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djean111

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Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2015, 06:01 PM

Mar 2015

That tight bond had been forged years earlier. After President Clinton was clobbered in the 1994 midterm elections and the Democrats lost control of the House, he recruited Penn, a consultant and pollster, to help him triangulate against his own party and move toward the center. Penn, a proponent of the notion that Dems should not embrace populism,

And - see how united the Party is now? Not. Not much my party, either.

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In the 2008 primary, what was the name of that slob in a sweater [View all] Skidmore Mar 2015 OP

Harold Wolfson. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #1

He is just as smarmy. Skidmore Mar 2015 #4

Mark Penn? nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #2

That's it! Well I got the "p" right. Skidmore Mar 2015 #3

I'm pretty sure you mean Mark Penn tularetom Mar 2015 #5

It was him. Skidmore Mar 2015 #6

Found this Mother Jones article just now. Skidmore Mar 2015 #7

This - djean111 Mar 2015 #8

Exactly. The tringulation went deep too. Skidmore Mar 2015 #9