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Things have changed mightily if he can’t buy up enough Congressmen to carry his ends.” “It’s as sure as fate, that the Democratic party will carry the next Presidential election.
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Reid expresses skepticism about the ability of Congress to resist political manipulation in the upcoming election.
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