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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ASKED YOU COME ON TODAY WAS YOUR EXCHANGE WITH ROMNEY. GIVE US A BRIEF SETUP OF WHAT HAPPENED. >>
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Heath, Jim - Correspondent
GUEST: SURE. I HAD A CHANCE TO GO ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE GOVERNOR WEDNESDAY. IT'S THE THIRD TIME I'VE SAT DOWN AND INTERVIEWED GOVERNOR ROMNEY. I FIND HIM...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
STOP IT THERE AND SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED. >> RUBE I DON'T KNOW
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IS BEING DEBATED LATER THIS WEEK THAT DEALS WITH ALLOWING CUSTOMERS TO BAN PROVIDING FEMALE CONTRACEPTION. HE SAID HE WAS FORTHAT. HAVE YOU TAKEN...
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THE BILL, BUT THE IDEA OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES GETTING INTO CONVERSATIONS OF CONTRACEPTION BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN, I'M NOT GOING THERE. HOST: SO...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HE SAID I'M NOT FOR THE BILL, EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT? >> WELL THIS QUESTION
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CAME HALFWAY THROUGH THE INTERVIEW. WE TALKED ABOUT JOBS, HEALTH CARE, THE ECONOMY, SMIG MICHIGAN A WIN AND OHIO? SO THAT QUESTION CAME ABOUT HALFWAY...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ON SUPER TUESDAY, HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO ASK QUESTION. OUR PHONE LINES ARE ON THE SCREEN. FOR OHIO RESIDENTS WE'VE SET ASIDE A SPECIAL LINE. 202-628-0184....
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SANTORUM SHOWS HIM STILL UP FIVE, BUT YOU DO GET A SENSE THERE IS MOMENTUM ON THE ROMNEY SIDE. OHIO IS A BIG STATE. IT'S A MEDIA MARGARET-DRIVEN STATE....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GENERAL WEIGHING IN ON THIS ISSUE. TELL OUR VOTERS WHAT HAPPENED. >>
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YES. HE ENDORSED INITIALLY MITT ROMNEY. I THINK HE HAD ENDORSED A CANDIDATE PRIOR TO ROMNEY. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH WAS IT WAS BUT THAT CANDIDATE DROPPED...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GLORIA IS ON OUR INDEPENDENT LINE. GO AHEAD. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
HI. I'M A FIRST-TIME CALLER. AND I WAS WONDERING, THE QUESTION YOU ASKED I DO BELIEVE IT WAS A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY YOU ASK IT. AND ALSO WHEN...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THERE AND LET YOU ANSWER THAT. GUEST: THAT'S A FAIR
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Heath, Jim - Correspondent
QUESTION. AGAIN, THE CONTEXT OF ANY OF THESE INTERVIEWS, AND I'VE INTERVIEWED BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON AND YOU USUALLY HAVE A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT...
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SIR. I LISTEN TO ALL THESE GUYS LIKE ROMNEY AND SANTORUM AND ALL OF THEM. THEY ARE JUST NOT HONEST PEOPLE. THEY -- WE TALK ABOUT SEPARATION OF RELIGION...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IT COMES TO SOCIAL ISSUES, HOW MUCH DOES THAT -- WHAT DOES THAT SAY? GUEST: WELL, THE CANDIDATE
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Heath, Jim - Correspondent
THEY THINK CAN BEAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS THE FIRST CANDIDATE ON THEIR LIST. I THINK THAT'S FIRST, SECONDLY IT'S THE ECONOMY AND JOBS. THIRD, IT'S...
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| 00:11:30 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GINGRICH AT -- THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, WHICH WAS RELEASED TUESDAY HAD MR. SANTORUM AT 37%, MR. GINGRICH AT 16%. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING ON. JASON,...
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YES. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. HEATH THAT WHY IS THAT IT SEEMS TO ME THE ELITE MEDIA, I THINK THIS WAS ALL STARTED BY GEORGE STEFF NOP LOUSE, THE THIS...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THE ECONOMY STILL A BIG MESSAGE WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE CAMPAIGNING IN OHIO OR HAVE THE SOCIAL ISSUES UNDERCUT THAT? >> WELL, WE'RE IN
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A PRIMARY PROCESS AND A LOT OF THEM ARE EVANGELICAL AND A LOT OF THEM ARE BORN-AGAIN AND THERE ARE THOSE DEE THOSE IN A PRIMARY THAT'S IMPORTANT. ...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
DOES UNEMPLOYMENT STAND IN OHIO? >> GUEST: WE HAVE A
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Heath, Jim - Correspondent
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR WHO HAS BEEN TRYING TO KEEP COMPANIES TODAY? OHIO AND ATTRACT COMPANIES TO COME BACK TO OHIO OR RELOCATE HERE AS THIS JOB...
