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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR AMERICAN SELECT 2012. GOOD MORNING.
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
GUEST: GOOD MORNING. HOST: WHAT IS
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
AMERICAN SELECT? GUEST: WE'LL BE HOLDING
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
THE FIRST ONLINE REGISTRATION. ANY REGISTERED VOTER CAN BE A DELEGATE TO THE CONVENTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOLD AND THE TICKET WILL BE ON THE BALLOT...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
YOU DON'T HAVE A CANDIDATE AND YOU'RE NOT A THIRD PARTY? GUEST: WE'RE A SECOND WAY
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
TO NOMINATE A PRESIDENT. AMERICANS ELECT CAN GO TO AMERICANS ELECT.ORG AND GET INVOLVED AND WE ARE A TOOL TO PUT THE BEST AMERICANS FORWARD BY CREATING...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
OF THIS? OFTENTIMES PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE OR PERSONALITY THEY WANT DO SEE. BUT IF YOU ARE REMOVING AT THIS POINT THE NAME...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
POINT IS MOST AMERICANS THAT WE SEE FEEL DISENFRANCHISED BY THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES. WE HAVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHICH IS OUT AT THE FAR RIGHT OF...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE THIRD-PARTY PRESIDENTIAL BID, HERE ARE THE NUMBERS 20 CALL. OUR GUEST IS ELLIOTT ACERMAN WITH AMERICANS ELECT....
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME TO THIS EFFORT EARLY ON AND HE LIKE MANY OTHERS PROVIDE IT HAD SEED MONEY TO DO THIS. AND SO AMERICANS ARE BASICALLY,...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
WE CAN LOOK HERE AT RESEARCH LOOKING AT THE 2012 GENERIC BALLOT NOW SPLIT AS FEWER INDEPENDENTS BACK PRESIDENT OBAMA LOOKING AT ALL REGISTERED VOTERS...
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ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE A DYSFUNCTIONAL POLITICAL SYSTEM GOING ON. WHEN YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING FROM THE OVAL OFFICE THAT OUR POLITICS IS DYSFUNCTIONAL...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
PIECE CALLED, THE PIT FALL OF THE THIRD PARTY CANDIDACY AND LOOKS AT HOW HARD THESE HURDLES CAN BE TO OVERCOME. A STRONG INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FROM...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
IT'S A MISNOMER RIGHT THERE. I READ THE PIECE AND I THINK IT PRE-SUPPOSES THAT THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES ARE PRE-ORDAINED TO HAVE...
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PIECE IN THE "WASHINGTON POST." HOST: LET'S GO TO
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
THE PHONES. LIZ FROM CHICAGO ON OUR DEMOCRAT'S LINE. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD
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CALLER, -
MORNING. I'M ACTUALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR PURPOSE IS BECAUSE RATHER THAN UNIFYING THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE,...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
GUEST: I THINK OUR PURPOSE THERE IS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE. THE TICKET THAT COMES OUT OF AMERICANS ELECT IS GOING TO BE ONE THAT'S NOT ANCHORED IN THE...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
CALLER IN PENS, FLORIDA. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
YES. WITH THE CURRENT POLITICAL PROCESS, IF YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THE PARTIES YOU CAN'T GET ON THE BALLOT AND IF YOU CAN'T GET ON THE BALLOT YOU CAN'T...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
OF FOLKS SHARE YOUR SENTIMENT. THEY FEEL FRUSTRATED THAT THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES HAVE A COMPLETE MONOPOLY AND STRANGLE HOLD. GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THOMAS...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
TERRY. REPUBLICAN CALLER. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
HI. ALL OF THE THIRD PARTIES AGREE WE SHOULD STOP THE WAR. OUR MURDER RATE WOULD BE CUT IN HALF, OUR TAXES WOULD BE CUT BY OVER $400 BILLION A YEAR....
