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MY FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT, PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELLPHONE, AND WE ARE EXPECTING ADDITIONAL BUSES SHORTLY, BUT WE WILL BEGIN -- FIRST I WANT TO WELCOME THE...
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| 00:00:37 |
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OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE, AND IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO NDI'S SEVENTH QUADRENNIAL INTERNATIONAL FORUM. I HOPE BOTH OF YOU...
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| 00:05:07 |
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MANY OF YOUR COUNTRIES AND SENOR OF MICROSYSTEMS AT WORK, AND IN THE DAYS TO COME WE WILL EACH HAVE A RINGSIDE SEAT FROM WHICH TO OBSERVE THE AMERICAN...
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| 00:15:29 |
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ABOUT THE CONVENTION SYSTEM AND THE NOMINATING SYSTEM, AND I WAS SELECTED BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN AROUND SO LONG AND HAVE BEEN TO SO MANY OF THEM THEY THOUGHT...
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| 00:24:02 |
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SHE IS ALSO A POPULAR TELEVISION COMMENTATOR. IN HER CAPACITY AS EDITORIAL EDITOR OF ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S GREAT NEWSPAPERS, MS. TUCKER IS RESPONSIBLE...
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| 00:25:28 |
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REITERATE WHAT BOTH PRESIDENT -- BOOKS SECRETARY ALBRIGHT AND -- BOTH SUBMITTER ALL BRIT AND -- SECRETARY ALBRIGHT AND MONDALE REITERATED. THERE WERE...
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| 00:31:09 |
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AND DEMOCRAT, CHOSE THEIR DELEGATES -- USUALLY CONVENTION FOR PARTY LEADERS CONTROLLED WAS GOING TO GO TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD...
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| 00:33:08 |
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CAMP'SS, AND A VERY CLOSE NOMINATING CONTEST BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM WHEN THERE WAS SOME SUGGESTION THAT PLEDGED DELEGATES ARE NOT NECESSARILY A PLEDGE....
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| 00:34:02 |
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CONVENTION, THERE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IN SOME SERIOUS WAY. OBVIOUSLY, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE CONVENTION AS PLEDGED DELEGATES...
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| 00:35:53 |
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VICE-PRESIDENT
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| 00:35:55 |
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MONDALE, DON'T YOU THINK VOTERS WOULD BE STUMPED, VOTERS WHO HAVE LINED UP TO A DISOBEYED IN THESE PRIMARIES -- DON'T YOU THINK THEY WOULD BE -- TO PRODUCE...
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| 00:36:15 |
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ARE THERE. THE POTENTIAL DELEGATES WHO WANT TO BE FOR OBAMA AND CLINTON TELL EVERYBODY WHO THEY ARE FOR. WHEN THE BALLOTS ARE CAST, THE VOTERS KNOW WHO...
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| 00:36:34 |
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PEOPLE FEEL THEY ARE COMMITTED TO THIS AND THEY WANT TO FULFIL THEIR COMMITMENT. THE BIGGER AREA OF FLEXIBILITY IS THE SO-CALLED SUPER DELEGATES. I DID...
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| 00:38:16 |
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A HARD IN GRASS ROOTS, SO WHILE I WAS A DELEGATE IN 1984 AND 1988,
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| 00:38:20 |
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I SAID I DO NOT NEED TO BE A DELICATE, BUT I THINK THEY HAVE CHANGED THE RULES TO ALLOW FOR MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO AUTOMATICALLY BE DELEGATES,...
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| 00:39:00 |
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MUCH OF A SURPRISE TO MANY AMERICAN VOTERS AS IT MAY HAVE TO SOME OF YOU, SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE TWO DEMOCRATS ESPECIALLY, SINCE THERE MORE OF A FACTOR...
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| 00:40:01 |
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REFORMS WERE SET, PUBLIC OFFICERS ALMOST DISAPPEARED FROM THE CONVENTIONS. >> SO
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| 00:40:08 |
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YOU'RE SAYING AFTER THE REFORMS
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| 00:40:10 |
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OF 1972, THERE WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH DEMOCRACY? >> I MENTIONED, THERE IS A FEELING THAT WE NEEDED ADULT SUPERVISION, AND YOU DID NOT CEASE ON YOUR TELEVISION...
