The bitter irony of this entire endeavor was that a supposedly small government candidate gutted the local structure of GOTV efforts in favor of a centralized, faceless organization in a far off place (in this case, their Boston headquarters).

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Caught between a rock and far off place, the quest for life on Mars will continue.

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Maybe head off to a far away place, alone, to relax from an emotionally draining year.

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