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OF THE CAMP OF OBAMA HAVING BEEN AN UNDERAPPRECIATED PRESIDENT. TWO THIS POINT HE IS GETTING WHIPSAWED FROM BOTH SIDES AND HIS RECORD. I THINK IT WILL...
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| 00:07:35 |
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NEW BOOK "HERDING DONKEYS" AND BE ON THIS PANEL WAS SOME
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| 00:07:38 |
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IT IS DEEMED TO VOICES AND HOPE THAT I CAN -- I HOPE THAT IS NOT A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME. [LAUGHTER] MY BOOK WAS REALLY ABOUT THE GRASSROOTS POLITICAL...
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| 00:11:13 |
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OF YOUR BOOK? >> CAN I BEGAN -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? OF LIKE TO BEGIN BY SAYING THAT THE PEOPLE IN AUSTIN ARE WITHOUT A
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| 00:11:23 |
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DOUBT THE MOST GRACIOUS PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET AT ANY BOOK FESTIVAL. [APPLAUSE] >> DID YOU SAY GRACIOUS OR RACIST BLACKS [LAUGHTER] >> I SAID GRACIOUS...
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| 00:11:43 |
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DAYS WEARING A YOU NEW YORK YANKEES
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| 00:11:46 |
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CAP. [LAUGHTER] NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO ME, IT'S AMAZING. [LAUGHTER] AND THINGS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS A UNIQUE PROBLEM, A UNIQUE SET OF PROBLEMS....
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| 00:14:33 |
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SOME PEOPLE AT THE NATION WOULD HAVE TO BELIEVE THIS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLY INSUFFICIENT TO THE TASK OF WHAT HE PROMISED. THE REALITY IS HOW...
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| 00:15:14 |
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REPUBLICANS IN THE FOCUS. A LOT OF LEFT IDEOLOGICAL YOUNG PEOPLE, THERE ARE MORE TRADITIONAL LEFT TYPES THAT FOR EVERY REASON WE INSPIRED TO GET INTO...
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| 00:17:34 |
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BELIEVED INCOME AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HASN'T HAPPENED REALLY AS OF YET. >> ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS MOST CONCERNING ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH HEALTH...
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| 00:17:44 |
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INSTANT TOOK PLACE WAS THE BACKROOM DEALS FOR ALMOST A SAFER ROUTE. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STUNNING EMERGENCE, NOT JUST THE TEA PARTY, BUT THE KIND OF...
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| 00:18:58 |
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AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER THAT IF YOU WANT TO GET STUFF DONE, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE WORLD AS IT IS, NOT AS WE WOULD NECESSARILY WANT IT TO BE. AND...
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| 00:23:19 |
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THE MOVEMENT WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN, THERE WAS A GREAT DEGREE OF DISSIDENTS
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| 00:23:25 |
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BETWEEN WHO OBAMA WAS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN WHO HE WAS IN THE AUDACITY OF HOPE. SO WE ACTUALLY READ THE BOOK AND SAW WHAT HIS POLITICAL PARTIES WERE....
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| 00:24:22 |
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I THINK HASN'T HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON IS THE PREMISE OF THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN WAS THAT GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING WAS GOING TO CHANGE THE WASHINGTON SAUSAGE...
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| 00:25:45 |
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PLOUFFE WAS REALLY MAKING THESE THINGS HAPPENED
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| 00:25:47 |
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DURING THE CAMPAIGN. FOR WHATEVER REASON, STRATEGIC OR NOT, HE OPTED CANNOT BE PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE. [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] >> GET HIM UP HERE. WHERE...
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| 00:26:03 |
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WAS ALWAYS IN ARRESTING MIX WITH CONVENTIONALITY AND
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| 00:26:07 |
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HIS INTIMIDATION. DAVID PLOUFFE WAS A MANGA IN THE INNER CIRCLE WHO IS OPEN TO ONE OF THE GRASSROOTS POLICY. HE ALLOWED THE NEW MEDIA PEOPLE TO GO DO...
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| 00:26:52 |
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THE 13 MILLION E-MAIL ADDRESSES THEY HAD WAS GOING TO DO THE JOB. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH IN ORGANIZING. THEY DEFINITELY, COMPLETED ON THIS, THEY DROPPED THE...
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| 00:29:02 |
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PARTY. IS MORE OF A MOVEMENT. NOT NECESSARILY ORGANIZED BUT THEY DID ORGANIZE TO A DEGREE OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. TO WHAT DEGREE IS OBAMA'S LEVEL...
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| 00:29:32 |
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IF THEY HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT MEMBERS IN THE SENATE WHEN THE TEA PARTY CAUCUS, BUT I HAD A MINI FLAP BEFORE MY BOOK CAME OUT. BECAUSE WHEN I DO IT IN...