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| 00:40:29 |
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SAID, WE WILL HAVE THESE SUPERDELEGATES WHO WILL SERVE WITH ELECTED DELEGATES, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A BIG
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| 00:40:35 |
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PROBLEM WITH THAT -- HOW LEGITIMATE IS THAT TO PICK THESE SUPER DELEGATES, AND THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE IT CAN NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM, BECAUSE USUALLY SUPERDELEGATES...
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| 00:41:37 |
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BE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE RUNNING AGAINST THE NATIONAL PLATFORM IN ORDER TO WIN AT HOME. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE SITUATION THAT HOME. ELECTED OFFICIALS...
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| 00:43:13 |
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AND SENATOR CLINTON, AND SENATOR CLINTON BEGAN TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT SHE HAD THE SUPPORT OF MANY SUPERDELEGATES, EVEN BEFORE THE VOTING STARTED IN...
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| 00:44:13 |
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THAT THE SUPERDELEGATES WERE PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE PARTY LEADERS THOUGHT A LITTLE ADULT SUPERVISION WAS NEEDED. THE INPUT OF PEOPLE WHO HAD ACTUALLY BEEN...
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| 00:44:31 |
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BUT BUT NOBODY FORESAW THAT IT WOULD BE USED AS A WORD OR POTENTIALLY USED AS A WORK IN THIS YEAR'S PRIMARY PROCESS. YOU THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO...
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| 00:45:05 |
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THEY ARE THE CIGNA DAILY EXPRESS VOICE FOR THE THRUST -- THEY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPERIENCE VOICE FOR THE THRUST OF THE POLITICAL PARTY. IN THIS PRIMARY...
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| 00:47:16 |
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IS USUALLY THE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT CONTROLS THE PARTY APPARATUS. YOU HAVE A CASE WHERE THERE WAS NO VICE-PRESIDENT, BUT YOU HAD RUNNING THE WIFE...
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| 00:48:25 |
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BECAUSE -- OF THIS PROPORTIONAL ROLE, BECAUSE WE ALIKE THROUGH AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM, AND THAT IS A WINNER-TAKE-ALL SYSTEM, EXCEPT FOR TWO STATES...
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| 00:48:41 |
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MAINE, A LET THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, SO I WOULD YOU RUN A CAMPAIGN FROM RECOLLECTION OR YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT...
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| 00:50:09 |
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CANDIDATES. THEY WOULD PICK UP SEVERAL MILLION VOTES ACROSS THE NATION, BUT THEY WOULD GET JUST A HANDFUL OF
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| 00:50:16 |
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DELEGATES BECAUSE MOST STATES HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A WINNER-TAKE-ALL PRIMARY, SO THE PERSON WHO CAME OUT AHEAD GOT ALL THE DELEGATES FROM THAT STATE,...
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| 00:52:01 |
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HAMPSHIRE GANTRY AND WE ALWAYS LOOK BACK TO SEE IF WE CAN IMPROVE OR ENHANCE THE PROCESS. I WOULD BE VERY
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| 00:52:11 |
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SURPRISED IF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WENT TO A WINNER-TAKE-ALL PRIMARY. WHILE FRANKS ARGUMENT HAS VALIDITY, THE PROCESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY REQUIRES...
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| 00:53:50 |
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THAT GO FIRST AND THE FRONT LOADING OF THE PROCESS AND WHY IT IS THAT I KNOW WHAT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, RELATIVELY SMALL STATE, A PLACE SUCH AN IMPORTANT...
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| 00:54:09 |
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PROCESS AND WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY STATES WANT TO BE FIRST? >> REALISTICALLY, THE REASON THAT I WASIOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE SO IMPORTANT IS THAT IT...
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| 00:54:35 |
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THE SYSTEM EASIER. ONE OF THE PLANS CAME FROM THE STATE'S ASSOCIATION WHICH HAD ALEXIANS THE FIRST ELECTION ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF MAY AND THEN FLIP...
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| 00:56:07 |
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COMMUNITIES, AND IT IS NOT JUST A TELEVISION BARBAR. IT COMES DOWN TO RETELL POLITICS AS OPPOSED TO WHOLESALE. WHAT HAPPENS IS, THE CANDIDATES THAT DO...
