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Takeaways from our political operatives

Takeaways from our political operatives

Insights, zingers, and subscriber-exclusive video from our Re-Wire panels on politics, health care, and that paramount duty.

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Our panel of political operatives is one of the more popular elements of The Observer’s annual Re-Wire Policy Conference. They can be relied upon for keen insight and funny zingers. This year’s panel was no different. We’ve embedded the entire video as a perk for subscribing. So if you couldn’t make it to Re-Wire or chose to attend one of the two competing forums in that time slot, enjoy.

Meanwhile, some zingers and takeaways.

Moderator Sandeep Kaushik of Soundview Strategies, coming off big wins this year for Attorney General-elect Nick Brown, Lands Commissioner-elect Dave Upthegrove, and Defend Washington—the umbrella campaign against the conservative ballot measure slate—posed this question on progressives’ wins this year:

“Is this the end of moderation?”

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