What Explains Graham Platner's Success
Source: RealClearPolitics - Homepage · Bias: Center Right
Summary
In 2002, my classmate Graham Platner ran for student-body president of John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine. I remember watching him in our auditorium debate his fellow candidates. He was the radical, wearing a revolutionary proletarian costume: overalls and a red armband. (When I asked...
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