Jonathan Bernstein: “One thing that reliably gets me angry is amateurs jumping into politics at the highest level without having learned how the U.S. system works. Another is mindless Congress-bashing. Tom Steyer, an activist and former hedge-fund manager now running for president, is managing to do both.”
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