On Monday, I sent the following note to NPR's Morning Edition.
Might I suggest that an analyst who thinks that it's weird to take a vacation in the place that someone grew up, and where his grandmother still lives, is not likely to provide anything useful in the campaign coverage besides comic relief?
Yesterday, I got an answer.
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