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prised everyone but Beyer. Four years ago, during the midst of the Republican sweep, Beyer hung tight, campaigned with vigor and won the only Democratic executive office.
Eight years ago, his campaign speeches referred often to political philosophy, with extensive quotes from essayists, historical memoirs and amorphic visionaries; now he is the pragmatist, defining his approaches, speeches and goals by hard knock lessons in personal experience and political savvy. Today he talks more about the concrete value in meeting with Rotary Clubs than referring to obscure quotes by Parliamantarian Disraeli.
As this year’s legislature closed, long time Senators who eight years
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