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| 00:58:38 |
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TO HOW THE DELEGATES ARE TRYING TO BE CHOSEN, AND THAT AS THEIR RIGHTS. THEY HAVE NEVER TRIED TO FORCE THE STATE TO ADOPT TO ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I DO...
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| 00:58:52 |
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PEOPLE ARGUE THAT THE PRIMARIES ARE MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN CAUCUSES, AND ONE REASON IS THAT PEOPLE WHO GO TO CAUCUSES HAVE SPENT A LOT MORE TIME ORGANIZING...
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| 00:59:14 |
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ALL OVER. OBVI IF THAT IS THE CASE, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ABSENTEE VOTER. THE PRIMARIES PROCESS IS MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS...
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| 00:59:58 |
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POLITICS, WHERE THE KENNETT IT COMES IN -- WHERE THE CANDID IT COMES IN AND THEY TALK TO THEM AND GOES TO THEIR
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| 01:00:08 |
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HOMES. HAVING DONE IT MYSELF, IS DIFFERENT. THE EXPECTED TO LOOK IN THERE I IR EYE AND TELL THEM. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. ONCE THOSE EARLY...
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| 01:01:40 |
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MEDIA, LIKE THE INTERNET, THAN EVER BEFORE. I AM THINKING IN PARTICULAR OF LONG-SHOT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, RON PAUL. HERE'S A LOT OF MONEY AND GOT A...
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| 01:02:28 |
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SENSITIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT AS A THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE STARTED ARTICULATING IT, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES HAVE AN IMPORTANT...
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| 01:03:48 |
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THINK THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF YOUR STATE, GEORGE WALLACE, WHEN HE RAN IN THE MID-TEENS. THE INTERESTING THING IS I DO NOT THINK EITHER ONE OF THEM GOT...
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| 01:05:32 |
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INVITATION TO THE GENERAL ELECTION DEBATES. . SECONDLY, ON ENOUGH
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| 01:05:50 |
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STATES, TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A MATHEMATICAL MAJORITY IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS 540 ELECTORAL VOTES, SO THAT THE THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE...
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| 01:08:33 |
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TO PARTICIPATE IF YOU WERE 15% OR HIGHER YOU WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE. JOHN ANDERSON WAS AT 17 WHEN THE FIRST DEBATE WAS SCHEDULED, AND HE WAS INVITED...
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| 01:10:06 |
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IN THREE NATIONAL DEBATES. I HAVE WATCHED EVERY DEBATE SINCE IT BEGAN, AND I THINK SOMETIMES -- IN ALMOST EVERY
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| 01:10:14 |
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ONE OF THEM, SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT PERSUADES THE PUBLIC TO MOVE IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER. HUGE AUDIENCES
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| 01:10:22 |
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WATCH THESE DEBATES BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY FIGURE THAT'S THE ONE CHANCE
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| 01:10:27 |
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THEY HAVE TO SEE THEIR CANDIDATE WHERE HE CAN'T PROTECT HIMSELF THROUGH PAID ADS OR THE WRITTEN SPEECHES AND THE REST. THERE'S A GREAT INTEREST...
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| 01:11:32 |
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IN NASHVILLE, AND THE FINAL ONE AT HUFFS UNIVERSITY OUT ON LONG ISLAND. THIS REMINDS ME A LOT OF 1980. IN 1980 WE HAD PUT TOGETHER GOVERNOR REAGAN'S CAMPAIGN....
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| 01:13:38 |
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CANDIDATES IN A -- IN THE LEAST VARNISHED POSSIBLE SETTING. WE HAVE TRIED TO INTRODUCE SOME FORMATS THAT MAKE IT MORE -- LESS BUMPER STICKER ANSWERS...
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| 01:15:25 |
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V IZED. I THINK IT IS A MUCH MORE INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC THAN IT USED TO BE CARRIED SO THOSE DEBATES WILL GIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT...
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| 01:16:17 |
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TENNESSEE, WITH A MEETING THERE, THEY ASK QUESTIONS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES THAT ARE ON THEIR MINDS. AND SO THAT'S A VARIATION OF THE FORMAT....
