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ABC's George Stephanopoulos, anchor of This Week, moderated yesterday's debate in Iowa between the nine Republican Presidential contenders in advance of this weekend's straw poll in Ames. But only NBC found their dissension newsworthy enough for a follow-up. David Gregory focused on abortion, opposition to which is a "top issue for social conservatives" in the GOP base. He noted that a pair of frontrunners, Rudolph Giuliani and Mitt Romney, face "nagging questions." The former is pro-choice, the latter a late pro-life convert. "I get tired of people who are holier than thou because they have been pro-life longer than I have," Gregory quoted Romney from ABC's debate. Gregory called Romney is the only "top-tier candidate" to compete actively in the cosmetic straw poll. NBC's in-house political director Chuck Todd explained: "This is his chance to prove that he is not a paper tiger."
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