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Mitt’s mutt mauls Mike
By Bill Adair January 4, 2008

The campaign has its first attack dog - and he's right! Check out our fact-check of Spike's attack in the lower left of this page.

Goodbye, Joe
By Angie Drobnic Holan January 4, 2008

PolitiFact bids farewell to Joe Biden, the only two-time winner of our coveted "Pants on Fire!" rating.

Huckabee’s ‘liberal’ problem
By Neil Skene January 2, 2008

No one doubts Mike Huckabee's sincerity as a social conservative, but his sympathy tax hikes and government programs haunts him.

Fast and furious finish
By Bill Adair December 31, 2007

With just three days until the Iowa caucuses, the candidates are unleashing a flurry of charges -- and making a few slip-ups.

Pardon me: Huckabee vs. Romney
By Bill Adair December 28, 2007

The two former governors have been criticizing each other about pardons. We find their claims are accurate and reveal starkly different approaches on clemency.

He didn’t stand in the way, but he didn’t always lead
By Jeffrey S. Solochek December 27, 2007

The former Arkansas governor says he had the "most impressive" education record among the GOP pack. But open-ended superlatives are tough to prove, especially when you've got critics.

Ho ho ho!
By Bill Adair December 21, 2007

The PolitiFact staff will be taking a few days off so we can fact-check the caloric content of Christmas cookies (especially the ones with icing and those little sprinkles). We'll be back with new items on Wednesday.

FACT SHEET: Who was in military?
By Angie Drobnic Holan December 21, 2007

They want to be commander in chief, but most of the presidential candidates have not served in the military. Our survey of their resumes finds that five of the 15 candidates have military experience.

Warm your hands
By Bill Adair December 21, 2007

If you're chilly today, scroll down to the lower left of our home page and warm your hands by our Attack File. It is ablaze with three Pants on Fire rulings for chain e-mails.

Obama used a Koran? No, he didn’t
By Angie Drobnic Holan December 20, 2007

An anonymous e-mail claims Barack Obama is a Muslim, attended a madrassa as a boy and took the oath of office on a Koran. The Truth-O-Meter says wrong, wrong and wrong.

Romney loves company, but they don’t quite belong together
December 19, 2007

Mitt Romney says he's following the same path as Ronald Reagan, Henry Hyde and George H.W. Bush when it comes to changing positions on abortion, but his turn was sharper than theirs.

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