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Romney’s Gaffe About the ‘Very Poor’ Shows Him Courting the Middle Class

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His stumble on ‘the very poor’ shows him appealing—also clumsily—to the middle-class voter, says John Avlon.

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Steve Nesius / Landov

As if to prove the point that this nomination race is far from over, Mitt Romney took to the airwaves Wednesday morning and promptly stepped

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