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Yesterday on the campaign trail, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said he's "concerned about the poor in this country" and the unravelling of the social safety net. In this clip from Current TV's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," guest host David Schuster welcomes columnist and economics director for Yahoo! Finance Daniel Gross to discuss Governor Romney's sudden re-discovery of "compassionate conservatism."

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said in an interview aired Sunday that US withdrawal from Iraq is "precipitous" and blamed President Barack Obama for failing to leave some US forces behind.

When asked about his views on climate change at a campaign event, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney replied that the earth might be getting warmer, but that his top priority as president would be to increase energy production in the United States.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's campaign calls rival Newt Gingrich a formidable opponent, but aides to the former Massachusetts governor believe their better organized and well-financed organization can outlast Gingrich.

During an appearance in Manchester, New Hampshire on Friday, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney appeared reluctant to explain why his former aides had destroyed emails from his term as Massachusetts governor just before he left office in January 2007.

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney vowed Thursday to dramatically cut government spending and forgo tax hikes if elected, pinning his fiscal politics firmly to his party's conservative base.