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                           <p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Politico <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42745.html" target="_hplink">reports on a new, complicated development for Fox News</a>:

nearly all of the major potential Republican candidates for the

presidency are on the channel's payroll as commentators, raising

questions about how Fox News can cover them as the 2012 campaign

approaches.

The website notes that Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich

and, of course, Sarah Palin have all expressed interest in a potential

run for president. All four are paid political commentators for Fox

News.

"With the exception of Mitt Romney, Fox now has deals with every

major potential Republican presidential candidate not currently in

elected office," Politico's Jonathan Martin and Keach Hagey <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42745.html" target="_hplink">write</a>.

The situation is reportedly causing consternation both within and without Fox News. Sources inside the network <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42745.html" target="_hplink">told Politico</a> they are growing increasingly agitated about having so many people who are still active in politics on their payroll:

<blockquote>"Fox insiders, speaking anonymously about what is a

sensitive topic for a network worried about outside perception, said no

word has been conveyed from the corporate brass to reporters about how

to treat what are, for now at least, their colleagues."</blockquote>

People from other networks are also frustrated that, while major

newsmakers such as Palin routinely appear on Fox News, the network's

tight contractual strings mostly prevent its stable of Republican stars

from being interviewed on any other channel, even C-SPAN. Of the four

potential candidates, only Gingrich has appeared on another channel in

all of 2010.

Fox News <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42745.html" target="_hplink">told</a>

Politico that, as soon as anyone actually declares their intention to

run, they will be dropped from the channel's payroll. But the lucrative

nature of the arrangement might delay those announcements, the site

says.

The network did run into this issue with Angela McGlowan, who <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/29/angela-mcglowan-returns-t_n_662906.html" target="_hplink">returned to the network</a>

after her failed bid for a GOP nomination for congress in Mississippi.

She had been suspended from the network as she pursued the nomination.

Of course, Fox News isn't the only cable news network with a stable

of potential candidates on its airwaves: Harold Ford's contract with NBC

News was <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/harold-fords-nbc-contract_n_460798.html" target="hplink">suspended</a> as he considered a run for the Senate from New York, and Chris Matthews has <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/14/chris-matthews-asks-was-i_n_715861.html" target="hplink">spoken</a> openly about having weighed a run for Senate from Pennsylvania. Joe Scarborough is also <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-08/joe-scarborough-can-save-the-gop/" target="hplink">routinely</a> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-ostroy/president-scarborough-mor_b_273620.html" target="hplink">discussed</a> as a potential Republican presidential candidate at some point in the future.

The New York Times' Brian Stelter <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/business/media/15candidate.html" target="_hplink">examined this very phenomenon earlier this year</a>.

At the time, MSNBC President Phil Griffin <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/15/the-pundit-candidate-how_n_462532.html" target="_hplink">explained his rule</a>: "If you're seriously examining a run for office, you can't host a show or be a general analyst."

                                            
                
                
         
                         
         
        
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</div><div>=</div>==<h3>Nominee</h3>

<table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">2012 Republican Nominee</th></tr><tr><td>

Mitt Romney</td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">

<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney_presidential_campaign,_2012" title="Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012">Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012</a></div>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a>, former governor of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, declared his candidacy on June 2, 2011.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-1">[1]</a> He won in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Alaska Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Alaska</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Republican_primary,2012" title="Arizona Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Arizona</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Republican_primary,2012" title="Arkansas Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Arkansas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republican_primary,2012" title="California Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">California</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Republican_primary,2012" title="Connecticut Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Connecticut</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Republican_primary,2012" title="Delaware Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Delaware</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Republican_primary,2012" title="Florida Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Florida</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Hawaii Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Hawaii</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Idaho Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Idaho</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Republican_primary,2012" title="Illinois Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Illinois</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Republican_primary,2012" title="Indiana Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Indiana</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Republican_primary,2012" title="Kentucky Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Kentucky</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Maine Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Maine</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Republican_primary,2012" title="Maryland Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Maryland</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Republican_primary,2012" title="Massachusetts Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Republican_primary,2012" title="Michigan Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Michigan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Montana Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Montana</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_Republican_primary,2012" title="Nebraska Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Nebraska</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Nevada Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Nevada</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Republican_primary,2012" title="New Hampshire Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">New Hampshire</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Republican_primary,2012" title="New Jersey Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">New Jersey</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_Republican_primary,2012" title="New Mexico Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">New Mexico</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Republican_primary,2012" title="New York Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">New York</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Republican_primary,2012" title="North Carolina Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">North Carolina</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Republican_primary,2012" title="Ohio Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Ohio</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Republican_primary,2012" title="Oregon Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Oregon</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Republican_primary,2012" title="Pennsylvania Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_Republican_primary,2012" title="Rhode Island Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Rhode Island</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota_Republican_primary,2012" title="South Dakota Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">South Dakota</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Republican_primary,2012" title="Texas Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Texas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Republican_primary,2012" title="Utah Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Utah</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Republican_primary,2012" title="Vermont Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Vermont</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Republican_primary,2012" title="Virginia Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Virginia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Washington Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Washington</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_Republican_primary,2012" title="West Virginia Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">West Virginia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Republican_primary,2012" title="Wisconsin Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Wisconsin</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Wyoming Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Wyoming</a>, and in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Republican_primary,2008" title="District of Columbia Republican primary, 2008">District of Columbia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="American Samoa Republican caucuses, 2012">American Samoa</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Guam Republican caucuses, 2012">Guam</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Northern Mariana Islands Republican caucuses, 2012">Northern Mariana Islands</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Republican_primary,_2012" title="Puerto Rico Republican primary, 2012">Puerto Rico</a>.

