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OUR VIEWERS ON NEWS CHANNEL 8, C-SPAN, AND OF COURSE ON POLITICO.COM. A CLASSIC EVENING -- VINTAGE BILL CLINTON. TONS OF PASSION. AN ABILITY TO CONNECT...
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| 00:01:32 |
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ANSWERED THEM IN THE SECOND HEAT CAME OUT. THE FIRST LINE SAID, WE ARE HERE TO NOMINATE A PRESIDENT, AND I HAVE ONE IN MIND. HE WENT ON TO TAKE ON AT...
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| 00:02:07 |
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MAKE MYSELF CLEAR? HE SURE DID. POINT BY POINT, THERE WERE ALL THESE ATTACKS ON REPUBLICANS, AGAIN AND AGAIN REFERRED TO AS THEY, THE EVIL DAY, HANDING...
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| 00:02:44 |
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UP ON THE HALL, FOR THAT ONE VISUAL. HE WAS UNEQUIVOCAL, FORCEFUL, FUNNY. HE DID A PERFECT COMBINATION OF POLITICS AND POLICY. I HAVE TO TELL YOU. IT...
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| 00:03:15 |
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IS TALKING ABOUT IN THE SPEECH AND WHAT YOU HEAR FROM OTHER SPEAKERS AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. YOU DO NOT HEAR ANY TALK ABOUT SOCIAL ISSUES, NO TALK...
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| 00:04:05 |
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REMEMBER BACK THEN, WE WERE ALL FIGHTING. BUT WE GOT THINGS DONE. IN ALL MY YEARS, I DO NOT
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| 00:04:11 |
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REMEMBER THE OTHER SIDE HASTINGS SOMEONE AS MUCH AS THEY HATE BARACK OBAMA. >> TRYING VERY HARD TO POSITION BARACK OBAMA -- CONTINUING THAT CLINTON LEGACY....
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| 00:04:25 |
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WE ALL FALL, BUT WE GOT THINGS DONE. >> THERE HE GOES AGAIN. >> EXACTLY. THE TAMPA LINE AT WHAT
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| 00:04:34 |
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WAS PRICELESS.
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| 00:04:36 |
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HE SAID, THIS WAS A
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| 00:04:37 |
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SIMPLE MESSAGE -- WE LEFT YOU A MESS AND YOU HAVE NOT CLEANED IT UP FAST ENOUGH, SO NOW WE WANT TO FIRE YOU. >> HE ALWAYS HAD THIS GIFT. WE -- FOR A GUY...
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| 00:04:51 |
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AS SPIRITED OF THE SPEECH AS WE HAVE SEEN. YOU UNDERESTIMATE HOW MUCH HE LOVES THIS MOMENT. HE HAS SUCH A RICH APPRECIATION FOR THE HISTORY OF POLITICS,...
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| 00:05:21 |
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ON AND ON, AND YET IT DID HAVE THE CROWD -- >> THERE WERE SOME
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| 00:05:25 |
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MOMENTS. FIVER SIX MINUTES WHERE I THOUGHT HE SORT OF COULD TAKE IT BACK. WHEN
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| 00:05:32 |
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HE SAID, I KNOW YOUR OP -- ARE ALL HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME, BUT LISTEN UP. >> AN AMAZING PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE. LEADING INTO THIS TWO YEARS AGO, HE HAD...
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| 00:05:49 |
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HE IS NOTABLY WEAKER, BUT HERE, THESE ARE THE GOOD OLD DAYS, TOTALLY ON IT. >> IT WAS INTERESTING. I WAS WATCHING IT ON MY COMPUTER. A FEW TIMES THE COMPUTER...
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| 00:06:05 |
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DID THAT, YOU COULD SEE THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS -- HE WAS SO ANIMATED. EVERY FACIAL EXPRESSION EVERY SECOND WAS DIFFERENT. HE GOT A PLUG IN FOR HILLARY,...
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| 00:06:35 |
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COMPLAIN HE DOES HAVE TO SIT THERE AND CLINTON WOULD TALK AND TALK WITH ALL HIS POLITICAL ADVICE. BUT IN DOING SO HE MADE CLINTON FEEL THAT HE DOES NEED...
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| 00:07:23 |
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THERE, THE TWO MEN TOGETHER AT THE END. THAT IS WHAT WE WILL SEE IN NEWSPAPERS TOMORROW AND ON OUR SIDE.
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| 00:07:29 |
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THAT'LL BE THE ENDURING IMAGE FROM TONIGHT. >> LET'S GO TO ONE OF OUR MANY REPORTERS COVERING THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. HE IS IN THE ARENA AND HAS HIS...
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| 00:07:40 |
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GIVE US YOUR TAKE FROM INSIDE THE ROOM. >> THIS CROWD REALLY CONNECTED. EVEN THOUGH THIS
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| 00:07:50 |
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WAS BILL CLINTON'S LONGEST SPEECH, LONGER EVEN THAN HIS 1998 CONVENTION
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| 00:07:55 |
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SPEECH, THE CROWD HUNG ONTO HIS EVERY WORD. WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. SOME OF THE SPEECHES WERE PRETTY FLAT AND DID...
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| 00:08:58 |
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AND SAID, I WANT TO TAKE ON EVERY SINGLE ARGUMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE BY REPUBLICANS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA AND OFFER THE MOST FULL-THROATED DEFENSE I CAN....
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| 00:09:46 |
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THIS WAS WHAT HE WISHES THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN SAYING. HE SAID HEY, THIS IS HOW IT IS DONE. >> HE DID NOT DO IT IN A NASTY WAY. HE DID IT IN A WAY WHERE...
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| 00:10:03 |
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HE GOT INTO THE WEEDS, AND YET YOU COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS SAYING. THE HEALTH-CARE ARGUMENT WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING GRID PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS...
