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Midwest Madness: How Dems Can Win | Two Joes with Michigan Congressional Candidate Sean McCann

Is there a war between progressives and moderates in the Democratic Party? Or is it really overblown?

Joe Trippi and Joe Klein
Aug 13
 
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Progressives won in Michigan, but lost in Wisconsin. Did it come down to the razor-thin margins between the party's moderate and left wings? Or was it simply a matter of which candidates ran a better race?

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Democratic strategist Joe Trippi and political author Joe Klein get into it. And this week they're joined by state Sen. Sean McCann, the newly-minted Democratic nominee for Michigan's 4th Congressional District where he’s looking to oust longtime GOP Rep. Bill Huizenga. He just happens to know a thing or two about what it takes to win a primary in the contentious Midwest.

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We're in for a Surprise in Michigan This November

Joe Trippi
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Aug 8
We're in for a Surprise in Michigan This November

Everyone has the Michigan Senate primary backwards.

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