Anatomy of a Political Takedown

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Anatomy of a Political Takedown

By Bo Huttinger

Posted June 30, 2015 at 12:30pm

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Connecticut Democrat Richard Blumenthal is not the first politician to get in trouble for saying something stupid. In this episode of D.C. Decoder, veteran Washington journalist Craig Crawford explains the anatomy of the political takedown.

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