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Candidate Recruitment FTW

by Josh Marshall
08.05.14 | 11:50 am

I’ve always said this to all of my employees when they start at TPM, if you’re to run for governor and you find yourself parked in an empty parking lot at four o’clock in the morning with someone who is not your spouse when you have a spouse, just one thing: make sure you have valid drivers’ license.

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