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A Loser Choice: Folksy Minnesotan Tim Walz Is Too Progressive For Most Of America

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Aug 07, 2024
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Well, that’s a relief. Kamala Harris bypassed Josh Shapiro, the tough, popular governor of Pennsylvania, a state Democrats really need to win, to go for Garrison Keillor: that is, an avuncular Minnesota progressive who sounds folksy, but whose politics are far out of step with most of America’s. Whew. I was worried there. That they announced this in a r…

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