In fact, it may help him.

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Many believe that the army would like to see Mr Khan come to power, and that it may be providing him with help.

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An online social network for Gingrich in the Granite State may help him short-cut things, but it's pretty late to just be getting started.

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So in the short run, it may actually cost taxpayers more to help someone into work than to support him out of it.

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If he was just an average performer or a typical IT guy then his employer may not have gone to such lengths to help him recover from his addiction.

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It may well help former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the perceived front-runner, by allowing him to stay above the fray and out of the line of fire longer.

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