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ECONOMY EVEN THOUGH MANY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING SO IN THE 1990s UNDER PRESIDENT CLINTON. THIS IS ABOUT AN HOUR, TEN MINUTES....
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DONE, SO I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, THE THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS LESS STRAIGHT ECONOMIC WONK ERIE THAN TO WEIGH IN ON A...
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| 00:15:51 |
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WHICH ENGAGING WITH THE OTHER SIDE. THEY HAD TO HAMMER HOME. THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY NOT BEING CYNICAL AND TRYING TO DRAW THE REPUBLICANS AND ULTIMATELY...
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| 00:23:06 |
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A DEAL, INSTEAD OF THIS NEGOTIATION WITH OBAMA'S ECONOMIC TEAM AND ERIC CANTOR AND JON KYL. OBAMA HIMSELF WEIGHS IN AND NEGOTIATE TO JOHN BOEHNER. IT...
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| 00:28:43 |
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WITH THIS AS THEY GO TO THE POLLING BOOTH. THE BOTTOM LINE TO ME IS THIS WAS SO SOPHISTICATED AND PLOTTING OF THE LAST THREE YEARS, THAT IT HAS SET...
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| 00:30:12 |
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YOUR PRESENTATION, WAS I DON'T HAVE ANY STRONG REASONS TO DISAGREE WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE WRONG STRATEGY OF BIPARTISANSHIP,...
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| 00:31:50 |
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HOUSE. THEY'RE BIPARTISANSHIP IN THE FIRST YEAR OR TWO OF THE ADMINISTRATION, OBAMA HAS SAID, AS I SAID, HE WAS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THIS PERSONALLY....
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| 00:36:55 |
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MAY OF 2009. BY THE TIME JUNE AND JULY CAME ROUND OF THAT YEAR, I THINK IT WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT OBAMA WAS GOING TO BE A WEAK PRESIDENT, WITH RESPECT...
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| 00:37:58 |
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PARTY SEATBACK? >> MY VIEW OF 2009 IS IT WAS MADDENING TO WATCH, AND YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THE SIGNS WERE THERE. IT WAS FORGIVABLE.
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| 00:38:12 |
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THE CAMPAIGN, HE BELIEVED IT. WHAT IS INTERESTING, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE LEFT WERE PRETTY FRUSTRATED. YOU KNOW, I THINK ANOTHER...
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| 00:41:05 |
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RECOMMENDATION, BECAUSE THAT WOULD SEEM TO FIT YOUR NARRATIVE OF HIM TRYING TO ACHIEVE A GRAND BARGAIN WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, AND IT HAS KIND OF BEEN...
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| 00:41:53 |
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I SAID. BY LATE 2011, OBAMA IS SAYING DON'T GIVE ME A PREPACKAGED LEGISLATIVE COMPROMISE. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT BOWLES-SIMPSON WAS AND WAS DESIGNED...
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| 00:45:21 |
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I THINK THE MIDWEST, I'M PERSONALLY JUST TIRED OF THIS LEFT AND RIGHT. I THINK PEOPLE PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO GET SOMETHING DONE IN WASHINGTON. AND I...
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| 00:45:58 |
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BOOK. >> MY VIEW OF OBAMA IS THAT HE HAS A BIT OF A [INAUDIBLE NAME] STREET. THIS IS PARTLY BECAUSE
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| 00:46:08 |
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OF HIM DEFINING HIMSELF IN THE TERMS OF BILL CLINTON, BUT HE FELT THAT SOMEONE LIKE BILL CLINTON PLAYED SMALL BALL IN HIS PRESIDENCY. HE SACRIFICED...
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| 00:50:50 |
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CLIMATE. WE SEE THAT SURROUND US. I DON'T THINK IT IS UNIQUE TO THE SITUATION IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS SUDDENLY APPARENT IN QUITE A FEW LESSER...
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| 00:51:54 |
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SCIENCE WILL TELL YOU THAT WE USED TO HAVE IDEOLOGICAL COALITIONS WITHIN POLITICAL PARTIES. BUT NOW, THE PARTIES HAVE SORTING THEMSELVES OUT ALONG IDEOLOGICAL...
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| 00:56:07 |
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WELL ENTRENCHED IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS TOO LONG, AND I DON'T HAVE A WELL FORMULATED QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT. THERE ARE OTHER SIGNIFICANT VARIABLES...
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| 00:58:00 |
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DERIVES SATISFACTION FROM GETTING ON THE PHONE AND CALLING 20 PEOPLE IN AN AFTERNOON JUST TO TAKE THE TEMPERATURE. AS PRESIDENT CLINTON FAMOUSLY DID....
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THE ADMINISTRATION HAD MISPLACED FAITH IN BIPARTISANSHIP, ESPECIALLY PRIOR TO THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. MY QUESTION IS IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN TO US A FEW...
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| 01:01:41 |
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BUT I THINK THEY COULD'VE PLAYED IT BETTER. HAD THEY PROPOSED SOMETHING MUCH LARGER, 1.2 TRILLION, RATHER THAN STARTING AT 775 BILLION, LIKE THEY DID,...
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| 01:03:02 |
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THAT. IN 2010, DEMOCRATS STILL HAD 59 VOTES IN THE SENATE. THE SENATE MAP IS A LOT BETTER. THEY CONTROLLED THE HOUSE, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD HAVE PASSED...
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| 01:04:37 |
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THINGS MIGHT'VE BEEN MORE APPROPRIATE THAN OBAMA'S MORE COOPERATIVE WAY OF DOING THINGS. I LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL RECORD SUGGESTS THAT BOTH OF THEM...
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| 01:05:17 |
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THEIR HEARTS, BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY ACTUALLY BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY THAN REPUBLICANS. >> WELL, I GUESS I WOULD SEPARATE THE
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| 01:05:24 |
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NORMAL TURNING OF THE BUSINESS CYCLE, WHICH, YOU
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KNOW, I THINK IT WAS IN THE MOMENT WHERE THERE IS AN ENORMOUS OUTPUT GAP AND YOU COULD SPEND $2 TRILLION AND STILL, YOU KNOW, -- I THINK THAT MAY BE...
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SUCCEEDED IN GETTING THROUGH CONGRESS, WHETHER THEY REALLY WERE CENTRIS OR TO THE RIGHT AND CENTER. I THINK THAT IS A REVISION CONSISTENT, ACTUALLY,....
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| 01:07:31 |
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BY INITIATIVE, HEALTH CARE WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE ALTERNATIVE REPUBLICANS AND REPUBLICAN THINK TANKS PUT OUT IN THE EARLY '90s WHEN CLINTON CAME...
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IS THINK NOAM VERY MUCH FOR ENLIGHTENING US. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> EVERY
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