host: sheila krumholz? guest: well, i think eric canter learned too late that while he provided a linchpin service for his party as a magnificent fundraiser, raking in the cash, particularly from wall street and other interests, he was superb at that. it can't come at the expense of making that connection with the voters, and that, too, is something that politicians if they are on the phones across the street from capitol hill fundraising, they have quotas that they have to meet in order to be able to be financially viable then they are not out back in the district or back in the states reaching out the voters understanding their concerns. they are instead spending their folks th the wealthier who may not even be their constituents just so that they can make their quotas for the party, be able to support their colleagues in the case of eric cantor or be able to be sflible their efforts for re-election. so i think it's not without cost, and we should just be clear-eyed about what the rapid increase of the co

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