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BY C-SPAN, WASHINGTON CENTER AND GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY AND PURDUE CENTER. THE CLASS IS JOINED BY POLITICO'S CHIEF POLITICAL COLUMNIST WHO DISCUSSES...
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RODGERS SIMON THE CHIEF POLITICAL COLUMNIST FOR POLITICO. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> MY PLEASURE. >> LESS THAN TWO MONTHS FOR THE CAMPAIGN FOR...
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2012? >> I THINK WE HAVE PRESIDENT OBAMA AHEAD. I THINK HE HAS BEEN AHEAD FOR A WHILE. AND I DO NOT SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE
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POLLS. I'M BELIEVE PROLY LESS OF A POLL WATCHER THAN YOU HAVE EVER HAD ON HERE. I THINK HE IS AHEAD BECAUSE HE IS MAKING A CONNECTION WITH THE AMERICAN...
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STUDENTS. I WILL START WITH THE WASHINGTON CENTER, SHELBY KENNEDY. SHELBY? >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY, I HAD...
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| 00:04:27 |
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UNION STRIKE IN CHICAGO, SINCE IT'S OBAMA'S HOME STATE AND CITY, WILL EFFECT THE CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION IN NOVEMBER? >> THAT'S INTERESTING. I HAD DINNER...
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IS AN ORGANIZER FOR THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION AND I WAS ASKING HER, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS STRIKE? A MILLION YEARS AGO, I WAS AN...
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| 00:07:53 |
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FROM O'NEIL? >> HI, MR. SIMON, MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS RELATED TO THE ECONOMY, WE HAVE LESS THAN 60
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DAYS TO THE ECONOMY. WE HAD A QUITE POOR
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JOBS REPORT ON FRIDAY. CURIOUS IF YOU THINK THAT ANY -- ANY ECONOMIC INFORMATION WHETHER LAYOFFS, NEWS OF RECESSION, GDP GROWTH, MANUFACTURING NUMBERS....
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| 00:08:29 |
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NEIL? NEIL, THAT GDP NUMBERS, UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS,
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| 00:08:37 |
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REGULAR MONTHLY NUMBERS ARE NOT GOING HAVE A MAJOR EFFECT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE RACE SIMPLY BECAUSE TO USE A CLICHE, THEY ARE ALREADY BAKED INTO THE...
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| 00:11:55 |
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AERIAL. >> HI, MR. SIMON, MY QUESTION WOULD BE UNLIKE IN PREVIOUS ELECTION YEARS, WHY
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| 00:12:01 |
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DO YOU THINK THAT BOTH CANDIDATES RECEIVED SUCH
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| 00:12:04 |
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A SMALL POLLING BOOTH AFTER THE CONVENTION. >> A CONVENTION BOOST. >> OR LACK THEREOF? RIGHT AERIAL? >> IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION, I THINK THERE ARE...
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REASON IS, YOU GET A BOOST FROM YOUR CONVENTION MAINLY FROM UNDER
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| 00:12:24 |
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DECIDED VOTERS. THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW WHO THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE FOR, THEY TURNED ON THE TV FOR THREE DAYS AND THEY ARE IMPRESSED OR UNIMPRESSED,...
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| 00:14:23 |
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THE UNDECIDED VOTERS BUT IT'S A MORE NARROW LIST OF STATES THAT WILL DETERMINE WHO IS ELECTED FEWER THAN 12, MAYBE AS FEW AS SEVEN OR EIGHT BATTLEGROUND...
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| 00:14:52 |
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THE YEAR 2000 WHEN WE SAW HOW THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CAN FRUSTRATE THE POPULAR VOTE IN AMERICA. I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY BE TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER 2000....
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| 00:16:54 |
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OF MOMENTS, THIS IS MITT ROMNEY IN FLORIDA, ACCEPTING HIS NOMINATION AND TRYING TO FRAME THE DEBATE THIS WAY. >> HOW MANY DAYS HAVE YOU WOKE ENUP AND...
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| 00:17:10 |
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YEARS AGO, HOPE AND CHANGE HAD A POWERFUL APPEAL. TONIGHT I ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION, IF YOU FELT THAT EXCITEMENT WHEN YOU VOTED FOR BARACK OBAMA, SHOULDN'T...
