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|Will face liberal [[double standard]]: what's OK for Obama (e.g., inexperience) is somehow not OK for a [[conservative]]
 
|Will face liberal [[double standard]]: what's OK for Obama (e.g., inexperience) is somehow not OK for a [[conservative]]
 
|On Fox in connection with Senate bid
 
|On Fox in connection with Senate bid
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|[[Newt Gingrich]]
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|Articulate, credited with 1994 landslide, balanced the federal budget in the Clinton era
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|Takes not-so-conservative positions today, such as promoting a [[Con Con]]
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|Promoted by Fox
 
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|[[Jim Demint]]
 
|[[Jim Demint]]
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|Lacks essential "fire in the belly";<ref>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/assessing-john-thunes-2012-cha.html?referrer=emaillink</ref> voted for TARP financial bailout<ref>http://hoghouseblog.com/2009/09/01/thune-wants-to-end-bailout-he-voted-for/</ref> and McCain-Feingold campaign finance; no-show at some conservative events; hasn't effectively criticized Obama
 
|Lacks essential "fire in the belly";<ref>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/assessing-john-thunes-2012-cha.html?referrer=emaillink</ref> voted for TARP financial bailout<ref>http://hoghouseblog.com/2009/09/01/thune-wants-to-end-bailout-he-voted-for/</ref> and McCain-Feingold campaign finance; no-show at some conservative events; hasn't effectively criticized Obama
 
|Rarely allowed on Fox
 
|Rarely allowed on Fox
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|[[Newt Gingrich]]
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|Articulate, credited with 1994 landslide, balanced the federal budget in the Clinton era
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|Takes not-so-conservative positions today, such as promoting a [[Con Con]]
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|Promoted by Fox
   
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|[[Mike Huckabee]]
 
|[[Mike Huckabee]]
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