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The Run of an Also Ran

By Joel Stein Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007
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The race is heading up, but voters are still cool to candidates like Representative Tancredo, speaking here in Colebrook, New Hampshire.

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Now, at Loras College, a tiny Catholic school in Iowa, Brownback is speaking to a pro-life group. Five minutes into his talk, standing in front of a statue of Jesus on the Cross, he mentions his daughter. He has been talking to her on the phone all day as she boards flights to head home to Kansas. He hasn't seen her since she joined Teach for America months ago. It will be days before he's home. And he starts to cry.

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