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COFOUNDERS. >> I WANTED TO START OUT BY THINKING OUR HOST. -- A THINKING -- THANKING OUR HOST. WE ARE THANKFUL TO BE HERE. WE HAVE TWO SPECIAL GUESTS...
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| 00:00:34 |
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GET TOGETHER AND BREAK UP INTO SMALLER GROUPS. BUT TODAY, WE WILL INTRODUCE OUR FOCUS, WHICH IS HOW TO IMPROVE THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. HOW TO HAVE BETTER...
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| 00:03:04 |
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WHAT DIFFICULT A JOURNEY THAT WAS. DESPITE THE PASSAGE OF HEALTH CARE REFORM, WE STILL HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH GOVERNMENT AND OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM. ...
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| 00:09:18 |
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THAT IS BASICALLY THE RULES. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BRING CHANGE TO THE SENATE, YOU ACTUALLY
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| 00:09:26 |
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REQUIRE AN ACTION BY THE SENATE AND IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS TO CHANGE A FILIBUSTER RULE OR
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| 00:09:33 |
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CHANGE THE REQUIREMENT TO MAKE ANY RULES CHANGES. THE SENATE SHOULD MAKE ITS RULES FOR THE TWO. BETWEEN THE ELECTIONS AND THAT AT THE START OF A NEW SENATE,...
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| 00:11:10 |
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HAVING ME. IT IS GREAT TO SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ON A SATURDAY MORNING. LAST WEEKEND, I WENT TO PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY TO ONE OF THE FIRST COFFEE PARTY...
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| 00:11:30 |
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PEOPLE FEEL ILL SERVED. I WAS ONE TO WRITE MY NOTES ON MY HAND, BUT I HAD TOO MANY NOTES, SO I BROUGHT THEM WITH ME. 93% SAID THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH...
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| 00:12:46 |
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| 00:12:56 |
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ABOUT 70 YEARS. I THINK THE INDEPENDENT CENTRISTS, WHO ARE THE PEOPLE I AM INTERESTED IN -- I THINK THEY DECIDE ELECTIONS. EVERYONE HAS HEARD ABOUT OHIO....
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| 00:13:38 |
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HAS BECOME A SWING STATE. THE STATES DECIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. SPECIFICALLY, THE VOTERS IN THE MIDDLE IN THOSE SWING STATES DECIDE WHO IS GOING...
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| 00:17:43 |
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DYSFUNCTIONAL WAS NUMBER
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| 00:17:45 |
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ONE. CORRUPT, SELF-SERVING, CONFUSED, INCOMPETENT, INEFFECTIVE, LAZY, BAD, SUCK, POOR, CROOK, DISAPPOINTED, GRIDLOCKED, IDIOTS, SLOW, LOUSY, AND TERRIBLE....
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| 00:19:50 |
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IN THE COUNTRY, AMONG THE PEOPLE. I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU AGREED WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK YOU THE QUESTION SO YOU HAVE TIME TO THINK...
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| 00:20:37 |
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HIMSELF FEELS STYMIED. HIS DECIDED NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION IN INDIANA. I KNOW THAT HE AND LINDSEY GRAMM, A REPUBLICAN, HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE...
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| 00:23:58 |
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VERY WELL. THE MEDIA SYSTEM AGGRAVATES THIS. THE MEDIA SYSTEM HAS BECOME POLARIZED AND FRAGMENTED ALONG WITH THE POLITICAL SYSTEM. THE INFORMATION SYSTEM...
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| 00:26:23 |
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I THINK THE INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS ARE A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM -- THE MONEY SYSTEM, THE WAY CONGRESS IS STRUCTURED, THE GERRYMANDERING THAT TAKES PLACE...
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| 00:26:44 |
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DIFFICULT BECAUSE ON REDISTRICTING, THAT IS DONE BY THE STATE LEGISLATURES, SUBJECT TO GUBERNATORIAL VETOES IN EACH OF THE 50 STATES ACROSS AMERICA. IF...
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| 00:28:01 |
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SOME THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE. PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF FIGHTING. PEOPLE COME TO FACEBOOK AND ON THE WEBSITE WITH A SIGH OF RELIEF, LIKE "THANK GOD PEOPLE FEEL...
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| 00:29:28 |
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GIVE THEM DONATIONS. LOBBYISTS BUY ACCESS. AND THE FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS WILL ADMIT IT. BUT NOT NECESSARILY BUY VOTES, BUT THEY DO BUY ACCESS. THE...
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| 00:32:12 |
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HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TAKEN THIS ON OUR WEBSITE? THIS IS 8 TOOL THAT HELPS US GET A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE STAND POLITICALLY, INDIVIDUALLY AND NATIONALLY....
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| 00:33:54 |
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CONGRESS. I WAS IN IMMIGRATION IN MARCH. I CANNOT MAKE MY VOICE HEARD BY STAFF OR BY E-MAIL BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS SHY. ARE THERE BETTER WAYS TO INCREASE...