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
ISSUE SO IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT YOU WOULD VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE BASED ON THIS ONE ISSUE? CALLER: YES, I
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WOULD. HOST: LET'S
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
GO TO OUR GUEST AND ASK ABOUT SOME OF THESE ISSUES BASED MOTIVATIONS. HOW DO YOU MARRY THEM UNDER ONE UMBRELLA? GUEST: I THINK THAT'S
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
GREAT. YOU'VE OUTLINED AN ISSUE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AND THAT'S A DRUG WAR AND I DON'T SEE ANY CANDIDATES TALKING ABOUT THOSE ISSUES. SO WHAT...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
ABE ABDELL. INDEPENDENT CALLER SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: MY QUESTION WAS YOU JUST MENTIONED INVITING MORE VOICES INTO THE DEBATE. HOW WOULD AMERICANS ELECT FURTHER ACCESS TO THIRD PARTIES -- THIRD-PARTY...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
IT. THE FIRST THING YOU DO WHEN YOU COME TO AMERICANS.ORG IS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HELP SHAPE A PLATFORM OF QUESTIONS NOT A PLATFORM OF ISSUES. WE DON'T...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. LOOKING AT A RECENT "L.A. TIMES" ARTICLE SAYS ONE OF THE MAIN FINANCIAL BACKERS IS YOUR FATHER, A PRIVATE INVESTMENT EXECUTIVE...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
C CONTRIBUTORS WHO HELP PAY THE FEE, LEGAL FEES AND THE WEBSITE. SO THAT'S WHAT'S GETTING FINANCED HERE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU LOOK AT IT LIKE ANY BUSINESS...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
WITH THEIR OWN BAGS OF MONEY LIKE ROSS PEROT. DO YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR A STANDARD BEARER WHO BRINGS THEIR OWN MONEY? GUEST:
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
NO. THAT'S THE BEAUTY IS WHAT'S GETTING FUNDED IS THE BALLOT ACCESS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE ROSS PEROT OR A MIKE BLOOMBERG. THOSE...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
AT THE WEBSITE HERE. IT SAYS SIGNATURES SO FAR, 1.7 MILLION. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA WHERE HAZEL JOINS ON THE REPUBLICAN'S LINE. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
PEOPLE JUST NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE AMERICAN DREAM AND STUFF THEY TALK ABOUT THE RICH, POOR, MIDDLE CLASS. WE DON'T LIKE...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
I THINK YOUR POINT RIGHT NOW OUR COUNTRY IS SITTING HERE WITH SOME REAL PROBLEMS AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AND TO UNITE INSTEAD OF THE HYPER...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
A POLITICAL COLUMN. HE TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE HURDLES AS BEING THINGS LIKE THE PERSONAL WEALTH IT TAKES, THE MONEY INVOLVED AND THERE HASN'T BEEN...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
IT'S NOT SURPRISING. THEY'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. WE CALL IT PAT EARN RECOGNITION. IF YOU LOOK AT LARGER TRENDS AS WE'VE SEEN THAT THE INTERNET, ...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
ON NPR.ORG. RUNNING THROUGH SOME OF THE PAST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. GEORGE WALLACE BACK IN 1968 GOT 123395% OF THE VOTE BUT -- 13.5% OF THE VOTE. JOHN...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SHOW THAT THE COMMUNITY OF INDEPENDENTS WHO DON'T FEEL WELL REPRESENTED BY THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS IS THE LARGEST CONSTITUENCY...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
LET'S GO TO DAVID CALLING IN FROM UTAH. CALLER:
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HELLO. MY CONCERN IS I WOULD LIKE TO ELIMINATE POLITICAL PARTIES ALTOGETHER. EXPLAIN TO ME HOW BEST I MIGHT DO THAT. HOST: AND WHY DO
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
YOU WANT TO SEE THEM ELIMINATED?
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
GUEST: I THINK THEY ARE AT THE ROOT OF THE DISUNITY OF THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE. IF YOU WATCH C-SPAN YOU SEE NOTHING BUT DISUNITY FROM THE TWO PARTIES....
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
ARE A LOT OF AMERICANS WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY AS YOU DO. THAT THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE SERVED US WELL FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS THEY DON'T...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
ASK
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
GUEST: SURE. WELL ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS IS YES THEY WOULD RECEIVE MATCHING FUNDS IN FOUR YEARS BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
LINE. GOOD MORNING.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I'M SO HAPPY TO HAVE ELLIOTT ACERMAN ON TV TODAY BECAUSE I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT SOMEONE I SAW ON C-SPAN THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
A CANDIDATE THAT YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT YOU CAN GO TO AMERICANS ELECT.ORG AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PUT FORWARD HIM AS A CANDIDATE AND START A DRAFT MOVEMENT...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
MENTIONED WANTING TO SEE A MIDDLE GROUND. YOU TALK ABOUT THE EXTREMES TO BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT. BUT WHAT IF FOLKS GO ON TO AMERICANS ELECT AND NOMINATE...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
DATE ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? HOST:
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
MAYBE NONE AT ALL. ONE OF THE CANDIDATES WHO DOESN'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE NOMINATING PROCESS. ANY NUMBER OF POLITICSES WHO STILL MIGHT APPEAL TO PEOPLE....
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
CANDIDATE FROM THE FAR RIGHT OR FAR LEFT. THE KEY IS AS A CONDITION TO RUN THEY HAVE TO REACH ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPACE AND RUN WITH SOMEBODY FROM...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
WARREN, MICHIGAN. REPUBLICAN CALLER. CALLER:
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UNDER THE PRESENT SYSTEM THIRD PARTIES' A DREAM. PEOPLE IN THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY TELL YOU WHO YOU CAN VOTE FOR. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
I HAVE TO SAY I DISAGREE WITH YOU. I AND I THINK MANY OTHER AMERICANS DON'T ACCEPT A POLITICAL SYSTEM BY WHICH THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES AS YOU SAID TELL...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
SEE ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT HAS A POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT HAS MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR CANDIDATES WHO AREN'T PART OF A LOCKED-IN SYSTEM TO GET INVOLVED?
