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I WATCHED IT TODAY AND I THOUGHT HUNTSMAN DONE REALLY GOOD AND I THOUGHT HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST DECENT CANDIDATES THAT THEY HAVE RUNNING. BUT ONE...
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HUNTSMAN LEAVING THE RACE MEANS FOR THE REST OF THE FIELD? >> Caller: WELL, I THINK HE
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MAY GET -- RON PAUL MY GET HIS
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SUPPORTERS. >> OKAY. LET'S HEAR FROM SERAB, A REPUBLICAN IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA. GOOD MORNING. >> Caller: HI. >> GO AHEAD. >> Caller: OH, WELL I WAS
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| 00:03:24 |
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GOING TO SAY THAT LOOKING AT JON HUNTSMAN'S HUNTSMAN'S -- >> WE'LL GET A NEW
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| 00:03:35 |
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CALLER. INDEPENDENT CALLER IN PRINCETON JUNCTION, NEW JERSEY. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. >> HI, WHAT DO YOU THINK
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| 00:03:41 |
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ABOUT THE NEWS JON HUNTSMAN PLANS TO BOW OUT OF THE RACE? >> Caller: A LOT OF
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| 00:03:47 |
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FOLKS HERE, ESPECIALLY NEW JERSEY, I CAN SAY WITHIN MY OWN FAMILY AND OUR OWN DISTRICT WITH THE NEW JERSEY, THERE IS A LOT OF CONSERVATIVE MODERATES...
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| 00:04:42 |
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HUPT HUNT BROUGHT TO THE RACE? >> Caller: HUNTSMAN WAS
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| 00:04:49 |
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FOR FOREIGN POLICY. ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS WORRIED ABOUT, PARTICULARLY FROM MY GENERATION WAS WHAT TO DO ON CERTAIN CONTAINMENTS, WHETHER RISES...
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| 00:05:22 |
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A TWEET COMING FROM CONSTITUTION WHO SAYS HUNTSMAN NEVER HAD A CHANCE, HE'S TOO MUCH LIKE MITT ROMNEY IN DEMOGRAPHICS, BUT DID NOT HAVE THE NAME RECOGNITION....
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| 00:05:40 |
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I'M FROM INDIANA. >> WELCOME TO THE SHOW G. AHEAD >> Caller:
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| 00:05:44 |
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YES, I'M CALLING ABOUT HUNTSMAN GETTING OUT OF THE RACE. I THOUGHT HE WAS A GREAT GENTLEMEN AND THE DEBATE HE WAS SAYING ABOUT MITT ROMNEY. YOU...
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| 00:06:18 |
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FOR YOUR CALL. LET'S HEAR FROM KEN, INDEPENDENT LINE IN ROSELAND, VIRGINIA. GOOD MORNING, KEN. >> Caller: YES, THE FACT IS
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| 00:06:28 |
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THAT HUNTSMAN'S DROPPING OUT WILL HELP RON PAUL'S CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT WILL -- IT IS A DIVERSION. THE ONLY ANTI-WAR CANDIDATE AND MOST AMERICANS ARE AGAINST...
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| 00:07:17 |
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WELL, WE HAD SOMEONE WHO AGREED WITH YOU, FISHON SAM ON TWITTER SAID THIS IS JUST MORE VOTES GOING TO RON PAUL. LET'S LOOK AT "NEW YORK TIMES" COVERAGE...
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| 00:08:37 |
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TO SAY, I DON'T THINK HUNTSMAN HAD A CHANCE FROM THE START. I MEAN, HE DIDN'T HAVE THE -- HIS NAME WASN'T REALLY OUT THERE BIG AND I JUST WANT TO SAY...
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| 00:09:16 |
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RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A STORY ABOUT RICK SANTORUM AND THE BATTLE THAT IS GOING ON TO GET THE EVANGELICAL SUPPORT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS IS A...
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| 00:10:11 |
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GOOD MORNING. YES, I HOST A RADIO SHOW HERE IN CINCINATTI AND WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THE RACES. I DON'T THINK THAT WITH HUNTSMAN GETTING OUT OF THE RACE,...
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| 00:11:00 |
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ON TWITTER, MR. HUNTSMAN WORKED FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. HOW HE THOUGHT THAT WOULD TRANSLATE INTO G.O.P. LOVE IS BEYOND ME. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, BILL IS UP...
