At MPR headquarters--known as the "Klingdom"--the man who took Lake Wobegon's cracker-barrel lore to a waiting nation shakes his head at such talk.

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Mr. Santorum's few advisers said he must focus on the "deeply patriotic working-class family whose outings might include Cracker Barrel and Starbucks, " said Mark Rodgers, his former chief of staff.

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Second runner-up was Medium Cheddar, made by Team Cracker Barrel Natural Cheese, Agropur Weyauwega for Kraft Foods in Glenview, Ill.

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Nevertheless, Cracker Barrel is taking a plunge into the unknown with 24 electric charging stations (half of them with ultra-fast 480-volt DC) in a Tennessee triangle that includes Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga.

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