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Motown_Johnny

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8. We just had an (R) CEO/Governor as President and the economy collapsed

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 10:48 PM

Jan 2012

while he was in office.

Romney has also done things like claim in 2007 that Bin Laden wasn't worth the effort of catching/killing and he protested in favor of the Vietnam era draft while he was exempt from the draft.

If these two look similar to some voters then I think it will be easy to draw one or two clear distinctions that help them see the difference.

I also think Santorum will be "next in line" for 2016.

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Who Should I Vote for in the Republican Primary? [View all] LuvNewcastle Jan 2012 OP

Ron Paul. LAGC Jan 2012 #1

That would be interesting. LuvNewcastle Jan 2012 #3

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We just had an (R) CEO/Governor as President and the economy collapsed Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #8

Those are good distinctions to make, however, there will be so many negative ads out there on both LuvNewcastle Jan 2012 #11

I have the same problem you do up here in Michigan Motown_Johnny Jan 2012 #7

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