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2012 Flip-Flops by Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Tim Pawlenty

Romney, Gingrich, Huntsman, and Pawlenty are outdoing one another with policy backflips. Jill Lawrence on how they’re running from their records.

Jill Lawrence
Jill Lawrence
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Clockwise from top left: GOP candidates Tim Pawlenty, Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney. (Getty Images (4))

These are heady times for Mitt Romney, and not just because he raised $10.25 million in one day. After a long reign as the Republican presidential field’s top flip-flopper, he’s been left in the dust by Newt Gingrich.

Romney could not ask for a better foil.

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