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Speaker 1: On Sunday, Political reported on a sad plight of Democrats

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Speaker 1: in Iowa and elsewhere. Besides getting rid of Trump, as

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Speaker 1: Democrats believe they've done, the party had an unhappy ending

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Speaker 1: in the elections. Their dreams of winning back state houses fizzled,

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Speaker 1: and not only did they fail to win the US

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Speaker 1: Senate outright, they almost lost the House of Representatives. Political

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Speaker 1: reports that the Democrat Party's disastrous election night showing has

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Speaker 1: left Iowa Democrats on edge. They're doing a lot of

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Speaker 1: soul searching. Supposedly, Senator Joni earns To was said to

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Speaker 1: be in the fight of her life. Clawberd her Democrat

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Speaker 1: opponent by seven points. President Trump trounced Biden by eight points.

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Speaker 1: Iowa Democrats lost one House seat, barely hung on to

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Speaker 1: their other one. None of this was predicted by poles

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Speaker 1: or pundits who expected a blue wave. This raises one

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Speaker 1: of the biggest questions of all, How is it that

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Speaker 1: the Republican Party did so well, exceeding all expectations? How

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Speaker 1: did the Republicans manage to gain or hold on two

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Speaker 1: seats they were supposed to lose at every level of

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Speaker 1: the electorate, with the only exception being the most popular

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Speaker 1: Republican in the country, President Trump. Well, there's an easy answer.

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Speaker 1: President Trump had a great night too until on edge

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Speaker 1: Democrats made sure he didn't by giving themselves a ballot

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Speaker 1: machine edge. And that's why they're on edge. They're just

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Speaker 1: waiting to get caught.