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MadLinguist

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1. Presidential candidates interested in enacting a Democratic agenda would

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2020, 01:48 PM

Feb 2020

in some way be supporting Tomlinson, Warnock, Gideon and Greenfield, whether privately or publicly, you'd think. The only candidate I've heard who actually addresses the working relationship with the Senate required for presidential initiatives to go forward in the present political context is Klobuchar. Not addressing it assumes very powerful coattails, which seems like magical thinking given the political national theater of the moment and the on-the-ground realities of those who vote.

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Presidential candidates interested in enacting a Democratic agenda would MadLinguist Feb 2020 #1