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I AM LARRY SABATO, ONE OF YOUR POSTS ALONG WITH CQPOLITICS.COM READ WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE SUCH AN ENORMOUS CROWD. WE HAD NO IDEA THAT SO MANY PEOPLE...
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| 00:00:28 |
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INDEPENDENTS, VEGETARIANS, IT IS ALL GOOD. WE HAVE NO PHILOSOPHICAL AX TO GRIND. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THIS PANEL DO, OF COURSE. AS A WHOLE, WE CANNOT...
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| 00:06:05 |
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NEXT IS ONE OTHER STANDBYS AND A TERRIFIC PANELIST, SUSAN PAGE, WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF FOR USA TODAY.
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| 00:06:15 |
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NEXT TO HER AS ONE OF MY OLDEST FRIENDS IN POLITICS, EVEN THOUGH HE IS A YOUNG MAN. BOBBY SCOTT FROM VIRGINIA'S THIRD DISTRICT. THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN...
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| 00:08:16 |
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| 00:08:17 |
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STOP. YOU REMEMBER AFTER 1932-1933 IN THE TRANSITION BETWEEN HERBERT HOOVER AND FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WHICH HISTORIANS WRITE THE CALL THE WORST TRANSITION...
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| 00:10:43 |
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IT IS TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR THE RIGHT JOBS. I WROTE AN ARTICLE IN WHICH I SAID, WHAT IS YOUR BEST ADVICE TO SECRETARY OF STATE? I SAID...
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| 00:12:14 |
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FEAR --
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| 00:12:21 |
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BLOGOSPHERE, THEY WOULD SAY THAT SCOTT IT SUPPORTS PRESIDENT BUSH FOR ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS. IF WE WERE EVER TO SHORTEN THE TRANSITION WHEN HE IS EXACTLY...
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| 00:14:04 |
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IT IS JUST IMPRACTICAL GIVEN THAT WE HAVE TO DO SENATE CONFIRMATIONS AND HEARINGS FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SPOTS AND GOVERNMENT THAT...
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| 00:14:44 |
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BUSY. ANYBODY CAN WALK OUT OF A JOB ON A ONE OR TWO DAY NOTICE, THEY ARE NOT THE KIND OF PERSON THAT THEY WANT. TO GET EVERYONE IN PLACE, NOT ONLY THE...
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| 00:15:47 |
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RUDY FEBRUARY TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS. THAT COULD SHORTEN
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| 00:15:51 |
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THE PROCESS TO GET MANY OF THESE APPOINTEES CONFIRMED. THAT IS TAKING TOO LONG. >> AS THE 9/11 COMMISSION SAID. >> YOU COULD HAVE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS...
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| 00:16:20 |
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WHAT ABOUT IF THE PRESIDENT WHO IS
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| 00:16:23 |
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NOT THAT PRESIDENT CAN BE SENDING NAMES? IT IS NOT JUST THE CABINET OFFICERS. THERE ARE
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| 00:16:33 |
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18,276 CANDIDATES FOR EVERY SINGLE APPOINTED JOBS IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. IT MAY NOT BE THAT MANY.
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| 00:16:41 |
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IT IS A LOT. MOST OF THEM HAVE NO BUSINESS WHATSOEVER. THEY THINK THAT THEY DESERVED IT. THE STATE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE SMALLEST APARTMENT...
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| 00:17:48 |
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AND GENDER DAM. THIS WAS THE FIRST ELECTION WHERE WE HAD AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN NOMINEE -- BEFORE BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN, MIXED- RACE PRESIDENT....
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| 00:19:57 |
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CHANGING COMPOSITION OF THE ELECTORATE AND THE CHANGING COMPOSITION OF THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTORATE WAS CRUCIAL TO BARACK OBAMA'S SUCCESS. AFRICAN-AMERICANS...
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| 00:21:01 |
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SUDDEN, BUT IT IS NOT.
