Ends by Clay saying, \u201cIf you have interesting items or political news that you would like me to mention next time, please send them to me at\u00a0backbone@lacyclay.org .\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nThe communication style of the newsletter offers way that all of us can do business with one another. But Representative Clay and other reasonable public officials need others who will engage in serious dialogue with them. Let\u2019s hope that both parties work to nominate candidates who can reason, and who are not thoroughly self-absorbed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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