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  • When a Baltimore television crew caught up with both men at a baseball game earlier, Mr. Romney said, "We have a lot of mutual friends and share mutual supporters, and we both governed pretty difficult states and faced fairly hostile legislatures, so we have a lot in common."

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  • He said Americans who meet Mr. Romney realize that he best understands the country's economic problems and how to fix them.

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