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June 04, 2014
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Republican Runoff
Six-term Senator Thad Cochran narrowly avoided a knock-out blow from the Tea Party challenger in the dirtiest primary battle of the year. A runoff will be held later this month.
Moderation
The Mitt Romney-favorite and former Treasury official, Neel Kashkari, beat out the Tea Party candidate in California’s gubernatorial primary.
Side Eye
In 2011 and 2012, Hillary Clinton’s State Department negotiated directly with the Taliban over a swap for Bowe Bergdahl, but Clinton was not a fan of the idea.
Irresistible
Never mind that Bush would have done the same as Obama. Republicans are hitting the pipe big time on the ‘deserter’—and their creepy bottom line is that he should have been left to die.
Oink
Joni Ernst, who caught fire with an ad in which she talked about castrating pigs, won the Republican nomination in Iowa by a landslide Tuesday.
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