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TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. WHEN HE CAME TO THE
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SENATE, HE SAID, WHEN HE WAS ASKED, I'M NOT GOING TO
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RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008. HE WAS OBVIOUSLY A VERY HOT COMMODITY WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BECAUSE OF THE SPEECH HE HAD GIVEN AT THE BOSTON CONVENTION...
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ROBERT GIBBS, HIS TWO CLOSEST ADVISORS, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS THAT WOULD BE ASKED. AND THEY ALL KNEW THAT RUSSERT...
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PRESIDENT. AND HE BASICALLY SAID, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BE COY ABOUT THIS. I THINK
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WE NEED TO BE UP FRONT ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, AND I WOULD FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE IF I GO ON THAT PROGRAM AND HEMED AND HAWED AND PRETENDED THAT I WAS ...
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JACKSON, OF ROOSEVELT AND KENNEDY, HAS ALWAYS MADE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHEN WE LED NOT BY POLLS, BUT BY PRINCIPLE,...
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CALCULATION, BUT BY CONVICTION, WHEN WE SUMMONED THE ENTIRE NATION TO A COMMON PURPOSE, A HIGHER PURPOSE. AND I RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES...
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THE JEFFERSON,
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JACKSON DINNER IS QUADRENNIAL EVENT IN DES MOINES WHERE ALL THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES COME AND STRUT THEIR STUFF. AND EVERYBODY KNEW THAT THIS WAS...
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WERE CAMPAIGNING IN SOUTHEAST IOWA. AND ROBERT GIBBS
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REMEMBERS WALKING BY BARACK OBAMA'S HOTEL ROOM ONE NIGHT, OUT ON THE ROAD. AND BEING STRUCK BY HOW LOUD THE TELEVISION WAS. HE SAID IT WAS LIKE, YOU...
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BARACK OBAMA'S CONDUCT THUS FAR AND WHETHER OR NOT HE HAS SUCCEEDED OR FALLEN SHORT OF YOUR EXPECTATIONS. >> I THINK HIS ETHICAL CONDUCT HAS BEEN VERY...
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THE CAMPAIGN, HE'S HAD TROUBLE PURGING WASHINGTON OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HE HAD SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO TO CHANGE WASHINGTON. HE HAS INSTITUTED...
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GOVERNMENT AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. SO, THINGS HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO AT THE STROKE OF THE PEN, HE'S DONE. BUT CHANGING THE CULTURE, WHICH WAS ALSO...
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KNOWS THE WORLD'S LEADERS, KNOWS THE MILITARY, SOMEONE TESTED AND READY TO LEAD IN A DANGEROUS WORLD. IT'S 3:00 A.M., AND YOUR CHILDREN
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ARE SAFE AND ASLEEP. WHO DO YOU WANT ANSWERING THE PHONE? >> I'M HILLARY CLINTON, AND I APPROVED THIS MESSAGE. >> WHAT WAS BEHIND THAT AD? >> WELL, THIS...
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2008. HER HUSBAND HAD SAID, IF SHE
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LOSES EITHER OF THOSE PRIMARIES, SHE'S PROBABLY OUT OF THE RACE, AND SO SHE KNEW THEY HAD TO WIN. BOTH WERE COMPETITIVE PRIMARIES. SHE WAS IN SOMEWHAT...
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THAT HAD HE WON A QUICK VICTORY, HE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN AS STRONG A CANDIDATE, NOR WOULD THEY HAVE HAD AS GOOD AN ORGANIZATION THROUGH THE COURSE OF...
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NEVER MEANT TO BE THIS EASY. AND AS HE SAID, POWER CONCEDES NOTHING WITHOUT A STRUGGLE. HE BECAME A MUCH MORE RESILIENT CANDIDATE AS A RESULT OF THAT,...
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MY OWN VOICE.
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I FELT LIKE WE ALL SPOKE FROM OUR HEARTS, AND I AM SO GRATIFIED THAT YOU RESPONDED. NOW, TOGETHER LET'S GIVE AMERICA THE KIND OF COMEBACK THAT NEW ...
