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  • "I'm doing lot of phone calls talking to independents in other states," said Ms. Walker. "I've seen a shift in the past 30 days, going from an even split to 60 [percent] to 70 percent saying they have no confidence in Obama. That's not what I'm hearing from pollsters and pundits but from real people."

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