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Harleston, Robb - Host
PRESIDENT OF GENERATION OPPORTUNITY. CALLER: WE ARE BASED IN -- GUEST: WE ARE A NONPROFIT GROUP REACHING OUT TO 18 TO 29-YEAR- AGO. WE HAVE HUNDREDS...
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Conway, Paul - President
WE HAVE TALKED IN PERSON. HOST: YOUR OPERATION IS BASICALLY CHARGED WITH GETTING THESE FOLKS OUT TO VOTE AND GETTING THEM FIRED UP. HOW IS IT DIFFERENT...
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Conway, Paul - President
PARTISAN AND OUR POLITICAL AND REACH OUT TO POLITICAL BASES. THEY DO PRETTY GOOD JOBS. WE ARE FOCUSED ON KEY PRINCIPLES. GREATER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY....
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Harleston, Robb - Host
TO BE 18 TO 29. THEY ARE YOUNG ADULTS WHO
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Conway, Paul - President
ARE GETTING INTO THE ELECTRIC OR FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT. COLLEGE-EDUCATED AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. FOR 2012, THESE ARE THE FOLKS...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
TERMS OF MILLENNIAL UNEMPLOYMENT, WE HAVE SOME NUMBERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR. THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 8.3% FOR THE COLONIALS -- WAS...
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Conway, Paul - President
YOU HAVE 1.7 MILLION YOUNG AMERICANS WHO ARE NO LONGER COUNTED BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. IF YOU TOOK THAT NUMBER AND FOLDED IT IN, YOU WOULD...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THE NUMBERS ARE ON THE SCREEN. 202-737-0001 FOR REPUBLICANS. -- FOR DEMOCRATS. 202-737-0002 FOR REPUBLICANS. 202-628-0205 FOR INDEPENDENCETS. IF YOU ARE...
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Conway, Paul - President
THAT IS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR CAMPAIGN. THEY'VE REACHED OUT IN AND THEY BUILT A GREAT DEAL OF EXPECTATION ABOUT HOPE AND CHANGE. THE REALITY IS MANY OF...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
YOU MENTIONED BUYING A HOME. 44% OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE POLLED SAY THEY HAVE DELAYED BUYING A HOME. 28% SAY THEY ARE DELAYING SAVING FOR RETIREMENT....
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Conway, Paul - President
BASED ON INDIVIDUAL SPIRIT IT IS AN IMPACT AT A LOCAL LEVEL. IT IMPACTS A HUGE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES. HOUSING. CONSUMER GOODS. THE BASICS OF LIFE THAT...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
HOUSTON, TEXAS. MARK IS 29. YOU ARE ON. CALLER: HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. HOST: WHAT IS YOUR SITUATION?
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CALLER: I WAS SPEAKING ON THE NUMBERS, THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS. --
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HOST: WILL ASK HIM. IT SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS -- I CANNOT REALLY SAY. IS THIS SOMETHING
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THAT WILL BE A LONG-TERM CONCERN FOR THE MILLENNIALS? GUEST: I THINK SO. IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THIS SLUMP, YOU NEED JOB CREATION LEVELS AT 350,000 PER
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Conway, Paul - President
MONTH. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT NUMBER OF 12.7%, THAT ISSUE WILL BE GENERATIONAL. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. IN TERMS OF ENTRY LEVEL JOB SKILLS AND BEING ABLE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
TO TALK ABOUT
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DURING 2009, WE VOTED PRESIDENT OBAMA INTO THE WHITE HOUSE. IT SEEMS LIKE THE YOUNG PEOPLE KIND OF GAVE UP AND DID NOT HELP HIM OUT BY KEEPING CONGRESS...
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Conway, Paul - President
YOU WERE ACTIVE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND YOU FEEL STRONGLY, YOU HAVE A DUTY AND LOYALTY TO STAY INVOLVED. HOWEVER, IF YOU FEEL THAT HE HAS NOT REPRESENTED...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
HEARD THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 50% AND THAT IS WHY IT WAS
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AFFECTING THEIR DECISIONS ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF RECENT GRADUATES WERE HAVING TO GO BACK HOME AND NOT BE ABLE TO BRANCH OUT...
