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Pete Domenici: “I wonder, how come all of you are coming to the Senate, one after another, telling us what your candidate is going to…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2004
I wonder, how come all of you are coming to the Senate, one after another, telling us what your candidate is going to do? Can't he tell Americans for himself? Does he need you all to come down here and give a speech every day, five or six of you, one after another, talking about what your candidate is going to do?
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Pete Domenici

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Questioning the need for multiple Senators to speak on behalf of their presidential candidate.

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