Then offer your universal coverage provisions and pay-fors as amendments right before the final vote.

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Polling since the debate generally shows small or no shifts in the vote preference of all registered voters, but big shifts in enthusiasm, and better margins after a likely voter screen. (Pew is the exception, and apparent outlier.) Vote preferences have remained remarkably stable despite overwhelming and near-universal negative post-debate coverage of the President.

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"Think smart, be active, be committed, rebuild the organization, ask for the vote in the right way, and speak boldly and proudly about our universal principles in a way that attracts support of your fellow Californians, " he said.

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