The 2012 presidential election is heating up, and it's not even 2012 yet! CNN.com Live is your home for all the breaking news from the campaign trail.
Today's programming highlights...
9:00 am ET - Santorum goes back to school - GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks to students and faculty at a high school in Merrimack, New Hampshire.
10:30 am ET - Social Security hearing - A House subcommittee looks at the future of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program.
10:50 am ET - Obama talks jobs - President Obama talks about his next executive action aimed at improving the U.S. jobs market.
1:30 pm ET - Cain's South Carolina town hall - Embattled GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain holds a town hall-style meeting in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
2:20 pm ET - Obama at Tribal Nations Conference - President Obama speaks at a White House conference that brings together leaders from hundreds of federally recognized tribes.
CNN.com Live is your home for breaking news as it happens.
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