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The Romney Gaffe

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The predicate for a Romney gaffe is almost always straining too hard to connect. JPod has a good piece today about the phenomenon. There’s also this from the AP piece Brian noted:

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And asked if remarks highlighting his wealth — like when he said Sunday he doesn’t follow NASCAR as closely as some but has “great friends who are NASCAR team owners” — were hurting his campaign, Romney said: “Yes. Next question.”

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