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MADem

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16. Tip O'Neill said it early and often "All Politics is Local."

Reply to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #8)

Sat May 2, 2015, 12:08 AM

May 2015

He also used to say that "people like to be asked" for their vote.

He knew how to win elections at the local level. If you don't relate to the people in your constituency, you run the risk of alienating them. Then, when you need them, they don't turn up. I think Ms. Mosby has a national leadership role in her future.

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