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An interesting effort to break out of what might be called the Gary Bauer ghetto, where candidates who offer nothing but social conservatism languish. Of course, Pat Robertson's '88 platform included some economic conservatism (a balanced budget amendment, elimination of the Departments of Education and Energy), and it didn't do him much good, though of course he was running against a sitting vice president.
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