Politics

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A photo of Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman shares space on the wall with hand made signs at his New Hampshire campaign headquarters. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Volunteers for Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, work the phones at Huntsman's New Hampshire campaign. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

James Linville (right) of New York, NY, and Jake Wagner (left) of Manchester, NH, volunteers for Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, work the phones at Huntsman's New Hampshire campaign headquarters. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Volunteers for Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman work the phones at Huntsman's New Hampshire campaign headquarters in Manchester, NH, Tuesday, January 3, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Workers for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Karl Beckstein (left) Chandler Thornton (center) and Matt Kirincic talk near a hand made "Earn it" sign at the New Hampshire campaign office in Manchester, NH. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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A television shows an image of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, seen his New Hampshire campaign office in Manchester, NH, Tuesday, January 3, 2012. New Hampshire is the first state in the country to hold it's presidential primary. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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On the day of the Iowa Caucus, Newt 2012 Field Operations Director Sam Pimm of Manchester, NH, talks on the phone while Charlie Spano, of Scranton, Pa., assembles signs at the New Hampshire campaign office of Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in Manchester, NH, Tuesday, January 3, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds an early morning rally at the Temple for Performing Arts on the day of the Iowa caucus, Des Moines, IA, Tuesday, January 3, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, introduce their family including four of their five sons, Taggart, Matthew, Joshua, and Craig during a Tuesday rally at the Temple for Performing Arts in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Romney hopes the state's GOP caucus results will strongly launch his nomination bid. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Navy via Associated Press The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis transits the Strait of Hormuz on Nov. 12. The Pentagon declared Tuesday that U.S. warships will continue regularly scheduled deployments to the strategic waterway, despite warnings against doing so from Iran.

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Indiana Speaker of the House Brian Bosma, a Republican, is leading an effort to pass right-to-work legislation in the upcoming session. Gov. Mitch Daniels also has been lobbying for the measure. (Associated Press)

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Newt Gingrich ditched his "high road" campaign Tuesday, calling Mitt Romney a liar as the presidential contest shifted to upcoming contests in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida. A PAC supporting Mr. Romney has been running anti-Gingrich ads. (Associated Press)

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New tribes in the powerful independent voting bloc: "NPR Republicans" and "America First Democrats," says the upcoming book "The Swing Vote" by Linda Killian. (Image from St. Martin's Press)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy reviews sailors in Lanveoc-Poulmic before a speech in which he called the violence in Syria "a massacre." (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul of Texas is introduced at a forum at Valley High School, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets residents Jan. 3, 2012, during a caucus day rally at the Temple for Performing Arts in Des Moines, Iowa. (Associated Press)

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Flames raise from a gas pipeline after an explosion near the town Rastan in the restive Homs province of Syria on Jan. 3, 2012. The Syrian government blamed the explosion on terrorists, according to the Syrian official news agency SANA. (Associated Press/SANA)

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Thousands of North Koreans gather in Pyongyang, North Korea, at Kim Il Sung Square to hold a mass rally in support for their country's policies and new leader Kim Jong Un on Jan. 3, 2012. The banner carried reads, "Let's uphold thoroughly Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il's legacy." (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** An Egyptian man votes on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, at a polling center in Qalyobeia, Egypt, during the third round of the country's first parliamentary elections following the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. (Associated Press)

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wishes Russians a happy New Year during an interview in his residence of Novo-Ogaryovo, outside Moscow, in Russia, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, pool)