He came second in Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,

South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri (non-binding primary) and the U.S.

Virgin Islands, and third in Alabama, Minnesota, Mississippi and North

Dakota. The withdrawal of candidate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum" title="Rick Santorum">Rick Santorum</a> on April 10, 2012 eliminated his main challenger and all but guaranteed him the nomination. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich's</a>

exit from the race on May 2 left him against Ron Paul and Fred Karger.

His win in Texas on May 29 finally accumulated enough delegates to

mathematically secure him the nomination. Romney was officially

announced as the 2012 Republican presidential nominee on August 28,

2012.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-2">[2]</a> He was defeated by incumbent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,2012" title="United States presidential election, 2012">general election</a> on November 6, 2012.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,_2012#cite_note-3">[3]</a>

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<h3>Primary ballot candidates</h3>

The following candidates appeared on Republican Party presidential primary ballots

<h4>Did not withdraw</h4>

The following candidates did not formally suspend or withdraw their

candidacies after the 2012 Republican presidential nomination

<table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Candidates that did not withdraw their bids for nomination</th></tr><tr><td>

Ron Paul</td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">

<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul_presidential_campaign,_2012" title="Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2012">Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2012</a></div>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a>, U.S. Representative from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> declared his candidacy on May 13, 2011.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-4">[4]</a> He won the popular vote in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="United States Virgin Islands Republican caucuses, 2012">U.S. Virgin Islands</a>.

He came second in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky,

Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North

Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia,

Washington and the District of Columbia, and third in Alaska, Delaware,

Idaho, Illinois, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri (non-binding

primary), Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Utah, West Virginia,

Wisconsin, Wyoming and the Northern Mariana Islands. On May 14, 2012

Paul announced that he would no longer actively campaign in states that

have not held primaries, but rather focus on a strategy to secure

delegates before the convention.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Paul remained active in the race through the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention" title="2012 Republican National Convention">2012 Republican National Convention</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Leading up to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>,

Ron Paul won bound-pluralities of the official delegations from the

states of Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, and Oregon (but not

the Virgin Islands -- despite winning the popular vote there). During

the credentials committee meetings the week prior to the official

opening of the convention, the Ron Paul members of the delegations from

Louisiana, Maine, and Oregon were disputed (as well as the Ron Paul

delegates from Massachusetts), and many of the Ron Paul delegates from

those states were unseated. At the same time, Ron Paul delegates from

Oklahoma disputed the credentials of the official Oklahoma delegation,

but they did not succeed. In the end, Ron Paul had bound-pluralities

from Iowa, Minnesota, and Nevada; however, he additionally had

nomination-from-the-floor-pluralities in the states of Oregon and

Alaska, plus the territory of the Virgin Islands. Under the 2012 rules,

this total of 6 from-the-floor pluralities was sufficient to earn a

fifteen-minute speech on national television; the rules were <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fox19.com/story/19423487/reality-check-rnc-rule-change-starting-a-republican-civil-war">changed at the last minute</a>

to require 8 from-the-floor pluralities, and thus Ron Paul did not

speak at the convention. Although he wasn't named the 2012 Republican

nominee, he did not officially end his campaign or endorse nominee Mitt

Romney for president.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-8">[8]</a> At the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>,

Ron Paul received second place with 8% of the delegates; Gingrich and

Santorum had released their bound delegates to Romney the week before

the official opening of the convention.

