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...Matt Bennett, co-founder of the centre-left think-tank Third Way, which hosted its own private viewing party, said he and his colleagues were awaiting the results with, if not pessimism, then a certain degree...
...“[Biden] needs his team in place, not only because of the normal reasons that you want your team in place, but also because the agencies are barely functioning,” Mr Bennett said....
...Additional reporting by Kiran Stacey Follow Demetri Sevastopulo and Courtney Weaver on Twitter...
...Matt Bennett, co-founder of the centrist Democratic think-tank Third Way, dismissed Ms Ocasio-Cortez’s argument, saying Democrats in suburban and rural areas are facing a very different group of voters than...
...Matt Bennett, a Democratic strategist at the Democratic think-tank Third Way, echoed that sentiment, saying: “If you don’t have money, you’re likely to lose, but if you do have money, you’re not certain...
...Mr Biden, a centrist Democrat, was generally “inoffensive” to independents and Republicans desperate for a Trump alternative, Mr Bennett added....
...Additional reporting by Courtney Weaver in Washington...
...“Democrats need to wake up,” said Matt Bennett, co-founder of the centre-left think-tank Third Way and a vocal critic of Mr Sanders. “Sanders is getting close to running away with the nomination....
...courtney.weaver@ft.com Letter in response to this article: If Bernie’s in a bad mood, he has a good reason / From Larry Davis, San Francisco, CA, US...
...Matt Bennett, co-founder of the centre-left think-tank Third Way, argued that Mr Biden, and others espousing a more tempered stance, were right to be cautious....
...“That’s dangerous,” Mr Bennett said. Moving on from the Mueller report was “good news for Democrats”, he argued....
...“She is extremely good at cauterising wounds,” Mr Bennett noted....
...The nature of the current debate partly reflects the fact that most of the high-profile centrist candidates are not yet in the race, noted Matt Bennett, a strategist at the centrist Washington think-tank...
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...“She is tough as nails,” Mr Bennett said. “And what we need is toughness in response to Trump.”...
...Matt Bennett, a Democratic strategist who equated the result to the ousting of Mr Cantor, said it showed “the peril [for incumbents] at a time when populism is roiling your party”....
...Mr Bennett, the Democratic strategist, said the party would be open to more moderate candidates in the midterms....
...“My sense is that groups like DFA want to be the ‘herbal tea party’,” says Mr Bennett, the Democratic strategist....
...Courtney Weaver bids farewell to one of Washington’s latter-day bipartisan bromances: between retiring Republican senator Jeff Flake and his Democrat colleague Chris Coons....
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...In Georgia, Shelby Bennett Pierce worries about what the new law will mean for her and her family. Ms Bennett Pierce, 27, was diagnosed in 2014 with lupus, the autoimmune disease....
...Matt Bennett, a Democratic strategist and alumnus of Bill Clinton’s White House, said it was a mistake to blame Ms Pelosi personally for Mr Ossoff when all she did was exemplify the party’s deeper inherent...
...“[The Clintons] would woo members of Congress in every way possible,” Mr Bennett said. “They would give them rides home on Air Force One....
...The election of Mr Trump has changed the game for outsider candidates, says Matt Bennett, co-founder of the Democratic think-tank Third Way and alumnus of Bill Clinton’s White House....
...Sue Law and Christine Bennett, who had marched against the Vietnam war, said they were protesting for their daughters and granddaughters as they felt that policies promised by both President Trump and the...
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