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ABOUT AS FAR AS BIRLT CONTROL, SANTORUM, SENATOR SANTORUM IS TALKING ABOUT HIS PRIVATE VIEWS, NOT ANYTHING HE'S GOING PUT INTO LAW, AND THAT'S THE...
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THAT IT'S TRICKY. THEY ARE SORT OF A LITMUS TEST OF CANDIDATES. IF THOSE BUTTONS ARE PUSHED, THEY BECOME PART OF THE CONVERSATION IN THE PRIMARY...
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IT DOES, WHAT HAPPENS ON SUPER IRTUESDAY, AND WHERE DOES THE GOVERNOR STAND ON -- >> HE CAME IN
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RIGHT BEFORE THE LAST ELECTION AND WAS HESITATE TENT TO -- THERE WAS A REFERENDUM IN OHIO. PEOPLE HAD -- RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION, MITT ROMNEY CAME TO...
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| 00:19:47 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HEATH OF THE OHIO NEWS IN THE CASE. CALLER: GOOD
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CALLER, -
MORNING. TO THE LADY WHO QUESTIONED WHY YOU DID NOT EXPLAIN TO MITT ROMNEY THE ESSENCE OF THE BLUNT -- TO MY AWARENESS MR. BLUNT IS AN ADVISOR AND SO...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
MICHIGAN. UNLESS YOU HAD A RESPONSE? GUEST:
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Heath, Jim - Correspondent
NO. PED, I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, AGAIN, WHAT'S FASCINATING ABOUT THIS WHOLE EXCHANGE, AND I REMIND EVERYBODY IN THE FOCUS OF 10 MINUTES THAT YOU HAVE...
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CALLER, -
MORNING. I REALLY APPRECIATE C-SPAN. AND I WATCH IT CONSISTENTLY. I'VE GOT A COUPLE COMMENTS, AND I'LL TRY MAKE THEM REAL FAST. FIRST OF ALL, THE...
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CALLER, -
YES. THEY CALL THEM ENTITLEMENTS. BUT THAT'S THE ONLY ENTITLEMENTS THEY SEEM TO REMEMBER. BUT UNLESS I'M WRONG, WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY DESCRIBES THAT...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOU. WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE. INDEPENDENTS IN OHIO, HOW DO THEY FACTOR IN? >> THEY ARE HUGE. GUEST: NOT AS
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Heath, Jim - Correspondent
MUCH IN THE PRIMARY. OBVIOUSLY THEY WILL BE HUGE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. I ALWAYS LOOK AT OHIO AS SORT OF A 20% BATH BATTLE. THE BATTLE EACH AND...
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CALLER, -
YOU. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I WANT TO SAFE. NUMBER ONE, THERE WAS A THING ON CONTRACEPTION AS A LEFT WING MEDIA THING. THE REPUBLICANS ARE THE ONES...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
EANY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT OHIO? CALLER:
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CALLER, -
YES. I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN OHIO AND WORKED THERE IN STEEL MILLS. POLITICS THERE IS, I FIND OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE -- THEY WORK A LOT AND THEY...
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| 00:25:20 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HEATH, YOU HAD SAID THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAD DROPPED. THE CALLER MENTIONED HOW OHIO WAS AT LEAST ON HIS PART WAS MORE INDUSTRIALIZED OR AT LEAST HE...
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Heath, Jim - Correspondent
AND FOREMOST PRIMARILY MANUFACTURING. THE AUTO INDUSTRY IS DOING EXTREMELY WELL IN THE STATE OF OHIO, AND THAT WILL BE A BIG ISSUE AS WE HEAD INTO THE...
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| 00:26:49 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS, 9:30 IN THE MORNING YOU CAN CALL AND E-MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO NEWT GINGRICH. HE WILL BE JOINING US STARTING AT 9:30. DAVE, REPUBLICAN...
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FRACKING COMMENT, THAT'S TRUE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE POLICIES OF OUR REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR, IT COULD BE FACTUALLY STATED THAT IN SPITE OF THE POLICIES...