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| 00:21:05 |
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FOR THE LAST DECADE HE GO INTO TOWNS AND FIND VERY QUALIFIED, VERY GOOD CANDIDATES AND OFFICE WORKERS AT EVERY LEVEL. THEY ARE ON CITY COUNCILS AND ...
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| 00:23:37 |
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THAT IS FASCINATING AS A WAY OF GUARANTEEING A PERMANENT MINORITY STATUS. LET ME TURN TO RICH AND SEE WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THIS. >> THERE ARE A COUPLE...
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| 00:24:08 |
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THE VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN, THE PASTORS. -- THE BASTARDS. I AGREE WITH CARL ABOUT THE WATER BUILDING BEHIND THE DAM AND WHAT AN IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT WAS....
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| 00:27:22 |
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ONLY SAW DIVERSITY AT THE END
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| 00:27:26 |
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FOR THE REPUBLICANS WITH THE CHOICE OF SARAH
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| 00:27:28 |
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PALIN AS A RUNNING MATE. WHY DID WE SEE THE BREAK THROUGH ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE? ONE PERSON YOU HAVE TO CREDIT IS GEORGE W. BUSH. HE
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| 00:27:37 |
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WAS SO UNPOPULAR THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED HIM AS A DEMOCRAT WERE RELEASED -- WAS REALLY INVITING. DEMOCRATS WERE MORE WILLING TO TAKE A LEAP OF...
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| 00:29:55 |
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UP "U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT." THEY HAVE THEIR WASHINGTON WHISPER SECTION. THE
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| 00:30:04 |
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USE THAT TO DISPENSE CONVENTIONAL WAS BUMP -- WAS DONE THAT IS SOMETIMES WISE AND SOMETIMES NOT. -- WAS DUMB -- WIDOM THAT IS SOMETIMES WISE AND SOMETIMES...
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| 00:34:01 |
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OR MINORITIES FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE. I AM NOT SURE IF THERE ARE ANY LESSONS TO BE LEARNED. IF
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| 00:34:08 |
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WE HAVE A PERMANENCY OF MINORITIES BEING ON THE TICKETS IN THE FUTURE. YOU HAD THE MOST UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT IN HISTORY OVER A PRETTY LONG SUSTAINED PERIOD...
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| 00:36:22 |
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AWAY FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY? >> IT
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| 00:36:26 |
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IS CULTURE TERRET POLITICS HAS BECOME VERY CULTURAL IN ITS ROOTS. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP, WEST VIRGINIA USED TO BE STRONGLY DEMOCRAT. IT IS NOW...
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| 00:36:47 |
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AREAS. THEY ARE COLLEGE TOWNS OR THE GRANOLA BELT. THE INNER SUBURBS AND HIGH- INCOME SUBURBS THAT REPUBLICANS HAD DEVASTATING LOSSES. PEOPLE ARE LINING...
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| 00:38:19 |
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OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS. >> IT DID NOT HELP THAT THERE 401K'S WERE NOW 201K'S. >> I ASKED OUR BROKER, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE? HE...
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| 00:38:44 |
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DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS? >> YOU CANNOT CONFUSE MESSAGE WITH SLOGAN.
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| 00:38:53 |
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I TAKE GREAT EXCEPTION TO WHAT TOM JUST SAID. I WAS IN OFFICE IN THE START OF 1993 WHEN WE PASSED
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| 00:39:02 |
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THE BUDGET THAT CUT US OUT OF THE DITCH AND PUT US ON A TRAJECTORY WHERE WE CREATED A SURPLUS. WE DID IT WITHOUT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN
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| 00:39:12 |
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VOTE. THE REPUBLICAN CONTRIBUTION LATER WAS TO OFFER A BUDGET THAT PRESIDENT CLINTON REFUSED TO SIGN. IF WE CLOSE DOWN THE GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN SIGN...
