Dayton's credo of "A Better Minnesota" has meant reducing overall economic inequality and otherwise improving the lives and potential of people of color, women, the disabled and middle- and lower-income folks.
Pence is traversing a difficult Olympic course: Trying to stand tough with North Korea, without offending a South Korean leader who longs to be a peacemaker.
The numbers we see often are deceiving, not because of chicanery, but because of complicated realities. The key is to be alert to these variables and try to sort through them.
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