Mike gravel talks about his experience as a US Senator and the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq.
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Does Gravel even have a chance?
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I would say it's unlikely that Gravel has a chance... He does have some worthy ideas, but he isn't the telegenic face that folks'll vote for...
Truth be told, I'm not even supporting him. (not as yet anyway...) But from what little I've seen of him, he does make some sense on certain issues, including in the video I posted.
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