Subject: RE: Relevant to our discussion of a couple of weeks ago
From: "Rangappa, Anu" <[email-masked]>
To: Bob Berkowitz <[email-masked]>, "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 13:42:22 -0700

Thanks, Bob.

From: Bob Berkowitz [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 4:36 PM
To: Rangappa, Anu; Miranda, Luis
Subject: Relevant to our discussion of a couple of weeks ago

Dear Anu and Luis,

I don't know if you had a chance to read Thomas Edsall's Op-Ed piece in the Times titled:

"Does Democratic Weakness Create Republican Opening?"

The passage that is relevant to our discussion is a quote from (Of all people) Newt Gingrich:

"To get a sense of the decay at the state legislative level in the Obama era, consider that since President Obama took office, 85 of 98 legislative bodies have become more Republican than they were when he was inaugurated. The result has been the destruction of the Democratic Party's farm team in the states."

Best regards,
Bob

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