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John B. King Jr.: “What they hope, though, Anderson, is that this war is now so unpopular, the American people are so fed up with it…”

On the recordDecember 30, 2006
What they hope, though, Anderson, is that this war is now so unpopular, the American people are so fed up with it, perhaps now repulsed by word of what happened to these two young soldiers, that any argument about change will overwhelm the Republican rebuttal.

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John King expresses the hope among Democrats that public discontent with the war will shift political momentum.

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