Back Down Dilemma: A Week of Politicians Flinching
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Slate’s Surge surveys a busy week of U.S. primaries to illustrate how politicians from both parties hedge, flip, or dodge tough questions, from Francesca Hong’s Thanksgiving tweet to Bill Cassidy’s vote on Todd Blanche, underscoring a pattern where fear of the alternative nudges candidates toward caution rather than bold action.
- Nobody in American Politics Can Figure Out When to Back Down Slate
- A fight over the Democratic Party's future shifts to Wisconsin PBS Wisconsin
- Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates make final push ahead of Tuesday Primary Election WLUK
- Meet Francesca Hong, the democratic socialist who is poised to become her party's nominee in Wisconsin's pivotal governor's race Yahoo
- Democratic socialists turn to Hong in Wisconsin with hopes for next big win The Hill
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