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TEAM WAS ABSENT THROUGH THE KEY STRETCHES IN THAT FIVE DAYS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THERE WAS A FAMOUS CONFERENCE CALL WHICH WE RECOUNT IN THE BOOK WHEN SHE...
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AFTER IOWA IN WHICH NEITHER MARK PENN NOR HOWARD WOLFSON, HER TWO MOST SENIOR ADVISORS IN TERMS OF STRATEGY, COULD OFFER HER ANY SOUND ADVICE ON WHAT...
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HAD ASKED HIM AND SAID THIS IS NO LONGER A CAMPAIGN, IT'S A MOVEMENT. YOU'VE BEGUN, THEN, TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
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WHERE DID THAT MOMENTUM GO? >> WELL, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THERE WAS SUCH A SHORT TIME BETWEEN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. NORMALLY...
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I THINK EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT OBAMA HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM THAT IT WOULD CARRY HIM THROUGH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO WIN IT....
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SAME CREDENTIALS, AND YOU RESPONDED BY SAYING THE QUESTION IS WHETHER HE WOULD HAVE WON AT ALL IF HE HAD THE SAME
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CREDENTIALS AND WAS CAUCASIAN. CAN YOU ELABORATE, PLEASE? >> WELL, I THINK WHAT I MEANT BY THAT WAS, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT OBAMA, IF YOU TAKE
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AWAY THE RACE FACTOR -- AND CERTAINLY HE DID NOT RUN A RACIALLY BASED CAMPAIGN. BUT THERE WAS A UNIQUE QUALITY TO BARACK OBAMA BECAUSE HE'S BIRACIAL....
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TWO YEARS, WHO HAD SPENT EIGHT YEARS IN THE STATE SENATE IN ILLINOIS, BUT BASICALLY HAD VERY LITTLE TIME ON THE NATIONAL STAGE, HE WOULD HAVE HAD MUCH...
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CANDIDATES. I MEAN, HILLARY CLINTON, IN HER OWN RIGHT, HAD ALL OF THE QUALITIES OF A CELEBRITY CANDIDATE. AND BARACK OBAMA, BECAUSE OF HIS UNIQUE...
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OF HIS ORATOROR ORATOROR ORATORCAL QUALITY AND BECAUSE HE REPRESENTED AN AMERICA OF THE FUTURE, A MUCH MORE DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHIC COUNTRY, BOTH OF THEM...
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CERTAINLY HE'S HAD A DIFFICULT FIRST YEAR. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT
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THAT. AND HE IS LOOKING TOWARD A MIDTERM ELECTION IN WHICH HIS PARTY'S GOING TO LOSE PROBABLY A LOT OF SEATS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY. SOME PEOPLE THINK...
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DEMOCRATS COULD LOSE THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE THIS YEAR. I DON'T THINK WE'RE QUITE THERE YET, BUT THIS IS A TOUGH YEAR FOR DEMOCRATS. SO, YOU WOULD...
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| 00:22:37 |
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THOSE SUPPORTERS OF ALL THAT, HOW IS THAT HOPY-CHANGY STUFF WORKING OUT FOR YA? SEE, I TRIED TO LOOK IN TO THAT TRANSPARENCY THING,
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| 00:22:51 |
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BUT JOE'S MEETINGS WITH THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, IT WAS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. YEP. THEY HELD A TRANSPARENCY MEETING BEHIND CLOSED...
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OF REALLY INTERESTING SUBSTORIES, AND THE SELECTION OF PALIN IS
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PROBABLY THE MOST INTERESTING
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IN MANY WAYS. HE PICKED HER FOR SEVERAL REASONS, STEVE. ONE WAS, THERE WAS A FEELING INSIDE HIS CAMPAIGN -- AND HE BELIEVED IT, AND STEVE SCHMIDT,
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HIS CAMPAIGN, DAY-TO-DAY CHIEF, AND RICK DAVIS, HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER BELIEVED -- THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A BAD YEAR TO BE A REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, THAT UNLESS...
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AND HAD SHE SUCCEEDED, WOULD WE BE TALKING ABOUT
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A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ELECTION? >> WELL, THE ANSWER TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION IS YES. THE ANSWER TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION IS, IT WAS
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| 00:26:02 |
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A LAST-GASP EFFORT. THEY WERE NOT CONFIDENT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF, BUT THEY WERE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL...