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<dl><dt>Ran as a third-party nominee</dt></dl>

Gary Johnson, who <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,_2012#Withdrew_earlier.2C_but_appeared_on_three_ballots" title="Republican Party presidential candidates, 2012">was a candidate for the Republican Party nomination</a>

during the bulk of 2011 (and still received a few thousand votes in the

Republican primaries of 2012), withdrew from that contest in December

2011 to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Johnson#2012_presidential_campaign" title="Gary Johnson">successfully seek the Libertarian Party nomination</a>. Johnson was on the November 2012 general election ballot in 49 states, and received <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012#Results" title="United States presidential election, 2012">over one million votes</a>,

coming in a distant third behind Obama and Romney (each with

approximately sixty million votes) in that contest. Johnson's total

popular vote tally was also lower than the total tallies for Rick

Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul during the primaries, all of whom

received at least two million votes. However, in terms of total tally

Johnson ended up considerably higher Huntsman, Perry, Bachmann, Roemer,

and Cain (all of whom <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2012#Results_by_popular_vote" title="Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012">garnered more votes</a> than Johnson during the Republican Party primaries).

<h4>Withdrew after the primaries</h4>

The following candidates suspended or withdrew their candidacies after the Republican primaries

<table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Candidates that withdrew after the primaries</th></tr><tr><td>

Fred Karger</td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">

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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Karger" title="Fred Karger">Fred Karger</a>, political consultant and gay rights activist of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, declared his candidacy on March 23, 2011.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,_2012#cite_note-9">[9]</a>

Karger was not invited to any of the televised debates, but

particupated in the December WePolls.com online debate along with Gary

Johnson and Buddy Roemer. He came in 4th place with 1,893 votes in

Puerto Rico, 1,180 votes in Michigan, 10 votes in Iowa, 345 votes in New

Hampshire, 377 votes in Maryland, 6,481 votes in his home state of

California, and 545 votes in Utah, amounting up to a total of 10,831

votes. He withdrew on June 29, 2012, following a 5th place finish in the

Utah primary, which was the final primary of the 2012 cycle. Karger

received no delegate votes at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>.

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<h4>Withdrew during the primaries</h4>

The following candidates suspended or withdrew their candidacies and/or will appear on no additional Republican primary ballots

<table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Primary candidates that appeared on more than two primary ballots</th></tr><tr><td>

Newt Gingrich</td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">

<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich_presidential_campaign,_2012" title="Newt Gingrich presidential campaign, 2012">Newt Gingrich presidential campaign, 2012</a></div>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a>, former U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%28U.S.state%29" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, declared his candidacy on May 11, 2011.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-10">[10]</a> He won in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Republican_primary,2012" title="Georgia Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Georgia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_Republican_primary,_2012" title="South Carolina Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">South Carolina</a>.

He came second in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Mississippi and Nevada,

and third in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, Louisiana,

Maryland, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee and the

District of Columbia. After a poor showing in the Delaware primaries,

Gingrich's advisers hinted on April 25, 2012 that he would exit the race

the following week.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-11">[11]</a> He officially ended his campaign on May 2, and endorsed Mitt Romney.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-12">[12]</a> Gingrich received no delegate votes at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>, having released his bound delegates to Romney.

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Rick Santorum</td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">

<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum_presidential_campaign,_2012" title="Rick Santorum presidential campaign, 2012">Rick Santorum presidential campaign, 2012</a></div>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum" title="Rick Santorum">Rick Santorum</a>, former U.S. Senator from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> declared his candidacy on June 6, 2011.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-13">[13]</a> He won in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Republican_primary,2012" title="Alabama Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Alabama</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Colorado Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Colorado</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Iowa Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Iowa</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Kansas Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Kansas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Republican_primary,2012" title="Louisiana Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Louisiana</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="Minnesota Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Minnesota</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Republican_primary,2012" title="Mississippi Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Mississippi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Republican_primary,2012" title="Missouri Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Missouri</a> (non-binding primary), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota_Republican_caucuses,2012" title="North Dakota Republican caucuses, 2012" class="mw-redirect">North Dakota</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_Republican_primary,2012" title="Oklahoma Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Oklahoma</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Republican_primary,2012" title="Tennessee Republican primary, 2012" class="mw-redirect">Tennessee</a>.

He came second in Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland,

Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,

Wisconsin, Wyoming, the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico, and

third in Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky,

Maine, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina,

South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington and the U.S. Virgin

Islands. Santorum suspended his campaign on April 10, 2012, following

the hospitalization of his three year old daughter Isabella, as well as a

strong showing by front runner Mitt Romney in recent primaries and

polls.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-16">[16]</a> He conceded the race to Romney later that day, though didn't fully endorse him until May 7.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-18">[18]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Santorum received nine delegate votes at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>, coming in third behind Romney and Ron Paul, despite having officially released his bound delegates to Romney.