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| 00:11:19 |
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HUNTSMAN DROPPED OUT, ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT OTHER COMPADRE HAS MOVED SO FAR TO THE RIGHT, I REALLY DO NOT HAVE -- ANYMORE, BUT TO VOTE DEMOCRATIC ALL...
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| 00:11:45 |
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YOU HAVE VOTED FOR JON HUNTSMAN? >> Caller:
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| 00:11:51 |
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I DOUBT IT BECAUSE I'M A FAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY IN THE REPUBLICAN CONDEMN. >> LET'S HEAR FROM
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| 00:12:06 |
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FERNLEY, NEVADA. CATHERINE ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. >> GO AHEAD. >> Caller: I'VE
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| 00:12:14 |
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BEEN DEVOUT DEMOCRAT MY WHOLE LIFE. I COULD HAVE THOUGHT OF HUNTSMAN, PAUL TICKET BECAUSE I'M SO AGAINST THE WARS. THE OTHER THING IS, THE ONE THING...
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| 00:13:10 |
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A COMMENT FROM FACEBOOK. YOU CAN JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON FACEBOOK BY LOOKING FOR C-SPAN. VOTES WILL GO TO ROMNEY AND THE ONES WHO WANT THE WAR TO...
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| 00:13:32 |
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YES, MA'AM, I WAS GOING TO SAY, HUNTSMAN IS THE ONLY ONE QUALIFIED TO BE -- THE REST IS RONALD REAGAN, [AUDIO DIFFICULTY] -- THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO...
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| 00:13:52 |
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LET'S HEAR FROM ANOTHER MICHAEL, A REPUBLICAN IN STEWARTTOWN, PENNACCHIO. GOOD MORNING. >> Caller: YES,
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| 00:13:58 |
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GOOD MORNING. I WANTED TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF HUNTSMAN'S VOTES WILL GO TO RON PAUL BECAUSE JON HUNTSMAN WAS THE ONLY OTHER ONE IN THE RACE...
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| 00:14:38 |
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KANSAS. NATE , INDEPENDENT LINE. NATE, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF JON HUNTSMAN? >> Caller: WELL,
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| 00:14:44 |
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I DO NOT THINK HE HAS THE NAME RECOGNITION THAT MITT ROMNEY HAS AND ALSO IF YOU REMEMBER, MITT ROMNEY ALSO PULLED OUT OF THE LAST CAMPAIGN. SO I DON'T...
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| 00:15:20 |
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WOULD SUPPORT HIM IF HE WAS RUNNING AGAINST OBAMA. I MEAN, IT'S JUST FOR ME AS AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISTORICAL THING IS MY CONCERN. OTHER THAN THAT, YEAH,...
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| 00:15:35 |
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OKAY. ELISE ON TWITTER, SINCE THE G.O.P. DOESN'T BELIEVE IN SUPPORTING PRESIDENT IN CONSERVATIVE, I CAN'T SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE A LIABILITY. SHE'S TALKING...
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| 00:16:46 |
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Caller: GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? LISTEN, THIS MORNING -- >> JOE, FOCUS ON US. >> Caller:
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| 00:16:56 |
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GOOD. THANK YOU. LISTEN. WHAT I WANT TO SAY IN REFERENCE TO HEARING THAT MR. HUNTSMAN IS GOING TO RESIGN FROM THE RACE, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT I WANT...
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| 00:18:16 |
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RIGHT. LET'S LOOK AT AN E-MAIL FROM CARLE IN MINNESOTA. JON HUNTSMAN IS VERY INTELLIGENT AND SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE SUPPORT THAN HE DID. HIS RECORD...
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| 00:18:41 |
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FLORIDA, INDEPENDENT LINE, WELCOME. >> Caller: YES, GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. >> Caller:
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| 00:18:46 |
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YEAH. HUNTSMAN -- HE'S A DISSTRAKTER. HE WAS TOO FAR TO THE LEFT. I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIS MESSAGE, ONLY THAT HE WAS AN AMBASSADOR FOR CHINA. ...
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| 00:19:38 |
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E-MAIL FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. I THINK IT WAS FAIR TO SAY HUNTSMAN WAS ALWAYS RUNNING FOR VICE PRESIDENT. I ADMIT I DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO LEAVE THIS...
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| 00:19:56 |
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IN THE NEWS BEING REPORTED ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. THE REPUBLICAN FIELD, THE "NEW YORK TIMES," JOHN HARWOOD WRITES, AS EFFECTIVE AS MITT ROMNEY'S...
