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WARNER AND ARENA. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS ARRIVED IN CHARLOTTE, AIR FORCE ONE LANDING EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. TOMORROW, HE WILL ACCEPT HIS PARTY'S NOMINATION...
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| 00:01:15 |
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SAY THAT BILL CLINTON IS HOT, BARACK OBAMA IS
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| 00:01:19 |
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CORP., BUT THEY STILL BURN WITH THE SAME TEMPERATURE INSIDE. CAN YOU EXPOLAND? >> YES. THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES, BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME...
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| 00:01:31 |
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THAT IS WHAT IT TAKES TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. SOMETIMES PEOPLE MISINTERPRET BARACK OBAMA'S COOL NATURE, WITH HIM BEING OUT OF HAWAII, BEING...
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| 00:02:51 |
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TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT, FROM THE SAME VENUE, BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT WILL BE IN THE SAME ARENA. WHAT ARE YOU A EXPECTING? >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME...
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| 00:03:07 |
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SITTING PRESIDENT, SAID THAT IN ITSELF IS KIND OF EXCITING, AND THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT MISSIONS. ALTHOUGH THEY WILL STILL GO OVER SOME OF THE SAME GROUND,...
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| 00:04:06 |
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HOUSE, IN HAS BEEN AN EVOLUTION. HOW HAVE THE TWO COME TOGETHER IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. >> WELL, EVENTS HAVE CONSPIRED TO BRING THEM TOGETHER, WHICH...
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| 00:04:22 |
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IT TOGETHER AND EVENTS THAT TEAR YOU APART. BARACK OBAMA RAN AGAINST BILL CLINTON'S WIFE, HILLARY CLINTON, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF BILL FEELING THERE,...
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| 00:08:21 |
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IS WITH "THE WASHINGTON POST," AND HE IS THE AUTHOR OF TWO BOOKS. OUR TELEPHONES ARE OPEN FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT IN HIS REELECTION...
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| 00:09:07 |
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ISSUES, AND THEY BUT THE VERY MUCH WANT PRESIDENT OBAMA TO BE REELECTED. THERE ARE ALWAYS POLITICAL DYNAMICS TO THESE RELATIONSHIPS. UNLESS SOMEBODY...
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| 00:10:18 |
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EARLIER, AND THE CONVENTION WILL BE GAVELING IN AN EARLIER, AND WE WILL HAVE GAVEL-TO-GAVEL COVERAGE. WE WILL GO TO WILLIAM, JOINING US FROM NORTH CAROLINA....
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| 00:10:41 |
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A CHANCE TO DO WHAT HE HAS GOT TO DO AND QUIT ACTING LIKE LITTLE KIDS AND GET ALONG WITH THIS MAN AND WORK WITH HIM SO WE CAN GET THE COUNTRY BACK ON...
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| 00:11:02 |
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WILL SEE A LITANY OF PROGRAMS THAT HE WANTS TO PASS, BUT I THINK YOU WILL SEE LARGER
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| 00:11:08 |
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THINGS THAT HE WANTS TO MOVE IN HIS SECOND TERM, AND GETTING TO THAT CALLER'S ALLUSION, THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS WILL MOVE SOMEWHAT TOWARDS HIM AND...
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| 00:11:39 |
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AUDIENCE, A SENIOR ADVISER TO MR. OBAMA WHEN HE WAS CAMPAIGNING, GOING ON TO BE
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| 00:11:45 |
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THE FIRST PRESS SECRETARY IN THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE. >> THANK YOU. >> THIS WAS ON FIRE LAST NIGHT. >> GREAT SPEECHES, YES. >> BUT IT IS NOT THE PEOPLE...
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| 00:12:06 |
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I THINK HE NEEDS TO TALK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE JOURNEY WE HAVE AHEAD, TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD
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| 00:12:14 |
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AND TO GIVE MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES IN THE COUNTRY A SENSE OF SECURITY. THEY HAVE NOT HAD THAT IN A REALLY LONG TIME. THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE WORST...
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| 00:12:40 |
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BE A STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. BUT YOU WILL HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT INVESTING IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, STRENGTHENING AND REFORMING EDUCATION, MAKING...
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| 00:13:13 |
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BEIJINGWRITING? --
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| 00:13:17 |
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HE WILL DO A LOT OF HIS OWN RIDING -- WRITING. IT DOES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HIM AND THE SPEECH WRITERS. I LEARNED EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID THIS CONVENTION....
