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#1 2013-03-11 19:41:58

roonyjwelch
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Shoe-in

In a comment to a post about Ashley Judd on Slate March 11 2013:

“With the Tea Party, no Republican is a shoe-in anymore.”

There were a few replies to the comment, none of them taking exception to the formulation—a search here doesn’t turn it up. Do I get a medal?

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#2 2013-03-11 19:45:10

roonyjwelch
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Re: Shoe-in

No medal for me. I searched again with the hyphen, and found it was common.

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