Evan Bayh - My first meeting as a senator, my first day, they were already talking about the next el...

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My first meeting as a senator, my first day, they were already talking about the next election. Part of that's the permanent campaign, part of that's a word I've been using more frequently, 'tribal.' Our politics has become tribal: It's us versus them.

Evan Bayh

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Mein erstes Treffen als Senator, mein erster Tag, sie sprachen bereits über die nächsten Wahlen. Ein Teil davon ist die permanente Kampagne, ein Teil ist ein Wort, das ich häufiger verwendet habe: "Stammesangehöriger". Unsere Politik ist zu Stammesangehörigen geworden: Wir sind gegen sie.

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