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Buddy Roemer</td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">

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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Buddy Roemer</a>, Former governor of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, declared his candidacy on June 21, 2011.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,_2012#cite_note-20">[20]</a>

Roemer was not invited to any of the televised debates, but

particupated in the November LibertyPAC online debate with Gingrich,

Johnson, and Santorum, and then also in the December WePolls.com online

debate along with Gary Johnson and Fred Karger. On February 22, 2012 he

announced he was withdrawing from the Republican race to pursue

nomination as a member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_Party_of_the_United_States_of_America" title="Reform Party of the United States of America">Reform Party</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,_2012#cite_note-21">[21]</a>

He has received a total of 30,523 votes from Iowa New Hampshire,

Tennessee, Michigan, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, California, and Puerto

Rico, where he came in third place. Roemer received one delegate-vote at

the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>.

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Rick Perry</td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">

<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry_presidential_campaign,_2012" title="Rick Perry presidential campaign, 2012">Rick Perry presidential campaign, 2012</a></div>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry" title="Rick Perry">Rick Perry</a>, Governor of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, declared his candidacy on August 13, 2011.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-22">[22]</a> After doing poorly in Iowa and New Hampshire, he suspended his campaign on January 19, 2012, endorsing Newt Gingrich.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-23">[23]</a> On April 25, he switched his endorsement to Mitt Romney, after advisers hinted that Gingrich would withdraw his nomination.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,_2012#cite_note-24">[24]</a>

He remained on the ballot in most states prior to Super Tuesday, and

has received 54,769 votes during the primary season. Perry received no

delegate-votes at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>.

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Jon Huntsman, Jr.</td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">

<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_presidential_campaign,_2012" title="Jon Huntsman presidential campaign, 2012">Jon Huntsman presidential campaign, 2012</a></div>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Huntsman,Jr." title="Jon Huntsman, Jr.">Jon Huntsman, Jr.</a>, Former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Utah" title="Governor of Utah" class="mw-redirect">Governor of Utah</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Ambassador_to_China" title="US Ambassador to China" class="mw-redirect">US Ambassador to China</a>, declared his candidacy on June 21, 2011.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-25">[25]</a> After coming in third in New Hampshire, he suspended his campaign on January 16, 2012, endorsing Mitt Romney.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,_2012#cite_note-26">[26]</a>

He remained on the ballot in most states prior to Super Tuesday, and

has received 84,724 votes during the primary season, collecting two

delegates. Huntsman received one delegate-vote at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>.

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Michele Bachmann</td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">

<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann_presidential_campaign,_2012" title="Michele Bachmann presidential campaign, 2012">Michele Bachmann presidential campaign, 2012</a></div>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a>, U.S. Representative from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>, declared her candidacy on June 27, 2011.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-27">[27]</a> After winning the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Straw_Poll" title="Ames Straw Poll">Ames Straw Poll</a>, her candidacy collapsed and after coming sixth in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_caucuses" title="Iowa caucuses">Iowa caucuses</a>, she suspended her presidential campaign on January 4, 2012.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-28">[28]</a> After months of speculation, Bachmann endorsed Mitt Romney on May 3.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,_2012#cite_note-29">[29]</a>

She remained on the ballot in most states prior to Super Tuesday, and

received 41,401 votes during the primary season, collecting two 'soft'

delegates. Bachmann received one delegate-vote at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>.

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<h4>Withdrew earlier, but appeared on three ballots</h4>

<table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Suspended or withdrew their Republican-candidacies before the primaries, but appeared on at least three primary ballots.</th></tr><tr><td>

Herman Cain</td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">

<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain_presidential_campaign,_2012" title="Herman Cain presidential campaign, 2012">Herman Cain presidential campaign, 2012</a></div>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain" title="Herman Cain">Herman Cain</a>, Businessman of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%28U.S.state%29" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, declared his candidacy on May 21, 2011.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,_2012#cite_note-30">[30]</a>

After a series of scandals, Cain suspended his presidential campaign on

December 3, 2011, and after momentarily reviving it as part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert" title="Stephen Colbert">Stephen Colbert</a>'s satirical presidential campaign, endorsed Newt Gingrich on January 28, 2012.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-31">[31]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-32">[32]</a> On April 17, 2012, he changed his endorsement to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,_2012#cite_note-33">[33]</a>

He remained on the ballot in a number of states, and has received

13,629 votes during the primary season. Cain received no delegate-votes

at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations" title="2012 Republican National Convention">convention</a>.

