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ColesCountyDem

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6. It won't matter.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2015, 08:15 AM

Feb 2015

A GOP primary fight will be akin to fighting over the arrangement of the Titanic's deck chairs. The last time I checked, Las Vegas bookies were giving 11:1 odds that our party will take back the seat in 2016.

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