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| 00:41:49 |
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I THINK IT WILL BE IN TROUBLE IN THE FUTURE. >> WE NEED TO MOVE
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| 00:41:54 |
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ALONG. A QUICK COMMENT. WE DO NOT WANT TO DEVELOP THIS INTO A PARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL HEARING FIGHT. >> THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO UNDERSTAND THIS ELECTION....
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| 00:42:14 |
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IN 1980, HE RAN AS THE MORE DYNAMIC AND INNOVATIVE CANADA. WHEN
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| 00:42:22 |
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OBAMA WON IN 2008, HE POSED EATON CORP. -- PROGRESSIVE WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS AS THE MORE DYNAMIC PHILOSOPHY. IF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL FIND THEIR...
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| 00:43:27 |
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A TERRIFIC ELECTION HANDOUT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY STAFF IS DISTRIBUTING THAT TO EVERYONE. I THINK MOST PEOPLE HAVE ITS PERIOD YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE...
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| 00:44:44 |
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I THINK IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE A REPUBLICAN RUNNING CLOSER THAN 6% IN THE NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE. >> 7%, WE HAVE TO GIVE EVERY PERCENTAGE POINT TO THE...
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| 00:45:15 |
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POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT. HE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY IN PERSONAL APPEAL TO TAP INTO THAT. >> ROMNEY AND HUCKABEE WERE IN THE OR PERCENTAGE? BUT I THINK DOUBLE...
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| 00:45:42 |
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VERY CLEAR AND THE SPRING. BEFORE THE FINANCIAL COLLAPSE, IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT BUSH'S
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| 00:45:49 |
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APPROVAL NUMBERS WERE BELOW 30%. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE WAS DOWN. IT WAS AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENCY. I THINK THAT HILLARY CLINTON ALMOST...
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| 00:46:29 |
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| 00:46:31 |
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365 ELECTORAL VOTES IS AN IMPRESSIVE WIN. THE COUNTRY REMAINS VERY DIVIDED. THE LESSON I TAKE AWAY FROM THIS ELECTION IS THAT WHILE IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE...
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| 00:49:36 |
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I HAVE SEEN THEM ADJUSTED OVER AND OVER FROM ELECTION NIGHT ON WORDS. I WANT HIM TO EXPRESS THAT POINT OF VIEW ABOUT ALABAMA. I WANT CARL CANNON TO...
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| 00:50:13 |
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VOTERS. IF THIS YEAR, MORE PEOPLE UNDER 30 VOTED AND THEN OVER 65. WE THOUGHT THAT FOUR YEARS AGO AND IT WAS CLOSE. THIS YEAR IT WAS TRUE. JOHN KERRY...
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| 00:52:08 |
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ARE IMPORTANT HERE. THERE IS A NARRATIVE THAT HAS DEVELOPED THAT SINGLES OUT MY STATE OF ALABAMA. THERE IS THIS THEIR
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| 00:52:16 |
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OF THAT HAS DEVELOPED THAT OBAMA RECEIVE 10% OF THE WHITE VOTE. JOHN KERRY
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| 00:52:24 |
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GOT ABOUT 19%. THAT
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| 00:52:28 |
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IS BEING CITED AS ALABAMA BEING RESISTANT WHEN IT COMES TO RACE. THERE ARE THREE COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA THAT ARE VIRTUALLY ALL WHITE. THERE...
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| 00:57:36 |
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TO ADMIT. TOM DOOLEY WAS MY FIRST CANDIDATE. YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
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| 00:57:42 |
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BUT MY POINT IS, I HAVE NOT HEARD MUCH ABOUT SUBSTANCE HERE.
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| 00:57:54 |
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SINCE WE ARE TALKING RACER, WHICH I AM NOT SO SURE IS THAT IMPORT ANY MORE, BUT WHAT DAMAGE DOES THAT DO TO HIM IF, IN FACT, HE FAILS FOR REASONS THAT...
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| 00:58:37 |
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KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF OBAMA BEING AFRICAN-AMERICAN, UNLESS THOSE DECISIONS WERE SOMEHOW RACE- BASED. I JUST DO NOT SAY THAT. LET ME...
