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    The humor mainly was confined to one-on-one interactions and was rarer still when cameras were rolling. "I was amazed how unfunny he was on the campaign trail" said Darrell West, a vice president at the Washington-based Brookings Institution think tank and author of Celebrity Politics. Full Article at Salt Lake Tribune
    I was amazed how unfunny he was on the campaign trail
    SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune 5 months ago
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  1. He intentionally tried to distance himself from his celebrity past ... He wanted to be taken seriously, and he knew he needed to demonstrate substance in order to win.
    SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune 5 months ago
  2. Both came to the Senate with some celebrity and some skepticism from people on the Hill ... They both put their heads down and did the work and won over their colleagues by not running to the camera.
    SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune 5 months ago
  3. I am happy that we now have two senators, and Al is in the fire
    SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune 5 months ago

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