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John Podesta

"There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton."

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"There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton."

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"First and foremost, when I think of him - I'm prejudiced; I worked for the guy for six and a half years - when I think of him, I think of him first and foremost as an idea politician."
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"That doesn't necessarily mean they have to have an explicit proposal that they put forward that all Democrats sign up to, but I think they need to throw some ideas out that, at least directionally, point the way forward."
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