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Gary Johnson</td><td style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">

<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Johnson_presidential_campaign,_2012" title="Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2012">Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2012</a></div>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Johnson" title="Gary Johnson">Gary Johnson</a>, Former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_New_Mexico" title="Governor of New Mexico">Governor of New Mexico</a>, declared his candidacy on April 21, 2011.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-34">[34]</a> Johnson was in the first televised debate, and in one other televised debate, but was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_debates,2012#Complaints_of_bias" title="Republican Party presidential debates, 2012">excluded from the other televised debates</a>.

He debated online during November with Gingrich, Santorum, and Roemer;

he then debated online with Roemer and Karger during December. Johnson

withdrew his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination on

December 28, 2011, endorsing Ron Paul in that contest.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Johnson officially declared his candidacy for the 2012 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party%28United_States%29" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian Party</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2012 Libertarian National Convention">presidential nomination</a> on the same day, and became the party's nominee on May 5, 2012.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-36">[36]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_candidates,2012#cite_note-37">[37]</a>

He remained on the Republican primary ballot in a number of states, and

has received 4,364 votes during the Republican primary season. As the

Libertarian nominee, Johnson received 1,274,136 votes (which was 1% of

the votes cast) on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012#Results" title="United States presidential election, 2012">November general election ballot</a>.

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<h4>Appeared on less than three ballots</h4>

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fine overview of gop:  <a href="http://grist.org/election-2012/romney-choosing-climate-skeptic-as-running-mate/">http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/heads-in-the-sand-20111201?print=true</a>

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romney vp picks are skeptics:

<a href="http://grist.org/election-2012/romney-choosing-climate-skeptic-as-running-mate/">http://grist.org/election-2012/romney-choosing-climate-skeptic-as-running-mate/</a>

Rick Perry: Climate Scientists 'Manipulated Data' (VIDEO)

Rick Perry Climate Change

First Posted: 8/17/11 06:38 PM ET Updated: 8/18/11 09:42 AM ET

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WASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry took his skepticism about climate change one step further on Wednesday, telling a New Hampshire business crowd that scientists have cooked up the data on global warming for the cash.

In his stump speech, Perry referenced "a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling in to their projects."

"We're seeing weekly, or even daily, scientists who are coming forward and questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what's causing the climate to change," Perry said. "Yes, our climates change. They've been changing ever since the earth was formed."

It isn't the first time Perry has accused climate scientists of fibbing. ThinkProgress' Brad Johnson reported on Monday that in Perry's book, Fed Up!, the governor calls climate science a âcontrived phony mess.â

Among his fellow GOP presidential contenders, however, Perry's views are not so extreme.

Herman Cain has called the very premise of climate change "a scam," while former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) has referred to it as nothing more than a "trend," accusing the left of "taking advantage" of it by creating "a beautifully concocted scheme because they know that the earth is gonna cool and warm."

Back in 2009, meanwhile, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) argued on the House floor that the very concept of global warming is faulty because âcarbon dioxide is a natural byproduct of nature!"

Watch:

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has also become increasingly skeptical of climate change. In a 2009 interview with Fox News, he said, "the greatest hoax I think that has been around for many, many years if not hundreds of years has been this hoax on the environment and global warming."

As for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), it's hard to say what he believes. In 2008, he appeared in an ad alongside then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging the country to address climate change. Since announcing his 2012 candidacy, Gingrich has walked back those views, but that hasn't stopped his fellow climate deniers from hitting him over the flip-flop.

Watch the Gingrich and Pelosi ad here:

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney broke with Republican orthodoxy earlier this summer, telling a crowd of 200 in Manchester, N.H. that humans are at least somewhat responsible for climate change.

"I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that," he said at the town hall this June. "It's important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may be significant contributors."

Green advocates' best hope within the GOP presidential field may lie with former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman. Huntsman has been an outright proponent of the need for climate action, going so far as to sign his state up for a regional cap-and-trade program when he was in office. In 2009 he called Republicans' failure to address climate change at the national level "immensely frustrating."

Watch Perry's full remarks as captured by tracking outfit American Bridge 21st Century below:

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<a href="http://www.grist.org/politics/2011-06-08-green-who-me-top-10-brownwashing-republicans">http://www.grist.org/politics/2011-06-08-green-who-me-top-10-brownwashing-republicans</a>

<a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2011-01-21-gop-presidential-contenders-ways-to-screw-climate/PALL/print">http://www.grist.org/article/2011-01-21-gop-presidential-contenders-ways-to-screw-climate/PALL/print</a>

<a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2011-01-21-gop-presidential-contenders-ways-to-screw-climate">http://www.grist.org/article/2011-01-21-gop-presidential-contenders-ways-to-screw-climate</a>

We've checked out the leading (or at least famous) hopefuls for the Republican presidential nomination and found that all of them vociferously oppose cap-and-trade systems -- including a few who had to flip-flop to get there. (They're not fans of cap without trade either, nor other policies designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions.) On climate science, there's more variety, ranging from loud denial to quiet acquiescence. Get the dirt on the 10 possible candidates here. UPDATE: Make that 11 candidates with the addition of Jon Huntsman, who seems to take climate change more seriously than his potential competitors.

