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Talking Points Memo aims dart at Mitt Romney, hits itself instead

By Charles Hoskinson
Published January 28, 2014 5:00am ET
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Talking Points Memo aims dart at Mitt Romney, hits itself instead
Former 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's op-ed in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal criticizing President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's "terrible timing" in handling international crises drew a quick response from the White House attack machine. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) | Jacquelyn Martin

The left-wing website Talking Points Memo reported Tuesday that Mitt Romney had “clarified” his remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin, noting he “wasn’t really suggesting that the Russian president is superior to President Obama.”

That’s nice to know, considering it isn’t what Romney suggested at all.

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