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Campaign 2006

Can candidates really deliver what they promise?

by Nikki Tundel, Minnesota Public Radio
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Most political candidates don't deliberately make pledges they can't keep. It's just that they don't know any better.

St. Paul, Minn. — Reporter Nikki Tundel talks with the University of Minnesota's Kathryn Pearson about the realities of Congress and the likelihood campaign promises will be fulfilled there.

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