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Tuesday, November 29, 2011  C-SPAN’s campaign bus stopping in Columbia Tuesday as part of the cable channel's road to The White House bus tour. The bus contains extensive resources and enhanced technology that allows voters to better understand presidential candidates and other political issues.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011  Republicans go after President Obama, not each other, in first big debate in New Hampshire

Friday, June 10, 2011  A mass staff walkout poses new challenges to Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign

Wednesday, May 18, 2011  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is making his first trip to South Carolina since forming a presidential campaign exploratory committee.  Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said Wednesday that Romney will stop in the Columbia area Saturday. She said details have not been worked out.

Friday, May 06, 2011  South Carolina's Republicans are raising cash this weekend that will help put on the 2012 presidential primary.  No primary date has been set, but the party expects it will cost as much as $1 million for a primary that will give a GOP presidential hopeful the prized first-in-the-South victory. Since 1980 no Republican candidate has won the presidential nomination without first winning South Carolina's primary.