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| 00:22:29 |
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Caller: WITH ME SAYING HUNTSMAN IS DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE AND NOW ENDORSING MITT ROMNEY, REMINDS ME OF THE NEWT GINGRICH HURRICANE ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENT....
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| 00:22:47 |
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I ADMIT MITT ROMNEY BEING MORMON, TO ME IT NORMALIZES MITT ROMNEY FROM MY POINT OF VIEW. >> ARIZONA,
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| 00:23:00 |
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MICHAEL IS ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. WE LOST MICHAEL. LET'S MOVE TO FLORIDA, JAMES REPUBLICAN. WHERE YOU CALLING FROM, JAME? >> CALIFORNIA. >> GO AHEAD....
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| 00:23:12 |
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WHY A HUSBAND ENDORSES ROMNEY AFTER GOING AFTER ROMNEY AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME NOW IS THAT ROMNEY IS FUNDED BY GOLDMAN SACHS, J.P. MORGAN AND OBAMA...
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| 00:23:38 |
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RIGHT. GOING ON TO DALLAS, TEXAS. GREG, INDEPENDENT LINE. GOOD MORNING, GREG, WELCOME TO WASHINGTON JOURNAL G. AHEAD. >> Caller:
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| 00:23:47 |
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THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN SWINGING, FIRST YOU HAVE THE PEACH DRINK OUT THERE FIRST AND YOU HAVE GINGRICH AND PERRY AND ROMNEY. YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW...
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| 00:24:16 |
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YOU THINK HIM DROPPING OUT MEANS FOR THE REST OF THE FIELD? >> Caller: I DON'T KNOW, I
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| 00:24:22 |
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THINK RICK PERRY OUGHT TO DROP OUT. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND HE'S BEEN OUR GOVERNOR. YOU KNOW, HE CAN TOUT ALL THE JOBS HE'S MADE, BUT UNEMPLOYMENT...
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| 00:24:44 |
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COUPLE OTHER STORIES IN THE NEWS MENTIONED EARLIER. THIS IS THE DAY TO CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. FEDERAL HOLIDAY. HERE IS AN IMAGE IN THE "WASHINGTON...
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MORNING ABOUT THE CELEBRATION FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE, TIED TO MARTIN LUTHER KING'S DAY. THE...
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| 00:27:33 |
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I'M CALLING FROM MICHIGAN. >> GO AHEAD. >>
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| 00:27:36 |
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Caller: I'M AN INDEPENDENT VOTER, I'VE ALWAYS REGISTERED AS INDEPENDENT OR UNDECLARED, BUT NEVER REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HAVE MY SAY AT...
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| 00:28:32 |
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IT'S OKAY. TAKE YOUR TIME. >> ABOUT BUT
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| 00:28:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR MORE PEOPLE TO LOOK BACK AT HISTORY AND TO SEE HOW HISTORY DOES REPEAT ITSELF AND I SEE SIMILAR CORRELATION GOING ON TODAY. >>
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| 00:28:46 |
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OKAY. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, STEVEN JOINS US ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. GOOD MORNING. >>
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| 00:28:51 |
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Caller: GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? >> GOOD, THANKS, GO AHEAD. >> Caller: I'M CALLING ABOUT
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| 00:28:56 |
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MR. HUNTSMAN AND BEING MORMON AND MITT ROMNEY BEING A MORMON. RIGHT NOW MR. ROMNEY IS DOING WELL IN THE POLLS, BUT I THINK ONCE THE PRESS GETS AHOLD...
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| 00:30:10 |
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DO YOU THINK MORMONISM IS A CULT? YOU USE THAT WORD WHICH JON HUNTSMAN SAID IS NOT APPROPRIATE. >> Caller: WELL, JUST
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| 00:30:18 |
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LIKE THE JEHOVAH WITNESSES. >> YOU WERE ADVOCATING
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| 00:30:23 |
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OTHER RELIGIOUS FREEDOM? >> Caller: NO, I
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| 00:30:25 |
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THINK CHURCH AND STATE SHOULD BE SEPARATED, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. HUNDREDS MANT HAS NOW DROPPED OUT OF THE PLLE RACE. WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE OTHER...
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| 00:31:37 |
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TO SAY THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE WELL ACCEPTED. MAY I SAY IT ALSO? IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. HOST: YOU CAN GIVE US A TRY, GO AHEAD. CALLER: OK, WE'VE...
