Rahm Emanuel's Strategery
Way to go Rahm. Advising congressional Democrats to avoid a direct line to some of the most active and energized young voters by staying off the Colbert Report.
Brilliant.
I wonder what John Tester and Jim Webb or Joe Courtney, the new congressman from Connecticut’s 2nd District, would say about that?
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