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April 10, 2012 2 Comments
So why has Rick Santorum decided to suspend his presidential campaign? Well, he might not have wanted to risk losing on his home turf. It would have been losing at home once again, as this Romney campaign ad gently reminds Pennsylvania voters.
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April 10, 2012 Leave a comment
This American Life’s recent episode “Take the Money and Run” does one of he things that TAL does so well, which is to combine investigative reporting with compelling storytelling. If you’re interested in the details of political fundraising — not just who raises how much, but how, for example, the check is actually handed over — then this is the show for you.
I do take slight issue with how they initially present the old “two sides of the argument” argument.