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
GUEST: NOT NECESSARILY. I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AT AMERICANS ELECT IS A REAL INNOVATION, AN INNOVATION IN DEMOCRACY. WE...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
TWITTER. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? AFTER THERE WAS SOME SUCCESS BY ROSS PER OTH IN HIS FIRST RUN THAT THERE WAS A MOVEMENT BY THE PARTIES TO TRY TO CONTROL...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
THERE'S ANY TYPE OF IMSPIRTLE MOVEMENT. BUT I DO THINK THAT AS WE SAW THAT ROSS PEROT IN THE SPRING OF 92 WAS WINNING IN THE POLL. AND THEN HIS CANDIDACY...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
WALTER REPUBLICAN IN BUTLER, INDIANA. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR
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CALLER, -
TAKING MY CALL. I DO APPRECIATE IT. I VOTED FOR ROSS PEROT AND I WAS RIGHT THERE HOPING FOR AN INDEPENDENT VOICE. I BELIEVE THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES ARE...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
POINT, I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT. I THINK THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT MORE CHOICE AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE AS THE PEOPLE ARE GREATER THAN THE LEVEL...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF AMERICANS ELECT 2012. PRIOR TO DOING THIS, YOU SERVED IN FEDERAL SERVICE FOR EIGHT YEARS IN THE MARINE CORPS AS AN INFANTRY...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
YOU'RE PICKING FROM WHAT YOU WANT TO READ FROM THAT COLUMN. THERE'S SOME GOOD THINGS IN THAT COLUMN. I THINK THE FIELD THAT RIPE AND THE ELECTORATE...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
PIECE, HOW BILLIONAIRES COULD SAVE THE COUNTRY. BUT HE DOES GO TO THE POINT IT TAKES THE MONEY TO HAVE THE AD CAMPAIGN. GUEST:
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
I DISAGREE ON THAT POINT. I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO BECOME THE PRESIDENT IS TO SPEND A BILLION DOLLARS. LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. IN 2008 DID YOU WATCH...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
VIEWERS THAT. GUEST: I DIDN'T WATCH
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
IT. I WOULD IMAGINE MANY VIEWERS DIDN'T WATCH IT. BUT IT COST A LOT OF MONEY. HOST:
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? WHAT DO YOU GET FROM THAT? GUEST: WHAT I TAKE AWAY
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
FROM THAT IS A LOT OF THAT MONEY IS JUST BURNED UP IN SMOKE AND BIG TV BUYS THAT DON'T DO ANYTHING. IT'S VERY ANALOG. IT'S THE OLD WAY TO RUN....
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
IN FLORIDA. CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
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CALLER, -
A THIRD PARTY THAT IS A PARLIAMENTRY PARTY. I SEE EVERYTHING THAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT COULD BE SOLVED BY A PARLIAMENTRY PARTY. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
HOST: HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT THE WEBSITE AMERICANS ELECT.ORG YET? CALLER: NOT YET BUT I
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CALLER, -
WILL. HOST:
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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CALLER, -
CALLER: I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA BUT I THINK IT'S BASED ON THE SAME SYSTEM. IN OTHER WORDS, OUR CONGRESSIONAL SYSTEM, WE SAY IT WORKS. IT DIDN'T WORK...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
A RESPONSE. GUEST: I THINK TO YOUR
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
POINT WHAT YOU'RE EXPRESSING IS THE FRUSTRATION THAT MANY AMERICANS FEEL AND THAT ONE SENATOR HOLDS EVERYONE HOSTAGE BECAUSE ARE THEY GOING TO DEESKED...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
LINE.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I KIND OF DISAGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THE ISSUE REGARDING THE MEDIA. I STILL THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE CONTROLLED BY TELEVISION AS TO HOW...
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THE FIRST ONE ABOUT THE MEDIA, THE LANDSCAPE OF THE MEDIA HAS REALLY CHANGED IN THAT WE HAVE 24/7 NEWS CYCLES. I COULD BE SITTING...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
US THROUGH THE TIMELINE. YOU HAVE THE VARIOUS STEPS. WHEN IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN? AT WHAT POINT IS IT TOO LATE TO GET INVOLVED? GUEST: IT IS NEVER
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
TOO LATE TO GET INVOLVED. THE WEBSITE IS UP AND LIVE. ANYONE CAN REGISTER AND BECOME A DELEGATE. IN THE SPRING OF 2012, WE WILL HAVE OUR CONVENTION....
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
IS ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE A CAN OF IT GET OUT THERE AND GET NUMB? GUEST: CANDIDATES
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Ackerman, Elliot - CEO
WILL BE EMERGING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. THE PARTIES DID NOT FORMALLY ANNOUNCE THEIR CANDIDACY UNTIL AUGUST OF 2012. HOST: ELLIOT
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
ACKERMAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. COMING UP, WE WILL TALK ABOUT PENSIONS AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EUROPEAN DEBT CRISIS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE...
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Kerrigan, Stephen J. - Chief Executive Officer
BEAUTIFUL CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, THE HOME OF THE 20'S WILL DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. WE ARE WORKING HARD WITH OUR PARTNERS IN CHARLOTTE, WITH...
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Casey, Libby - Guest Host
INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOCAL CONTENT VEHICLES AND THIS WEEKEND'S SCHEDULE,
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.