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ME INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR NEXT GUEST OF THE MORNING, I MENTIONED EARLIER WE WOULD BE JOINED BY MARK TOMPKINS, WHO IS AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA...
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| 00:00:36 |
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SURE. IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR VIEWERS TO RECOGNIZE SOUTH CAROLINA IS RELATIVELY DIVERSE STATE. WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT...
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| 00:01:48 |
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POLITICAL SCIENTIST TOMPKINS, WE'LL TAKE YOUR PHONE CALLS, CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND TWEET US AND E-MAIL OUR QUESTIONS....
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| 00:02:22 |
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TO BE REGISTERED, THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT ALREADY, AND THEN SHOW UP AT THE POLLS TOMORROW MORNING AND DECLARE YOURSELF READY TO VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN...
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| 00:02:36 |
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DAY? >> I DON'T
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| 00:02:37 |
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KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU CAN IN THE PRIMARY. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CHECKUP. >> DO YOU KNOW HOW
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| 00:02:45 |
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TYPICAL CROSSOVERS HAVE BEEN AND IF THEY AFFECT THE OUTCOME IN PAST PRIMARIES? >>
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| 00:02:50 |
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THEY HAVE AFFECTED THE OUTCOME IN SOME PRIMARIES. REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY OPEN PRIMARIES AND SO THERE HAVE BEEN...
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| 00:03:22 |
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MARK TOMPKINS FROM JOHN, A DEMOCRAT WASHING IN MISSOURI. YOU ARE ON THE AIR. >> YES, I WAS HOPING
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| 00:03:28 |
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TO GET AHOLD OF RICK, BUT HE WAS ONLY THERE FOR 15 MINUTES. BUT I WAS WANTING TO ASK HIM AND WHY ALL THE OTHER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES THIS RIGHT TO WORK...
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| 00:04:03 |
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QUESTION A LITTLE ON ITS HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA IS RIGHT TO WORK STATE. CAN YOU GIVE US THE HISTORY OF THE DEBATE OVER THAT IN YOUR STATE? >> WELL,
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| 00:04:12 |
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THE HISTORIES THAT WE'VE BEEN A RIGHT TO WORK STATE FOR A LONG TIME. WE'VE BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF UNIONS, THAT CERTAINLY DATES BACK TO THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY...
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| 00:04:47 |
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ON TO ANOTHER -- YESTERDAY'S EVENTS, RICK PERRY'S DECISION TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE. WHO ARE HIS CONSTITUENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND WILL THEY FOLLOW...
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| 00:05:01 |
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WAS POLLING POORLY IN THE STATE, THAT WAS A SURPRISE TO MOST OF US. SO THE VERY FEW VOTERS WHO HAD STRONGLY AFFILIATED WITH HIM, WHO KNOWS WHERE THEY'LL...
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| 00:05:47 |
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WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME STATISTICS ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA AND VOTERS AND OUR CALLER IS ANTHONY, INDEPENDENT FROM FLORIDA. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> Caller:...
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| 00:05:57 |
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LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MECHANISM IS IN PLACE IN STATES LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA THAT WOULD PREVENT, LET'S SAY IN THIS ELECTION, WHERE THE DEMOCRATS ARE ALLOWED...
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| 00:06:23 |
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IN PRINCIPLE THAT PREVENTS DEMOCRATS FROM DOING THAT, BUT IN PRACTICE, GOING TO VOTE JUST TO DO A LITTLE MISCHIEF IS NOT SOMETHING MOST ARE INCLINED TO...
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| 00:07:00 |
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THE NOT STEVEN COLBERT CANDIDACY IS BEING ENDORSED BY STEVEN CANE. HE IS STILL ON THE BALLOT IN SOUTH CAROLINA, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S
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| 00:07:14 |
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CORRECT. YES. >> NEXT CALL
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| 00:07:18 |
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FROM TRAVELERS REST, MARK IS THERE. GOOD MORNING. >> MARK, HAVE YOU MADE UP
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| 00:07:23 |
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YOUR DECISION FOR SATURDAY YET? >> Caller: YES, I
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| 00:07:27 |
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FIRMLY SUPPORT RON PAUL. >>
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| 00:07:29 |
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OKAY. >> Caller:
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| 00:07:30 |
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DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR
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| 00:07:31 |
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US? >> YES, I DO. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE -- WHAT YOU THINK THE PUBLIC'S OPINION IS ON ON RON PAUL'S STANCE ON REFORM OF MARIJUANA LAW AND THE...