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WHAT TO DO WITH MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA. THERE WERE EFFORTS LATE IN FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH, TO TRY TO GET THAT ON THE TABLE. AND IT TOOK SIX OR SEVEN WEEKS...
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HAD 18 DELEGATES, THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN JUST DIDN'T CONTEST IT. OBAMA WENT IN TO THAT FOUR DAYS
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BEFORE THE CAUCUSES ON FEBRUARY 5th, AND DREW 14,000 PEOPLE, WHICH WAS 3 TIMES -- ALMOST 3 TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE AS HAD VOTED IN THE CAUCUSES FOUR...
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| 00:30:10 |
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HIM? >> HE WON SOUTH CAROLINA TWICE IN '84 AND '88 AND HE RAN A GOOD CAMPAIGN AND SENATOR OBAMA RAN A GOOD CAMPAIGN. HE'S A GOOD CANDIDATE WITH A GOOD...
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AND THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN. >> VERY BADLY. VERY BADLY. I MEAN, THIS WAS PART OF A PATTERN OF STATEMENTS BY EITHER BILL CLINTON OR BY CLINTON SUPPORTERS
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THAT WERE TAKEN BY OBAMA SUPPORTERS AND NEUTRAL PEOPLE IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AS
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AN EFFORT BY THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN
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TO INJECT RACE INTO THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION BATTLE AND TO MAKE BARACK OBAMA A BLACK CANDIDATE. AND THERE WAS OUTRAGE AMONG SOME AFRICAN-AMERICAN...
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AN ENDORSEMENT AS LONG AS CHRIS DODD, WHO WAS VERY CLOSE FRIENDS WITH SENATOR KENNEDY, WAS IN THE
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RACE. CHRIS DODD QUIT THE RACE AFTER IOWA, SO, HILLARY, WOULD REALLY LIKE YOUR ENDORSEMENT. THEY HAD UP TO THAT POINT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. AND THEY...
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HAS A QUESTION. >> HI, MR. BALZ. I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU SAID EARLIER THAT McCAIN WANTED TO PROVE THAT HE WAS THE REAL CANDIDATE OF CHANGE. SO, DO...
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THINK IF McCAIN HAD
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CHOSEN A DIFFERENT WOMAN SUCH AS MAYBE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON OR
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ANOTHER MINORITY CANDIDATE SUCH AS BOBBY JINDAL THAT MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE HELPED McCAIN MORE THAN PALIN WOULD HAVE AND MAYBE HE WOULD
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HAVE WON THE ELECTION? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY. I THINK IN THE END, FRANKLY, THAT IT WAS NOT IN THE CARDS FOR JOHN McCAIN TO WIN THIS ELECTION....
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BAILEY HUTCHISON, BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE A PARTICULARLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HER, SO THAT WAS KIND OF A NONSTARTER. BOBBY JINDAL HE WAS INTERESTED...
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CANDIDATES, THERE IS SOMETHING COMMON ABOUT ALL
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SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT,
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AND THAT IS THAT THEY, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, FIT THE MOOD OF THE COUNTRY AND CAN SPEAK TO THE MOOD OF THE COUNTRY. I MEAN, EVERY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION...
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I MEAN, IT IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT AMERICANS THINK ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THE FUTURE OF THEIR COUNTRY AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT. EVERY CAMPAIGN AS A RESULT...
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INCLUDING TED KENNEDY AND OTHERS IN THE SENATE, BUT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WAIT YOUR TURN.
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IT'S -- YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME. DON'T RUSH INTO THIS. YOU NEED A LITTLE MORE SEASONING, ET CETERA. AXELROD WROTE, HISTORY IS REPLETE WITH...
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| 00:39:10 |
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PAVE THE ROAD FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION AND THAT I WAS WONDERING WHAT KIND OF POLITICAL CLIMATE OR ATTITUDE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE EXPECTING AFTER
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OBAMA? >> WELL, AS I SAID IN RESPONSE TO AN EARLIER QUESTION, I
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| 00:39:21 |
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DON'T THINK WE CAN TELL THAT YET. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IF THE ELECTION WERE THIS NOVEMBER, THERE WOULD BE A REACTION TO OBAMA'S HANDLING OF A NUMBER...