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| 00:35:02 |
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THAT DURING THE 08 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. WE'RE SEEING IT AMONG CONSERVATIVES RIGHT NOW WHO ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE CURRENT DIRECTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION....
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| 00:36:03 |
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FELLOW. I WANTED TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON WHAT YOU HAVE ALL ALLUDED TO, WHICH IS HOW INTERCONNECTED ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR DEMOCRACY ARE. WE
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| 00:36:22 |
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HAVE FILIBUSTER REFORM, WE HAVE REDISTRICTING. WE CAN MAKE OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR CONGRESS NOT WORK WELL. THERE ARE DIFFERENT EFFORTS AT REFORMING DIFFERENT...
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| 00:37:50 |
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AS OFTEN IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS AS THEY DO IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. IN PRIMARIES, YOU HAVE THE ARDENT LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES COMING OUT AND VOTING....
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| 00:38:35 |
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TENDS TO BE MORE DEMOCRATIC AT THE STATEWIDE LEVEL. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT. IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO WATCH HOW SENATOR BROWN...
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| 00:39:20 |
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BAD THEY LIKE THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVE? THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM. >> THAT IS TRUE. THAT IS WHAT THE POLLING SHOWS, ALTHOUGH THIS YEAR -- TYPICALLY, POLLING...
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| 00:39:45 |
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YEAR POLLS HAVE SHOWN THEY DO NOT THINK ANYBODY SHOULD BE REELECTED, BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. NO INCUMBENTS SHOULD BE REELECTED. I THINK THE DISCONTENT...
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| 00:41:24 |
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OF CONGRESS WHO ARE REALLY MY REPRESENTATIVES, BUT THEY BLOW ME OFF HORRIBLY BOTH IN LETTERS AND IN PHONE CALLS BECAUSE I LIVE HERE AND NOT THEIR CONSTITUENTS....
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| 00:42:12 |
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OVER D.C. IF YOU GO OUT AND TALK WITH THEM, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FACE-TO-FACE DIALOGUE THAT PEOPLE IN OTHER STATES DO NOT HAVE. >> I...
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| 00:42:46 |
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I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED. >> THE COPY PARTY -- THE COFFEE PARTY -- THIS WEEK SHOWS A COMPLETE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COFFEE PARTY AND THE TEA PARTY. OTHER...
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| 00:43:13 |
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BETWEEN THE COFFEE PARTY AND THE TEA PARTY? >> TWO MAIN THINGS. WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT TRY TO START A THIRD PARTY. IT SEEMS LIKE FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN WITH...
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| 00:43:37 |
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CIVIC DUTY AND A SENSE OF HONOR AND A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND PARTICIPATING IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS TO HAVE THE MAJORITY...
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| 00:47:18 |
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DEMOCRACY IS THE WORST FORM OF GOVERNMENT EXCEPT THE OTHER ONES. YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK. THERE ARE NO OPTIONS. THERE IS NO CHOICE. >> PICKING UP ON...
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| 00:47:52 |
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PUT STATEHOOD AT THE TOP OF THEIR PRIORITIES AND TO LOBBY THE PRESIDENT TO COME OUT FOR THIS. THAT IS THE BIGGEST KIND OF REDISTRICTING YOU CAN DO BY...
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| 00:48:51 |
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DO NOT CARE BUT MY OPINION. THEY JUST WANT MY MONEY. >> JUST TELL THEM TO TAKE YOUR NAME OFF THE LIST. >>
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| 00:48:59 |
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THAT IS NOT GOING TO HELP THEM MAKE MONEY. THE BIG PROBLEM IS TO GET -- >> CAN YOU MOVE YOUR MICROPHONE AWAY FROM HER MOUTH A LITTLE BIT? >> IS THIS...
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| 00:49:18 |
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PARTY TOGETHER? THERE IS NO WAY TO HAVE A DIALOGUE.
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| 00:49:22 |
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I KNOW WE CAN COME UP WITH CLEVER WAYS TO DO THIS, BUT I THINK MAYBE WE CAN DO
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| 00:49:29 |
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THIS -- WE CAN HAVE DEBATES OR QUIZ
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| 00:49:32 |
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SHOWS WHERE PEOPLE ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY OR THEY HAVE DEBATE CONTESTS WITH ESSAY QUESTIONS SO PEOPLE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO FORMULATE...
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| 00:50:19 |
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AND PARTICIPATE IN THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE NOT THE OPPOSITE. IT IS NOT AN EITHER/OR SITUATION. IN TERMS OF INCLUDING THEM IN OUR PROCESS,...
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| 00:51:21 |
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ANDERSON THERE ARE OTHER CANDIDATES AROUND THE COUNTRY TO WORK CENTRIST INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT SEEM TO BE IN THE TEA PARTY STYLE -- WHO ...
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| 00:52:22 |
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FOR GOVERNOR IN THEIR STATES. ONE OF THE VIRTUES OF A TIME WHEN EVERYBODY IS UPSET -- I AM EXPECTING TURN OUT TO GO UP THIS YEAR IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS....