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CALLER, -
ALL THESE REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS, TEA PARTY RISING UP AND ALL THIS. YOU KNOW THEY GOT ALL THESE GREAT IDEALS, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO...
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| 00:32:38 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
WITH US? OK, LET'S MOVE ONTO HUNTSMAN TO EXIT AND BACK MITT ROMNEY HE WILL DROP OUT OF THE G.O.P. DEBATE AND ENDORSE MITT ROMNEY. THE STORY WAS FILED...
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IS MIDDLETON. YOU KNOW, ALL THE CONTESTANTS THAT RUN, HUNDREDSMAN IS THE ONLY ONE THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY CUTS HIM...
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IF WE CAN GET -- FRED, REPUBLICAN, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING LIBBY. HOST: HI. CALLER: I THINK THAT
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| 00:35:03 |
CALLER, -
THE CLASSICAL PARTY LABELS NEED TO BE ABOLISHED. I DON'T THINK HUNTSMAN REPRESENTS AMERICA. I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE REPRESENTING...
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| 00:36:10 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
ONLY PULLING AT ABOUT 5% IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HIS VOTERS ARE MOST LIKELY TO WIND UP WITH MITT ROMNEY. IF EITHER GINGRITCH OR SANTORUM MAKES A RUN,...
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| 00:37:11 |
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MORNING. CALLER: HELLO. I JUST WANTED TO AGREE WITH THE CALLER THAT TALKED EARLIER. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT JESUS CHRIST AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE...
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| 00:37:30 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
THINK ABOUT THE EVANGELICAL VOTE? PUTTING SUPPORT BEHIND SANTORUM, OTHERS COMING OUT FOR GINGRITCH, OTHERS FOR PERRY. WHAT DO YOU THINK? CALLER: I THINK...
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| 00:37:44 |
CALLER, -
TO LOOK AT OVERWHELM CHRISTIAN LEADERS, NOT MORMON. AND I'M NOT FOR MITT ROMNEY OR -- I'M NOT EVEN FOR NEWT GINGRICH. HE'S FLIP-FLOPPED. AND HE'S JUST...
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| 00:38:23 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. NEXT UP ON OUR INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: HI, GOOD
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CALLER, -
MORNING. I THINK HE LOST POPULARITY WHEN HE WAS IN CHINA. I DON'T KNOW, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, HE DIDN'T REALLY GO AFTER IRAN. MAYBE HE'S JUST SHOOTING...
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| 00:39:01 |
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ME ON THE LINE. I LIKE THE WAY THE CALLS HAVE BEEN TURNED HERE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JON HUNTSMAN, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO ADD VERY LITTLE TO WHETHER...
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| 00:40:09 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
OK. LET'S TALK ABOUT HUNTSMAN TODAY. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT JON HUNTSMAN IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE AT 11:00 THIS MORNING HE WILL BE DROPPING...
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| 00:41:33 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND THE VOLUNTEER SPIRIT THAT MANY TAKE ON THIS DAY. CAN SEE HERE IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" OFFICE PAGE, I HAVE A DREAM,...
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| 00:42:14 |
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CALLER: HI, GOOD MORNING. I DON'T THINK IT WILL MAKE THAT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. SOME PEOPLE WILL BE TALKING FOR A FEW DAYS ABOUT HIS SUPPORT FOR ROMNEY,...
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| 00:43:20 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
JON HUNTSMAN INCLUSION IN THE RACE CHANGED THE CONVERSATION AT ALL? BROUGHT ANYTHING TO THE TABLE? CALLER: I ACTUALLY -- THE
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| 00:43:27 |
CALLER, -
ONLY THING IT SEEMS TO HAVE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE IS THE FACT THAT IF HE GOES OUT TO SUPPORT ROMNEY, HOW THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF A CONTRADICTION...
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| 00:44:00 |
CALLER, -
THIS HUNTSMAN DEAL. YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME THAT THE GAME OF POLITICS REALLY HAS GONE TOTALLY TWO PARTY. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE TOLD ANYTHING...
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| 00:45:21 |
Casey, Libby - Guest Host
THE DISCUSSION THERE. COMING UP NEXT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE 2012 AGENDA. CONGRESS COMES BACK TO WASHINGTON THIS WEEK. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> I BELIEVE...
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