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Double Dip?

10.20.08 -- 10:17PM
By Josh Marshall

Hmmm.

From Politico ...

Rep. Christopher Smith, a Republican who has represented central New Jersey since 1980, probably didn't realize he was walking into a political minefield when his family requested a break on his daughter's huge college bill.

Smith's daughter, who until recently lived with him in the family's Herndon, Va., home, obtained in-state tuition privileges at a prestigious Virginia university -- saving the Smiths $20,000 per year off the $29,000 tuition charged to out-of-state students.

But what Smith saved in cash could end up costing him politically - Democrats says the claim to Virginia residency shows that Smith is out of touch with the New Jersey constituents he's supposed to represent.

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