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Joe the Kingmaker

by Josh Marshall
05.06.10 | 5:56 am

We’d known for a while that Joe the Plumber had ditched John McCain as his presidential favorite. He tells Rachel Slajda that for 2012 he’s getting behind Herman Cain, Georgia talk radio host and former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza.

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