February 3, 2012

The GOP Has Obama's Number: 8.5 Percent

Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times

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The White House and Democrats are having another good laugh over Mitt Romney’s latest gaffe when he said, “I’m not concerned about the very poor [because they have a social safety net to catch them]. The former Massachusetts governor, who just scored a crucial win in the Florida GOP presidential primary can’t seem to avoid shooting himself in the foot, even when things are looking up.

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