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Independence Party U.S. Senate candidate Dean Barkley shook up the race in mid-July when he filed to run for a seat in the Senate. He spoke recently at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute as part of a Candidates Forum series put on by the Institute's Center for the Study of Politics and Governance. The title of his speech is "The polarization of our political parties."

Barkley's speech, part 1

The Polarization of our Political Parties

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Barkley speaks on 'The polarization of our political parties'

Barkley speaks on 'The polarization of our political parties'

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