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| 00:17:55 |
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LONGER BARACK OBAMA IS A EUROPEAN SOCIALIST, WHICH WAS THE REPUBLICAN ATTACK EARLY ON. AND MITT ROMNEY'S ATTACK. THE ATTACK NOW WAS, HE WAS NOT A BAD...
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| 00:21:32 |
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AND CAROLYN IF YOU WANT TO ASSIGN ONE OF THE STUDENTS FROM PURDUE. LET'S SHOW ANN ROMNEY FROM THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION,...
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| 00:21:54 |
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MOMS WHO HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO WORK A LITTLE HARDER TO MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT. IT'S THE MOMS OF THE NATION, SINGLE, MARRIED, WIDOWED WHO REALLY HOLD THE...
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PRESENTED HERSELF VERY WELL. I FEEL THAT MAYBE SHE SPOKE MORE TO AN OLDER GENERATION THAN
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| 00:23:53 |
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A YOUNGER GENERATION. BUT I FEEL LIKE SHE TOUCHED BASES ON A COUPLE OF ISSUES THAT WOMEN FACE. BUT, AS FAR AS I GOT FROM WHAT SHE HAD SAID, SHE PRESENTED...
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| 00:24:25 |
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YOUR STUDENTS' REACTION? >> TO BE HONEST TO ME, I THINK SHE APPEALS MORE TO THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, I THINK THAT
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YOUNG WOMEN LIKE ME CAN IDENTIFY MORE -- LIKE SHE SAID YOU ARE THE BEST OF AMERICA AND I LIKED THAT. I THINK SHE HAD THOSE LIKE EMPOWERING AND JUST LIKE...
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| 00:24:59 |
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. I THINK SHE IT DO WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO. PART OF HER MESSAGE WAS THE SAME AS MICHELLE OBAMA'S MESSAGE WHICH WAS WE UNDERSTAND AS...
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MITCHELL OBAMA. AND BOB LICHTER, IF YOU WANT TO GET A STUDENT TO REACT. HERE IS THE FIRST LADY. >> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I SAY ALL OF THIS TONIGHT,...
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| 00:27:01 |
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WIFE. YOU SEE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY MOST IMPORTANT TITLE IS STILL MOM IN CHIEF. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] MY DAUGHTERS ARE STILL THE HEART OF...
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AFTERNOON. I THINK SHE SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF WOMEN AROUND THE NATION AND I THINK BY DOING SO, SHE IS TARGETING A
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SPECIFIC AUDIENCE AND BY TARGETING WOMEN, THEIR MAJOR INFLUENCE ON THE FAMILIES AND BY DOING SO THEY CAN TARGET THAT CERTAIN AUDIENCE TO REACH OUT AND...
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| 00:29:19 |
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WHAT MICHELLE OBAMA DID CORRECTLY WAS REALLY CARED TO
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| 00:29:23 |
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THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN AND SPECIFICALLY MOTHERS WITHOUT TAKING AWAY FROM ANY KIND OF PARENTAL ROLES THAT OTHER PEOPLE IN CHILDREN'S LIVES MAY PLAY. ...
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| 00:30:09 |
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THE LAST CAMPAIGN, HAS DEVELOPED INTO A MAJOR SPEAKER. LET ME TALK, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE, LET ME TALK ABOUT THE OPTICS. WHICH IS ONE...
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| 00:32:42 |
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YOU ABOUT ONE OF YOUR RECENT COLUMNS, YOU TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THE DNC.
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| 00:32:47 |
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BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED TO QUOTE YOU, THE VERY SLOPPY BOBBLE OF THE DNC PLATFORM ON. I'M CURIOUS IN YOUR OPINION, WHY DO YOU THINK IT HAS NOT CAUSED...
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| 00:33:09 |
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McCAIN FAMOUSLY ONCE SAID. PLATFORMS ARE WHAT YOU RUN ON AT THE CONVENTION AND WHAT YOU RUN AWAY FROM DURING THE CAMPAIGN. THE CANDIDATE DOESN'T CARE...
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| 00:36:57 |
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TELLEPROMPTER. >> MITT ROMNEY, ANNOUNCED IN THE LATE SPRING OF 2011. LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF MITT ROMNEY OF WHY HE WANTED TO BE THE NEXT
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| 00:37:07 |
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PRESIDENT. >> THIS COUNTRY THAT WE LOVE IS IN PERIL AND THAT MY FRIENDS IS ONE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. A FEW YEARS AGO, AMERICANS DID
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| 00:37:15 |
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SOMETHING THAT IS QUITE AMERICAN IN ITS NATURE. IT'S THE SORT OF THING WE LIKE TO DO. WE GAVE SOMEONE NEW A CHANCE TO LEAD THE COUNTRY. SOMEONE WE HAD...
