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Newt Gingrich may be about to get his moment. Dismissed months ago as a 1990s has-been who ran up big campaign bills, took time off for an exotic vacation and watched his campaign staff quit in droves, the 68-year-old Gingrich is grabbing a second look from Republicans in the contest for the party's 2012 presidential nomination. He's scoring with an approach that's heavy on policy proposals, magnified with a barrage of in-your-face criticism of Democratic President Barack Obama and delivered without attacks on his Republican rivals. And he's reaching Republicans without having to buy ads - he couldn't afford them...

Former Gov. Mitt Romney, who's increasingly visible on the campaign trail on behalf of the man who beat him for the Republican presidential nomination, Sen. John McCain, is about to forgive the $45 million he loaned himself for the primary struggles. The legal move of filing papers with the Federal Election Commission re-declaring Romney's loans as contributions is imminent, according to a report by Michael Kranish on the Boston Globe website. It would clear the legal deck for Romney to become a candidate again as, oh, say, the vice presidential Republican running mate of McCain. Republican presidential nominee to be...