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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum visits with supporters during a rally at the Battleship Memorial Park, Friday, March 9, 2012, in Mobile, Alabama. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) -
Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, center, shares a joke with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and former House speaker Newt Gingrich, right, during a break in a Republican presidential debate Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) -
Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, stand on stage before a Republican Presidential debate Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) -
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during a South Carolina Republican presidential primary night rally at the Citadel, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Charleston, S.C. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich won the Republican primary Saturday night. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt) -
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry take their positions after a break in a Republican presidential candidate debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Saturday. -
Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich campaigns on primary election day outside of a polling station at Webster School in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. -
Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman arrives at the Webster School in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, where primary voting was taking place. -
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney carries a young girl as he campaigns on primary election day outside of a polling station at Webster School in Manchester, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. -
Republican Presidential candidate, RON PAUL visits Manchester Ward 1 Polling Place on the day of the New Hampshire Primary. -
Republican presidential candidate JON HUNTSMAN visits Manchester Ward 1 Polling Place on the day of the New Hampshire Primary. -
Republican presidential candidates, from left, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann and Jon Huntsman arrive for a debate in Sioux City, Iowa, on Thursday. Voting for the Republican presidential nomination starts in Iowa on Jan. 3. Eric Gay Associated Press -
Republican presidential candidates from left, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman participate in a Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. -
Olivier Douliery Abaca Press Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann answers a question Tuesday at the Republican presidential debate. -
Rick Santorum, from left, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and Jon Huntsman attend the Republican presidential debate at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 22, 2011. -
Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., participate in a Veterans Day Parade in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. -
Republican presidential candidates former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, left, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, businessman Herman Cain, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, pose before a Republican presidential debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. -
The eight Republican presidential candidates sitting at the table listen as a video of former President Ronald Reagan is played during a Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Tuesday night, Oct. 11, 2011. -
Texas Gov. Rick Perry applauds as he runs onto the stage for Republican debate in Orlando, Fla. Some say a poor debate performance and straw poll loss have ended his front-runner status. -
Ron Paul has managed to shift the political debate to encompass his ideas on economic theory, foreign policy and the Federal Reserve. -
Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and Rep. Michelle Bachmann take the stage before a debate in Orlando, Florida. -
GOP debaters Wednesday at the Reagan library in Simi Valley are, from left, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, Herman Cain and Jon Huntsman. -
Republican presidential candidates are greeted by former first lady Nancy Reagan, center, before a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. From left are, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Reagan, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas. View a gallery. -
Republican presidential candidate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman arrives at the Reagan Library for a Republican presidential candidate debate Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. -
Former House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, arrive at the Reagan Library for a Republican presidential candidate debate Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. -
Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., center, is joined by husband Marcus, left, and Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., chairman of the Ronald Reagan President Foundation, as she arrives for a Republican presidential candidate debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. -
Republican presidential candidates pose for a photo before the start of the Iowa GOP/ Fox News Debate at the CY Stephens Auditorium in Ames, Iowa, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. Pictured from left to right: former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum; businessman Herman Cain; Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney; Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.; former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty; former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. -
From left, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and businessman Herman Cain are seen on stage during the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011.
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