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CNN is just reporting that Michelle Bachmann has bailed. Also not participating is Romney, Huntsman, Perry, and Paul. That leaves only Gingrich and Santorum, which makes you wonder whether the sponsor, Newsmax, might want to just call off the event, which has gotten skewered by Republican talking heads. However it goes, the turn-downs must really sting Trump, the guy who made such a splash among Republican voters earlier in the year.
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Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.