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Paul Begala: “This is a guy who won 11 straight elections in Wisconsin which is not an easy state for Democrats, right. It's a…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2015
This is a guy who won 11 straight elections in Wisconsin which is not an easy state for Democrats, right. It's a consistent Democratic state in national elections for president. He won 11 straight elections including a recall and also seemed to be from reports the favorite candidate of the Koch brothers, you know, the controversial billionaire who pledged, put almost $1 billion into this and yet, he has been steam rolled by Donald Trump.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas
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Paul Begala reflects on Scott Walker's political history and his failure to compete against Donald Trump.

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