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… Ryan dropped out, the GOP, hamstrung by infighting, was … conservative talk show host Alan Keyes as Ryan’s replacement … Durbin, Illinois’ sole Democratic senator at the time, gave Obama a … Tribune reported: Any prospective Republican challenger would be better …

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