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Article: GOP hopefuls square off on taxes and ads ; Huckabee, Romney ratchet up rhetoric

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January 7, 2008
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If Mitt Romney was in the crosshairs at Saturday night's Republican presidential debate, rival Mike Huckabee shared the heat at last night's forum, with the pair squaring off in personal terms over economic records and negative ads.

While Romney and Huckabee sparred, Arizona Sen. John McCain - who has surged to the lead of many polls in the run-up to tomorrow's New Hampshire primary - largely escaped the fray.

At one point, when each candidate was asked about his tax- cutting record, Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, quizzed Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, on how much taxes had increased on his watch "net-net." Huckabee retorted by asking about fees in Massachusetts.

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