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| 00:14:07 |
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STATE-BY-STATE? >> ABSOLUTELY. IT IS GOING TO BE ONE STATE BY STATE, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, VIRGINIA. --
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| 00:14:15 |
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IT IS GOING TO BE WON STATE BY STATE. THIS WILL BE THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT CARRIES THIS CAMPAIGN THROUGH THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. >> WE ARE TALKING DAVID...
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| 00:14:40 |
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TYPES OF SPEECHES? >> YES, LOOK, I MEAN, WHO WOULD NOT PROVE YOU HAVE THE BIGGEST AUDIENCE THAT YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE,
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| 00:14:51 |
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MINUS THE STATE OF THE UNION OR AN INAUGURAL. YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, AND YOU WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH THEM. YOU'LL HAVE THE...
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| 00:15:28 |
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PICK UP ON WHAT SUSAN SAID. ROBERT GIBBS. >> HE SAID AND DID WHAT I SAID, THAT
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| 00:15:36 |
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PRESIDENT BAROMETER IS NOT ONE TO DO A STATE OF UNION LITANY, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THE CAMPAIGN IS PRETTY
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| 00:15:42 |
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MUCH GOING TO BE STATE-BY-STATE, AND THIRDLY, ON PRESIDENT OBAMA, DOES HE LIKE THESE OCCASIONS, ABSOLUTELY. HE LOVES NOTHING BETTER THAN THE BIG MOMENT....
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| 00:16:23 |
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AFTERNOON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. INCREDIBLE. FINALLY YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE REPUBLICAN WHO SUPPORTS ROMNEY. IT
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| 00:16:32 |
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IS UNBELIEVABLE HOW MANY DEMOCRATS CALLED IN ON ALL THREE LINES. DISGRACEFUL. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE AUTHOR THERE. DID HE DELVED INTO THE BROTHER,...
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| 00:17:37 |
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WAS ACTUALLY NOT IN MY BOOK BECAUSE HE COMES AFTER MY BOOK ENDS, IS ESSENTIALLY.
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| 00:17:44 |
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GEORGE OBAMA -- BARACK OBAMA DID NOT KNOW HIM. HE HAS MANY, MANY HALF SIBLINGS OR PERHAPS HAVE SIBLINGS AND AFRICA, AND BARACK OBAMA ACTUALLY HAS HELPED...
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| 00:18:38 |
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I THINK THIS ELECTION WILL BE MUCH CLOSER THAN THE LAST ONE, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, AND BARACK OBAMA AND HIS TEAM IN THE LAST MONTH HAVE ESSENTIALLY STRESSED...
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| 00:19:30 |
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LEGALIZING MARIJUANA, PICKING UP THE RON PAUL VOTE,
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| 00:19:41 |
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AND A LOT OF PEOPLE USE MARIJUANA AND COCAINE, AND THEY HAVE PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN JAIL. >> WE LET THAT CALL GO. DID YOU WANT TO FINISH? >> THERE IS...
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| 00:20:03 |
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DOLLARS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT, AND MARIJUANA HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 17,000
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| 00:20:08 |
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YEARS -- >> WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE BET -- A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK, RALPH, BUT LET ME PICK UP ON ONE POINT. THE
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| 00:20:18 |
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ISSUE OF THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATES. VIRGIL GOODE WILL HAVE HIS NAME ON THE BALLOT IN VIRGINIA. WELL THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATES HAVE AN IMPACT? >> I DO NOT...
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| 00:20:40 |
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I AM NOT DISSPIRITING THIRD PARTIES IN ANY WAY. I THINK THERE IS A ROLE FOR AS MANY AS POSSIBLE IN POLITICS, BUT I DOUBT VERY MUCH, EVEN THOUGH SOME...
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| 00:21:16 |
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HE PLACED THE NOMINATION OF MICHAEL DUKAKIS AS THE 1988 CANDIDATE. [VIDEO CLIP] >> IN CLOSING -- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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| 00:21:32 |
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I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER -- I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER WHEN MICHAEL DUKAKIS BECOMES PRESIDENT IN NOVEMBER, THE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THIS COUNTRY WILL...
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| 00:24:58 |
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AND AN INTERESTING JUXTAPOSITION, WHERE HE WAS IN 1988 AND HOW HE MADE IT TO 1992. YOU WROTE EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THAT. >> BILL CLINTON ACTUALLY GAVE HIS...
