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Romney Is So Last Year

March 15, 2013 · 7:31 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Indifference awaits Mitt Romney Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference as he delivers his first public speech since election night,” Politico reports.

“The base moved on four months ago, and most Republican activists don’t really care what their failed nominee thinks any more. The apathy that pervades the halls at the Maryland resort hosting the meeting is borne not so much from hostility as a desire to turn the page.”

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