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Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgress: ''According to an analysis by Citizens for Tax Justice, the average tax cuts received by the richest 1 percent of Americans under the Republican plans would be 270 times as large as the cut received by the middle class ... Even the meager tax cuts that would go to low-income and middle-income taxpayers under these plans would almost surely be offset by the huge cuts in public services that would become necessary as a result.''

http://www.truth-out.org/gop-candidates-tax-cuts-rich-are-270-times-larger/1326290934



Romney Looks Like the Nominee, but His Flaws Could Hurt Come Fall

Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers: ''[Romney] has received an often-tepid response from Republicans, even in his own New England backyard.... And he s shown a tendency to utter politically tone-deaf quotes that signal difficulty connecting with working-class voters who appear ripe for the picking from the Democrats.... 'Very few people actually like Romney,' said Tim Fortier, a car salesman from Hollis. 'If he s the nominee, people will hold their nose and vote for him, but you would be amazed how little enthusiasm there is for the guy.''

http://www.truth-out.org/romney-looks-nominee-his-flaws-could-hurt-come-fall/1326291391

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Romney and McCain: The GOP frenemies? club

Freedom Politics
by Michelle Malkin

01/10/12

Michael Corleone said to 'keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.' But what, pray tell, do we do with our frenemies? This is the awful election-year quandary of movement conservatives. And everything you need to know about our heartache can be summed up in one image: 2008 presidential election loser John McCain and Mitt Romney together on the campaign trail...

http://tinyurl.com/85aenqe


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Did Romney and Bain Capital Profit at the Expense of Bain s Employees?
http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1088.html

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Ask Mitt anything and get two different answers
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/campaign-2012/a-tale-of-two-mitts.html



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