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| 01:16:49 |
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A PANEL OF REPORTERS WHO ASKED QUESTIONS. THAT NEVER WORKED BECAUSE REPORTER NUMBER ONE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD TO COME UP WITH A BRILLIANT QUESTION...
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| 01:18:55 |
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DISCOVER THAT THERE IS THIS THING CALLED THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. PERHAPS IT CAME INTO PUBLIC VIEW IN 2000. MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION...
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| 01:19:50 |
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AND NOTHING HAPPENS BECAUSE
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| 01:19:51 |
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IT IS GOING TO TAKE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO DO
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| 01:19:54 |
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IT. YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THERE ARE ENOUGH SMALL STATES WHO FEEL THAT IT AT LEAST -- RIGHT OR WRONG -- THAT IT GUARANTEES THEM BEING AT THE TABLE. IT...
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| 01:20:40 |
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| 01:20:41 |
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I THINK THAT ONE IS RIGHT FOR DISASTER. I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE WYOMINGS AND NEVADA AND IN THE MIDWEST AND SO FORTH. I THINK THEY DESERVE TO HAVE...
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| 01:22:04 |
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OF LIKE A SUPERDELEGATE. BUT THAT IS RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] -- >> THAT IS RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] BUT IT NEVER WORKED THAT WAY. WE STILL USE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE...
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| 01:22:24 |
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BOOMDOOM HAVE BEEN OUT THERE AND NONE OF THE NORTH STARS A I HAVE EVER OCCURRED. -- NOT OF THE HORROR STORIES EVER OCCURRED. I'M NOT SURE AN ELECTION...
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| 01:23:16 |
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THE OTHER PLACES WERE SPARSELY POPULATED, MORE AGRARIAN. AS A COMPROMISE, A SYSTEM CANNOT SO THAT EVERYONE'S INTERESTS WOULD BE HEARD. IT WAS A COMPROMISE,...
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| 01:23:56 |
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REAGAN RACES AND THE FIRST BUSCH RACE, WE DID NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THE POPULAR VOTE. WE DID NOT CARE ABOUT THE POPULAR VOTE EXCEPT IN EACH STATE....
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| 01:24:13 |
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THESE OTHER -- WE KNEW THE MAGIC NUMBER TO GET TOO WAS 270. THESE CAMPAIGNS, THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN-DEPTH POLLING AND DABEL FIND OUT THAT SOME STATES...
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| 01:25:10 |
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YOURSELF. IF THE QUESTION IS FOR IT TO GIVE A PANELIST, SAY SO. >>
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| 01:25:18 |
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I
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| 01:25:19 |
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COME FROM EGYPT AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE OLDEST POLITICAL LIBERAL PARTY IN EGYPT, AND IN THE WORLD FOR THAT MATTER. I AM CONFUSED ABOUT THE VOTES ON THE...
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| 01:25:40 |
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PART. AN ELECTED DELEGATE HAS THE OBLIGATION OF VOTING WITH THE PEOPLE WANT HIM TO VOTE. HE IS BOUND BY THEIR VOTES. THE SUPER DELEGATES IS ALSO BOUND...
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| 01:26:30 |
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I MENTION THE THE HISTORY OF TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND SO ON.
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| 01:26:40 |
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AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER IN MY TIME, I CANNOT REMEMBER A CONVENTION OF EITHER BUT POLITICAL PARTY VOTING FOR A NOMINEE DIFFERENT THAN THE PUBLIC ASKED...
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| 01:27:42 |
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DO WHAT THEY AS INDIVIDUALS CHOOSE TO DO.
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| 01:27:45 |
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AS THE VICE-PRESIDENT SAID, AS A PRACTICAL MATTER -- I CANNOT IMAGINE THE SITUATION WHERE THE SUPER DELEGATES OR SO-CALLED OFFICIALS WOULD GO AGAINST...
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| 01:29:29 |
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GENERATION THAT YOU HAVE YET TO HEAR AND YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT. I COME FROM THE LABOUR MOVEMENT AND I WONDER WHETHER THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALSO...
