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TO HELP ME. HE IS TAKING MY SPEECH. GIVE ME THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. THANK YOU FOR COMING. IT IS FUNNY. I SEE SO MANY PEOPLE I'VE KNOWN...
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| 00:29:51 |
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THAT WAS FASCINATING. I WAS THINKING AS YOU WERE SPEAKING THAT THERE'S THIS TREND IN POLITICS OF PEOPLE WHO USED TO BE POLITICAL OPERATIVES AND THEN END...
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| 00:31:02 |
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SURE. >> I WILL START OUT
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| 00:31:06 |
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WITH SOME QUESTIONS. GOV. CHRISTIE, THERE WAS THIS GREAT CHRISTIE FEVER, OVERHEATED SPECULATION, AS YOU SUGGESTED, AND THE PRESS. AND MOST OF US HAVE...
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| 00:32:13 |
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IT WAS CALCULATED. IF HE WERE CALCULATING, HE WOULD SAY, THIS MAY BE THE BEST CHANCE I EVER HAVE TO BECOME PRESIDENT, I WILL TAKE IT. BUT HE AND HIS...
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| 00:34:17 |
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THIS IS MORE OF A PERSONAL DECISION THAN A POLITICAL DECISION. BUT A SAYS THE POLITICS, IF HE HAD RUN, HOW WIDE -- ASSESSED THE POLITICS. IF HE HAD...
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| 00:34:44 |
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HE HAS ALWAYS HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING FROM THE BIGGEST PLACE IN THE WORLD, NEW YORK. HE IS FAR MORE KNOWN AS NATIONAL GOVERNOR, FAR MORE SO THAN...
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| 00:36:11 |
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THE REPUBLICAN FIELD. IT SEEMS IN SOME WAYS VERY FLUID. RICK PERRY RIDES UP ON THE POLLS, AND AS MARK SUGGESTED TO MY THEMES HE MAY BE WRITING DOWN....
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| 00:36:49 |
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PRESIDENTIAL RACE. THIS TIME, OUR FIELD DOES NOT REALLY HAVE A FRONT RUNNER. PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY WELL KNOWN, BUT HAVE SOMETHING TO RECOMMEND THEM....
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| 00:38:40 |
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BERRA WAS SAID, PREDICTIONS ARE REALLY HARD, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE FUTURE. >>
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| 00:38:46 |
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AMEN. AS USUAL, HE GOT THAT RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] >> TALK ABOUT
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| 00:38:54 |
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THE REPUBLICAN GROUP ON THE AMERICAN SIDE, AMERICAN CROSSROADS. SOME HAVE ESTIMATED THEY WILL RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO BURN A WET . >> IT IS A
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| 00:39:06 |
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GOOD FIGURE. BUT HOW MUCH MONEY DOES IT TAKE TO BURN A WHAT ? AND HOW MUCH SUPPORT WILL YOU -- TO BURN A WET MULE? AND HOW MUCH SUPPORT WOULD YOU ...
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| 00:39:23 |
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BURNING A WET COMES FROM A PREWAR 20TH CENTURY. PEOPLE FARMED WITH MULES AND THEY WERE ALWAYS AROUND -- THERE WAS DROWNED IN THE FLOODS. WE DID NOT HAVE...
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| 00:40:11 |
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PERMIT? >> TODAY, YOU
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| 00:40:13 |
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COULD NOT BURN ONE BEFORE IT ROTTED. AMERICAN CROSSROADS IS A 527 COMMITTEE, LIKE THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION. THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION...
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| 00:41:39 |
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HAVE ANY PROBLEM IN CONCEPT WITH GROUPS LIKE AMERICAN CROSSROADS OR GROUPS LIKE GEORGE SOROS HAS FUNDED, IS THIS SOMETHING THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE CONCERNED...
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| 00:41:59 |
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REASON WE HAVE THEM, AND THAT IS MCCAIN-FINE GOLD, AND EVERY PREVIOUS ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE FEDERAL CAMPAIGN LAWS. BECAUSE WHAT WE OUGHT TO DO IS HAVE...
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| 00:44:26 |
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A QUESTION IN MINUTE THAT I WANT TO HEAR FROM HALEY BARBOUR, THE ELDER STATESMAN. BUT FIRST, I WANT TO HEAR AN ANSWER FROM POLITICAL STRATEGISTS. JUST...
