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David Axelrod: “His polls were about shown wrote a piece in 'The Wall Street Journal' last week saying, 'No, you know what, if it's…”

On the recordFebruary 7, 2016
His polls were about shown wrote a piece in 'The Wall Street Journal' last week saying, 'No, you know what, if it's Clinton, Trump or Cruz that he might get into the race.'
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David Axelrod
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the potential for Michael Bloomberg to enter the race based on polling data.

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