, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at William Jewell College, March 13, 2012 in Liberty, Missouri.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney poses for photographs during a campaign stop at Thompson Tractor, March 9, 2012, in Birmingham, Alabama. (AP Photo/)
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Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R-MA) leaves Western MIchigan University after speaking there, in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Friday, February 24, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, left, and Newt Gingrich head into the Mississippi and Alabama primaries on March 13, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a Super Tuesday event at the Westin Copley Place March 6, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets supporters with his wife Ann to speak at his Michigan primary night rally in Novi, Michigan, Feb. 28, 2012.
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney look on during a campaign rally at American Posts on Feb. 29, 2012 in Toledo, Ohio.
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Candidate for the Republican presidential nomination Mitt Romney arrives to address the Detroit Economic Club at Ford Field in Detroit, Feb. 24, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney shakes hands after speaking at the Livonia and Greater Farmington Hills Area Chambers of Commerce luncheon in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Feb. 16, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at National Galvanizing in Monroe, Michigan, Feb. 16, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower stands at a lectern delivering a speech during a "whistle stop tour" of the Midwest in September 1952. He would go on to defeat Democrat Adlai Stevenson in November of that year and serve two terms in the White House.
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A car caravan takes GOP presidential candidate Thomas Dewey into the countryside in September 1948.
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Republican candidate for president Mitt Romney greets workers at Western Nevada Supply on Feb. 3, 2012 in Sparks, Nevada.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets supporters during a Grassroots Rally at The Grove on Feb. 2, 2012 in Reno, Nevada.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney waves to supporters during his victory celebration after winning the Florida primary election Jan. 31, 2012, in Tampa.
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After a grueling campaign, Thomas E. Dewey accepts Republican nomination for President at the Republican Natlonal Convention in June 1948. (He would lose to Harry Truman, who famously came from behind and confounded the pundits by defeating Dewey, 303 electoral votes to 189.)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a rally with supporters at Pioneer Park on Jan. 30, 2012 in Dunedin, Florida.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney campaigns at Ring Power Lift Trucks in Jacksonville, Florida, Jan. 30, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney delivers a campaign speech on Friday in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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"On the evening of May 20, members of the Young Women's Republican Club of Milford, Conn., explored the pleasures of tobacco, poker, the strip tease and such other masculine enjoyments as had frequently cost them the evening companionship of husbands, sons and brothers." So begins an article in the June 16, 1941 issue of LIFE chronicling the shenanigans that erupt when a group of GOP women get together for an old-school "smoker" () for one memorable night.
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Senator Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich share a laugh during the Republican presidential candidates debate in Charleston, South Carolina, Jan. 19, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is surrounded by his family as he holds an election night rally after winning the New Hampshire primary in Manchester, New Hampshire, January 10, 2012.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney waves goodbye at a town hall meeting at Central High School Jan. 4, 2012 in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney addresses a room full of his supporters at the Hotel Blackhawk Dec. 27, 2011 in Davenport, Iowa.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney shakes hands with his supporters during his caucus-night rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 3, 2012
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney shakes hands with his supporters during his caucus-night rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 3, 2012
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds a campaign rally at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds on Monday, January 2, 2012 in Davenport, IA.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks to an overflow crowd in downtown Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 27, 2011.
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Republican presidential candidates, (L-R) former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry gather on the stage prior to the NBC News Facebook Debate on 'Meet the Press' January 8, 2012 at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, New Hampshire.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney shakes hands with supporters as he takes the stage at Geno's Chowder & Sandwich Shop in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Dec. 27, 2011.
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