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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
HOST: TALKING ABOUT THE RACE IS HAPPENING AROUND THE
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
COUNTRY, RUNOFFS, CONTESTS, GIVE US A PREVIEW.
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
GUEST: ANOTHER INCUMBENT IN CONGRESS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA IS IN TROUBLE. IT LOOKS LIKE HE WILL LOSE. HE IS
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
DOWN IN THE POLLS AGAINST THE TEA PARTY FAVORITE. WITH ENGLES, SOME BELIEVE HE STRAYED FROM THE PARTY, HAVING CRITICIZED JOE WILSON, AND VOTED WITH DEMOCRATS....
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| 00:01:54 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
WHAT BENNETT HAS TO SAY? GUEST: NO, HE IS UPSET HE LOST. HE SAYS WHOEVER WINS WILL NOT HAVE MUCH CLOUT IN WASHINGTON. THIS WILL
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
TRULY BE A FRESHMAN SENATOR WITHOUT THE CLOUT THAT BENNETT DID, BUT IT IS NOT ONE OF THE ENDORSEMENTS THAT BRIDGEWATER IS TALKOUTING. HOST: THIS CONCERNS...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TWO-PARTY CONSERVATIVE IS RUNNING AGAINST THE SON OF ONE TIME SEGREGATIONIST STROM THURMOND. TELL US ABOUT THE CCNTEST AND WHAT MAY...
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
WELL COMMITTED TO THE RUN-UP. THURMOND HAS ALL THE MOMENTUM, AND WILL LIKELY WIN -- HE MIGHT BE THE BEST SHOT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE TO HAVE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
HALEY IS EXPECTED TO DO WELL BECAUSE SHE HAD SUCH A HIGH ADVANTAGE WITH 49% IN THE INITIAL PRIMARY BATTLE. WHO IS SHE GUEST: FACING SHE IS FACING A MEMBER...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
CERTAIN SHAKE UPS? THERE ARE MANY OTHER PRAIRIE STEEP INTO AUGUST. GUEST: THEY ARE NERVOUS. THE BIG VOTES THAT CAN COME BACK TO YOU ARE THOSE FOR THE...
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
THE TARP VOTES, THE HEALTHCARE VOTE -- IF YOU DID NOT VOTE AND YOU ARE DEMOCRATS, YOU HAVE REASON FOR CONCERN. JIM WAS IN A RUNOFF TODAY AND WAS EXPECTED...
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| 00:06:15 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
GUEST: I THINK BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT FEEL EMBOLDENED RIGHT NOW. ANYONE IN THE MIDDLE IS VERY
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| 00:06:23 |
Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
NERVOUS, ESPECIALLY AROUND PRIMARY TIME. COME NOVEMBER IF REPUBLICANS CAN SURVIVE THE PRIMARY CHALLENGES THEY HAVE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THEY WILL...
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| 00:07:08 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
SAYS HOUSE WILL SPEND LESS THAN LIMITS SET BY OBAMA. HE WILL CONFIRM IT IN A SPEECH ON TUESDAY. HE WILL BACK TO CRACK DOWN ON GOVERNMENT SPENDING, SAYING...
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
SIX WEEKS AGO THEY SAID THEY WOULD MAKE A DECISION. TRY TO GET A DEAL BETWEEN LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES IN THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME...
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| 00:09:29 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
ARE TALKING ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL POLITICS. LET'S GO TO HAWAII AND WILLIAM. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. IT IS 2:00 A.M. HERE IN HAWAII. ALOHA.
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GUEST: I WILL BE THERE ON VACATION IN TWO WEEKS. CALLER:
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
I LIVE UNDER THE VOLCANO. [LAUGHTER] GUEST: I WILL NOT BE THERE.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: IN THIS BUDGET DEBATE I HAVE NEVER HEARD A WORD YET
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
ABOUT THE COST OF THE MILITARY BUDGET.
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CALLER, -
WE HAVE NOW 177 PERMANENT MILITARY BASES IN 84 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING SEVEN BRAND NEW, PERMANENT BASES IN THE COUNTRY OF COLOMBIA. IF...
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
HAS CALLED FOR TRIMMED DOWN SPENDING. BARNEY FRANK HAS PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF EXPERTS TO RECOMMEND MAJOR CUTS IN THE BUDGET. RECENTLY THEY CAME UP WITH...
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| 00:11:46 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
COMES FROM HOYER. HOW DOES THAT PLAY BACK HOME? EVERYONE IS NOT EAGER TO SEEM LIKE A FISCAL HAWK. ONE REASON THAT THE DEFENSE SPENDING DOES NOT GET CUT...
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
OR MEDICAID, OR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, THOSE BECOME CAMPAIGN COMMERCIALS FOR THE OPPOSITION. WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE SPECIFICS, SAYING SOCIAL SECURITY...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
CALLER: I AM AN AFRICAN- AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN. WHAT BOTHERS ME IS I DO NOT SEE THE MEDIA HOLDING
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CALLER, -
BARACK OBAMA'S FEET TO THE FIRE. HE SAID IF YOU GIVE HIM $797 BILLION, THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN TO 7.5%. IT IS ALMOST AT 10%....