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DIFFERENT KIND OF CANDIDATE COMING AT HIM FROM THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. IF IT WERE AN ELECTION THIS FALL, SOMEBODY LIKE MITT ROMNEY, WHO HAS A BUSINESS BACKGROUND,...
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IS THE MOST UNLIKELY PERSON EVER TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES." I MEAN, IT -- IT'S A STORY YOU COULD NOT HAVE WRITTEN IN FICTION. HAD YOU...
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UNSUCCESSFUL 2000 -- >> CONGRESSIONAL BID. >> -- CONGRESSIONAL BID, WHEN HE GOT BADLY BEATEN BY BOBBY RUSH. HE'S -- YOU KNOW, HE'S SOMEWHAT IN DEBT,...
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OF ACCIDENTAL THINGS, HE
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BECOMES THE KEYNOTER FOR 2004. I MEAN, THIS IS A -- THIS IS A PERSON WHO IS STILL ONLY A STATE SENATOR. I MEAN, HE'S NOT BEEN ELECTED STATEWIDE EVEN...
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NEGATIVE AD PEDDLERS, WHO EMBRACE THE POLITICS OF ANYTHING GOES. WELL, I SAY TO THEM TONIGHT, THERE IS NOT A LIBERAL AMERICA AND A CONSERVATIVE AMERICA....
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AMERICA. THERE IS NOT A BLACK AMERICA. AND A WHITE AMERICA AND LATINO AMERICA, AN ASIAN AMERICA. THERE'S THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE PUNDITS...
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SPEECH UP. THE SPEECH STARTED SLOWLY. IT WASN'T AS IF THE CROWD ALL OF SUDDEN RESPONDED FROM THIS RELATIVELY UNKNOWN STATE SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS, BUT...
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SPEECH, THAT -- THAT FLEETCENTER WAS JUST ALIVE WITH ENERGY. BUT THE POINT YOU MADE IS RIGHT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING HE STRESSED, THE INTERVIEW THAT...
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AN INSTINCT FOR WHERE THE COUNTRY WANTED TO GO. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO GET YOUR OPINION ON WHETHER YOU
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THINK HE'S KIND OF MOVED AWAY FROM THAT, OR AS HE'S BECOME PRESIDENT HE'S LOST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT TOUCH AND A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FEEL FOR WHERE...
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GOT SMALLER EVENTS AND YOU CAN GET MORE OF A FINGERTIP FEEL FOR WHAT'S ON THE MINDS OF PEOPLE AND HOW TO ADDRESS THAT. I THINK ANOTHER THING THAT'S HAPPENED...
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ANSWER. I THINK HE HURT HER MOST WHEN SHE NEEDED HIM TO HELP HER MOST. YOU KNOW, IN MANY WAYS BILL CLINTON WAS A TERRIFIC
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ASSET FOR
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HER. HE HAS -- HAD A NATIONAL NETWORK WHICH SHE WAS ABLE TO ADOPT AS HER OWN. HE
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HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF RUNNING THAT HE COULD OFFER HER VERY GOOD ADVICE STATE BY STATE, HOW TO DO MESSAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT. I REMEMBER -- WHEN SHE FIRST...
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| 00:49:45 |
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THIS CAVEAT, ALL WINNING
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| 00:49:48 |
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CAMPAIGNS GET CREDITED WITH BEING BETTER THAN THEY ARE, AND ALL LOSING CAMPAIGNS ALWAYS GET
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TORN APART FOR BEING WORSE THAN THEY ARE. BUT NONETHELESS, HAVING SAID THAT, AMONG THE THREE CAMPAIGNS, THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN WAS THE SMOOTHEST RUNNING,...
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FRACTIOUS INTERNALLY, HAD THE BEST STRATEGIC SENSE, AND HAD A CANDIDATE WHO HAD PUT IT TOGETHER. I MEAN, ALL CAMPAIGNS ARE A REFLECTION OF THE CANDIDATE....
