The Treasury secretary's opposition to raising the tariffs on steel products and removing the double taxation on corporate dividends were bound to rub the White House the wrong way.

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His gaffes in name-dropping his NASCAR-owning friends and comments about owning more than one Cadillac may rub some voters the wrong way.

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Still, we wouldn't scoff at a smartphone with a build quality to match the Surface -- though it might rub some of Redmond's hardware partners the wrong way.

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