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| 00:30:54 |
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OUT WITH SUCH FORCE, HE WOULD'VE TRIED TO DO HIS BEST TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A COUNTERVAILING FORCE ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. THIS IS GOING TO TURN TO...
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| 00:32:18 |
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I WANT TO SAY ONE THING VERY QUICKLY. YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF SANE AND RATIONAL BUT THAT'S ONLY A CONFESSIONAL
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| 00:32:24 |
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PRICE BECAUSE YOU REALLY WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND EFFECTIVE. AND SO I DO THINK AM I DISAGREE WITH JONATHAN. I THINK THE TEA PARTY, NOT SIMPLY THE...
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| 00:34:24 |
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PROMISE," DEFINING MOMENT IS ABOUT ROOSEVELT'S FIRST 100 DAYS. AND HE HAD, THERE WERE POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS, BUT HE HAD THE WHOLE COUNTRY, INCLUDING...
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| 00:36:58 |
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MORE AT THE SENATE MAY USE OF THE FILIBUSTER WHICH IS JUST SKYROCKETING IN THE LAST CONGRESS, DOUBLE THE PREVIOUS CONGRESS. DO YOU THINK, WHEN ASKED...
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| 00:37:32 |
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THOUGH. >> THAT'S WHY IN JUNE THEY ENACTED, THEY PUT IN THE
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| 00:37:37 |
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BUDGET BILL THAT THEY COULD USE RECONCILIATION FOR HEALTH CARE. THEY
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| 00:37:40 |
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HAD TO GET IT PASSED THAT THEY DIDN'T IS PAID AND THEY WOULD NEED RECONCILIATION POSSIBLY AT THE END OF THE PROCESS. I AGREE WITH YOU THAT, IF IN THE...
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| 00:38:44 |
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THROUGH RECONCILIATION. SPENT WHAT ARE YOU SUGGESTING? >> I'M JUST SAYING, THEY LEFT WITHOUT, WITH THE BUSH TAX CUTS IN LIMBO. THEY COULD HAVE SPEAK...
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| 00:38:56 |
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PUBLIC OPTION. [TALKING OVER EACH OTHER] >> FOR THE TOP 2% OF AMERICANS. >> THEY COULD HAVE, THEY COULD'VE DONE THAT. AND THEY DIDN'T. RUSS FEINGOLD...
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| 00:39:10 |
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| 00:39:11 |
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OTHERS FOR POLITICAL REASONS THAT PREVENTED ANY LAME-DUCK SESSION. >> A WE GET THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ACCOMPLISHED. I...
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| 00:39:25 |
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SAYING THAT THERE'S BEEN AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE SENSE WE WENT FROM ABJECTLY HORRIBLE ALTHOUGH IT UP TO SIMPLY TERRIBLE. WHICH IS AN IMPROVEMENT. IT'S...
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| 00:39:54 |
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ARE GROUPS THAT FELT DEEPLY INVESTED IN PRESIDENT OBAMA THAT HAVE REASON TO BE CONCERNED, IF NOT CRITICAL, ABOUT THE PACE AT WHICH HE HAS MOVED UP...
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| 00:41:48 |
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STATS. THAT WOULD HAVE DISPROPORTIONATE AFFECTED AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO COMMUNITIES. THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RACIAL BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN GOOD...
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| 00:42:11 |
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ARE
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| 00:42:14 |
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DISAPPOINTED. CASE, I'M CONCERNED THAT OBAMA DIDN'T
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| 00:42:16 |
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USE HIS LEVERAGE OVER THE BANKS WHEN HE HAD IN 2009. AND THAT HE SHOULD HAVE DICK TATER TERMS THROUGH THE BANKS THEN WHEN HE HAD THEM OVER A BARREL....
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| 00:44:41 |
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WAS THE RIGHT OR WRONG POLICY, AND I THINK YOU'RE ARGUING IT WAS THE RIGHT POLICY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME OBAMA'S AVERSION TO POPULISM IN THAT CASE REALLY...
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| 00:45:19 |
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CHICAGO. AND THE LATE MAYOR DALEY, WHO MY MOTHER WAS THE FIRST WOMAN EVER ELECTED IN ACCOUNTING IN 1972, SHE WAS WITH HIM AND TELL HIM ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT...
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| 00:48:11 |
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WITH HER OWN STORY. ON THEIR BLOGS, THROUGH THEIR LITERATURE, THROUGH THEIR VIDEOS. IF YOU ARE DID A BIG OBAMA, THEY WOULD END UP TALKING ABOUT YOU...
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| 00:49:02 |
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BUSINESS. JOE BIDEN IS OUT THERE EVERY DAY AND OBAMA HAS BEEN OUT THERE A LOT MORE THAN THEY THINK PEOPLE REALIZE TRYING TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE THINGS...