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| 00:39:34 |
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IN 2000 AND 4, LET'S GO BACK TO QUESTIONS. WE WILL GO TO GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY. >> MR. SIMON, I KNOW YOU SAID EARLIER, YOU ARE NOT WON FOR THE POLLS....
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| 00:39:53 |
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KNOW, BUST OPEN THE RACE. IF THE CONGRESS REMAINS SPLIT. AFTER THE ELECTION. WILL PRESIDENT OBAMA OR MR. ROMNEY HAVE A GOVERNING MANDATE TO END THE...
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| 00:40:26 |
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SWEEP. TAKING THE WHITE HOUSE, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED ALL THAT OFTEN IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY. IT'S HARD...
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| 00:44:57 |
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EVEN DIVIDED BETWEEN CANDIDATES. LET'S GO PURDUE UNIVERSITY. >> HELLO, SORRY FORGOT TO PUSH THE BUTTON. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT CONSIDERING...
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| 00:45:12 |
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COURT JUSTICES IT'S HIGHLY POSSIBLE THAT THE SUBSEQUENT PRESIDENT WILL HAVE TO PICK UP TO FIVE OUT OF NINE JUDGES. HOW WILL THE RE-ELECTION OF PRESIDENT...
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| 00:45:39 |
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I THINK WHO IS PRESIDENT IS GOING TO HAVE A GREAT EFFECT, COULD HAVE A GREAT EFFECT ON THE SUPREME COURT. WHY DO I SAY COULD
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| 00:45:47 |
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INSTEAD OF YES IT WILL? KEEP IN MIND THAT I THINK THE TWO OLDEST JUSTICES, MAYBE THE THREE OLDEST BUT THE TWO OLDEST JUSTICES ARE CURRENTLY LIBERALS...
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| 00:47:26 |
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FORMER COMBAT VETERAN IN THE MARINE CORPS I NOTICED THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FOCUSES A LOT ON
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| 00:47:34 |
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VETERANS RETURNING FROM IRAQ AND TAKING CARE OF THE MILITARY AND WINDING DOWN THE WAR IN IRAQ WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT THING, BUT I FEEL LIKE EVERY...
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| 00:48:03 |
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CONVENTION WAS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING REVERSALS, I THINK WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT POLITICAL HISTORY. THE DEMOCRATS, AS YOU CORRECTLY ASSESSED, EMERGED...
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| 00:51:09 |
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CAREER BECAUSE IN 2000, IN LOS ANGELES A YOUNG STATE SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS TOOK A CHEAP SOUTHWEST FLIGHT TO LOS ANGELES, HIS CREDIT CARD WAS REJECTED...
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| 00:51:40 |
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THIS COUNTRY WORK. IT'S WHAT ALLOWS US TO PURSUE OUR INDIVIDUAL DREAMS. AND YET STILL COME TOGETHER AS ONE AMERICAN FAMILY. E PLURIBUS UNUM. OUT OF...
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| 00:54:51 |
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IT LAUNCHED OBAMA'S CAREER. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD EVER USE AD TELEPROMPTER. THE KERRY CAMPAIGN, YOUR STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW THAT EVERY SPEECH AT...
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| 00:54:57 |
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CAME BEFORE THE KEYNOTE SPEECH BUT DUVALL PATRICK THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, HE TOO MAY HAVE LAUNCHED A POLITICAL CAREER WITH A SPEECH AT A CONVENTION....
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| 00:56:03 |
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UNIVERSITY. >> MR. SIMON, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL ELECTIONS THERE'S BEEN A RISE IN NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES, ADS IN PARTICULAR,
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| 00:56:18 |
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AND THESE ADS HAVE BECOME MORE INFLUENTIAL THAN JOURNALISTS REPORT WHICH ARE MORE APT TO REPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNBIASSED VIEWS ABOUT EACH CANDIDATE....
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ME. >> DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT THE AMERICAN
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PEOPLE IF JOURNALISTS
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| 00:56:54 |
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TO REGAIN MORE INFLUENCE AND IF SO IN WHAT WAYS DO YOU THINK
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| 00:56:58 |
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THEY SHOULD GO ABOUT DOING THAT? >> I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IF JOURNALISTS WERE IN THE NATION. SERIOUSLY YOU ASKED A SERIOUS QUESTION...
