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leftstreet

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22. Then why did he campaign for a 2nd term?

Reply to dionysus (Reply #12)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 10:19 AM

Aug 2013

If he can't DO anything because the big bad GOP won't let him, why didn't he resign and give someone else an opportunity?

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Then why did he campaign for a 2nd term? leftstreet Aug 2013 #22

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