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Tom Cole: “When I was chief staff the Republican National Committee…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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The Cloakroom with Peter Roskam: Featuring Congressman Tom Cole, R-OK

Published | Video Starts at 31:50

Now we own everything in the state. But, and I see that know up here. Again, most of the Democrats I deal with, the majority's in play. But When I was chief staff the Republican National Committee, there were about 160 seats in the country that were decided within five points one way or the other. Today there's maybe 40. Wow. So again, you govern differently than you, than you did then. And then on top of that, of course, right now we have very narrow majority. (31:50–32:02)

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