I think it's such a dangerous position to take because these are professionals -- most of these people I would guess all of these people are people who are career professionals within the State Department.
David Axelrod warns against dismissing dissent from State Department employees.
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Unless the economy and his numbers rebound, Republicans are going to feel less willing to follow him blindly.
I think the Democratic party has become too much of a cosmopolitan, college educated party. It still advocates for working people, but it doesn't really communicate with them very well.
There's no doubt about that. But I also want to say this. You know, all presidents sort of feed off of perceptions of the person who came before and they want to position against what people found lacking in the person that came before.
The party should look deeper and say, why is it that so many people are disaffected from institutions in this country?
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