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STEVE ISRAEL OF NEW YORK, THE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. WE HAVE OUR REPORTERS TO HELP WITH THE QUESTION. REID WILSON,...
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| 00:00:23 |
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OVER A COMMITTEE THAT IS $19 MILLION IN DEBT. IT IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST MINORITIES YOU HAVE HAD IN A VERY LONG TIME. TELL US ABOUT THE STATE OF THE DEMOCRATIC...
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| 00:00:44 |
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REMINDING US. [LAUGHTER] I LOVE UPHILL BATTLES. I AM A STUDENT OF MILITARY HISTORY AND FOR ONCE I LOVE OF THE BATTLES AND THERE ARE A LOT THEY CAN BE...
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| 00:01:46 |
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FUND-RAISING, ARE YOU COMPETING WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN? >> THE RNC SEE IS
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| 00:01:57 |
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ALSO COMPETING WITH A PRESIDENT ELECTION. THERE ARE AT HISTORIC NUMBER OF SENATE SEATS IN PLAY. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE FUND-RAISING PIECE OF THAT...
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| 00:03:01 |
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DUES FOR A SECOND. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GIVING MONEY TO THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE TO GO WIN THAT REPUBLICAN HOUSE SEATS. WHAT KIND OF PICTURE YOU MAKING...
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| 00:03:17 |
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OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DCCC, OR THOSE DONORS WHO CONTRIBUTED $32 A HEAD, FOR A PITCH TO THE LARGER DONORS, IT IS THE SAME PITCH...
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| 00:04:08 |
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RECRUITING ON DAY ONE. WE LOOK BACK AT WHAT HAPPENED AND MEASURED ARE LOSSES FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS. AND THEN WE GET DOWN TO WORK. THIS IS A VERY AGGRESSIVE...
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| 00:05:11 |
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LIKE TO GO INTO A DISTRICT TO GET A FEEL FOR THEM TO DECIDE THE BEST CANDIDATE. HOW YOU GET A FEEL FOR THE BEST CANDIDATE? >> THIS IS
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| 00:05:20 |
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SO INTERESTING. I WAS THE NATIONAL RECRUITING CHAIR IN THE PAST. I LOVE VISITING PLACES, BEATING WITH ALL THE COUNTY CHAIRS, THE POLITICAL LEADERS, AND...
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| 00:06:11 |
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OVER, A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THE POST MORTEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. IT MAY HAVE ONLY TAKEN YOU THREE HOURS, BUT I ASSUME THAT YOU DID A POST-MORTEM...
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| 00:06:27 |
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LESSONS HERE, ONE TO BE HONEST THAT WE LOST 9 MILLION INDEPENDENT VOTERS BETWEEN 2006 AND 2010. THESE ARE VOTERS WHO HAD FAITH IN US, WHO GAVE AS THEIR...
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| 00:07:41 |
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GOING FORWARD IS ALMOST ENTIRELY OF CONTRAST MESSAGE. THIS IS NOT WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PLAN IS BUT THIS IS WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE DOING. >> NOT
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| 00:07:49 |
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REALLY. IT IS ABOUT A CONTRAST, IN THE ELECTION, BUT YOU HAVE TO OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE. THE REPUBLICAN PLAYBOOK WHEN WE WERE IN THE MAJORITY HAD THREE...
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| 00:08:40 |
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HARMAN AND AFTER RETIREMENT THIS WEEK. WHAT KIND OF DISCUSSING JET YOU HAD WITH OTHERS? >> THIS AFFECTS
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| 00:08:50 |
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BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES. WE HAVE DONE THAT ANALYSIS. MOST RETIREMENTS ARE SPECULATIVE, HYPOTHETICAL, THEY ARE RUMORS OR WISHFUL THINKING. I HAVE BEEN...
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| 00:09:55 |
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THE CANDIDATES AND URGE THEM NOT TO RETIRE, HOW'RE YOU PITCHING BAJAUR ARE YOU SAYING, THE DEMOCRATS GOT THEIR REAR ENDS HANDED TO THEM. NANCY PELOSI...
