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THAT BILL KRISTOL, EDITOR AND FOUNDER OF "THE WEEKLY STANDARD." LET'S BEGIN WITH PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS. FRONT PAGE OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES." FOR 2012...
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CALLER: -- GUEST: WHICH WAS A
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BACK ROUTE -- BACKDROP FOR RONALD REAGAN -- WHICH HE IS HOPING TO EVOKE. AND ALSO WAS A SUCCESSFUL GOVERNOR IN HIS CASE, A HUGE STATE, CALIFORNIA. AND...
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REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, HOW WOULD THIS THING TO PLAY OUT? OF THE -- BARACK OBAMA AND INVESTOR JON HUNTSMAN? GUEST: THERE IS A
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PICTURE OF CHARLIE CRIST WITH BARACK OBAMA THAT MARCO RUBIO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF. REPUBLICAN VOTERS ARE GROWN UP. IF AMBASSADOR HUNTSMAN SERVED HIS COUNTRY...
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IT? GUEST: HE IS
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AN AMBITIOUS DIED. I DID NOT SAY IT IN A BAD SENSE. HE HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR AWHILE. IN 2008 HE CAME TO WASHINGTON FOR ONE OF THE GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION'S...
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YORK TIMES" POINTS OUT A CONVERSATION DAVID AXELROD HAD WITH JOHN HUNTSMAN IT WHEN -- IN JANUARY WHEN THERE WAS SPECULATION HE WOULD LEAVE THE ADMINISTRATION...
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BRIGHT, FULL ONE PERSON. IT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE IN SHANGHAI WE GOT A CHANCE TO TALK -- AND THIS WAS IN THE FALL OF 2009 -- HE...
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KRISTOL, REACTION? GUEST: I AGREE WITH
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THAT IN THIS RESPECT -- A LITTLE SURPRISED HE IS RUNNING AGAINST THE PRESIDENT HE SERVED LOYALLY FOR TWO YEARS. HE HAS TO EXPLAIN HOW HE SQUARES THAT...
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AND HOUSE. GUEST:
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SWING STATE, SERIES DIE. -- SERIOUS GUY. AND YOU WONDER WHY IS JON HUNTSMAN GETTING FRONT-PAGE COVERAGE AND ALL THE PLAYS AND TALKED ABOUT AS A SERIOUS...
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| 00:06:39 |
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JOHN MCCAIN WEIGHING IN OVER THE WEEKEND. BUT LET ME ASK ABOUT YOUR WORDS -- REAGAN WAS RIGHT. YOU LOOK AHEAD TO 2012. YOU CONCLUDE -- RONALD REAGAN'S...
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THE DEBATE MONDAY NIGHT WHICH SOME PEOPLE OVER INTERPRETED IN SOME WAYS, THERE WAS A CERTAIN BACKING OFF FROM WHAT I WOULD SAY REAGAN-BUSH DIVISION,...
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HOST: IF RONALD REAGAN WERE RUNNING TODAY AS GOV. REAGAN, A TWO-TERM GOVERNOR, HAVING RAISED TAXES 11 DIFFERENT TIMES, HOW WOULD HE HAVE FAIRED IN A...
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RAN IN 1979 AND 1980'S AND HE RAISED TAXES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES -- BUT HE RAN FOR TAX CUTS IN 1980 AS PART OF THE MAJOR PART OF THE SOLUTION TO OUR...
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| 00:09:59 |
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FROM "THE NEW YORK TIMES" WRITES. HE BEGINS WITH SAYING IF THE 2012 ELECTIONS WERE HELD IN THE NEWS ROOMS OF AMERICA AND PITTED SARAH PALIN AGAINST BARACK...
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KELLER IS REWRITING HISTORY. I THINK RONALD REAGAN WOULD GOTTEN LESS THAN 10% OF THE VOTE IN THE -- FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES. NOW THEY HAVE DECIDED AND...
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ABOUT RICK PERRY. GUEST: HE WAS GOVERNOR OF
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TEXAS LONGER THAN RONALD REAGAN HAD BEEN GOVERNMENT -- A SUCCESSFUL GOVERNOR, HASN'T HE? TEXAS IS DOING INCREDIBLY WELL COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE ...
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THE TRUE COST FOR ADMITTING HE WOULD ALTER MAINLY MADE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE SOLE ARBITRATOR AND ADMINISTRATOR OF HEALTH CARE. INSTEAD, WE HAVE THESE...
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COVER STORY.
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GUEST: YES. THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE ALL CHOSEN NOT TO RUN IS ALL ADDED BENEFIT. THE SENATE DINING ROOM -- THEY ARE WATCHING ALL OF THESE MEMBERS, MICHELE...
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WILL -- GUEST: THAT IS WHAT
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YOU'RE TOLD. I THINK A LOT OF THIS WILL DEPEND ON IF THERE IS A HUGE BVACUUM. THERE WILL BE A BIG VACUUM IN SEPTEMBER. COBURN IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE GUY....
