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Conservative Activist Alison Howard is introduced as one of the GOP's rising stars at the Republican National Committee's annual winter meeting, Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 23, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Cabinet Aide to Florida's CFO Chelsi Henry is intrduced as one of the GOP's rising stars at the Republican National Committee's annual winter meeting, Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 23, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mike Huckabee shakes hands with members of the audience after speaking during the Republican National Committee's annual winter meeting, Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 23, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mike Huckabee speaks during the Republican National Committee's annual winter meeting, Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 23, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Mike Huckabee speaks during the Republican National Committee's annual winter meeting in Washington on Jan. 23, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, center, speaks with Mike Huckabee, left, over lunch at the Republican National Committee's annual winter meeting, Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 23, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mass. Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr gestures during a news conference with Mass. Sen. Barry Finegold at the Statehouse in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The two Massachusetts senators will introduce new legislation in response to a recent ruling from the state's highest court that sentencing juveniles convicted of murder to life without parole is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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"Do what a handful of states have done and have a primary where all voters, members of every party, can vote and the top two vote-getters, regardless of party, then enter a runoff," Sen. Charles E. Schumer suggests in his scheme to weaken the tea party. (Associated Press)

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Members of the 144th Military Police Company bow their heads during the benediction at a welcome home ceremony Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, held in the gymnasium of Owosso High School in Owosso, Mich. Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/The Argus-Press, Sally York)

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Spec. Clayton Burns, of Stanton, with wife Amanda Burns, holds his 3-month-old daughter, Emma Burns, for the first after the Michigan National Guard, 144th Military Police Company’s welcome-home ceremony at Owosso High School in Owosso, Mich. Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014.(AP Photo/The Argus-Press, Sally York)

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More than 150 Michigan Army National Guard soldiers of the 144th Military Police Company return home from Afghanistan on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at Owosso High School in Owosso, Mich. The unit was deployed for nine months. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT.

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Michigan Army National Guard soldiers of the 144th Military Police Company return home from Afghanistan on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at Owosso High School in Owosso, Mich. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT.

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The Rev. Carieta Grizzell, pastor of the Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wichita, Kan., gives the concluding prayer at a Kansas Statehouse rally, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. The rally protested Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and policies of the GOP-dominated state government. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Kansas People's Action campaign director Louis Goseland, right, speaks to a crowd of protestors outside Gov. Sam Brownback's office in the Statehouse, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. He and other demonstrators were protesting policies from Brownback and other GOP officials. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Participants in a Kansas People's Action rally at the state Capitol converge outside the governor's office as a Capitol Police officer directs them to keep a path to the office clear, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Topeka, Kansas. The rally protested Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's policies. (AP Photo/John Hanna)