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Scully, Steven - Host
HART QUOTED A WASHINGTON JOURNAL/NBC NEWS POLL AS JETBLUE NATION LOOKING FOR THE EXIT RAMP S THAT A FAIR COMPARISON TO WHERE THE COUNTRY IS? >> GUEST:...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
ARE THEY ANGRY RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY CUSSED OUT SOMEBODY ON THE INTERCOM, GRABBED A BEER AND SLID DOWN THE EMERGENCY SLIDE. 64% DON'T THINK...
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Scully, Steven - Host
24% FAVORABLE. 46% UNFAVORABLE. YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, 33% FAVORABLE, 44% UNFAVORABLE. THERE ISN'T A GOOD GUY HERE AT ALL. THE DEMOCRATS...
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Scully, Steven - Host
YEAR, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE, DEMOCRATS DON'T KNOW HOW TO CELEBRATE, SENATOR DODD SAID. IN THE FACE OF THIS UNYIELDING OPPOSITION,...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
HOWEVER, WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT IS 10%, NO ONE LOOKS AT THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS. THEY DON'T THINK THINGS ARE GOING WELL. THE B.P. SPILL IN THE GULF DAMPENED...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
THIS CONGRESS SPENDS WAY TOO MUCH DID BUT THERE ARE DEMOCRATS SAYING WE DON'T LIKE THE REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION, SO INDEPENDENTS, MODERATES, CONSERVATIVES,...
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Scully, Steven - Host
CAPITOL HILL. >> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT FOUR PARTY? >> THERE IS A LOT OF SPECULATION
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ABOUT WHATEVER HAPPENS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE AISLE PRIOR
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TO AN ELECTION. PEOPLE ARE SPECULATE HOG IS GOING TO WIN, HOW MANY SEATS WILL BE LOST. MOST OF IT IS SPECULATION. I THINK THAT EACH MEMBER MUST BE...
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Scully, Steven - Host
THIS CASE MIRROR WHAT WE SAW FOUR YEARS AGO? GUEST: CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS WAS TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF SPECULATION. SHE IS RIGHT ABOUT THE MIDTERM. WE...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
PLAY OUT. DEMOCRATS REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY. THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT JOBS. THIS IS A DISTRACTION FOR THEM. 2006, DEMOCRATS PROMISED TO...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
CARE IF YOU'RE WHITE, LATINO, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, THAT THESE ARE TROUBLING ALLEGATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE CASE OF MAXINE WATERS WHERE IT IS ALLEGED THAT...
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Scully, Steven - Host
REPORTERS ON FRIDAY SAYING HE IS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ETHICS CHARGES ON FRIDAY AND WON'T DO SO AGAIN. HERE IS CONGRESSMAN RANGEL. >> AS OF TODAY,...
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A HEARING. I PERSONALLY HAVE TO PREPARE TO DEFEND MYSELF FOR MY FAMILY, FOR MY COLLEAGUES, FOR MY COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S ALL I'VE BEEN AFTER, JUST AN...
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TO DEFEND HIMSELF. WE SAW HIM WEDNESDAY AT
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
HIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND SAW THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY. HE IS GOING TO BE GOING DOWN SWINGING. THE PROBLEM FOR DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW IS THAT...
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| 00:10:19 |
Scully, Steven - Host
FAVORABLE, UNFAVORABLE IN HTTHE POLL. GUEST: IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WHEN THE FAVORABLE WAS LOWER THAN
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
THE UNFAVORABLE. DEMOCRATS ARE USING A STRATEGY AGAINST REPUBLICANS TO TIE THEM TO THE TEA PARTY, A HIGHLIGHTING THE EXCESSES OF THE TEA PARTY -- SHARON...
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| 00:11:21 |
Scully, Steven - Host
TWO POINTS. HIS HANDLING OF THE OIL SPILL IS UP AT 50%. HIS HANDLING OF THE WAR IS 44%. HIS HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY, 52% DISAPPROVE OF THE WAY HE IS...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
WHEN YOU LOOK AT AFGHANISTAN, AND OUR POLL WAS TAKEN AFTER WIKILEAKS, AND CONTINUED VIOLENCE IN AFGHANISTAN, THOSE NUMBERS WENT DOWN. IT IS ALMOST AS...
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| 00:12:20 |
Scully, Steven - Host
COAST WITH ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FROM A WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER, NOT FROM AN INDEPENDENT NEWS SOURCE. SOME NEWS OUTLETS HAVE...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
PEOPLE MAGAZINE THAT SHOWED HIM WITHOUT HIS SHIRT AND PROCLAIMED HIM ONE OF THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE. I DO NOT THINK MICHELLE OBAMA AND HE WANTED ANOTHER...
