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I do still think there is a big disconnect between Republicans in Washington, D.C., and Republicans everywhere I go. When you start talking about, you know, foreign entanglements, they just don`t want any part of it.

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Chris Matthews
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 17
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