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hatrack

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28. That's my concern - a bigger D Party tent moving more right than left . . . .

Reply to malaise (Reply #25)

Sun Oct 16, 2016, 05:41 PM

Oct 2016

OTOH, more Blue Dogs lost in 2010 (27) than are currently in Congress (14), so it may be a problem that's already solved itself.

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That's my concern - a bigger D Party tent moving more right than left . . . . hatrack Oct 2016 #28

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