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On the recordNovember 8, 2016
If the Democratic Party is not their voice and the voice of laid-off middle age white guys in mining towns and mill towns and manufacturing towns, what the hell use are we.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Reflecting on the Democratic Party's failure to connect with certain voter demographics.

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