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Family and friends then started persuading her to take him up on his offer.

It has to start with persuading voters in states where the Democratic brand has become toxic to consider them afresh.

But persuading private landowners and public officials that it’s a good thing to deliberately start fires in their backyards is a constant battle, Nielson said.

Political candidates and parties win elections by persuading the public that they have earned their vote.

There were also all the nearby property owners who needed persuading, not to mention a skeptical, conservation-minded community that was averse to saving a human-altered shoreline with more human alterations.