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The Obama/Romney campaigns: Nasty

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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The Obama and Romney campaigns have taken a nasty turn and there is no where to go but down. Read my column HERE about Vice President Joe Biden’s “chains” remarks, Mitt Romney’s slap back about President Obama’s “anger” and “hate” and distortions about welfare and Medicare. Take a look HERE.

Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell weighs in about Biden’s “chains” remark: read her column HERE.

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