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| 01:30:21 |
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IN OUR CONVENTIONS, WE HAVE
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| 01:30:24 |
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TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR PARTY, A MEMBER OF THE LABOR PARTY. DO YOU HAVE THE PROCESS? >>
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| 01:30:29 |
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IF YOUR COMING TO THE CONVENTION, THERE IS A CREDENTIALS PROCESS AND YOU HAVE TO BE VERIFIED AS A DELEGATE. PRIOR TO THE PRIMARIES, WHEN YOU REGISTER...
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| 01:30:52 |
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FOR THE MOST PART, PEOPLE WHO REGISTER AS DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, FOR THE MOST PART, NOT ALL THE TIME, ARE DEMOCRATS FOR LIFE OR REPUBLICANS FOR LIFE....
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| 01:32:23 |
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INDELICATEDELEGATE SYSTEM,? >>
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| 01:32:33 |
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AS PAUL THOSE, WE LECTURE AROUND THE WORLD.
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| 01:32:38 |
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I JUST GOT BACK FROM THREE WEEKS IN CHINA LECTURING AT UNIVERSITIES AND THINK TANKS. I ALWAYS START BY SAYING, DO NOT TRY TO COPY OUR SYSTEM. OUR SYSTEM...
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| 01:32:56 |
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ADOPT A SYSTEM BASED ON ITS CULTURE AND DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT THE PEOPLE WILL ACCEPT. RIGHT, WRONG, CONFUSING OR NOT, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ACCEPT OUR...
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| 01:34:17 |
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YOU MENTIONED A PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM AS AN EFFECTIVE MEAN? TO RENDER ELECTIONS MORE DEMOCRATIC. -- AS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS TO RENDER THE ELECTIONS MORE...
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| 01:34:35 |
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WHAT A SINGLE MAJOR AMENDMENT WOULD YOU INTRODUCE TO THE PRIMARY SYSTEM TO MAKE IT MORE DEMOCRATIC? >> I AM GLAD YOU MADE THAT COMMENT. WE DO HAVE PROPORTIONAL...
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| 01:35:06 |
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THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT IS ELECTED IN THAT WAY. IF WE MADE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION IN THE FINAL ELECTION, IT WOULD WEAKEN THE INSTITUTION OF...
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| 01:36:10 |
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SO, IT IS NOT PREDICTABLE AND THE SECOND REGION AND THE THIRD REGION ALWAYS HAVE A CHANCE TO
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| 01:36:18 |
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HAVE AN EARLY REACTION. >> TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION, EACH PARTY GETS TO MAKE ITS OWN RULES FOR ITS PRIMARIES....
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| 01:36:40 |
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THE DEMOCRATS, MR. FAHRENKOPF NOTED, HAVE A FEW MORE ROLES. IF THE STATE OF TEXAS WAS NARROWLY DIVIDED BETWEEN BARACK OBAMA AND CENTER CLINTON -- THE...
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| 01:37:55 |
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IS ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATING PROCESS. I DO SEE THAT YOU HAVE MANAGED THROUGH REFORMS TO REDUCE THE BENEFITS OF INCUMBENCY AND ALSO TO INCREASE...
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| 01:39:49 |
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ELECTORAL SYSTEM, IN MY VIEW. EVEN TO THE POINT WELL
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| 01:39:58 |
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BEFORE THE JANUARY
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| 01:40:00 |
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CAUCUSES IN IOWA TAKES PLACE, THERE IS AN EXPRESSION AMONG THE MEDIA AND OTHERS THAT MONEY IS THE FIRST PRIMARY. THAT IS TO SAY, THE CANDIDATES HAVE...
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| 01:42:37 |
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WHO SAID THAT MONEY IS THE MILK OF POLITICS. IF THE CANDIDATES ACCEPT FEDERAL FUNDING, THEY CANNOT RAISE MONEY FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE AND THEY ARE LIMITED...
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| 01:44:02 |
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RAISE UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNTS OF MONEY IS A VERY HOPEFUL DEVELOPMENT. IT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. NEVERTHELESS, WE HAVE HUGE PROBLEMS WITH THE EFFECT OF...
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| 01:45:00 |
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THERE WOULD BE TIME DONATED BY THE NETWORK. NETWORKS DID NOT LIKE THAT IDEA VERY MUCH OF IT HAS NOT GONE ANYWHERE. >> I AM FROM THE BANGLADESH AREA. I...
