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Michael Tomasky on the GOP Debate’s Race for the Worst

Romney was just un-bad enough to edge the competition, Cain merely sounds like he knows what he’s talking about, and Perry choked once again. Plus, more Daily Beast contributors weigh in.

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This was supposed to be the first debate that (finally!) had real drama. Would Rick Perry talk smack? Would Herman Cain hold up? Would Mitt Romney slip into that comfortable shoe of frontrunnerdom?

Well, they were all pretty terrible.

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