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Democrats Might Think Twice Before Running the Safe Playbook

MIMES ARE GOOD

Before ceding politics-as-entertainment, Democrats hoping to retake Congress might ponder the case of Antanas Mockus, the progressive Bogotá mayor who clowned his way to success.

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EITAN ABRAMOVICH

Here’s the obvious approach for Democrats in 2018: Leave the showmanship and political theater to the president and offer voters a return to rationality and sanity.

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