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Conway, Paul - President
WHAT IT INDICATED WAS THAT FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES IN AMERICA, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE IS 50%. FOR THE COUNTRY, THE QUESTION IS --...
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Conway, Paul - President
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW YOU DEFINE LIBERTARIAN BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A GREAT DEAL OF FRUSTRATION AT BEL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT....
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Harleston, Robb - Host
ELAINE CHOW. DID THE REPUBLICAN LABOR DEPARTMENT PREPARE KIDS FOR 20TH-CENTURY JOBS? GUEST: WE HAVE AN OFFICE ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WORKFORCE. ONE...
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Conway, Paul - President
ABOUT ABOUT SECRETARY CHOW IS THAT SHE IS CONCERNED AND DEDICATED ABOUT -- TO THE WORK FORCE. SHE MADE IT A PRIORITY AS A CABINET OFFICER. WE FOCUS ON...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: I WAS ON THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CAMPUS WARD. WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT EARLY
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VOTE IS GOOD TO HAVE TURNED OUT. IF YOU PUT AN EARLY VOTE WARD ON CAMPUS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT ONLY DO THE STUDENTS VOTE ON CAMPUS AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,...
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Conway, Paul - President
WE WERE ABLE TO TURN OUT SO MUCH VOTE FOR THE STATE OF MAINE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DEFEAT AN INCUMBENT SENATOR. THE CALLER IS POINTING OUT AN IMPORTANT...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
ADMINISTRATION'S OFFICIAL TRAVEL NUMBERS. THE STATES THAT ARE IN BLUE IS WHERE THE PRESIDENT HAS VISITED THREE OR MORE TIMES BETWEEN 2011 AND JULY 2012....
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Conway, Paul - President
WERE NOTICING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT OFFICIAL VISITS AT THE TAXPAYER EXPENSE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS CABINET AND SUBCABINET OFFICIALS....
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Harleston, Robb - Host
GO TO THEIR WEBSITE. WE WILL LEAVE THAT UP FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS WHILE WE TAKE THIS NEXT CALL FROM GREEN HILL, NORTH CAROLINA. JAMES IS A MILLENNIAL....
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WHAT YOU SEE ON TV AND WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT. I WORK IN THE HOME HEALTH INDUSTRY AND I AM ON A GRASS ROOTS LEVEL EVERY DAY TO SEE HOW REGULAR...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
IT SAYS, WHY IS PAUL CONWAY LEADING AN EFFORT TO BRING IN 18-YEAR OLD VOTERS? GUEST: THE CALLER BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF DISCONNECTEDNESS AMONG YOUNG...
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Conway, Paul - President
TO REACH OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR INFORMATION. WE HAVE HAD 750 MILLION VIEWS ON OUR PAGES. WE SOURCE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
CAN USE GENERATION OPPORTUNITY AS A RESOURCE FOR HOW TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH THAT MILLENIAL VOTING BLOCKED? GUEST: WE DO NOT -- COORDINATE WITH CAMPAIGNS...
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Conway, Paul - President
EFFECTIVE ON TALK RADIO AND TELEVISION. WE ALSO SEE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE MIMICKING WHAT WE DO ON FACEBOOK, COPYING THINGS. IT IS THE SINCEREST FORM...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
PRESIDENT OF OPPORTUNITY -- OPERATION OPPORTUNITY. CALLER: I WANTED TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON A COUPLE OF CALLS AGO SAYING THEY
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SUPPORTED OBAMA AND AFTER THAT EVERYBODY WENT HOME. THE POINT IS, WE HAVE TO REALIZE THE THAT THAT ONE PERSON, EVEN THE PRESIDENT, DOES NOT TO SAY THIS...
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Conway, Paul - President
IN REBUILDING AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA. -- PARTICIPATE IN REBUILDING AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA. SOME FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO SAY THERE IS BLOCK AND TACKLE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
PROGRAMS HE WISHES WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED OR HAVE BEEN DROPPED? IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THESE CURES BE ATTEMPTED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. COULD WORTHWHILE...
