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On the recordDecember 12, 2012
Will this turn out to be the Jekyll or will this turn out to be the Hyde, and I don't think we really know yet, unfortunately.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

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Shimkus expresses uncertainty about the outcomes of the current political situation.

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