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| 00:53:22 |
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ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS, IN THE MEDIA, WE
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| 00:53:28 |
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DEFINE PARTISANSHIP AS REAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PARTIES. I THINK IN MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY WOULD BE WONDERFUL. WE DO NOT HAVE ONE. THE DIFFERENCES...
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| 00:56:50 |
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PERCENTAGE SAY THEY ARE CENTRIST IN THEIR VIEWS. THE SMALLEST PERCENTAGE CONSIDER THEMSELVES LIBERAL AROUND THE COUNTRY. I WOULD SAY THERE IS A DIFFERENCE...
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| 00:58:14 |
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IS GOING TO BE EVEN MORE OF IT IN 2010. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STEM THAT CORPORATE
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| 00:58:23 |
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INFLUENCE, THE MODEL IS OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN IN 2008, FROM A FUND-RAISING STANDPOINT. WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO -- HE WAS A CHARISMATIC CANDIDATE. THERE'S A...
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| 01:00:12 |
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GIVING $10 = $1 MILLION. >> THERE ARE PHILOSOPHICAL AND DIFFERENCES THAT CAME OUT DURING THE HEALTH-CARE DEBATE. I THINK THAT IS TRUE. BUT MANY IDEAS...
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| 01:00:43 |
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WITH HIS VIEW THAT POLITICS IS A FOOTBALL GAME WITH TWO TEAMS AND IT IS ABOUT WINNING AND LOSING. THEY TOOK CERTAIN TACTICAL POSITIONS IN THIS GAME ABOUT...
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| 01:00:54 |
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THE POSITION THAT THE REPUBLICANS TALK -- A LOT OF THAT WAS RHETORIC
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| 01:00:59 |
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TO ME. THIS IS ABOUT BIG GOVERNMENT. WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE SCARED OF BIG GOVERNMENT. A LOT OF THIS IS ABOUT SMART GOVERNMENT. IT IS NOT ABOUT BIG GOVERNMENT....
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| 01:01:40 |
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GOVERNMENT -- THE FORMER REPUBLICAN WHO IS NOW AT THE ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. CIVILITY IS A BIG ISSUE FROM HIM. HE WAS SAYING THAT IF WE CAN ONLY...
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| 01:03:54 |
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THAT WOULD DESCRIBE CONGRESS. FOR ME, IT WOULD BE FEAR.
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| 01:04:01 |
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THE FEAR BASED RHETORIC COMING OUT OF THE REPUBLICANS AND THE FEARFUL LESS OF THE DEMOCRATS TO RESPOND. ANOTHER THING -- WHAT DO YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF...
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| 01:07:32 |
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THAT IS WHY, TO MEET -- THAT IS PART OF THE COFFEE PARTY, IS TO PRESENT A BETTER ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE MAJORITY. I HONESTLY THINK WE...
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| 01:09:11 |
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SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY FROM A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE, IT IS GOOD TO ENGAGE PEOPLE. YOU NEED THEIR VOTE. IT IS PART OF THE DEMOCRACY. YOU BRING IN THE...
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| 01:12:47 |
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SECONDLY, CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM. NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO BE TALKING TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, EXPLAINING YOUR POINT OF VIEW, ARGUING ON POT -- ON BEHALF...
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| 01:13:35 |
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THE DECISION WAS THAT CORPORATIONS ARE THE SAME AS INDIVIDUALS WHEN IT COMES TO
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| 01:13:41 |
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LOCAL SPEECH AND ARE FREE TO SPEND AS MUCH AS THEY WANT ON CAMPAIGNS. WE WILL SEE, KATIE BAR THE DOOR THIS FALL, WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT....
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| 01:18:04 |
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WE HAVE SEEN THAT. THERE IS A GOOD ARGUMENT TO BE MADE
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| 01:18:09 |
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THAT -- IT MAY BE TOO EARLY TO THINK ABOUT THIS, BUT [INAUDIBLE] WHAT DOES THE PANEL THINK ABOUT THAT POTENTIAL? >> THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THERE TO...
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| 01:18:51 |
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HE WOULD BE LIKE PEROT IN THE SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE, PLUS RICH. IF YOUR INDEPENDENT AND FOR RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, YOUR ODDS ARE NOT VERY GOOD. -- IF...
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| 01:19:40 |
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PEROT GOT ALMOST 20% IN 1992. GOING BACK TO TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND THE BULL MOOSE PARTY OF THESE -- AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO...
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| 01:23:13 |
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HELP OURSELVES. NOBODY ELSE IS GOING TO COME IN AND HELP US WITH THIS. WE ARE THE PEOPLE. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTROL OUR GOVERNMENT. ANYTHING YOU...
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| 01:23:48 |
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POWER AND IF YOU STAY INVOLVED AND STAY ACTIVE. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE WAITING TO SEE IF YOU HAVE THAT STAYING POWER, IF YOU WILL MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD,...
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| 01:24:27 |
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WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. AND THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE. [APPLAUSE] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL...
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