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| 00:28:30 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THERE. GO AHEAD MR. HEATH. GUEST: I WOULD JUST
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| 00:28:33 |
Heath, Jim - Correspondent
SAY, HE BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN. I THINK IT IS AN ISSUE. THE PRESIDENT I THINK YOU COULD SAY OPENED UP THIS ISSUE INITIALLY THEN THERE WAS RESPONSE TO IT....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
LINE, JOSEPH, GOOD MORNING. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO ASK A VERY GENERAL QUESTION. YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING A LOT ABOUT VERY SPECIFIC DETAILED RESEARCH-BASED KINDS OF INFORMATION,...
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Heath, Jim - Correspondent
SAY THAT I WOULD ANSWER IT GENERALLY THIS WAY JUST BASED ON EXPERIENCE OF COVERING A LOT OF THESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND BEING AROUND POLITICS...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: FLORIDA, SHERRY, DEMOCRAT'S LINE. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AMERICAN PEOPLE HOW SOON WE FORGET. I THINK THAT ANYBODY THAT WILL ACTUALLY VOTE FOR REPUBLICAN TO PUT THEM BACK IN...
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Heath, Jim - Correspondent
VERY CLOSE. AND OHIO DETERMINED THE REELECTION OF PRESIDENT BUSH IN 2004, IT WENT FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH 52% OF THE VOTE IN 2008. I THINK SENATOR...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
LINE, SUE. CALLER: PEOPLE DON'T
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CALLER, -
TRUST THIS GOVERNMENT. NOW THAT OBAMA IS GOING TO BACKTRACK ON WHAT HE SAID THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, THEY DON'T TRUST THE MEDIA BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE...
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| 00:35:07 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ABOUT OHIO POLITICS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK? CALLER: WELL, WE DON'T
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TRUST THE MEDIA. I DON'T KNOW WHY ANY REPUBLICAN WOULD TALK TO STENCH OP LUSS. -- STEPH NOPLISS. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO WANTS TO STOMP ON THE BELIEFS...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
POINT. MEMPHIS, MICHIGAN, YOU'RE NEXT. CALLER:
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OK. I WANTED TO SAY THE MAN WHO WANTS TO BE THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, HE CANNOT BE CRITICAL OF RUSH. CLEAR CHANNEL IS OWNED BY BING, WHERE ROMNEY...
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| 00:36:18 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TALKING ABOUT OHIO THIS MORNING. WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION OF THAT? CALLER: MY QUESTION IS
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CALLER, -
ABOUT ROMNEY AND WHAT IS WATCHING ALL THIS TV AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WIN AFTER THE NOW -- WENT AFTER THE NOW GOVERNOR OF OHIO WHO IS A ROMNEY MAN,...
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| 00:36:53 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THERE AND LET MR. HEATH RESPOND AS HE WISHES. GUEST: LET ME
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Heath, Jim - Correspondent
JUST CLARIFY MR. JOHN CASIC HAS NOT ENDORSED. HE ENDORSED SEVERAL PREVIOUS CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT BUT HE HAS NOT ENDORSED THE CURRENT CROP. SO...
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| 00:37:30 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THE DEALER AND OTHER PAPERS TALKS ABOUT MR. SANTORUM IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT WHERE THE SENATOR SPOKE THERE DIDN'T GET ON THE BALLOT. ARE THESE SIX DISTRICTS...
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| 00:37:45 |
Heath, Jim - Correspondent
REALLY ARE. THEY MISSED IT. THAT'S JUST THE BOTTOM LINE. AND THINGS HAPPEN IN THE CAMPAIGN AND WHEN THINGS HAPPENED TO QUALIFY, RICK SANTORUM WAS...
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| 00:38:59 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TAMPA, FLORIDA, INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: FIRST, I'M AN
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MBA, I WORK WITH SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS MOVING FORWARD I'M A VETERAN ALSO AND ALSO AS FAR AS OHIO POLITICS GOES, YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR REPUBLICAN...
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| 00:39:58 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FROM EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FROM OHIO LOOK AT AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR STATE AND WHAT ARE SOME STORIES THAT...
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Heath, Jim - Correspondent
ON A HISTORICAL NOTE NO REPUBLICAN HAS EVER WON IN NOBER WITHOUT OHIO. IT'S A PURPLE STATE. IT SWINGS VERY QUICKLY. IN 2006 DEMOCRATS WON EVERY STATEWIDE...
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| 00:41:30 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
LAST SEGMENT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURRENT SEARCH FOR A NEW LEADER OF THE WORLD BANK AND USING IT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT GOES...
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