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Republican presidential candidates Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudolph Giuliani, Fred Thompson and John McCain on stage at the debate in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007

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  • Michael Duffy
  • The party is headed for the most wide-open nomination fight since Wendell Willkie. You remember him
Photo: Chip Litherland / The New York Times / Redux | Source: The race for the Republican presidential nomination is turning into a rare and unpredictable free-for-all. That's what happens when a party lacks a front runner, is low on intellectual steam--and its best candidates all have notable defects