Did we miss anything notable? Tell us in comments below.

Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.)

U.S. rep from Minnesota

Increasingly seen as Palin-without-the-baggage, Bachmann loves to wind up Tea Partiers with antiÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂclimate science, anti-cap-and-trade rants.

On climate science: Here's Bachmann on global warming in 2008: "It's all voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax." (We're sensing some skepticism.) In 2009, she claimed there's no need to worry about carbon dioxide because it's a "natural byproduct of nature," going on to say, "There isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas."

On climate policy: "The tax cap-and-trade system for limiting emissions is just another tax on businesses," she said in ÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂ08. In 2009, she amped up the rhetoric: "I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back." She later clarified that she didn't really mean guns; she just wants citizens "to be armed with knowledge, so they can be dangerous to the policies of the left."

Bonus fruitloopery: According to Bachmann, Jesus already saved the planet, so the rest of us don't need to; an Alaskan pipeline has become a meeting place and "coffee klatch" for caribou; and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is "the most perfect place on the planet to drill."

Haley Barbour (R-Miss.)

Governor of Mississippi

Barbour has a history of obstructing climate action (little known fact: he was the lobbyist behind George W. Bush's fateful early decision not to regulate CO2), but these days he's trying to sound more moderate.

On climate science: Barbour "challenged climate science during his past tenure as an oil industry lobbyist and chairman of the Republican National Committee," Politico reports.

More recently, Barbour has talked about reducing greenhouse gases but still sounded not entirely convinced by the science. In 2009, while testifying before the Senate about cap-and-trade, he said, "the reason I am here is that we do need to look at how best, in the best interests of the United States, and most effectively, to deal with the threat that scientists are saying CO2 has for the future of the climate." And in 2010, in praising his state's cleantech businesses, he said, "Whether you think climate change is manmade, whether you think it's inevitable, whatever your view of it is, there's things like we're doing in our state that are good economics, that are useful and they will reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

On climate policy: In 2001, Barbour sent a memo to the Bush administration arguing that it should drop plans to regulate carbon dioxide; shortly thereafter, it did.

In 2009, Barbour argued in The Washington Times that Obama's cap-and-trade plan "will be the biggest tax increase in history and will clobber low- and middle-income families. ... There are much better ways to address climate change and prudently reduce emissions here and around the world." (He hasn't elaborated on those better ways.)

Over the past year, Barbour has also been rallying governors to fight the EPA's efforts to regulate greenhouse gases.

Mitch Daniels (R-Ind.)  [UPDATED, 4/15/11]

Governor of Indiana

Daniels hasn't out and out denied climate science, but he's made no bones about his skepticism, nor about his opposition to cap-and-trade.

On climate science: In May 2009, Daniels suggested that cutting carbon dioxide emissions might not be the worst idea in the world. "[Indiana has] embarked on an aggressive energy-conservation program, indubitably the most cost-effective means of limiting CO2," he wrote.

But just a couple of weeks later during a commencement address, he slammed what he called the "climate change theocracy," claiming that discussion of climate science has been dominated by "the University of Hollywood and the P.C. Institute of Technology" and quoting at length from climate skeptic and sci-fi author Michael Crichton.

And in April 2010, apparently in response to "Climategate," he said, "There's been nothing but dubious news about the science on this for about a year."

On climate policy: In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal in May 2009, he bashed the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill in the House, saying it "looks like imperialism" and would "double electricity bills in Indiana" and send jobs to China. "This bill would impose enormous taxes and restrictions on free commerce by wealthy but faltering powers -- California, Massachusetts and New York -- seeking to exploit politically weaker colonies in order to prop up their own decaying economies," he wrote.

Read more on Daniels and climate.

Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.)Photo: Gage SkidmoreNewt Gingrich

Former speaker of the House

Gingrich has been all over the map on climate. A few years ago, he endorsed cap-and-trade and called for climate action in an ad for an Al Gore group, but these days he sticks close to GOP orthodoxy.

On climate science: In 2007, Gingrich said, "the evidence is sufficient that we should move towards the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon-loading of the atmosphere ... and do it urgently." And in a 2008 ad for Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection, he sat next to then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi and said, "our country must take action to address climate change."