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| 00:10:17 |
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HAVE HAD SUCH A RUN START, I DO NOT HAVE TOO MUCH. IT IS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IF PEOPLE ARE CALLING ON US, KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR, AND WHAT IS INTERESTING...
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| 00:10:53 |
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US A NUMBER? HOW MANY FORMER MEMBERS DO YOU THINK WILL RUN AGAIN? >> I CANNOT GIVE YOU
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| 00:11:00 |
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A NUMBER UNTIL REDISTRICTING HAS REALLY JELLED. IT WILL BE A BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW. I CAN TELL YOU THAT UP VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF FORMER MEMBERS ARE PARTICIPATING...
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| 00:11:30 |
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FAR AS RECRUITMENT'S COMING YOU CAN EXPECT GOOD ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING UP. CAN YOU GIVE US A GOOD IDEA OF THE DISTRICTS WHERE YOU WILL MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS...
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| 00:11:40 |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE END OF THE QUARTER. YOU WILL BE AMONG THE FIRST TO KNOW. [LAUGHTER] >> BUT
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| 00:11:45 |
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NOT TODAY. >> TALK ABOUT THOSE
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| 00:11:49 |
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FORMER MEMBERS. YOU SAY THEY ARE INTERESTED BUT THEY HAVE TO SEE THE BASIC LINES. IS THIS ALL THE FOLKS WHO JUST LOST, A LARGE NUMBER? CAN HE GIVE...
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| 00:12:06 |
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FORMER MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN RUNNING. ONE OF THE REASONS, QUITE HONESTLY, THEY WILL NOT ONE TO GIVE SPECIFIC NAMES THAT IF YOU ARE IN A STATE...
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| 00:13:06 |
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HAVE BEEN A LOT OF SPECIAL ELECTIONS IN NEW YORK IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. YOU'VE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINE IN TERMS OF RECRUITING DEMOCRATS. WHAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITY...
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| 00:13:19 |
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KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT NEW YORK AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GROUNDHOG DAY FOR ME. IT'S BACK TO NEW YORK, BACK TO A SPECIAL ELECTION. NEW...
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| 00:14:01 |
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THE RUMOR WE HAVE HEARD IS THAT BILL BURTON MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR THAT SEAT. HAVE YOU HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH BILL? >> NO DIRECT
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| 00:14:11 |
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CONVERSATIONS WITH BILL. WE ARE VERY RESPECTFUL OF THE PROCESS. IPAD CONFERENCE CALLS WITH THE COUNTY CHAIRS IN THAT AREA. THE DCCC DOES NOT MAKE PRONOUNCEMENTS...
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| 00:14:46 |
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DCCC TALK TO HIM? >>
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| 00:14:48 |
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NOT THAT I KNOW OF? >> YOU SAID THAT IT MIGHT NOT
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| 00:14:52 |
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BE SO BAD FOR THE DEMOCRATS. NEW YORK IS AN EXAMPLE THAT WITH AN OPEN SEAT IN THE 26, THAT MIGHT COLLAPSE IS THE LEGISLATURE BEGINS THE PROCESS. OTHER...
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| 00:15:09 |
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FLORIDA HAS 500,000 MORE REGISTERED DEMOCRATS THAN REPUBLICANS. AND YET IT HAS A CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION OF SIX DEMOCRATS AND 19 REPUBLICANS. HOW DID...
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| 00:16:45 |
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THAT IS CHANGING THE COMMITTEE FROM THE WAYS IT USED OPERATE? >> I AM NOT INTO THE
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| 00:16:53 |
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STYLE, THE RAHM EMANUEL WELL OR THAT CHRIS VAN HOLLEN OR THE STEVE ISRAEL ON THE THESE CIVIL -- THE DCCC. I LIKE TO FOCUS ON BUILDING STRATEGY, IMPLEMENTING...
