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Ford_Prefect

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5. I wish that were possible but I doubt there are GOP members willing to take that risk.

Reply to Buckeyeblue (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 16, 2022, 06:32 AM

Dec 2022

There may yet be some who will quietly, furtively make small moves towards reason and compromise in the interest of their voters and the greater good. Even in the case of major disaster or compelling need they seem reluctant to break cover and risk being primaried, pilloried or much worse.

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