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Mitt Romney: Fortunate Son … Of The South (VIDEO)

Mitt Romney: Fortunate Son … Of The South (VIDEO)

The expectations for Mitt Romney in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries on March 13 aren’t very high. But that doesn’t mean the good people of the Deep South aren’t getting the full Romney treatment.

Here’s what that looks like: a buttoned-down millionaire son of a Michigan governor talking about grits and stepping on bugs at campaign rallies. Really.

From TPM video guru Clayton Ashley, here’s a montage of Romney storming through Mississippi, Alabama and, last week, Tennessee:

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