Eugene Robinson, columnist for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about the damage the Mitt Romney campaign does to itself when its surrogates accidentally make the case for President Obama or are attention-seek embarrassments like Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump.Aug. 9, 2012
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