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VIEWERS SAYING PLEASE ASK THE GET ABOUT RON PAUL, HE WON AT THAT EVENT. IN GUEST: I DO NOT AGREE WITH HIM ON SOME THINGS, ON MANY THINGS, ESPECIALLY...
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| 00:22:13 |
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TO INDICATE THE GOP FIELD IS NOT COMPLETE.
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GUEST: NO. THERE IS SOMETHING WEIRD ABOUT THE WASHINGTON MEDIA TYPES. THEY DESPERATELY WANT THE FIELD TO BE COMPLETE AND BE ABLE TO HANDICAP IT. THEY...
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NOT DECIDE IN SEPTEMBER OF 1991. GUEST: I THINK
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ACTUALLY OCTOBER. WE HAVE MOVED IT UP SO MONTHMUCH. AND I ALSO THINK THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ON THE RECORD TRUE REPUBLICAN SIDE IS IT ENDS EARLY PURITAN...
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TO THE DEMOCRATS LINE. THANK YOU FOR WAITING. GOOD MORNING. CALLER:
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THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN. I WAS ASTONISHED TO HEAR YOU SAY YOU DO NOT THINK PAWLENTY WILL RUN. THEREFORE HE WILL NOT DO THAT. MY QUESTION IS, IN 2001, THERE...
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SAY TWO THINGS. THERE WERE PARTICULAR REBATES FOR MIDDLE INCOME TAX AND LOWER INCOME TAXPAYERS. ANDI DO NOT THINK IT WAS A BAD THING, BUT WAS NOT EXCLUSIVELY...
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ECONOMY WAS PRETTY WEAK IN 1984, IT BEGAN TO TURN AROUND. IF THERE IS A TURNAROUND, EVEN IF IT IS STILL AT 8%, DOES THAT MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR...
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GUEST: SURE. ANY PRESIDENT WILL BE HELPED BY A STRONGER ECONOMY AND HURT BY A WEAKER ECONOMY THE REASO. THE REASON RONALD REAGAN DID NOT DO WELL, IT...
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| 00:31:43 |
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TWITTER PAGE -- GUEST: THIS IS
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WHY WE HAVE PRIMARIES. THIS IS WHY INDEPENDENTS CAN VOTE. MY PERFECT TICKET, MARK RUBIO. PAUL RYAN. ELECTED IN A DISTRICT THAT HAS WHAT FOR OBAMA, GORE,...
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ANOTHER STRONG REAGAN NIGHT. -- REGANIGHT. HAS THE ABILITY TO BE A CONSERVATIVE, BUT STRONG PRINCIPLES ON SOCIAL ISSUES, CULTURAL ISSUES. ALSO HAPPENS...
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HILL NEWSPAPER FOCUSING ON WHAT THEY CALL THE FLORIDA SHOWDOWN FOR 2012. THE IMPACT FOR DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS GEARING UP FOR NEXT YEAR. OUR GUEST...
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MORNING. -- JEFF IS JOINING US ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE FROM ANNAPOLIS. THEY HAVE NO FRESH IDEA EXCEPT FOR THE TEA PARTY. THE MEDIA HAS COMPLETE ANDLY...
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| 00:40:11 |
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TRICK MAKING BUSH FINISH. -- VANISHED. FROM WHAT MICHELLE BACHMAN TO SAVWAS SAYING ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA TO WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING ABOUT PRESIDENT...
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NOT THINK REPUBLICANS ARE RUNNING AWAY FROM PRESIDENT BUSH, BUT I THINK CORRECTLY THEY'RE TRYING TO ARTICULATE THE CRECRITIQUE OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION....
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| 00:42:07 |
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READING IS THE COVER STORY FOR THIS WEEK'S COVER. CALLER: I WONDER WHY --
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I AM REPUBLICAN, BUT I AM WONDERING WHY OR WHEN IT BEING A MORMON HAS BECOME MAINSTREAM RELIGION? I AM WONDERING HOW THE GOP WILL DEAL WITH THE FACT...
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A MORMON. MITT ROMNEY GOVERNS THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS AND WAS ELECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF MASSACHUSETTS PYRIDINE. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF MORMONS IN THIS...
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| 00:44:03 |
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ANYANOTHER HAVE DONE I WANT YOU TO REACT TO THIS MORNING IN AMERICA. AND GUEST: THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH REAGAN WAS RIGHT. IT ALLUDES TO THE 1984...
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| 00:44:53 |
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WHEN YOU SAY INTERESTING COMMENTS FOR MICHELLE BACHMAN, DEFINE INTERESTING. IS THERE NEWS IN THIS? GUEST:
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I HOPE SO. THERE WILL BE TENS OF NEWS. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A COMPREHENSIVE DEBRIEF FROM THAT. HE IS OBVIOUSLY TRANSCRIBING THE INTERVIEW. HE WILL HAVE...
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GOOD MORNING. MORE ON PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS THIS OUT WERE PURITAN RON PAUL TELLING NBC'S "TODAY SHOW" THAT HIS RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY IS UNWINNABLE...
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