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| 01:45:32 |
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PANEL VOTING FOR THE PANEL OF DELEGATES THAT ARE PLEDGED TO A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE? AND DOES THE DELEGATE HAVE ANY SAY IN THE PROCESS? THE SECOND QUESTION...
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| 01:46:15 |
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THE CONVENTION. IN OTHER STATES, IT IS DONE DIFFERENTLY. THEY HAVE CAUCUSES AND SO FORTH. IT IS UP TO THE STATES HOW THEY'D DO IT. THE MONEY, AND THE...
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| 01:46:27 |
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CANDIDATES GO OUT TO RAISE MONEY, BUT THERE IS A SYSTEM AND WE CAN HELP THEM. I AM TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THE LIMITS ARE, BUT IF YOU RAISE $5,000 IN...
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| 01:47:34 |
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MR. KIRK, HOW IS THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION BEING FUNDED? >>
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| 01:47:40 |
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I FORGET WHEN THE LAW WAS PASSED, BUT THE CONVENTION -- >> BAKKEN 84, 1980 WAS THE FIRST TIME. >> THE UNITED STATES TREASURY FUNDS THE ACTUAL
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| 01:47:57 |
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OPERATIONS OF THE CONVENTIONS.
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| 01:48:01 |
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THE HOSPITALITY, THE PARTIES, ALL THE PERIPHERAL STUFF YOU SEE AT THE HOTELS AND SO
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| 01:48:08 |
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FORTH ARE USUALLY UNDERWRITTEN BY INDIVIDUALS OR
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| 01:48:15 |
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CORPORATIONS, BUT THE ACTUAL FUNCTIONING OF THE FOUR DAYS OF THE CONVENTION, U.S. TREASURY DOLLARS. THAT WAS A RESULT OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS ORIGINALLY,...
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| 01:49:10 |
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EQUALLY TO BOTH PARTIES. >> ARE THE PARTY IS FUNDED IN ANY WAY BY THE TREASURY OUTSIDE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN? DOES THE PARTY GET X NUMBER OF DOLLARS...
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| 01:49:23 |
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THE SAME FOR THE REPUBLICANS? >> NO MONEY FOR THE PARTY'S DURING THE YEAR. >> I AM A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE LORDS IN
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| 01:49:34 |
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BRITAIN, WHICH IS THE NEAREST THING WE HAVE TO BEING A SUPERDELEGATE. [LAUGHTER] I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THESE
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| 01:49:47 |
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EVENTS SINCE MR. MONDALE WAS NOMINATED IN 10 FRANCISCO. CAN I SAY IN PASSING
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| 01:49:52 |
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HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO PUT THIS ON FOR US? IT IS ALWAYS EXCEPTIONAL. BUT THE ONE THING I DID NOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE PRIMARY, AND PARTLY...
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| 01:50:52 |
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PURPOSE WAS THAT,hcl&V&i 1C THIS IS A TRUE PHENOMENON IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY. HE USED THE INTERNET, BUT NO ONE HAS HAD THE BROAD APPEAL THAT BARACK...
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| 01:54:55 |
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CELEBRATING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE TOMORROW. IT HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME TO GET THERE. THIS REPRESENTS A PROFOUND CHANGE IN AMERICA. THERE ARE PROBLEMS...
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| 01:56:03 |
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I DID WANT TO KNOW HOW POWERFUL THE CENTRAL PARTY ORGANIZATION IS. >> IN THE INSTANCE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE RULES COMMITTEE MAKES A RECOMMENDATION...
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| 01:56:32 |
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QUESTION, DO THEY CHANGE EVERY FOUR YEARS? NOT AS A MATTER OF DESIGN. BUT AS THE CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE UP HERE EARLIER, THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND...
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| 01:57:36 |
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THERE IS A BASIC GRASS-ROOTS AVERAGE AMERICAN DEMOCRAT WHO VOTES FOR THEIR MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE IN EACH STATE. >> THANK YOU.
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| 01:57:48 |
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS AND WE ARE SORRY THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO GET TO ALL OF THEM. >> I AM SURE YOU WILL JOIN ME IN...
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| 01:58:07 |
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DISCUSSION >> AS THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE PREPARES FOR THEIR CONVENTION,
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