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Tone Deaf

by Thomas Lane
01.14.12 | 4:53 pm

Evan McMorris-Santoro reports that Rick Santorum has a well-regarded ground game in South Carolina, and yet he’s still not surging in the polls. Why? Well, it could be because of tone deaf moments like this.

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