Seven US Republican presidential contenders have met face-to-face in their first major debate, with Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, shaping up as the front-runner for the 2012 race. The White House hopefuls criticised President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy from the opening moments of their first major debate of the campaign season on Monday night. Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, was the first among seven contenders on stage to assail the president’s economic policies, saying with 14 million unemployed Americans, “We need a new president to end the Obama Depression”. The nationally televised forum in New Hampshire on Monday included most of the…
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