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Support for Mitchell, Ringo

Sun., Nov. 2, 2014

In 2012, congressional scholars Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein wrote a book, “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism,” asserting that Republicans are causing the government to fail. The way Congress has functioned in the last two years makes this assertion seem correct. The book is convincing and this passionate warning is written by two accomplished scholars, and is highly praised.

I will be voting for Democrats Nels Mitchell and Shirley Ringo with the hope that they will replace our Republican senator and representative, and the hope our government and democratic system will not fail.

James Cooley

Troy, Idaho

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