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| 00:45:04 |
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MOVE TO THE CENTER. I WAS SURPRISED THAT HE DID NOT DO WHAT CLINTON DID. >> DIDN'T
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| 00:45:10 |
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HE TRY, THOUGH? AND EVERY TIME HE TRIED THE CASE GOT MORE AND MORE DISAFFECTED. >> YOU GUYS
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| 00:45:17 |
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ACT LIKE HE TRIED. >> THAT
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| 00:45:20 |
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WAS THE GUYS AT THE "NEW YORK TIMES." WE DID NOT BUT -- BUY IT AT THE POLITICO.COM >> SOME ACTED
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| 00:45:37 |
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LIKE HIS MOVES WERE A CONCESSION. IT WAS NOT A CONCESSION. HE COULD NOT GET THE VOTES. I THOUGHT WHEN HE DID HIS BUDGET AND WHEN HE MADE THE STATE OF...
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| 00:46:38 |
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POINT, TO THE FUNDAMENTALS OF HIS CIRCUMSTANCES BECOME BAKED IN? OBVIOUSLY, EVENTS CAN AND WILL HAPPEN RIGHT UP TO THE ELECTION, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT...
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| 00:47:23 |
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PEOPLE HAVE PRETTY WELL MADE UP THEIR MINDS. >> IT IS ALREADY TOO
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| 00:47:28 |
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LATE TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE PRISM THROUGH WHICH WE VIEW HIM. >> PARTICULARLY WITH WHAT
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| 00:47:33 |
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HE HAS DONE THIS YEAR. HE DOES SEEM TO TRY TO PLAY TO HIS BASE WHEN IT SEEMS TO BE UNNECESSARY TO DO SO. I THINK IF HE HAS ANY RISK WITH HIS BASE, THEY...
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| 00:49:26 |
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TO GET THE AUDIENCE IN. PLEASE, RAISE YOUR HAND. A QUICK QUESTION. I HAVE TO BE THE POLITICAL OPERATIVE. NOW I WILL ASK YOU TO TAKE THE LONG VIEW OF...
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| 00:50:23 |
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BOTH. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS HAVE BECOME MORE AND MORE ONE-SIDED. IT'S SAFE REPUBLICAN SEATS AND A SAFE DEMOCRAT SEAT. USUALLY, THE MOST LIBERAL DEMOCRAT...
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| 00:52:24 |
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BE MAKING RACE MORE AND MORE OF AN ISSUE. HOW DO YOU SEE THAT PLAYING OUT? >> WHEN I WAS RUNNING
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| 00:52:30 |
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FOR PRESIDENT, IT BECAME PUBLICLY KNOWN THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF SOME MINERS THAT CAME TO MISSISSIPPI IN 1951 AND...
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| 00:54:52 |
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QUICKLY AND GET A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE OUR TIME RUNS OUT. >>
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| 00:54:57 |
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GOVERNOR, COULD YOU COMMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE ROLE OF THE SO-CALLED REAGAN DEMOCRATS? YOU SAID THE RACE WILL BE DECIDED IN THE MIDDLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE...
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| 00:55:24 |
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OF REAGAN DEMOCRATS. IF YOU LOOK BACK 30 YEARS, ONE, MOSTLY SOUTHERN AND REPUBLICAN TODAY. THE OTHERS ARE MOSTLY MIDWESTERN, A LOT OF UNION LABOR,...
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| 00:56:02 |
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OF ALL. THE MAIN THING -- IF THE MAIN THING FOR REPUBLICANS IS TO BEAT OBAMA, AND INDEPENDENT VOTERS ARE KEY TO THAT, WHY IS THERE NOT MORE EXCITEMENT...
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| 00:56:32 |
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INSPIRING JOYCE FOREMOST REPUBLICAN -- CHOICE FOR REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND MOST REPUBLICAN VOTERS WERE MEMBER REAGAN. THEY DO NOT SEE THAT AS THE BEST PATH...
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| 00:58:48 |
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BY AGAIN, THANK GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR. I SUSPECT THERE ARE MORE THAN A FEW YEARS THAT MIGHT HAVE WISHED HE WAS ON THE DEBATING STAGE IN THE LAST COUPLE...
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