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The establishment is divorcing itself from its base - from voters who are choosing a candidate who says he stands for things that are anathema to the establishment.

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Mara Liasson
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 13
Journalist
New York City
New York
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Establishment
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Says
Anathema
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