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| 00:52:17 |
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GEORGE MASON
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UNIVERSITY. QUESTION? >> HI, MR. BALZ, WHAT SHOULD THE NEXT ROUND OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR
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BOOK? >> WHOA, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I -- WELL, I THINK ALL CAMPAIGNS, I DON'T THINK THEY'LL TAKE THIS AWAY FROM OUR BOOK. AND I DON'T SAY THAT...
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OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE CAMPAIGN. ONE
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IS WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, THAT THERE -- THERE IS A NECESSITY TO
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TALKING ABOUT. THERE IS A NECESSITY TO HAVE COHESION AND STRATEGIC AGREEMENT AND CLEEJALTY WITHIN A WITHIN A CAMPAIGN. YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW HOW TO PUT...
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| 00:55:09 |
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OBAMA MENTIONED THAT HE HAD NOT DEALT WITH THE
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ELECTION PROPERLY, HE COULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION RIGHT THERE. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT'S THE
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CASE? >> YES, THIS WAS THE SINGLE MOST DIFFICULT MOMENT FOR BARACK OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN FOR THIS REASON. IN THE TITLE OF HIS BOOK. "AUDACITY OF HOPE" IS...
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| 00:55:39 |
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IN PART TO PUT DOWN ROOTS. THIS WAS SOMEBODY WHO FOR WHOM HE WAS A MENTOR IN MANY WAYS. NOW, OBAMA SAID IT WAS NOT A POLITICAL MENTOR BUT NONETHELESS...
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| 00:57:38 |
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DISINVITED HIM BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME STUFF IN THE WORKS IN "ROLLING STONE" IN WHICH THEY KNEW WOULD BE DAMAGING. THEY DIDN'T WANT HIM ON THE SAME STAGE....
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| 00:57:49 |
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DROP THE BALL. EVEN A WINNING CAMPAIGN MAKES MISTAKES AND THIS WAS A BIG ONE. >> LET'S GO BACK TO A FINAL QUESTION FROM DENVER. WHO HAS IT, DAN? >>...
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2012, WHAT HE LEARNED IN 2008 AND HIS CAMPAIGN SO FAR? >> THE KEY TO 2012 LIES
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| 00:58:22 |
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IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS, ONE IS THE ECONOMY. I TALKED ABOUT RONALD
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REAGAN ABOUT. HE HAD A BAD ECONOMY IN THE FIRST MID-TERM ELECTION AND HIS PARTY SUFFERED SIGNIFICANTLY. BY THE TIME HE RAN FOR RE-ELECTION IT WAS...
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| 00:58:42 |
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DIFFERENCE. IF THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE COMES DOWN EVEN MORE RAPIDLY THAN SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS BECAUSE THE PROJECTIONS ARE NOT TERRIBLY GOOD FOR THE...
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| 01:00:21 |
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BOOK. DO YOU HAVE A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE WE WRAP IT UP IN DENVER? >> THANK YOU, STEVE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION, I VOTED IN 14 PRESIDENTIAL...
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| 01:00:36 |
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THIS LAST ONE, 2008, TURNED, WHAT USED TO BE THE MEDIA IS NO LONGER THE
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| 01:00:48 |
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MAIN THING BETWEEN THE BLOGS AND TWEETS AND TEXT MESSAGING, FACEBOOK, THINGS LIKE THAT. PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR INFORMATION INSTANT YOUSLY AND NOT...
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| 01:01:53 |
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BUSINESS. WE ARE A 24/7 OPERATION IN A WAY. WE NEVER USED TO BE. WE HAVE A PRINT EDITION THAT HAS LOYAL FOLLOWINGS, SMALLER
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| 01:02:01 |
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THAN IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO BUT NONETHELESS A LOYAL FOLLOWING. THEY WANT A CERTAIN KIND OF JOURNALISM. PEOPLE WHO USE VARIOUS OTHER TOOLS GET THEIR...
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| 01:03:49 |
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THE LATEST JOBS NUMBERS CAME OUT TODAY AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINED AT 9.7% FOR FEBRUARY. TESTIMONY FROM THE LABOR DEPARTMENT UP NEXT HERE ON C-SPAN3....
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