Soft Power, Part Four

I have tried today to establish a kind of hierarchy of evidence for discerning a presidential candidate’s true beliefs. Voting records are at the top for candidates who have them. Rhetorical flourishes, on the other hand, are virtually meaningless for this purpose. A candidate

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