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| 00:08:11 |
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AMONG YOUNG VOTERS, WE SAW THAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE PUBLIC IS AMBIVALENT ABOUT OUR CURRENT TREATMENT OF DRUG OFFENSIVES AND THE CALLER RAISES ...
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| 00:08:51 |
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IMPORTANCE OF THE MILITARY VOTE IN SOUTH CAROLINA THESE DAYS. >> WELL, IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT
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| 00:08:57 |
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IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. OF COURSE MANY MILITARY VOTERS ARE INDEPENDENTS OR DEMOCRATS, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT MILITARY PRESENCE IN...
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| 00:09:55 |
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NEXT, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. DANNY IS A DEMOCRAT THERE, YOU ARE ON. >> GOOD
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| 00:10:00 |
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MORNING. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, ACTUALLY A QUESTION ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA VOTERS. IT REQUIRES A LITTLE SETUP. ON THIS KEYSTONE PIPELINE, IT CUTS...
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| 00:11:20 |
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TO ANSWER THE ACTUAL QUESTION, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY WOULD DO. I THINK THE CALLER RAISES INTERESTING POINTS. THE PIPELINE ISSUE IS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT...
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| 00:12:16 |
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ALEXANDRIA IN MINNESOTA. HI, DAVE. >> REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF
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| 00:12:24 |
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MONEY THAT SPENT ON TAX AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS UP TO DATE, BUT ROMNEY HAD ALREADY SPENT $56 MILLION HERE MAYBE A WEEK AGO OR SOMETHING AND PROBABLY...
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| 00:14:01 |
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MUCH. >> WELL, FOUR DIFFERENT
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| 00:14:03 |
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THINGS GOING THERE. LET'S START WITH THE BIG ONE, I'M SURE MY FRIENDS IN THE TELEVISION AND MEDIA BUSINESS WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY IF 55 MILLION HAD...
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| 00:15:06 |
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NUMBER JUST ON THAT. "WASHINGTON POST" IS REPORTING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AD SPENDING SURGES PAST $12 MILLION IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY. >> THAT...
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| 00:15:18 |
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TO ME. YES. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY IN OUR MARKET AFTERALL. WE'VE BEEN WATCHING LOTS OF ADS AND MOST OF THEM ARE NOT UPLIFTING. SO THERE IS A SENSE IN...
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| 00:15:43 |
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LET ME TAKE A CALL FROM KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. >> HI, THANKS FOR HAVING
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| 00:15:50 |
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ME. BASICALLY WHAT I WAS CALLING ABOUT, I AM YOUR TYPICAL SOUTHERN REPUBLICAN VOTER. I FALL INTO THAT EVANGELICAL SOCIAL REPUBLICAN CATEGORY THERE...
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| 00:17:37 |
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I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE JEST AND OUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT. MARK TOMPKINS. >> THERE IS
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| 00:17:45 |
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A SERIES OF COMPLICATED ISSUES THERE. THE CONCERN OVER FAITH AND FAMILY IT MOTIVATES MANY EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS STANDS IN SOME IS MEASURE APART FROM...
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| 00:18:12 |
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WE CLOSE, QUESTION ABOUT ANTICIPATED TURNOUT. THE NUMBERS WE HAVE 2573. THERE HAS BEEN 15% INCREASE IN POPULATION IN THE STATE SINCE 2000. WHAT ARE OFFICIALS...
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| 00:18:33 |
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HAVEN'T TALK TO FOLKS DIRECTLY, BUT MY EXPECTATION IS THAT TURNOUT WILL BE A LITTLE DOWN FROM 2008 BECAUSE THERE IS A LITTLE LESS CLARITY TO THIS...
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| 00:18:59 |
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TOMPKINS, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A SNAPSHOT OF SOUTH CAROLINA VOTERS AS PRIMARY DATE NEARS. SATURDAY PRIMARY IN THAT STATE, WHICH IS TURNING OUT TO BE...
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| 00:19:19 |
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INTEREST. >> OUR NEXT
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| 00:19:20 |
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SEGMENT, WE'LL CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT POLITICS. OUR GUEST, WILL BE JOINING US FROM BOSTON, CO-AUTHOR OF THIS NEW BIOGRAPHY OF MITT ROMNEY CALLED "THE...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.