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- April 3, 2012
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The thousands of Yahoo! readers who played our Mitt Romney tepid endorsement bracket have spoken: Former New York Gov. George Pataki has given the most lackluster nod of support this election cycle. Pataki, by starting out his endorsement with the ringing words "He has a number of problems," edged out co-finalist Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who told the Daily Caller that "There are a lot of other people out there that some of us wish had run for president—but they didn't," while endorsing the former Massachusetts governor. The pair rose to the top of our interactive, NCAA-style bracket that pitted eight Republicans who endorsed Romney in less-than-glowing terms against each other. Pataki edged out Rubio by about 600 votes. You can see their full quotes below. Quotes (in descending order of votes): "Now, Mitt is not a perfect candidate. He has a number of problems. It's hard for blue-collar families like mine to identify with him. It's...