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Even if you don't mind Romneycare, or the abortion flip-flop, or any of the rest, there's a more basic problem: He's not a natural campaigner, and on the stump he instinctively recoils from any personal connection with the voters.

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Mark Steyn
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: December 8
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City of Toronto
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