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| 00:13:21 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THERE IS ALSO A PIECE IN A BLOOMBERG ABOUT THE TAX CUTS. EVEN REPUBLICANS BLAMING BUSH'S SPENDING THAT ESCALATED UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA. GUEST: NO DOUBT...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
TO CRITICIZE THE DEMOCRATS TO SAY IT IS UNFAIR FOR THE DEMOCRATS AND PRESIDENT OBAMA TO CONTINUE TO ARGUE THAT WHAT THEY INHERITED AND USE BUSH IS A...
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| 00:14:46 |
Scully, Steven - Host
COUNTRY OF TEXAS WHERE SOME OF US FEEL LIKE WE ARE A RACE
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CALLER, -
OF TEXANS, AND I KNOW SOME HOW THE BELTWAY IS GOING TO BLAME -- OF COURSE, IT IS NOT BEING RACIST TO BLAME US BECAUSE WE ARE TEXAN, BUT YES, THEY WILL...
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| 00:15:32 |
Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
IN TEXAS WHERE PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS EARLIER LAST WEEK RAISING MONEY FOR DEMOCRATS. THAT IS A STATE THAT HAS BEEN A FAVORABLE TO THEM FOR A LONG TIME....
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Scully, Steven - Host
IS NO SURPRISE TO DEMOCRATS. THEY ARE MISSING THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE THEY HAD IN 1994. GUEST: IT'S A GREAT OPINT. POINT. I WAS IN COLLEGE AT
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
THE TIME, AND WHAT WE KNOW AND I WAS READING NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION IS THAT EVERYONE WAS CAUGHT BY SURPRISE. THERE WERE SOME...
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Scully, Steven - Host
BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO EXPLAIN TO THE TELEVISION AUDIENCE OF THE BIAS OF NBC NEWS AND THE FAT
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THAT MSNBC AND CHRIS MATTHEWS AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE JUST ROOTING FOR OBAMA AND WANT HIM TO SUCCEED. THIS POLL, YOUR PULSE HAVE NO CREDIBILITY AT ALL....
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WITH NBC NEWS ATTACHED TO IT IS JUST RIDICULOUS, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE CEO OF GE IS IN THE POCKET OF OBAMA. NBC NEWS IS OUT EVERY DAY CAMPAIGNING...
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| 00:19:21 |
Scully, Steven - Host
IS ALSO CONDUCTED BY A REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE IN CONDUCTING THIS SURVEY FOR NBC NEWS AND "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL". DO YOU TRUST THE...
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CALLER, -
WANTED TO GET THOSE FACTS OUT THERE SO YOU UNDERSTAND. DO YOU HAVE A FINAL POINT? CALLER:
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Scully, Steven - Host
ABSOLUTELY. I WATCHED MARK MURRAY ON MSNBC AND I WATCH
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CHUKCK TODD, AND IT IS LAUGHABLE THE WAY THEY REPORT THE NEWS. I WOULD LIKE THE AUDIENCE TO LISTEN CLOSELY TO HOW THEY REPORT THE NEWS AND WHAT THEY...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
OF PEOPLE IN THE POLITICAL COMMUNITY, THE NBC-"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" POLL, ONE OF THE GOLD STANDARDS. THE VIEW OR ENDED UP MAKING A POINT, AND THERE...
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| 00:22:03 |
Scully, Steven - Host
A HYPERKINETIC MEDIA ENVIRONMENT DRIVEN BY THE WEB, AND ALL OF THE OPINIONS OUT THERE, AND HOW THIS PRESIDENT MAY HAVE A TOUGHER CHALLENGE THAN ANY...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
BLOGGING, REPORTING ON THE NEWS, AND BY THAT INSTANT ANALYSIS, WE ARE MISSING SOME OF THE BIGGER PICTURE THINGS GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY. IT IS CONSTRUCTED...
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Scully, Steven - Host
FROM THE WEST RIVER, MARYLAND, ON THE DEMOCRATS' LINE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I THINK IS FUNNY TO HEAR A SOUTHERNER CALL FROM SOUTH
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CALLER, -
CAROLINA AND BASH NBC NEWS WHEN THE REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD THEIR OWN PROPAGANDA CHANNEL GOING, WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN OVER AND OVER TO FALSIFY THE NEWS,...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
WHETHER IT IS REPUBLICANS TO CLAIM -- WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT MSNBC OR FOX NEWS. WE ARE ALMOST CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. IT IS DISHEARTENING WHEN WE ARE TRYING...
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| 00:27:25 |
Scully, Steven - Host
A WIDENING LEAD OVER FORMER CONGRESSMAN J.D. HAYWARD. GUEST: WE SAW THIS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT THIS WOULD BE THE BEST PRIMARY IN THE COUNTRY. A CHALLENGE...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
THAT HE COULD ACTUALLY LOSE. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN RAISED JUST YET. J.D. HAYWORTH HAS NOT CAUGHT ON IN THE POLLS. THERE ARE TWO...