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| 01:00:41 |
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PREVIOUSLY, BY THE TIME YOU HAVE DONE MASS
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| 01:00:45 |
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MAILING, YOU HAVE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY. ON THE INTERNET, YOU CAN RAISE IT FAIRLY CHEAPLY. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE IDEA OF MCCAIN BEING X FAVORITE CANDIDATE....
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| 01:03:21 |
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TO MAKE THREE POINTS, REALLY QUICKLY. ONE IS ABOUT THE YOUTH VOTE, BECAUSE I LIVE IN DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN SO I ENCOUNTER A LOT
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| 01:03:28 |
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OF THESE PEOPLE. [LAUGHTER] >> YOU MEAN THE VILLAGE PEOPLE? >> ELECTION NIGHT I HAD TO DODGE PEOPLE ON THE SIDEWALK HERE WERE GOING TO GIVE ME HIGH FIVES...
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| 01:03:54 |
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| 01:03:57 |
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I WAS JUST DRAWN TO THE GUY. I WAS DRAWN TO THE X FACTOR IS THAT RONALD REAGAN AND BILL BUCKLEY REPRESENTED. THEN I WORKED MY WAY BACKWARDS. I WOULDN'T...
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| 01:08:02 |
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PALIN RECEIVE A LOOK -- RECEIVED A GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION. JOE BIDEN WAS THE LEAST COVER STORY OF THE ELECTION, WHICH WAS A PLUS FOR BARACK OBAMA. I...
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| 01:09:11 |
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VERY BADLY AT THE BEGINNING, AND GOT HER OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT, WHICH PROBABLY WAS THE RIGHT FOOT, BUT ANYWAY. SHE WAS BETTER, I THINK, THAN THE GENERAL...
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| 01:10:35 |
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HER CANDIDACY, WHICH I HAVE NO DOUBT WE WILL BE COVERING IN YEARS TO
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| 01:10:41 |
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COME, GOT A BIG BOOST OUT OF BEING THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE BY MCCAIN. I DON'T THINK SHE DID MCCAIN VERY MUCH GOOD. SHE ENERGIZED THE CONVENTION,
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| 01:10:51 |
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BUT SHE SUCKED ALL THE AIR AT OF WEEKS OF THE CAMPAIGN WHERE THEY ENDED UP DEALING WITH THE RELEVANT QUESTIONS ABOUT SARAH PALIN. I THINK EVERYONE ON...
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| 01:12:55 |
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THAT A VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK HAS HAD ANY IMPACT ON WHO GETS ELECTED PRESIDENT. THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN REALLY SEE A VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MAKING...
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| 01:13:14 |
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SO I THINK THAT WHOEVER THE VICE PRESIDENTS ARE, THEY ARE IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF ENERGIZING THE PARTY'S BASE, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY IMPACT ON WHO WINS...
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| 01:15:11 |
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MEANS BESIDES JUST SELLING SUBSCRIPTIONS AND ADVERTISING, SO WE HAVE THESE FUND-RAISING CRUISES EVERY YEAR, SOMETIMES TWICE A YEAR. LAST YEAR OUR CRUISE...
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| 01:17:14 |
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SPECTACLE, AND MCCAIN WOULD HAVE GOTTEN NO BUMP FROM HIS CONVENTION, AND THE STORY LINE WOULD HAVE BEEN REPUBLICAN PARTY IN DISARRAY. MCCAIN WOULD HAVE...
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| 01:19:25 |
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LOT OF YOU DO NOT KNOW ALLEN, BUT HE WAS A ONE-MAN PRIVATE TRUTH SQUAD ON THE POLLS. SO MANY OF THEM ARE SO WRONG, AND GIVEN SO MUCH ATTENTION THAT...
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| 01:20:18 |
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MCCAIN LED ONE WEEK. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER, BROADER INDICATORS WHERE THEY HAVE AN AVERAGE OF ALL THE NATIONAL POLLS, YOU SEE THE SAME THING....
