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PEJ’s weekly examination of the coverage and conversation about the presidential race. About Campaign 2012 in the Media
May 7 update
[if gte mso 9]
Newt Gingrich’s official exit from the presidential race on May 2 was greeted with the kind of coverage he experienced throughout the 2012 primary season-a sharply negative narrative. Read more here.
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