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Conway, Paul - President
CAMPAIGN. GREAT CITY. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THIS. HE IS CORRECT IN THAT A LOT OF THE EXPERIMENTATION ON GREAT POLICY IS BEING DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL....
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Harleston, Robb - Host
FROM GEORGIA. CALLER: MR. CONWAY, I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE CONDEMNED PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR THE LAST 20 MINUTES OR 30 MINUTES.
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EVERYTHING IS OBAMA. LET ME SAY THIS. HOW MANY THINGS HAVE CONGRESS WORKED -- HAVE CONGRESS WORKED ON THIS YEAR? -- HOW MANY DAYS HAVE THEY WORKED...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
AN ISSUE THERE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE ARE IN AN ELECTION CYCLE. THERE IS A RUSH TO GO HOME.
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Conway, Paul - President
FOLKS HAVE TO RAISE MONEY TO RUN FOR OFFICE. WE ARE AT THAT POINT IN TIME IN 2002 WHEN THERE WAS A FRUSTRATION WITH CONGRESS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
INDICATED FACEBOOK REMINDERS. 38% E-MAIL AND 28% PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND 13% SAID THEY WOULD VOTE IF THEY ANDHAD A REMINDER WITH A PHONE CALL....
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PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS NO PLAN FOR JOBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT HIS PLAN IS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. WHEN YOU HAVE 50% OF YOUNG PEOPLE GRADUATING FOR...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
COUPLE OF IMPORTANT POINTS. ONE IS, DO YOU REALLY THINK YOUNG ADULTS ASPIRED
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Conway, Paul - President
TO BE FURTHER DEPENDENT ON THEIR PARENTS OR GOVERNMENT? BASED ON THE PEOPLE WE TALK TO AND THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WE ENGAGE ON THE GROUND, WE DO...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
WEBSITE AND I LIKE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
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YOU CLAIM YOU ARE A NONPARTISAN GROUP. WHAT IS ON THE WEBSITE REFLECTS CONSERVATIVE OR LIBERTARIAN THINKING. IN A COUNTRY OF 300 MILLION PEOPLE, WHAT...
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Conway, Paul - President
THERE. THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, A WIDE RANGE OF SOURCES. THE LANGUAGE IN PARTICULAR -- SOME SAY IT IS PARTISAN. WE DISAGREE....
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THOUGHTS ON NATIONAL SECURITY. INDEPENDENCE 61% AND INDEBTEDNESS TO FOREIGN POWERS, 52%. 80% SEE CHINA AS A DANGER BOTH ECONOMIC AND MILITARY. ONLY 22%...
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LABOR DEPARTMENT WITH GEORGE W. BUSH. THEY LOST 700,000 JOBS A MONTH WHEN GEORGE W. BUSH LEFT OFFICE. HOST: THAT IS HENRY IN MICHIGAN. GUEST: OBVIOUSLY,...
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Conway, Paul - President
WHAT IS BEING DONE TO ADDRESS THAT AND IS ENOUGH BEING DONE? OBVIOUSLY, WE DISAGREE WITH IT. SERVICE UNDER PRESIDENT BUSH, I AM PROD OF THAT SERVICE....
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Harleston, Robb - Host
UP EARLY IN SAN FRANCISCO. CALLER: 25% OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE UNEMPLOYED. A CHICAGO PAPER WAS ASKING PRESIDENT OBAMA WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT
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THIS, ABOUT THE CRIME AND EVERYTHING IN CHICAGO. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS WE HAVE LOST HOPE. WE GAVE HIM THE CONGRESS, THE PRESIDENCY. WHAT WE ARE WONDERING...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
LOOK AT KEY DEMOGRAPHICS. IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR A 18-29
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Conway, Paul - President
URALS IS 29%. THE-YEAR OLDS -- YEAR OLDS IS 29%. EACH ISSUE FOR YOUNG ADULTS IS WHO IS PUSHING HARDEST FOR THE CREATION -- K THE KEY ISSUE IS WHO IS...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
YOU FOR BEING ON "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." COMING UP ON THE PROGRAM, LORRAINE WOELLERT OF BLOOMBERG NEWS JOINS US FOR A DISCUSSION ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS....
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