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Big Debate Mitt

by Josh Marshall
09.25.12 | 4:16 am

To paraphrase my comments from a couple months ago about the vice presidential search, if you’re banking on the blow out debate performance, you’re probably already toast. That said, here’s what debate pros says Mitt Romney needs to do to turn this thing around.

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