Though the 2012 presidential campaign is not officially underway, it has been going on behind the scenes for approximately 40 years or so by now, because this sort of thing takes a lot of preparation. These days, Potential Candidates are calling senators and influential members of Congress from Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina as part of the long courtship to get their endorsements, which are rather pointless to the voters but for some reason indicate a candidate's health to the media. Also, Potential Candidates have donated a lot of money to each of these people. Except poor Lindsey Graham, who
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