" Once you've been told not to do it, he says, "you don't stand a chance.

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The Tea Party influence means that serious centrist candidates like Jon Huntsman don't stand a chance, and many others like him will have been discouraged from standing.

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Hoffman said her trip into Washington on Saturday was a chance to show her family the preparations being made in case they don't get a chance to stand on the parade route Tuesday.

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