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Friday, July 27, 2012

No Gold Medal For Mitt Romney In London

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in London, Friday. (AP)

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has angered British citizens over his comments about security at the Olympics. Michael Bloomberg weighs in on a hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts.

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  • Rick Klein, ABC News

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  • J__o__h__n

    I generally like Bloomberg but he should have butt out of this race.  Scott Brown does not support Bloomberg’s position on gun control on a national level but supports a state’s rights approach to it.  Bloomberg is just afraid of Warren going after Wall Street.

  • Davesix6

    Everything Romney eluded to was reported by the press in London and the US. Damn hipocrites!

  • zhongguo394

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