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At the National Press Club the day after the election, Ralph Reed, founder and chairman of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, criticized the Romney campaign and the Republican Party for \u201cunderperforming.\u201d “We did our job,” said Reed. “But we can’t do the Republican Party’s job for them, and we can’t do the candidate\u2019s job for him or her.”<\/p>\n

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