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Capitol Lens: Yes Sir, That’s My Baby

By Douglas Graham
Posted November 5, 2012 at 3:41pm

Kissing babies never goes out of style for presidential candidates. President Barack Obama gives a lift to a small listener after he addressed a crowd at the Carillon at Byrd Park in Richmond, Va., on Oct. 25. GOP candidate Mitt Romney poses with a patriotically clad tyke at the Farm Bureau Center in Doswell, Va., on Nov. 1.

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