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"An Open Letter to My Surly Republican Friends"

I am the regular co-host on the Nancy Nelson show on Wednesdays on AM950, broadcasting in the Minneapolis and St. Paul metro area of Minnesota. What follows is an open letter I wrote to Republicans, and is presented as read on-air earlier today.

You can find the audio on the AM950 facebook page. Information about the Nancy Nelson show can be found here.

To my republican friends: ...

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No longer do they need your energy, your engagement, your money. Ask yourself, if GOP party leadership needed any of these things from you, would they be forcing Mitt Romney on you? Would they be able to? This is exactly what Erick Erickson at RedState was complaining about. That party leadership isn't looking to the base, and the reason is that they no longer need what you have to offer.

You, the Republican base voter, are now entirely dispensable because they have something more powerful in their back pocket: Citizens United.

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