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| 00:25:17 |
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A SPEECH ABOUT GOVERNORS, SO THERE WAS HIS THIRD SPEECH, AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE HE WAS PUTTING MICHAEL DUKAKIS'S NAME INTO THE NOMINATION, JUST...
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| 00:26:45 |
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GOING TO DO THAT. HARRY THOMAS WAS TALKING TO THE JOHNNY CARSON PRODUCERS AND SAID, "WE
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| 00:26:52 |
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ARE THINKING YOU'RE A BOY TO BRING OUT AN HOURGLASS AND GIVE IT TO JOHNNY CARSON," AND THEY SAID, NO, JOHNNY CARSON DOES THAT ALREADY, AND THAT WAS...
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| 00:27:14 |
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HOURS, READING EVERYTHING HE CAN, DREDGING UP EVERY ARCANE FAT HE CAN FIND COME EVERY POINT THAT IS
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| 00:27:21 |
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INTERESTING TO HIM, AND THEN SORT OF SIT IT AND WE KNOW IT, AND IN THIS CASE, HE IS GOING TO WRITE MOST OF HIS SPEECHES. HE IS LIKE MOST POLITICIANS,...
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| 00:28:23 |
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AUDIENCE TO MEET ONE DELEGATE. HER FIRST CONVENTION TRIP.
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| 00:28:28 |
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AND YOUR STORY IS NOT ONE OF A LIFELONG INTEREST OF POLITICS. 2007. >> WHEN HE FIRST STARTED RUNNING. HE WAS KIND OF INTERESTING WHEN HE DID THAT SPEECH...
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| 00:28:43 |
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STARTED WORKING FOR HIM IN 2007. I DID CANVASSING AND MADE PHONE CALLS OUT OF MY HOME, AND WHEN HE WON, I DID NOT STOP. >> AND YOU HAD NEVER DONE ANYTHING...
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| 00:29:01 |
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KING, THE FOLKS THAT
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| 00:29:04 |
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THOSE -- THE A MOTION THAT THOSE FOLKS HAD BACK THEN. >> HOW HAPPY ARE YOU WITH THE FIRST TERM? >> I AM HAPPY. PEOPLE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE ECONOMY...
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| 00:29:17 |
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DEPRESSION STAGE. DOWN,
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| 00:29:19 |
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DOWN, DOWN INTO DEPRESSION, AND EVERYBODY WAS JUST HOLDING ONTO THEIR SEATS, AND THE STOCKS WERE GOING DOWN, AND IT HAS BEEN A STEADY INCLINE. THINGS...
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| 00:29:56 |
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I HAD THREE PRECINCTS. I HAD WHITEWATER AND ALL OF THOSE THREE. NOW,
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| 00:30:04 |
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ALL OF THOSE VOTES WENT TO VIRGINIA, AND I AM GOING TO WORK EVEN HARDER THIS TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET HIM TO THE FINISH LINE. >> AND WHAT IS THE MESSAGE...
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| 00:30:22 |
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BEFORE IN 2008 WHEN HE TOOK OVER OFFICE. WE WERE IN A DEPRESSION.
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| 00:30:26 |
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WE ARE BETTER OFF TODAY. AT ONE. TIME, WE DID NOT HAVE AN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY. THERE ARE MORE JOBS EVERY SINGLE MONTH. HE IS DELIVERING JOBS FOR PEOPLE...
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| 00:30:59 |
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YOU HAVE TO BE A DELEGATE FOR THE DISTRICT, AND THEN I WENT ON TO BE A DELEGATE FOR THE STATE.
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| 00:31:04 |
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NATIONAL, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET IN, AND THAT IS WHAT GAVE ME THE MOTIVATION, AND I WENT TO GET IT, AND I DID. >> WHAT IS IT LIKE? >> IT IS AN EXCITING....
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| 00:31:24 |
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EVERYTHING IS FALLING INTO PLACE. I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT FOR SOME REASON I WOULD HAVE NOT MET BEFORE. FOR EXAMPLE, YESTERDAY, I CAME OUT OF THE WASHINGTON...
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| 00:31:50 |
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I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I GOT THAT BECAUSE HE RAN, AND HE IS MAKING SUCH A DIFFERENCE
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| 00:31:56 |
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IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE. I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE ALSO, AND THE WAY I CAN DO THAT IS IN EDUCATION. MY CHILDREN, I WANT THEM TO GRADUATE. THEY OBJECT...
