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OCTOBER 29, 2012 A PENTON MEDIA PUBLICATION<br />
Politically correct?<br />
Polarizing, high-stakes elections leave many operators publicly silent<br />
BY STEVE COOMES<br />
Political tension is running high<br />
throughout the industry's bar<br />
rooms, board rooms and din-<br />
ing rooms as President Barack<br />
Obama and former Massachu-<br />
setts Gov. Mitt Romney slug it out<br />
for the presidency in the run-up<br />
to the Nov. 6 elections.<br />
But many restaurant leaders<br />
are nonetheless hesitant to voice<br />
their opinions publicly in what<br />
has emerged as one of the most<br />
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