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Romney and Obama neck-and-neck in polls
Political science professor and election forecasting expert Alan Abramowitz says the polls show President Obama and Mitt Romney in a close race in the November election.
Did Romney go too far right to get elected?
Political science professor and political mobilization and race expert Andra Gillespie discusses what to expect from Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee, and whether he has gone too far right in the primaries to get elected in November.
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