"When I think of getting the nomination of the party of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan -- to think that a guy who stood fifth from the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy could get the nomination of his party, of the Republican Party, is quite a phenomenal thing and every once in a while, I do pinch myself, " he said.

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In a pinch, it seems, a fellow on TV will do.

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If Microsoft is content to let us do everything with a single point of contact at a time, or at best two points (in the case of pinch and rotate) what good is 10-finger pressure-sensitive multitouch when it comes to navigating an OS or actually getting things done?

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