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| 01:21:58 |
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THE MOST UNDER COVER STORY OF THE CAMPAIGN. AS SUSAN SAID, IT WAS TO THE OBAMA CAMPAIGNS ADVANTAGE. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT DEVELOPS OVER...
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| 01:22:58 |
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LET ME START WITH WHAT YOU JUST ALLUDED TO, AND
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| 01:23:04 |
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SUSAN, LET'S TALK ABOUT BIDEN. IF ALLEN IS RIGHT, THEN IT WOULD NOT HAVE MATTERED. THE COVERAGE OF BIDEN -- SUSAN SAID THE PUBLIC LOOK AT THE SKY AND...
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| 01:23:20 |
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FORGOT ABOUT HIM. IN JOE BIDEN IS VERY FIRST APPEARANCE WITH BARACK OBAMA, HE MAY NOT ONE BUT TO FALL OF. HE INTRODUCED OBAMA AS BARACK AMERICA. AND THEN...
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| 01:25:59 |
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ALSO. ONE INTERESTING THING I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW. I GOOGLED THIS AFTER THE ELECTION. I WAS JUST AMAZED. JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN IN THE SENATE SINCE JANUARY...
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| 01:27:09 |
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BUT LET ME MAKE A MUCH BROADER POINT. THIS IS HOW THE PRESS FUNDAMENTALLY DAMAGE BARACK OBAMA. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE MAINSTREAM PRESS REPEAT A RUMOR THAT...
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| 01:29:26 |
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CHARLOTTESVILLE WITH INDEPENDENT
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| 01:29:28 |
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VOTERS WHO WERE NOT FIRMLY COMMITTED. IT MUST HAVE BEEN FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO. THERE WERE 12 VOTERS IN THE ROOM. HALF OF THEM THOUGHT THAT BARACK OBAMA...
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| 01:30:29 |
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MUSLIM.
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| 01:30:32 |
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THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS -- THAT WAS THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT NEWS ORGANIZATIONS FACE. >> I WILL COMMIT THE SAME SCENT OF CONDEMNING BY REPEATING...
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| 01:31:05 |
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NOT ALWAYS IDENTIFIED AS A FALSE OR INACCURATE RUMOR? >> NO. SOMETIMES IT WAS JUST REFERRED TO AS AN ALLEGATION OR A RUMOR, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS NOT MY...
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| 01:31:25 |
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THEY
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| 01:31:28 |
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HAVE TOTALLY QUIT PAYING ATTENTION TO ME. I CANNOT CONTROL THEM ANYMORE. >> I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU -- I CANNOT DISAGREE WITH YOU MORE. THIS WOULD...
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| 01:31:48 |
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YOU CAN SET UP AN INTERNET SITE THAT HAS
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| 01:31:54 |
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MORE CIRCULATION THAN "THE WASHINGTON POST." NOT ONLY WAS IT BEING SPREAD, PEOPLE WERE CITING IT TO US AS THE REASON THEY WERE NOT VOTING FOR HIM. WHAT...
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| 01:32:38 |
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TELL YOU, I THOUGHT THE PRESS COVERAGE OF THIS
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| 01:32:43 |
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CAMPAIGN STUNT, AND THAT BARACK OBAMA GOT ALL OF THE ADVANTAGE AND JOHN MCCAIN GOT VIRTUALLY NONE. I CANNOT DEFEND IT OTHER THAN TO TELL YOU MY PERSONAL...
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| 01:33:24 |
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CAMPAIGN WENT ON THAT THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN WAS NOT DOING WELL. HE WAS TRAILING IN THE POLLS. I THINK THAT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT.
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| 01:33:35 |
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ON THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, THE PRESS AND THE MEDIA IN GENERAL ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING NEWSPAPERS AND ATTRACTING AN AUDIENCE. THE REALITY...
