Campaign 2012: Where’s the GOP?
According to this AP report on the still-slim Republican pickings for the 2012 election, there are some politico types out there who actually believe that Campaign 2008 got started too early. We thought it was like Christmas: creeping back on the calendar with every rotation.According to this AP report on the still-slim Republican pickings for the 2012 election, there are some politico types out there who actually believe that Campaign 2008 got started too early. We thought it was like Christmas: creeping back on the calendar with every rotation.
But apparently there’s some weight to this argument, as compared with the last time ’round, the Republican ranks have a lot of growing to do. –KA
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