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| 00:17:26 |
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ARTICLE FROM THE MINISTER OF YOURS, HE WORKED UNDER RAHM EMANUEL WHEN HE HEADED UP THE DCCC FOR THE HOUSE. WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM SENATOR SCHUMER?...
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| 00:17:40 |
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LESSON FROM SENATOR SCHUMER AND THE SAME LESSON FROM RAHM EMANUEL. WIN. >>
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| 00:17:47 |
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HOW YOU DO THAT? >> YOU WIN
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| 00:17:50 |
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IT BY BEING OPERATIONAL, BY PUTTING THE PIECES IN PLACE SO COLLEGIALLY. BOTH RAHM AND CHUCK SCHUMER UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU HAVE TO RECRUIT. THEY HAD GOOD...
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| 00:18:44 |
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ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT RAHM EMANUEL AND SENATE ISSUER HAD. WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIP YOU HAVE WITH YOUR COUNTERPARTS? >> A
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| 00:18:52 |
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GOOD ONE. SENATOR MURRAY AND I SPOKE SHORTLY AFTER WE WERE APPOINTED. WE WILL SPEAK MORE FREQUENTLY. WE ARE STANDING UP FOR INDIVIDUAL OPERATIONS, BUT...
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| 00:19:28 |
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OUTSIDE MONEY FOR A SECOND. IN 2010, REPUBLICANS HAD A HUGE DID MANAGE IN GROUP SPENDING MONEY. WILL DEMOCRATS HAVE THE ABILITY TO MATCH THAT IN 2012...
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| 00:19:47 |
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THE ELMIRA AND INEFFECTIVE. -- OUTLIER, AND THAT WAS AFFECTED. THE STEALTH OUTCRY -- STEALTH OUTSIDE GROUPS CAME IN WITH THEIR SECRET MONEY -- DID I...
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| 00:21:00 |
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TO DISCLOSE ACT MAY NOT BE GOING TO THE HOUSE THIS YEAR, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE YOUR PREDECESSOR HAD DONE, PARING DOWN --...
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| 00:21:22 |
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NOT GIVEN A SECOND THOUGHT. NOT ALL. NOT BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD OR BAD IDEA BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOW GIVEN TO THE THOUGHT. I WOULD PREFER TRANSPARENCY...
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| 00:22:00 |
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INSIST THAT THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIES HAVE THE SAME LEVEL? >> EVERYONE SHOULD PLAY
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| 00:22:05 |
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BY THE SAME ROLE. >> WE HAVE
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| 00:22:08 |
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TIME FOR THREE MORE QUESTIONS. >> HOW DOES
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| 00:22:14 |
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IT CHANGE YOUR TIMETABLE TO RECRUIT? >> IN SOME
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| 00:22:22 |
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CASES, YOU HAVE A CHICKEN IN A ISSUE WARY OF SOMEONE INTERESTED IN RUNNING BUT THEY WANT TO SEE WITH THE DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE. I UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT...
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| 00:22:58 |
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ONCE THE LINES ARE DRAWN. IS NOT CHICKEN ARRAY, YOU NEED TO DO BOTH. >> GOOD
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| 00:23:05 |
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LUCK TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE FOR A SECOND. YOU KNOW LIKE THOSE RULES. IT IS VERY UNLIKELY THAT THOSE RULES WILL CHANGE THIS YEAR. YOU THINK THIS GIVES --...
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| 00:23:29 |
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GROUPS WHAT TO DO, WHAT RULES TO PLAY BY, IS WHAT EVER THEY BELIEVE IS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST. THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ME AND THOSE GROUPS....
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| 00:23:53 |
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OF CASES MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE COURTS RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A NEW CHALLENGE TO THE VOTERS RIGHT AT. WITH THE SUPREME COURT THE WAY IT IS, ARE YOU CONCERNED...