But he has since reversed course. In his 2010 book To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine, Gingrich decried "the doomsday theory of climate change," which he attributed to the "high-tax, big-bureaucracy, job-killing, and government-centralizing environmentalism of the Left."

And in a 2010 interview with Grist, he said, "It's an act of egotism for humans to think we're a primary source of climate change."

On climate policy: In 2007, Gingrich praised the cap-and-trade concept: "I think if you have mandatory carbon caps combined with a trading system, much like we did with sulfur, and if you have a tax-incentive program for investing in the solutions, that there's a package there that's very, very good. And frankly, it's something I would strongly support."

But in 2008, in his book Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less, he argued that cap-and-trade would "increase corruption." And in 2009 and 2010, he was a vocal opponent of cap-and-trade proposals in Congress, saying they were "an energy tax" that would "punish the American people" with higher energy costs and lost jobs. His group American Solutions for Winning the Future also made a big push to kill climate legislation.

Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.)

Former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential contender

Huckabee is squishy on climate science and appears to have flip-flopped on cap-and-trade.

On climate science: In 2007, Grist asked Huckabee, "Do you believe that human beings are the primary drivers of climate change?" He replied, "The honest answer is I don't know. And for me, that's not the issue. Instead of being wrapped into this political discussion of, ÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂIs there global warming, and who caused it?,' what we need to be saying is, ÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂLook, let's agree that we all have responsibility to present a better planet to the next generation.' ... Being a conservationist is the proper way to live, whether there is human-based global warming or not."

Huckabee seems to hold the same view -- whatever it is -- today.

On climate policy: On cap-and-trade, though, Huckabee has changed his tune. At a climate conference in 2007, he said, "I also support cap-and-trade of carbon emissions. And I was disappointed that the Senate rejected a carbon-counting system to measure the sources of emissions, because that would have been the first and the most important step toward implementing true cap-and-trade."

But in December 2010, Huckabee claimed he has only ever supported voluntary cap-and-trade. "This kind of mandatory energy policy would have a horrible impact on this nation's job market. I never did support and never would support it -- period," he said.

Sarah Palin (R-Alaska)

Former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee

Palin tried to moderate her climate skepticism when she was on the ticket with John McCain, but once they lost the election, she let her denialism flag fly.

On climate science: Just before John McCain tapped her to be his running mate, Palin said, "I'm not one ... who would attribute [global warming] to being man-made."

Just after she was picked, she told ABC's Charlie Gibson, "I believe that man's activities certainly can be contributing to the issue of global warming, climate change. ... Regardless, though, of the reason for climate change, whether it's entirely, wholly caused by man's activities or is part of the cyclical nature of our planet -- the warming and the cooling trends -- regardless of that, John McCain and I agree that we gotta do something about it and we have to make sure that we're doing all we can to cut down on pollution."

These days, she's more inclined to call climate research "snake oil science."

On climate policy: In her 2009 book Going Rogue, Palin criticized "Washington's misguided ÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂCap and Trade' plan," writing, "let's call it what it is: a ÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂCap and Tax' program. ... As more and more Americans understand that cap and trade is an environmentalist Ponzi scheme in which only the government benefits, they will refuse to tolerate it."

In October 2010, she wrote on her Facebook page, "I've made no secret of the fact that I think cap-and-tax could potentially be more disastrous to our economy than Obamacare because it would devastate our businesses and cripple our energy and industrial sectors."

Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.)UPDATED]

Former governor of Minnesota

Pawlenty used to be a champion of moderate climate action, but he's changed his tune in the last couple of years. (We sense a theme.)

On climate science: In 2007, while announcing a new state climate commission, he said, "our global climate is warming, at least in part due to the energy sources we use."

But by 2010, Pawlenty was emphasizing uncertainty rather than warming. "The climate's obviously changing," he said on Meet the Press. "But the real question and the more interesting question is how much of that is manmade, how much of that is the result of natural causes and patterns? And, of course, we've seen a lot of data manipulation and a lot of controversy or at least debate within the scientific community."

On climate policy: In 2007, Pawlenty signed his state up for the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord, a regional cap-and-trade system, and signed a bill requiring that 25 percent of Minnesota's electricity come from renewable sources by 2025. In 2008, he (unsuccessfully) pushed a climate initiative while he was chair of the National Governors Association, and gave a speech calling for climate action at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.

"I support a reasonable cap-and-trade system," Pawlenty said in 2008, when he was gunning for the VP slot on McCain's ticket. "I think it'd be good for the federal government to take that up rather than have states take it up as clusters of regions."