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| 00:57:07 |
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SERIOUS ANSWER. THANK YOU FOR BEING THE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVES THAT JOURNALISTS TRY TO BE IMPARTIAL. NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING...
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| 00:59:32 |
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TODAY. AARON? >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US, MR. SIMON. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> MY QUESTION ISN'T SO MUCH ABOUT CAMPAIGNS
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| 00:59:42 |
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AS ABOUT POLITICAL JOURNALISM. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AN ARTICLE YOU WROTE A
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| 00:59:47 |
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WHILE BACK IN WHICH YOU SUGGESTED HOWARD TEEN MIGHT CHALLENGE PRESIDENT OBAMA. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. NOT TO CRITICIZE YOU AS A JOURNALIST, YOU'VE WRITTEN...
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| 01:01:02 |
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FAMOUS ANECDOTE ANECDOTE. I QUOTE LILY TOMLIN, NO MATTER HOW CYNICAL I GET IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP UP. I DON'T THINK THE PRESS MAKES PEOPLE CYNICAL....
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| 01:03:48 |
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HELLO, MR. SIMON. PREVIOUSLY YOU SAID YOU
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| 01:03:51 |
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DON'T THINK THE UNDECIDED VOTERS EXIST AND INSTEAD THEY ARE MERELY PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT VOTE
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| 01:03:56 |
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IN NOVEMBER. WE ALSO TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE DIVIDED ELECTORATE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DEBATES, IF PEOPLE'S MINDS ARE ALREADY...
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| 01:04:20 |
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THERE'S SOME. NOT A LOT. THE DEBATES ARE IMPORTANT FOR MITT ROMNEY. I THINK FAR MORE SO THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA. BECAUSE HE MUST GIVE PEOPLE -- HE'S...
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| 01:06:56 |
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PRESIDENT THROATS A SOUTHERN GOVERNOR JIMMY CARTER AND I WANT TO SHOW ONE OF THE CAMPAIGN ADS FROM 1976 AND GIVE US A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE POLITICS...
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| 01:07:18 |
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NEW LEADER, A MAN WHO WILL CHANGE THE WAY THIS COUNTRY IS RUN. A COMPETENT MAN WHO CAN MAKE OUR GOVERNMENT OPEN AND EFFICIENT. BUT ABOVE ALL AN UNDERSTANDING...
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| 01:07:45 |
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CYNICISM TOWARDS POLITICS IN WASHINGTON. >> YEAH. IT WAS MY FIRST CAMPAIGN AND THE FIRST CANDIDATE I COVERED WAS JIMMY
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| 01:07:54 |
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CARTER, AND WHAT CAME THROUGH ON THAT CAMPAIGN IS REALLY WHAT CAME THROUGH HIS PRESIDENCY. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS SMILE THEN. POLITICAL CARTOONISTS DREW...
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| 01:09:18 |
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DID. BUT IT WAS ALL JUST VASTLY EXCITING TO ME. IT WAS LIKE WATCHING MY FIRST BASEBALL GAME. JUST GO IN THAT HAUL AND SEE THE PEOPLE AND THE HATS...
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| 01:09:54 |
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REAGAN WAS TALKING ABOUT MORNING AMERICA, THINGS TURNING AROUND, SOME SAYING THAT BARACK OBAMA HAS TRIED TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE REAGAN THEMES IN 2012....
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| 01:10:14 |
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ABOUT HALF THE RECORD HIGHS OF 1980. NEARLY 2,000 FAMILIES TODAY WILL BUY NEW HOMES MORE THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THIS AFTERNOON...
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| 01:11:12 |
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ON NETWORK TELEVISION HAD A HUGE INFLUENCE ON THE VOTE, REAGAN WINNING 49 OUT OF 50 STATES. >> TALK ABOUT A POSITIVE AD. I MEAN THERE'S NOT A NEGATIVE...
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| 01:11:26 |
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A GRANDMOTHER HUGGING, A FLAG BEING RAISED. YOU DON'T SEE ADS LIKE THAT ANY MORE. THIS TRULY WAS AN AGE OF OPTIMISM, RONALD REAGAN WHO HAD A WONDERFUL...