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| 00:24:29 |
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YOU TRYING TO WIN SOME OF THOSE SEATS BACK THE MARGIN IN THE CITIZENS UNITED CASE AFFECTED MANY OF THOSE RACES. ANY OF OUR MEMBERS IN NEW YORK WERE AMONG...
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| 00:25:21 |
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OBAMA IS SHARING THE BALLOT WITH A NUMBER OF YOUR CANDIDATES IN 2012, WOULD YOU SEE THAT AS A POSITIVE OR WILL THAT BE A NEGATIVE? >>
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| 00:25:30 |
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IS POSITIVE. A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS. >> ARE YOU DOING
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| 00:25:39 |
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ANYTHING DIFFERENT IN YOUR PREDECESSOR? >> HAD A VERY DEFINED ROLE
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| 00:25:45 |
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UNDER MY PREDECESSOR. I WAS THE RECRUITING CHAIR. MY STYLE IS TO FOCUS INTENSELY ON THE MISSION AT HAND. I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH EXPOSURE TO THE THINGS...
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| 00:26:43 |
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STEVE ISRAEL OF NEW YORK, WINNING BACK SEATS FOR THE HOUSE. THANK YOU. WE'RE BACK WITH OUR REPORTERS, REID WILSON AND ALEX ISENSTADT. REID, LET ME BEGIN...
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| 00:27:02 |
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REALLY GREAT. BANK. DEMOCRATS WERE BOTHERED BY THE NARRATIVE EARLY IN THE RIG DISTRICT CYCLE. REPUBLICANS GET TO SAY ALL THESE THESE SEATS ARE COMING...
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| 00:28:09 |
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IN FLORIDA? WHAT IF THE REPUBLICANS CANNOT GAIN THAT MANY MORE SEATS? >> THIS YEAR THEY PASSED A
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| 00:28:19 |
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FAIR ELECTION PLAN THAT THE GOVERNOR IS TRYING TO GET AROUND. IT WOULD PROHIBIT THOSE WHO DRAW THE LINES FROM CONSIDERING PARTISAN AFFILIATION WHEN...
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| 00:29:01 |
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HE WAS HESITANT TO TALK ABOUT WHO WOULD RUN AGAIN BECAUSE OF REDISTRICTING. BUT HE SAID TO ANNOUNCE TO EXPECT ANNOUNCEMENTS ON NEW RECRUITS. >> WHEN...
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| 00:29:17 |
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HE HAS TO COME OUT OF THE CAVE EARLIER WITH SOME SUCCESSES. YOU CANNOT WAIT TOO LATE IN THE CYCLE TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS. YOU WANT TO START RECRUITING...
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| 00:29:34 |
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ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT WHO AND WHERE? >> THEY COULD COME
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| 00:29:39 |
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FROM ALL THE COUNTRY. SOME OF THE YOUNG ARE MEMBERS THAT SERVE THEIR FIRST TERM AND HAVE DISTRICTS THAT ARE LARGELY THE SAME WILL END UP STAYING. I THINK...
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| 00:30:44 |
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A REPRESENTATIVE CLYBURN. WE HEARD STEVE ISRAEL TELL US THAT IS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE ONES THAT LOST. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE? >> SOME OF THESE...
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| 00:30:59 |
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RUN AGAIN. THAT IS CERTAINLY WHAT STEVE ISRAEL TOLD TO US TODAY. Q C PEOPLE LIKE MELISSA BEEN OF ILLINOIS RUN AGAIN? OTHERS WERE NOT EXPECTED TO LOSE...
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| 00:31:22 |
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PEOPLE -- RAISING MONEY, WHAT IS THE LIKE? >> ALL OF THE
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| 00:31:27 |
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TRIPLE COMMITTEES, THEY ARE ALL TRYING TO IS FELT A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DEBT. THE RNC IS MORE THAN $9 MILLION IN DEBT. THAT MONEY IS THE HARDEST TO RAISE....
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| 00:32:13 |
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THIS MORE, GO TO "THE HOTLINE" AND "THE POLITICO." THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. WE APPRECIATED. >> THAT IS
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