But two years later, he changed his tune: "[W]e should all be in favor of reducing pollution. But we need to do that in ways that don't burden the economy. Cap-and-trade, I think, would be a disaster in that regard," he said on Meet the Press.

Pawlenty spokesperson Alex Conant explained the switch: "Gov. Pawlenty and many others considered cap-and-trade approaches, but concluded it's the wrong approach and doesn't support it. Over the last couple of years he has fought to stop the Democrats' cap-and-trade proposals because they're bureaucratic, clumsy and hurt the economy."

[UPDATE, 2/15/11: At the CPAC conference in February 2011, Pawlenty walked back even further from his previous support for cap-and-trade: "Have I changed my position? Yes. But I'm not going to be cute about it, hem and haw, be dippy and dancy about it. Just saying yeah, it was a mistake, it was stupid. It was wrong."]

Mitt Romney (R-Mass.)

Former Massachusetts governor and 2008 presidential contender

Romney acknowledges that climate change is real and at least partially human-driven, but don't go thinkin' he likes cap-and-trade -- at least not any more.

On climate science: "I believe that climate change is occurring -- the reduction in the size of global ice caps is hard to ignore. I also believe that human activity is a contributing factor," Romney wrote in his 2010 book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness.

On climate policy: In a June 2010 statement, Romney said, "Cap and trade effectively constitutes an enormous, hidden tax on the American people and American businesses. It will lead to higher joblessness and make a bad economic situation even worse. And because it will simply move greenhouse gas emitters from America to other nations like China, it won't do a thing to affect climate change."

It would appear he didn't always feel that way. In 2005, when he was governor of Massachusetts, Romney pulled his state out of a soon-to-launch cap-and-trade system for Northeast states, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, but only after his staffers spent two and a half years and almost half a million dollars helping to shape the pact.

In 2004, Romney unveiled a Massachusetts Climate Protection Plan that aimed to reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2010 and then about 10 percent more by 2020, though it relied primarily on voluntary measures and requirements that applied only to the state government.

John Thune (R-S.D.)John Thune  [UPDATED]

Senator from South Dakota

[UPDATE: Thune announced on Feb. 22, 2011 that he will not be running for president.]

Thune questions climate science and bashes cap-and-trade.

On climate science: When asked his views on the science, Thune said, "I guess the answer to the question is I'm not sure. I think there's a real mix of data on that."

On climate policy: Thune opposed cap-and-trade proposals in the Senate, claiming they would harm the agriculture sector and "destroy jobs, raise energy prices, disadvantage whole regions of the country such as the Midwest, do very little for the reducing greenhouse gases globally ..., and greatly expand the regulatory reach of the federal bureaucracy."

He also sent a letter to EPA chief Lisa Jackson objecting to EPA's plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

Donald Trump

Reality TV host and real estate magnate

Trump is confused about climate change and condescending about climate action.

On climate science: In early 2010, Trump broadcast his climate denial in a speech to members of the Trump National Golf Club. "With the coldest winter ever recorded, with snow setting record levels up and down the coast, the Nobel committee should take the Nobel Prize back from Al Gore," he said.

On climate policy: "Gore wants us to clean up our factories and plants in order to protect us from global warming, when China and other countries couldn't care less," Trump said in the same speech. "It would make us totally noncompetitive in the manufacturing world, and China, Japan, and India are laughing at America's stupidity."

Yes, he really is talking about running for president.

Jon Huntsman  [late addition]

Former Utah governor and ambassador to China

Huntsman appears to take climate change seriously, making him perhaps the greenest GOP presidential contender -- at least so far.

On climate science: Unlike his rivals, Huntsman has consistently spoken out about the threat of climate change and has not been inclined to waffle over whether it is primarily human-caused. In an October 2008 gubernatorial debate in Utah, Huntsman said, "carbon emission ... is a problem because it leads to polluted skies and air-quality problems and climate change."

On climate policy: At that same 2008 debate, Huntsman said, "we must put a value on carbon. Until we put a value on carbon, we're never going to be able to get serious about dealing with climate change longer term. Now, putting a value on carbon either suggests that you go to a carbon tax or you get a cap-and-trade system underway." He also argued that climate and clean-energy policy would boost Utah's economy: "a very important engine of growth for us over the years will be the new innovations and technologies and capital equipment surrounding a new energy economy, a green energy economy -- things like carbon capture and sequestration."

In 2007, Huntsman brought Utah into the Western Climate Initiative, and in 2008, he set a goal for the state to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 2005 levels by 2020. In January 2009, he said he found it "enormously frustrating" that Republicans had not been working toward a national climate policy. As ambassador to China, Huntsman tried to promote joint American-Chinese climate solutions.

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