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MAGAZINE "SLATE." THANKS FOR JOINING US. GUEST: THANKS. HOST: HOW HAVE THE PRESIDENT'S DONE MIDTERM IN THEIR FIRST TERMS AND CONTEMPORARILY,
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| 00:00:25 |
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HOW IS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S DOING? GUEST: IN TERMS OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE CASE THAT THE PRESIDENT'S PARTY LOSES. THERE
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| 00:00:36 |
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HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IN 1934. BILL CLINTON IN HIS SIXTH YEAR, 19981 SEATS FOR THE DEMOCRATS. GEORGE BUSH IN 2002 WON...
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| 00:01:22 |
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IN 1982, JIMMY CARTER IN 1980, HISTORICALLY, HAS IT BEEN THE PRESIDENT'S FAULT OR IS IT THINGS CONGRESS HAS BEEN UP TO? GUEST: IT'S ALWAYS A COMBINATION...
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WHICH THERE'S SURGES AND DECLINES. YOU WIN BIG AND YOU BRING IN TWO-YEAR CONGRESSMAN AND YOU BRING SENATORS. TWO YEARS LATER, THE CONGRESSMEN, SOME OF...
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| 00:02:47 |
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YOU HAVE RECENTLY WRITTEN A COLUMN "TO GIVE THEM HELL, BARRY." PUT THE TRUMAN ERA IN PERSPECTIVE FOR US. >> TRUMAN IS AN INTERESTING PRESIDENT BECAUSE...
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OFFICE, GOT AMERICA THROUGH TO THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FOR WHICH HE KNEW THAT AMERICA WAS GOING TO BEEN AT THAT STAGE. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY...
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| 00:06:16 |
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GUEST: I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN THAT ANGER. SOME OF IT IS THAT THE BUSH
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| 00:06:24 |
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TAX CUTS FOR THE VERY WEALTHY HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME A THORN IN THE SIDE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN GREATER ECONOMIC FAIRNESS. FOR THAT REASON IT WAS...
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SEND US A TWEET ON TWITTER.COM/C-SPANWJ OR SEND US AN E-MAIL. ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE FROM GEORGIA. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU? HOST:
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| 00:08:54 |
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GOOD. CALLER: THE ECONOMY IN THE MIDST THAT IT'S IN, YOU
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| 00:09:05 |
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HAVE THEM FIGHTING OVER A BILL THAT COULD HELP MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. THE REPUBLICANS WILL NOT GIVE IN ON THE TAX CUTS, GIVE THAT TO THEM. IF THEY WANT...
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IS GOING ON. THE PARTIES DO REPRESENT, FOR THE MOST PART, DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE ECONOMIC SPECTRUM. THEY DO SEE REAL FIGHTS OVER THINGS LIKE TAX CUTS...
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| 00:10:07 |
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CHANGING COURSE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS? AND IS THEIR HISTORICAL PARALLEL? GUEST: IT SEEMS THAT THIS LAST TAX DEAL IS AN EFFORT TO BE MORE CONCILIATORY,
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| 00:10:22 |
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TO GIVE THE REPUBLICANS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT THEY HAVE WANTED IN TERMS OF NEGOTIATIONS. I THINK ALL PRESIDENTS HAVE DONE SOME OF THAT. PEOPLE...
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PLAN, I THINK FOR MANY DEMOCRATS WE SEE
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| 00:12:28 |
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IT AS A BILLIONAIRE BAILOUT PLAN. THOSE TO BENEFIT THE MOST WILL PROBABLY BE THE ESTATE TAX FOR OVER $5 MILLION. I READ A BOOK MANY YEARS AGO ON THOMAS...
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| 00:13:48 |
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SURE WHETHER WASHINGTON SAID THAT. IT CERTAINLY WAS TRUE THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE PROSPERING IN THE AMERICAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY, MERCHANTS AND SO ON, EVEN...
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CALLED AND MADE THE STATEMENT AND REMINDED
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| 00:14:49 |
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YOU OF THE WENDY'S COMMERCIAL WITH WHERE'S THE BEEF. I GOT CUT OFF UNFORTUNATELY. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I AM LITTLE NEW TO THE HISTORY STUFF AND...
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| 00:16:34 |
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A LOT OF GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY. THE 1993 BUDGET BILL IS ONE OF THE GREAT UNAPPRECIATED ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF HIS PRESIDENCY. IT SETS THE GROUNDWORK FOR...
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IS RETURNING TO FIRST PRINCIPLES -- GUEST: WELL, I THINK THE LATTER PART OF THE STATEMENT IS TRUE ENOUGH. I DO
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| 00:18:47 |
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THINK CLINTON AND TREATMENT FIT THIS, PRESIDENTS DO KNOW HOW TO REACH OUT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FROM WHERE THEY STAND TO BUILD ALLIANCES IN DIFFERENT...
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FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT OF WORK. IF THEY HAD GOTTEN UP OUT OF THEIR BIDS IN 2010 AND VOTED ON TUESDAY THE SECOND, WE WOULD NOT BE IN THIS SITUATION...
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POLL NUMBERS THAT SHOWED THE UNEMPLOYED, THERE TURNOUT WAS RELATIVELY LOW AND THOSE LESS AFFECTED IN THE ECONOMY, THERE TURNOUT WAS HIGHER. ON THE OTHER...