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
DEALS THE RESPONSE OF A CASE. THEY ARE SEEKING THE VOTES. THE HAIR CUT A DEAL WITH THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. MANY GROUPS ON THE RIGHT AND BUSINESSES...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
CALLER: YOUR OPINION IS JUST LIKE OUR OPINION. WHEN IT COMES TO THE
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PRESIDENT'S AND THE REPUBLICANS, THEY ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB. THEY ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB FOR THE PEOPLE. THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE PRESIDENT SUCCEED....
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| 00:17:29 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
GUEST: THEY SEE HIM AS THE PARTY'S LEADER. SOME DEMOCRATS DO NOT WANT HIM IN THEIR DISTRICT OR THEIR STATE.
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
WE INTERVIEWED BLANCHE LINCOLN. HE HELPED DELIVER HER A BIG WIN. THAT WAS BILL CLINTON. MICHELLE OBAMA HAS BEEN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. SOME DEMOCRATS...
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| 00:18:34 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
THANK THE CALLERS BEFORE ME. WE SEEM TO BE COLLECTED
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CALLER, -
IN ONE POINT. PRESIDENT OBAMA CANNOT BE THE PRESIDENT OF EVERYBODY. THAT ARE JUST NOT GOING TO WORK WITH HIM. THEY WANT HIM TO FAIL. I EVEN FEEL LIKE...
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REPUBLICANS ON CAPITOL HILL ARE LAUGHING THAT OFF. THEY KNOW THAT GEORGE W. BUSH WILL BE MENTIONED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN A LOT THIS YEAR. IT IS QUESTIONABLE...
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GUEST: THIS IS A BIT OF A SPLIT AMONG REPUBLICANS. AMONG THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE SO MUCH PRESSURE
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
FROM CONSERVATIVES TO CUT BACK SPENDING IN DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN WHEN OF REPUBLICANS RAN CONGREES AND THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN SPENDING SKYROCKETED AND...
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| 00:21:35 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
GOING ON AND ON ABOUT PRESIDENT BUSH, I HAVE
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CALLER, -
TO WONDER IF THEY EVER DO THEIR HOMEWORK. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE IN WASHINGTON FOR OVER 3.5 YEARS. THAT IS WHEN ALL OF THIS HOGWASH STARTED....
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
WHETHER IT IS DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, LIBERALS. DEMOCRATS HAVE LARGE MAJOOITIES ON CAPITOL HILL. BEEN SOME WILL MISS THESE MAJORITIES NEXT YEAR. THEY...
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| 00:23:19 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
THIS CONGRESS HAS DONE A LOT. YOU CAN ARGUE AGAINST A LOT OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, BUT THEY HAVE DONE
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
SOME HISTORIC LEGISLATION. THE SIGNATURE IS HEALTH CARE REFORM. IT DID NOT LOOK LIKE IT WAS GOING TO PASS. , BUT IT DID. THAT GAVE THEM MOMENTUM. IT HAS...
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| 00:24:30 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
I HAD A COMMENT AND A QUESTION. IT IS ABOUT A PRIMARY
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CALLER, -
THAT WE HAD A FEW WEEKS AGO. THE PERSON THAT ONE WAS A MAN THAT NO ONE HAD HEARD OF. THEY ASKED HIM -- I HEARD TOO MUCH ABOUT HIM. I WAS WONDERING IF...
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
ALVIN GREEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. FEW HAD HEARD OF HIM BEFORE, AND HE WAS NOT FAVORED TO WIN. SOME WERE THINKING ABOUT CHALLENGING THE PRIMARY RESULTS....
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OFF IN IN 2007. I
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CALLER, -
WORKED AT -- SO MANY PLACES, EVERYTHING IS GONE. THERE IS NOTHING HERE. THEY DO NOT WANT TO GIVE ME AN EXTENSION. I WAS WORKING. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE...
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| 00:28:13 |
Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
IS DEBATE AMONG REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. IF YOU EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, THERE IS A DISINCENTIVE FOR THEM TO FIND WORK. MANY SAY IT IS HOGWASH....
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
NOT IN WASHINGTON. A SHORTENED WORK. . WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THEM HEADING BACK HOME? DO DEMOCRATS NEED TO GET BACK AND START CAMPAIGNING?...
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
THEY WANT TO BE HOME IN CAMPAIGNING. THEY DO NOT WANT TO CREATE MOMENTS SUMMERS AGO WHERE THERE WERE HEATED TOWN HALLS. I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING....
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
WHEN RONALD REAGAN TOOK OFFICE,
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CALLER, -
THE STOCK MARKET STARTED TO MOVE IN PRICES GOT CHEAPER. WITH OBAMA IN OFFICE, IT SEEMS THAT WHEN THE STOCK MARKET IS HIGHER, SO DO THE PRICES. NOTHING...
