Fred Barnes, executive editor of The Weekly Standard and political commentator for Fox News, says 2016 Republican presidential candidates should spend more time focusing on policies that promote economic growth. Barnes offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 657).
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