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| 01:13:34 |
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BUSH IN 2012 BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG FACTOR IN 2008. THIS IS AN OBAMA CAMPAIGN AD AIMED AT JOHN McCAIN. >> I'M BARACK OBAMA AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE....
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| 01:13:54 |
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CONTINUE GEORGE BUSH'S ECONOMIC POLICIES. AS A PRESIDENT HE PROVIDED NO TAX BRAKES TO 101 MILLION AMERICANS BUT KEPT TAX BREAKS FOR COMPANIES THAT...
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| 01:14:23 |
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THE NAME NOT MENTIONED AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. I THINK HIS BROTHER MENTIONED IT ONCE IN HIS
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| 01:14:28 |
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SPEECH. OTHERWISE HE'S BECOME A NONPERSON. YOU'LL SEE COMMERCIALS LIKE THAT ONE THIS TIME. BECAUSE THE PROBLEM FOR ROMNEY IS THE LAST TIME THE REPUBLICANS...
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| 01:15:16 |
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AS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING BACK AT VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS LEADING TO THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR AS WE WERE WATCHING THE
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| 01:15:22 |
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VERY EARLY POLITICAL ADS. THERE WAS NO SUCH THING BACK THEN AS NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING. CERTAINLY NOT OPENLY. IT WAS ALL VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE CANDIDATE...
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| 01:15:54 |
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MUCH IT ACTUALLY CAME QUITE A WHILE AGO. THE GEORGE H.W. BUSH CAMPAIGN AGAINST MICHAEL DUKAKIS, THE WILLIE HORTON CAMPAIGN AND WHEN THAT CAMPAIGN WAS...
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| 01:16:35 |
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WE HAVE IT. >> EVER MADE. THE DAISY AD. >> IF WE CAN GET IT READY. THIS IS AN AD, BY THE WAY, THAT PLAYED ONLY
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| 01:16:43 |
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ONCE AROUND LABOR DETAIN SEPTEMBER OF 1964.
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| 01:16:46 |
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BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE ADS THAT CONTINUES TO GENERATE A LOT OF ATTENTION SO LET'S WATCH IT. THE DAISY COMMERCIAL, LBJ, 1964. >> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,...
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| 01:17:13 |
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NINE, NINE -- >> TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO,
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| 01:17:25 |
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ONE, ZERO. [ BOMB BLAST ] THESE ARE THE STAKES. TO MAKE A WORLD IN WHICH ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN CAN LIVE. OR TO GO INTO THE DARK. WE MUST EITHER LOVE...
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| 01:17:52 |
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HOME. >> THAT'S 1960. >> 1964 CAMPAIGN. REMEMBER THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR IN AMERICA. WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. WE CAME...
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| 01:18:04 |
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THE POSSIBILITY OF A NUCLEAR EXCHANGE. LYNDON JOHNSON IS RUNNING AGAINST BARRY GOLDWATER WHO THEN REPRESENTED THE EXTREME RIGHT-WING OF THE REPUBLICAN...
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| 01:19:06 |
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I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT I'VE SEEN MANY CAMPAIGNS AND CANDIDATES DON'T RUN AGAINST EACH OTHER
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| 01:19:19 |
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BUT THE MEDIA. I WONDER IF HE FORESEES THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER BLAME THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND AS A JOURNALIST WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ROLE IS IN A PRESIDENTIAL...
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| 01:19:42 |
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MEDIA IS VERY IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY. AN INFORMED POPULACE IS THE BASIS OF DEMOCRACY. IF THE
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| 01:19:50 |
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PEOPLE ARE NOT INFORMED, DEMOCRACY SIMPLY CAN'T FUNCTION. WHO BRINGS THEM THEIR INFORMATION? HOW DO THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION? IS THERE A FILTER...
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| 01:23:42 |
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ON THE INTERNET, YOU CAN GO TO "THE WASHINGTON POST," "NEW YORK TIMES," NATIONAL REVIEW, IT'S ALL THERE AND UP TO TO BE A CONSUMER OF NEWS. >> IT'S TRUE....
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| 01:24:01 |
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SIMON FOR JOINING US. FROM GEORGE MASON, PURDUE AND WASHINGTON CENTER WE END WITH A
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| 01:24:07 |
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ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I CAN SAY I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HAD BETTER QUESTIONS OR MORE THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS. YOU'RE ALL TO BE...
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THIS COURSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH
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