I'm a little annoyed to see Tim Pawlenty clapping at Michele Bachmann after he declined to address Mitt Romney face to face.
There. I said it.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, We Were Eight Years in Power, and The Water Dancer.