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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Minnesota Moderate Podcast host Bradley Schaeppi welcomes former US Senator Dave Durenberger to the podcast.  Senator Durenberger shares story after story of "bottom up" "grassroots" civic based political philosophy and governance. </p><p>Podcast conversation covers:  governing from Washington DC in the 1970s-1990s, effective local and state governing, lessons from Harold Stassen, observations of past and present Minnesota Republican party & "reviving the middle." </p><p>Check us out at:</p><p>Subscribe to our mailing list at www.minnesotamoderate.com</p><p>@minnmoderate</p><p>If you like our podcast, please share with a friend!  </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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