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Ken Mehlman's avatar

I first met Patrick 22 years ago when he worked as part of our team in the 2004 election. He was then and remains even more so now a smart, curious, innovative thinker and a wonderful human being. His book is prescient and important. Anyone who reads or spends time w Patrick Ruffini is better off for it.

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J Bradley's avatar

Your book is really great. Very insightful and helps clarify the Trump phenomenon in ways nothing else has for me, who also suffers from the perspectives gained from my college and graduate school education. Do you have plans to do an updated edition with more from this election and aftermath? I hope the answer is yes! Thank you for this well researched insightful work!

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Brad Van Arnum's avatar

Even before last night, I was interested in finally picking up a copy of your book, but now, I'm planning to ask my library to buy a copy for their collection. Looking forward to reading it, and congrats on getting the story right a year in advance!

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Princess Eleanna of Tundar's avatar

“Woke” is meaningless. Rethugs ARE NOT SOCIAL MODERATES. Rethugs updated their usual con of bait n’ switch with more racism and sexism- and they included colorism and texturism. The idea of Democrats kowtowing to more conservacuckism as a winning strategy failed. It came down to prosecuting a criminal properly. We failed to do that.

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