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Scully, Steven - Host
MEEK IS NOW EDGING AHEAD OF HIS CHALLENGER, JEFF GREENE, A BILLIONAIRE
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
DEMOCRAT WHO MADE A LOT OF HIS MONEY OFF OF THE SUBPRIME MORTGAGE INDUSTRY AND WHO ALSO HAD MIKE TYSON AS BEST MAN FOR HIS WEDDING. A PROBLEMATIC RESUME...
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| 00:29:54 |
Scully, Steven - Host
WHEN YOU ARE AN INDEPENDENT, YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT ANYMORE, BEING ABLE TO RAISE
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
MONEY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. HE IS NOT ABLE TO GO TO A NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE OR THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL COMMITTEE...
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| 00:30:59 |
Scully, Steven - Host
GUEST: PROBABLY WITH THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST YEAR. THE PRIMARY
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
WAS SO UGLY AND BLOODY THAT IT IS PROBABLY VERY HARD. AFTER MAKING HIS INDEPENDENT MOVE, IT PROBABLY DISQUALIFIES HIM UP FROM A CAUCUSING WITH THE REPUBLICANS....
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Scully, Steven - Host
AND HOW THEY VIEW DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. ALLEN JOINS US, INDEPENDENT LINE, FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. THE POLL YOU ARE DISCUSSING,
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AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE NOT DISCUSSING OR UNCOVERING IN AN ADEQUATE MATTER THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN AMERICAN PEOPLE, MAIN STREET...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
WASHINGTON AND MAIN STREET, IN THAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE WELL CONTINUE TO DO WELL,...
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| 00:35:02 |
Scully, Steven - Host
MSNBC WEB SITE. HE HAS WRITTEN FOR "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND OTHER MAGAZINES. CHRIS JOINS US ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. CALLER:...
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CALLER, -
FROM MSNBC ON. I THINK WHAT YOU ARE NOT APPRECIATING IT IN SOME OF THE CALLER'S COMMENTS CONCERNING BY AS IS THAT THERE ARE COMMENTATORS WHO WERE THROWN...
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| 00:36:31 |
Scully, Steven - Host
YOU SEE LAURA INGRAM ON FOX, OF KARL ROVE? CALLER: I AM A C-SPAN JUNKIE. IN FACT, WHENEVER ANYBODY ASKS ME THAT QUESTION,
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I SAY I WATCH C-SPAN. WHEN YOU WATCH C-SPAN, WHAT YOU GET IS YOUR MORNING PROGRAM, YOU GO THROUGH THE NEWSPAPERS. ON MSNBC IN THE MORNING, THE ONLY...
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| 00:38:18 |
Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
AND CHUCK TODD MAKE A GREAT TEAM. AS JOURNALISTS, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN SELVES. ALL WE HAVE IS OUR CREDIBILITY. YOU COULD WRITE ONE STORY THAT...
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| 00:39:56 |
Scully, Steven - Host
BE ASKING PEOPLE WHICH NEWS THEY THINK IS FAIR. MARY JOINS US FROM BETHESDA, MARYLAND. YOU HAVE THE LAST WORD WITH MARK MURRAY OF NBC NEWS. CALLER: THANK...
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FUNDING WAS AN EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL. NONE OF IT WAS IN THE BUDGET. IN 2009, HE BROUGHT OUR WAR INTO THE BUDGET. I WONDER, HOW IS IT FAIR TO COMPARE...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION. WHAT IS DIFFERENT, AND I AM NOT A MILITARY DEFENSE EXPERT, BUT WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP...
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| 00:41:25 |
Scully, Steven - Host
IS THE SEAT HELD BY SCOTT BROWN, THE MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN IN MASSACHUSETTS. IN AN INTERVIEW, THEY QUOTED MRS. KENNEDY SAYING SHE COULD NOT SEE YOURSELF...
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Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT SHE DECIDES TO DO. IF SHE RAN, SHOULD BE THE DEMOCRATS' BEST CHANCE. BUT SCOTT BROWN IS VERY POPULAR. IN 2012,...
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| 00:42:38 |
Scully, Steven - Host
BETWEEN AUGUST 5 AND AUGUST 9. WHAT IS THE MARGIN OF ERROR? GUEST: 200 WERE CONDUCTED BY CELL PHONES WE WERE ABLE TO CONTACT THE PROPER UNIVERSE.
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| 00:42:51 |
Murray, Mark - Deputy Political Director
THE MARGIN OF ERROR WAS 3.1 PERCENTAGE POINTS. HOST: MARK MURRAY, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW
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| 00:43:04 |
Scully, Steven - Host
THE EVENTS WEEKS ARE VIEWED THROUGH THE CREATIVE PENS OF EDITORIAL CARTOONISTS. HERE IS THAT LOOK. (music) >> "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" CONTINUES. HOST:...
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