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Mitt Romney’s biggest mistake

By Peter S. Canellos

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 20, 2012

The bitter politics of envy. Who would have guessed that the most memorable phrase of the 2012 primary season would come from the almost deliberately bland Mitt Romney? But that line, inserted in his New Hampshire primary victory speech, could turn out to be the worst miscalculation of his career.

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