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| | Ezra Klein: Electoral Politics |
 | | Goldwater, of course, got stomped in the general, but the activists he recruited rebuilt the Republican party into a powerhouse organization able to advocate for business as effectively as Todd wants Democrats to push for labor. |
 | | If you nominate a pro-death penalty, budget-balancing governor of a state that's moving in the right direction, moderate your image on welfare and crime, you'll have solved most of your problems. |
 | | One place to start is California, where SB840, a bill that'd institute single-payer health care in the state, has passed the Senate, attracted the support of the state Democratic party and could, if we got a progressive, visionary governor, become law. |
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