9. The convention at which the split in the Peace and Justice Party became official ended with an official renaming of the "Dean wing" as the "Masonist Party". (The "Levine wing" is campaigning as the "Reform and Justice Party".) Former GG Richard Mason has undergone a posthumous rehabilitation somewhat like that of Richard Nixon IOW. But according to polling by Markey Research (released to their growing list of private clients), some 63% of the CNA electorate still think that Mason was barking mad and that a Masonist Party can't be much better. Markey would have advised Dean to raise his potential ceiling of support by choosing another name...
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