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Sep 7
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Bill Kristol: A Blue Wave vs. the Toxic ...

THE BULWARK
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With just under two months until Election Day, Tim and Bill revisit the run-up to the midterms in 2006 and 1994, two major wave election cycles where the bottom just fell out from under the party in power. The 1994 blowout was more about the end of an era, while 2006 was about an unpopular war in the Middle East, a scandal, and a disappointed base. What do t ... Show More
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