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| 01:35:05 |
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LARRY EAGLEBURGER JUST ENDORSED HILLARY CLINTON FOR HIS OLD POSITION AS SECRETARY OF STATE'S. IF THAT IS NOT HEADLINE NEWS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. THE...
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| 01:35:19 |
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THE DEBATE OVER MEDIA BIAS BECOMES A THEOLOGICAL DEBATE, AND THERE IS NO RESOLVING IT. IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME,
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| 01:35:26 |
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THE PRESS WAS IN LOVE WITH BARACK OBAMA FROM THE BEGINNING. IF YOU REMEMBER THE COUPLE OF DAYS LEADING UP TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY, WHEN IT SEEMED...
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| 01:35:40 |
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TO WIN, THERE WAS A LEAK ON THE AIRWAVES. I THOUGHT IT -- THERE WAS GLEE ON THE AIRWAVES. I FELT SORRY FOR HILLARY CLINTON. THAT TOOK A LOT. [LAUGHTER]...
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| 01:37:29 |
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ABOUT POLITICS, I LEARNED BY STAYING IN HIS CLASS ALL SEMESTER LONG. >> HE WANTS TO GRADUATE. >> IF I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF HERE IN FOUR YEARS....
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| 01:37:49 |
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SOMETHING LIKE THE BILL ON GAY MARRIAGE, A PLASTIC -- IT PASSED IN
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| 01:37:54 |
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CALIFORNIA.
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| 01:37:56 |
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THEY MAY HAVE PUSHED ABORTION TOO MUCH IN SOME PLACES, BUT AMERICA SEEMS TO BE, WHILE MOST PEOPLE IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS MODERATES, AND MORE CONSERVATIVE...
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| 01:38:58 |
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A REPUDIATION OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. THAT IS WHAT THIS ELECTION WAS, PURE AND SIMPLE. HAS GIVEN DEMOCRATS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COBBLE TOGETHER A NEW...
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| 01:39:41 |
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ME, THERE'S EITHER SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR INTELLIGENCE OR WRONG WITH YOUR MORALS. I THINK BOTH SIDES RUN A RISK HERE. THE DEMOCRATS RUN A RISK IF...
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| 01:41:51 |
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IT JUST SEEMS SO OBSERVED IN THE CONTEXT. YOU CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE ON THE ISSUE, BUT YOU WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE IMPORTANT ISSUES....
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| 01:42:55 |
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I WORK HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. I KNOW A LOT OF THESE UNDER-30 VOTERS. THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS RACE.
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| 01:43:04 |
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IT WAS NOT BECAUSE OF THE CULTURAL ISSUES. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE. THEY DON'T THINK SOMEONE IS GOING TO TAKE THEIR GUNS AWAY. AND IT WAS NOT...
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| 01:44:10 |
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SUPPORTIVE OF GAY RIGHTS AND
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| 01:44:13 |
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THAT LIBERAL DEMOCRATS OVER 65. IT IS A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE TO THEM, AND IT CUTS ACROSS -- THIS NEW GENERATION IS REDEFINING SOME OF THE OLD ISSUES FOR...
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| 01:45:16 |
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OR MCCAIN OR ANYBODY ELSE, BUT THIS ELECTION MARKS A REAL CHANGE, I THINK, IN THE ATTITUDE TOWARD THE ECONOMY , WHICH IS GOING TO MARK TREMENDOUS CHANGE...
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| 01:46:57 |
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IN FACT, I DO NOT DOUBT IT. IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH. THE IMPRESSION I GOT WAS IT THAT IT WAS NOT HEALTH CARE OR ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY POLICY ORIENTED....
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| 01:47:51 |
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| 01:47:53 |
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WAS PERMANENT LIBERALISM. FOR KIDS, I DON'T THINK IT WAS ABOUT HEALTH CARE. IT'S I TEACH COLLEGE AS WELL. IT WAS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND RACE RELATIONS....
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| 01:48:52 |
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YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIC, AND I THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS, EVEN FOR LARRY EAGLEBURGER. IN THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW AGE OF...
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