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| 00:49:47 |
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STRATEGY WHICH INVOLVES HIS SUPPORTERS IN HOW WASHINGTON IS SPENT. IT'S NOT JUST SENDING AN E-MAIL. THAT WAS A MISTAKE THAT OBAMA THOUGHT THEY WOULD...
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| 00:50:27 |
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DISAGREE AS YOU SAY SHOULD WE THREATEN TO WITHDRAW THE SUPPORT THEM WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN MIGHT HAVE IN 1948. TO ME, THAT IS KIND OF POLITICAL SUICIDE...
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| 00:51:14 |
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THAT HE WAS SUCH A FIRM WARRIOR. HAD CARTER ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE WITH GORBACHEV WOULD'VE BEEN DISASTROUS. HE WOULD HAVE HAD TO LEAVE ON TIME. SO ADMITTEDLY,...
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| 00:52:02 |
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ZONE. THERE ARE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PROMISED AND THEY HAVEN'T ENABLED TO GET DEMOCRATS TO GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO PUT THE IDEA OF AN HOLISTIC...
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| 00:52:35 |
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BACK IN THE MIX. >> THEY SHOULD STOP WHINING. [LAUGHTER] >> WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF THEY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE POLITICAL
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| 00:52:45 |
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STRATEGY. IT'S BEEN COUNTERPRODUCTIVE ON THE PRESIDENT'S
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| 00:52:47 |
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PART. BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO GET THESE PEOPLE BACK INVOLVED IS GOING TO BE INSPIRED AGAIN. AND JUST DISPARAGING THEM FOR THE LEGITIMACY IS NOT GOING...
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| 00:53:04 |
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LAND THIS PLANE. IT'S WONDERFUL FINALLY
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| 00:53:08 |
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TO MODERATE A PANEL DETERMINING MODERATING. [LAUGHTER] SAID JONATHAN ALLUDED TO HOW THE PRESS IS NOT COVERED SOME OF THE PRESIDENT ACCOMPLISHED BUT...
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| 00:54:04 |
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MEMBER OF A PRICE, DON'T YOU HOPE SHE WEARS? >> ACTUALLY,
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| 00:54:09 |
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NO. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] I'M NOT GOING TO DEFEND THE PRESS BECAUSE AS THE
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| 00:54:17 |
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FAMILY GODFATHER, THIS IS THE BUSINESS WE HAVE CHOSEN. [LAUGHTER] I HATE TO SAY THIS IN A TEXAS CROWD, BUT I THINK THERE'S A DECENT CHANCE THAT IT'S...
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| 00:55:03 |
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HE WINS THIS FALL, WHICH RIGHT
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| 00:55:05 |
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NOW IS LIKELY, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY TO TELL YOU A MUSTY GUYS ARE OUT ORGANIZED IN THIS AFTERNOON, YOU KNOW, AND IS RUNNING AGAINST A TRIP TO CANDIDATE....
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| 00:56:01 |
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BE PALIN. PALIN IS GOING TO LOOK AND OBAMA IN A WAY TO SAY THIS IS MY CHANCE. I'M JUMPING IN. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE EVIDENCE IS THAT SHE'S NOT LIKED...
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| 00:57:15 |
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BUT IF HE RUNS
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| 00:57:16 |
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FOR REELECTION -- >> EXCUSE ME. YOU'RE NOT CERTAIN OF RUN FOR REELECTION? >> HE MADE SOME INTERESTING STATEMENTS DURING THE CAMPAIGN
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| 00:57:26 |
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AND EARLY IN THE ADMINISTRATION, WHERE HE SAID HE WAS NOT OLD
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| 00:57:30 |
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AT THE IDEA OF NECESSARILY RUNNING TWICE, RUNNING AGAIN. >> YEAH, HE CALLED A VERY CLOSE FRIEND. I HAVE THIS IN MY BOOK. HE SAID, I'M GOING TO HAVE...
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| 00:57:42 |
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RUN BECAUSE I'LL BE DAMNED IF I'M GOING TO LET MITT ROMNEY GET CREDIT FOR ALL THE GOOD THINGS RESTARTED AFTER WE'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL THIS, UNQUOTE. [APPLAUSE]...
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| 00:58:06 |
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THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS BETWEEN WHAT THE TEA PARTY WANTS, WHAT IS GRASSROOT BASE WANTS AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF THE ELECTABILITY....
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| 00:58:38 |
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APPEAR. >> JONATHAN ALTER,
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| 00:58:41 |
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ARI BERMAN, ED VULLIAMY. THANK YOU
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| 00:58:48 |
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VERY MUCH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]...
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| 01:00:21 |
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A ALTER AUTHOR OF "THE PROMISE," BARACK OBAMA AND THE PARADOX OF PRODUCTS. AND ARI BERMAN, AUTHOR OF "HERDING DONKEYS: THE FIGHT TO REBUILD THE DEMOCRATIC...
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