The GOP's Tense Relationship with "Smart People"

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Published Sep. 17 2012 10:30AM EDT

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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum made a bit of news this weekend, declaring that “we will never have the elite, smart people on our side" at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C.

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The GOP's Tense Relationship with "Smart People"

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