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$\"\"$ <\/a>I\u2019ve long admired Rachel Maddow for her intelligence, her ability to stand firmly with a position while remaining essentially fair minded.<\/p>\n

In last night\u2019s devastating analysis of the problem with Governor Romney she does not avert her eyes from this hard issue, but enumerates what anyone considering the governor as a potential president of the United States needs to think about.<\/p>\n

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