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Drunken Irishman

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5. Most likely because Dems asked him to.

Reply to Rod Beauvex (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 02:48 AM

Nov 2014

I'm sure they weighed both options - go for it before the midterms and wait until after the midterms. Would the Hispanics be revved up enough to negate the potential backlash from white voters? In the end, I don't think it would've made one difference, sadly.

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