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O’Donnell calls Des Moines Register’s Romney endorsement “magical thinking”

October 31, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Democrats, Economy, Employment, Financial reform, Government, History, Illinois/Midwest, Media, Obama, Politics, Romney, Voting/Elections One comment

In 2008, the Des Moines Register endorsed then Senator Barack Obama for president over Senator John McCain. For largely inexplicable reasons, this year the

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