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
HYPER INFLATION KICKING IN. IT HAS NOT YET. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ECONOMISTS ARE CONSTANTLY WATCHING. I AM NOT SO SURE THAT THE RATE HAS GONE UP SO...
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| 00:32:16 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
GUEST: IT IS A MARKED DIFFERENCE. WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THE REPUBLICAN BASE HAS
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
BEEN FIRED UP? YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO GO BACK TO TWO DOZEN FOR WHEN GEORGE BUSH BEAT JOHN KERRY. SINCE THEN, THE PARTY HAS BEEN IN THE DOLDRUMS. THE DEALING...
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| 00:33:18 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
CALLER: I AM AN INDEPENDENT NOW, BUT WHAT CHANGE OF MIND ON REPUBLICAN --
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WHEN THEY VOTED ON TERRY SHAIVA. SHE WAS NOT TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT. SHE WAS STARVED TO DEATH. THE JUDGE REPEATED THE 10 COMMANDMENTS. THAT AFFECTED...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS GOING TO BE AS WE WATCH HER CONFIRMATION PROCESS? GUEST: THE OIL SPILL IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. KAGAN
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
IS A BORING STORY, BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A LOT OF CONFLICT. I AM SURE SHE WILL GET SOME YES VOTES. MOST -- THE HEARING STARTS NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
CALLER: THE MEDICARE THAT OBAMA PASS, WILL THE VETERANS GET THE FIGURE AS WELL?
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CALLER, -
GUEST: I BELIEVE SO. IF YOU FALL INTO THE MEDICARE DON'T GET, WHICH IS AN ABSENCE
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
OF COVERAGE, UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT, YOU GET A $250 REBATE. THAT WOULD INCLUDE ALL MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES AS FAR AS I KNOW. YOU SHOULD CHECK WITH YOUR...
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| 00:35:44 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
THINK THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH OBAMA IS THAT HE HAS NOT FOLLOWED THE PRIORITIES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
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CALLER, -
THEY WERE FIX THE ECONOMY AND CREATE JOBS AND TAKE CARE OF THE OIL SPILL. WITH REGARDS TO THE ECONOMY, THE STIMULUS MONEY WAS ASSIGNED TO ENERGY AND HEALTH...
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| 00:37:25 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
CARE REFORM. THAT IS TRUE. JOE BIDEN WAS CONCERNED
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
ABOUT MOVING HEALTHCARE RIGHT AFTER THE STIMULUS. THESE ARE BIG DEBATES THAT WE WILL SEE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. WE S DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS,...
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| 00:38:27 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
GUEST: DEMOCRATS IN MANY WAYS ARE HAVING THE MEETINGS. THEY HAVE PRESENTATIONS OF
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
VARIOUS CLIMATE CHANGE PROPOSALS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NANCY PELOSI HAS AS A SIGNATURE ISSUE. THE VOTES ARE NOWHERE NEAR IN THE SENATE. THAT IS COMING...
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| 00:39:18 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
HEARD ABOUT THEM EXTENDING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OF ALL? I HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE I WAS 19 YEARS OLD AND
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CALLER, -
NEVER LOST MY JOB OR BEEN OUT OF WORK UP UNTIL THIS YEAR. ALL OF THE SUDDEN, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THEY CUT THE BENEFITS HERE IN INDIANA. I LIVE RIGHT...
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Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND FRUSTRATED WHEN CONGRESS IS DEADLOCKED AND THEY DID NOT COMMIT THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS....
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| 00:40:42 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
GUEST: DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING THE POINT AS WELL AS SPEAKER CLOSING -- NANCY PELOSI SAME
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| 00:40:50 |
Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
REPUBLICANS ARE THE ONES BLOCKING THIS. IT IS ALSO NOTEWORTHY THAT SENATOR JOE LIEBERMAN AND BEN NELSON FROM NEBRASKA VOTED AGAINST THE MEASURE THAT HAD...
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| 00:41:27 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
REGARDS TO SOME AGAINST PRESIDENT OBAMA.
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CALLER, -
FROM DAY ONE UP TO THE PRESENCE ,T [UNINTELLIGIBLE] THE REPUBLICANS STOOD UP AND SAID WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET ANYTHING PASS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY DEMOCRAT...
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| 00:42:29 |
Cusack, Bob - Managing Editor
WAS NOT FOND OF PRESIDENT BUSH. SOME ON THE LEFT HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA. VARIOUS ISSUES, THEY HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED. OVERALL, MANY...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
IT IS A CLOTH 30-YEAR IN WASHINGTON, D.C. --
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8:30 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. BECAUSETHERE ARE THINGS THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION COULD IMPLEMENT TODAY THAT COULD GET THE ZERO AND MR. BACK TO WORK WITHOUT...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.