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[Obama] just assumed from the very beginning that Wisconsin was going to be his. But you know what? We’re going to win Wisconsin and we’re going to get in the White House.”
-Mitt Romney during his bus tour stop in Janesville, Wis.
Wisconsin hasn’t voted for a Republican for president since Ronald Reagan, but with Gov. Scott Walker surviving the recent recall election, the GOP has a renewed sense of power in the Dairy State. The Boston Globe explains why Romney predicts he’ll win Wisconsin.
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