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| 00:22:14 |
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PRESIDENT REAGAN TO ANY ALTERING OF COURSE OR WAS HE PRETTY MUCH SET ON COURSE? GUEST: YOU HAVE A SOMEWHAT SIMILAR STORY. RONALD REAGAN DID SUFFER...
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| 00:22:27 |
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DEMOCRATS GAINED SEATS. THEY HAD ALREADY HELD THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND LOST THE SENATE IN 1980. THE DEMOCRATS WERE STRENGTHENED. THE KEY REAGAN...
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| 00:23:59 |
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EVERYBODY CALLS TO SAY WHICH ONE IS THEIR FAVORITES. YOU ARE MY FAVORITES. PROFESSOR GREENBERG, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TALK ABOUT HAMILTONIAN TRADE POLICY....
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THE PATRON SAINT OF THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE A STRONG NATIONALLY DIRECTED ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR MANUFACTURING, AND THIS DID HELP TO BUILD THE UNITED...
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| 00:26:22 |
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GUEST: I AM NOT. I'M SPENDING THIS YEAR IN WASHINGTON AT THE WOODROW WILSON
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CENTER, FOR VISITING SCHOLARS -- A THINK TANK THAT HAS POSITIONED FOR VISITING SCHOLARS ARE RUN THE COUNTRY. I AM WORKING ON A BOOK THAT I'M CALLING...
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TENDENCY TO THINK THAT THIS ALL IS A FAIRLY RECENT
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| 00:27:05 |
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DEVELOPMENT, MAYBE WITH TELEVISION OR MAYBE WITH A MODEL REAGAN AS THE TELEVISION PRESIDENT -- RONALD REAGAN AS THE TELEVISION PRESIDENT. I FIND YOU...
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| 00:28:21 |
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CALLER: MY COMMENT IS, I AM VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR ALL THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT PRESIDENT
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| 00:28:28 |
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BUSH CAVING IN TO REPUBLICANS ON TAX CUTS. I BELIEVE THAT COMES FROM DEMOCRATS. I BELIEVE THAT COMES FROM PROGRESSIVES, AND YOU HAVE IN YOUR DEMOCRATIC...
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| 00:29:47 |
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GUEST: WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT THE COLOR -- THE CALLER SUPPORTS
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| 00:29:54 |
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THE CONTINUATION OF THE TAX CUTS, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO FREE -- PHRASE IT. ON HIS COMMENTS ABOUT "PROGRESSIVE," ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, I THINK ABOUT THE DUKAKIS...
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| 00:32:02 |
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SHADOW," "CALVIN COOLIDGE," AND "PRESIDENTIAL DUELS BUT AS I REMEMBER THAT BOOK. I HAVE GOT -- "PRESIDENTIAL DOO DLES." I REMEMBER THAT PART. -- THAT...
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| 00:32:35 |
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SAID SHE WANTED A STORY TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT AND TO AN INTRODUCTION. IT SEEMED -- SHE WANTED A HISTORIAN TO PUT THIS IN CONTEXT AND TO DO IN A DIRECTION....
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| 00:33:27 |
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OR LESS, WITH THE TAX
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| 00:33:31 |
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IS A PRESIDENT CLINTON AND PRESIDENT OBAMA. I FEEL THAT UNDER 1993 -- ON THE THE 1993, PRESIDENT CLINTON -- THERE WAS AN EQUAL VOTE IN THE HOUSE, AND...
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| 00:34:57 |
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VOTE DEMOCRATIC, AND THE WEALTHIER -- THESE ARE GENERALIZATIONS -- TENDED TO VOTE MORE REPUBLICAN. IT IS TRUE THAT CLINTON DID RAISE TAXES ON THE WEALTHY....
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| 00:35:57 |
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BY, IN SOME WAYS, WOULD HAVE SAID THE OPPOSITE, THAT IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF CORE GROUPS OF ACTIVISTS. THIS IS FOR A LONG TIME BEEN THE...
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| 00:37:44 |
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BUBLE,BLE, Y2K, AND THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS THAT MADE THE CLINTON ECONOMY? GUEST: I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH IT. I MEAN, THERE WAS SOME
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| 00:38:00 |
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BUBBLE OBVIOUSLY INVOLVED, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A REAL GROWTH AND INVESTMENT IN THE HIGH-TECH SECTOR. YOU CANNOT SAY IT WAS ALL A BUBBLE. AS FAR AS THE...
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| 00:38:35 |
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COMES TO MIDTERMS? GUEST: THE ENORMOUS FOR THE PARTY IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO HIS CONGRESSIONAL SEATS -- THE NORM IS FOR THE PARTY
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| 00:38:44 |
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AND THE WHITE HOUSE TO LOSE CONGRESSIONAL SEATS. THE EXCEPTION IS 1998, BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS OVER REACHED WITH THE IMPEACHMENT. MOST AMERICANS...
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| 00:40:25 |
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YEARS IN THE CONTEMPORARY YEARS -- AND THE CONTEMPORARY YEARS. SINCE 2000, WE HAVE GOTTEN INTO TWO WARS, AND THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT THE PEOPLE...
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| 00:41:20 |
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ELECTION. CLEARLY, WE CAN READ DISSATISFACTION WITH THE DEMOCRATS. BUT BEYOND THAT, IT IS HARD, EXACTLY, TO KNOW WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENTLY....
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| 00:42:22 |
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LESSONS" IS THE COLUMN . HE IS ALSO A HISTORY PROFESSOR AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU FOR BEING ON "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT...
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