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Clinton Leans On Liberal Wonks... W. Post explores Clinton's wide circle of policy advisers: "...the resulting policy suite -... borrow heavily from all corners of the liberal wonk world. She can sound like [Heather] Boushey talking about how family-friendly policies...

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Campaigns Target Rust Belt Whites Clinton campaign hopes to narrow margins with white working-class. NYT: "....across regions where blue-collar jobs in manufacturing and other sectors have evaporated, Mrs. Clinton is attempting a delicate balancing act: insisting she...

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Hillary Hugs Bernie, Eyes Republicans Clinton embraces Sanders in acceptance speech. The New Yorker's John Cassidy: "...Clinton reached out to Sanders’s supporters, pointing to the Party platform ... 'We wrote it together,' Clinton said. 'Now let’s go out and make it...

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Obama and Kaine Feel The Bern Obama and Kaine embrace Sanders. The Nation's John Nichols: "...the president declared: '....if you agree that there’s too much inequality in our economy, and too much money in our politics, we all need to be as vocal and as organized and...

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Bill Sells Hill Bill Clinton tells the story of Hillary the "changemaker." W. Post's E. J. Dionne: "It was a phrase he used over and over, sending a message to Bernie Sanders’s supporters that she was, at heart, one of them; and to voters tempted by Donald Trump, that...

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Day One: Boos Turn To Cheers Sanders helps quell dissent as Dems convene. Politico: "'Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States,' Sanders boomed. And delegates, for the most part, cheered his call ... Democrats ended the night more optimistic...

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