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| 00:32:21 |
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DAVID FOR SOME FINAL POINTS BEFORE WE LET YOU GO. SOMETHING BARACK
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| 00:32:26 |
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OBAMA FAMILIAR WITH IN THE KEY PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING TARGETING IN STATESIDE VIRGINIA, ALL I KNOW, MUST-WIN STATES. >> ABSOLUTELY. NOT ONLY...
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| 00:32:42 |
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BUT THIS IS THE LEADER OF PROJECT VOTE IN CHICAGO OF 1992, WHERE HE WENT INTO AREAS AND WAS REGISTERING VOTERS FOR THAT ELECTION. THEY UNDERSTAND VERY...
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| 00:33:13 |
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FOR THE SENATE BACK IN 1990. HE LOST TO JESSE HELMS, BUT IN THE ARTICLE, POINTING OUT THAT BARACK OBAMA WAS A YOUNG COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, IT WAS SAID...
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| 00:33:37 |
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AND THERE WAS THE PHOTOGRAPH OF BARACK OBAMA BEING A STUDENT WEARING A T-SHIRT FOR HIM, AND THEN YEARS LATER, SENDING A COPY OF THAT PHOTOGRAPH TO HARVEY...
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| 00:34:06 |
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HIS CREDIT CARD BOUNCED WHEN HE TRIED TO RENT A CAR. NOBODY KNEW HIM, AND HE HAD TO FLY BACK TO CHICAGO AND THEN TOOK THE NOMINATION. YOU CANNOT BE ANY...
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| 00:34:35 |
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BE ABOUT THOSE SPEECHES, BUT THE HEADLINES ARE SEPARATE FROM WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO
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| 00:34:40 |
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DO, WHICH IS TO HAVE THE SPEECHES CLARIFY THE ISSUES FOR THE VIEWERS OUT THERE BEYOND THE CONVENTION HALL. >> DAVID, THE AUTHOR OF TWO BIOGRAPHIES AND...
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| 00:34:55 |
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HE IS ALSO AN ASSISTANT EDITOR AT "THE WASHINGTON POST." THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE THE GAVEL COMING DOWN IN ABOUT 50 MINUTES....
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| 00:35:15 |
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STENY HOYER, THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NANCY PELOSI, CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, THE DEMOCRAT FROM MARYLAND, AND THEN 10:00, REMARKS...
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| 00:35:57 |
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LET ME ASK YOU. NANCY PELOSI WAS MAKING PREDICTIONS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE BACK THE MAJORITY. IS SHE RIGHT >> IT IS A TOUGH SLOG FOR DEMOCRATS....
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| 00:38:10 |
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ON THE PARTY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOUSE MEMBERS? >> ABSOLUTELY. IT IS FASCINATING TO WATCH THIS CONTRAST. THEY BELIEVE IN A LOT OF THESE HOUSE...
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| 00:39:10 |
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COMPARED TO THIS CORPORATE >> AND FASCINATING QUESTION. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE 2012 ELECTION IS THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING DOWN TO THE CORE OF THEIR...
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| 00:40:37 |
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SENATOR RUNNING FOR ELECTION, AND IT IS STILL KIND OF POINTS. WARREN HAS TURNED INTO A CELEBRITY. CERTAINLY, THE KIND OF CANDIDATE THE DEMOCRATS ARE...
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| 00:41:30 |
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LEADERS AND CANDIDATES, INCLUDING ELIZABETH WARREN, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE THE GAVEL COMES DOWN. WE WILL USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM...
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| 00:42:23 |
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DIVERSITY WHICH YOU HAVE NOT SEEN WITH THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. I HAVE HAD MY TELEVISION ON SINCE THE CONVENTION STARTED, AND IT HAS NOT SHUT OFF...
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| 00:44:00 |
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VIDEO LIBRARIES COME EASILY ACCESSIBLE ON OUR WEBSITE, AT C-SPAN.ORG. YOU CAN ALSO READ A COMPILATION OF TWEEDS AND WHAT PASSED CONVENTION SPEECHES, LAST...
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| 00:44:43 |
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HAD THEIR CONVENTION. I REALLY DID NOT LIKE THE WAY IT WENT. TRYING TO MAKE BARACK OBAMA A ONE-TIME PRESIDENT, THEIR RATINGS WENT DOWN. BUT ANOTHER...
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| 00:45:25 |
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DELIVERING REMARKS TOMORROW, AND OF COURSE, THE SENATE CANDIDATE, ELIZABETH 1, 10:00 TONIGHT, AND EIGHT STUDENT MADE A LOT OF ATTENTION WITH THE TESTIMONY...
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