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| 00:10:37 |
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IT IS GOOD FOR THE SENIORS. IT IS GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS, YOUNG ADULTS. IT IS GOOD FOR THE WOMEN WHO NEED PREVENTIVE CARE. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NOT BEEN...
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| 00:11:03 |
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MUCH SHARPER SPEECHES THEN THEY COME OFF WHEN THEY ARE ACTUALLY PERFORMED. THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE STYLE, THE WAY YOU HOLD YOURSELF, SMILE, DO NOT COME...
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| 00:11:57 |
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NO BILL CLINTON. BILL CLINTON SAID, NO PRESIDENT, NOT ME, NO ONE, COULD HAVE PREPARED WHAT THEY LEFT HIM. >> LET'S GO TO ONE OF THE KEEPERS HERE. >> IN
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| 00:12:12 |
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TAMPA, THE REPUBLICAN ARGUMENT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT'S REELECTION IS ACTUALLY PRETTY SIMPLE. PRETTY SNAPPY.
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| 00:12:24 |
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IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. WE LEFT THEM A TOTAL MESS. HE HAS NOT CLEANED IT UP FAST ENOUGH, SO FIRE HIM AND PUT IT BACK IN -- US BACK IN. [APPLAUSE]...
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| 00:12:52 |
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TRY TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT. HE HAD REALLY GOOD TIMING, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING. FANTASTIC TIMING. PLAYING OFF THE CROWD. TELL US WHAT YOU THOUGHT --...
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| 00:13:19 |
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A VERY WELL-KNOWN SPEAKER TO THIS AUDIENCE -- HE HIT ON A LOT OF THEMES THAT BARACK OBAMA HAS NOT PUNCHED THAT FORCEFULLY. HE DID IT IN A WAY THAT IS...
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| 00:13:48 |
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TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, HOW COME PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS NOT TAKEN THE LANGUAGE AND MADE IT HIS OWN? >> THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF A FIRE. THEY DO NOT HAVE...
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| 00:14:02 |
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OBAMA, I WOULD PUT THIS GUY ON THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY. >> THIS IS -- PEOPLE TOLD US THIS WOULD BE A 30-MINUTE SPEECH.
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| 00:14:14 |
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WE WILL SEE THIS COMMERCIAL AND HE HAS MADE A LOT. >> THE OTHER THING THAT GOT A BIG LAUGH, I WANT A PRESIDENT WHO IS COOL ON THE OUTSIDE THAT BURNS ON...
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| 00:14:29 |
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INVOKING THAT COOLNESS OF BARACK OBAMA. HE BROUGHT UP EVERYTHING. >> REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID, YOU DO NOT WANT A CELEBRITY PRESIDENT, YOU WANTED PERSON WHO...
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| 00:14:46 |
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YOU HAVE BILL CLINTON ON THE TRAIL, THERE IS A RISK OF WISHFUL THINKING, QUITE FRANKLY. >> THEY TALKED ABOUT THE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE OF REPUBLICANS VERSUS...
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| 00:15:03 |
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TOOK A FAIRLY LARGE SECTION TO TALK ABOUT HOW EXTREME HE SEES THE REPUBLICANS THE COMING OVER THE LAST COUPLE
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| 00:15:10 |
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OF YEARS, GOING SO FAR AS TO POINT OUT HOW SEVERAL SENATORS AND FORCE MEMBERS WERE KNOCKED OFF BY THEIR OWN PARTY BECAUSE THEY HAD DARED TO TRY TO COOPERATE...
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| 00:16:02 |
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KNOW THAT THE VAST RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACY HILLARY TALKED ABOUT WAS A LITTLE BIT THERE. THERE WERE CONSERVATIVES WHO WANTED TO BRING HIM DOWN. AND YET...
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| 00:16:24 |
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GOVERNMENT OVER A DISPUTE. BILL CLINTON AND HILLARY CLINTON WERE ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED AND TELLING EVERYONE FRIEND THEY HAD THE OTHER TRULY WAS A VAST...
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| 00:16:50 |
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EVERY BODY WILL FLASH BACK TO WHAT THEIR MEMBER OF PRESIDENT CLINTON, LOOK AT THIS, AND SAY HEY, THESE PEOPLE SPEAK MY LANGUAGE BE TO THOSE WERE BIG --...
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| 00:17:22 |
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ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
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| 00:17:24 |
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THIS WAS HELPING OBAMA TO WALK THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT AND -- >> EISENHOWER BUILT THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM. >> THE ONE NOD TO HIS WIFE -- >>
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| 00:17:38 |
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PRESIDENT OBAMA -- HE APPOINTED SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS
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| 00:17:44 |
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CABINET EVEN THOUGH THEY SUPPORTED HILLARY IN THE
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| 00:17:48 |
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PRIMARY. [APPLAUSE] HECK, HE EVEN APPOINTED HILLARY. [APPLAUSE] >> WE WILL NOT WASTE A LOT OF TIME ON THE TOPIC, BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT A LOT OF TALK...
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| 00:18:10 |
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WANT TO DO. WILL CLINTON RUN IN 2016? SHE HAS NOT MADE A SIGNAL, BUT PEOPLE THINK IT PROBABLY WILL HAPPEN. >> SHE MAY NOT HAVE DECIDED, BUT HER HUSBAND...
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| 00:18:28 |
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IS NO DOUBT SHE NEEDS AND WANTS TO BREAK, ENGAGED IN A NASTY CAMPAIGN LAST TIME AROUND. HAS BEEN NOT -- SECRETARY OF STATE WHEN THE WORLD HAS BEEN ON...
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| 00:18:52 |
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THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT FOR HER. >> THERE IS A VERY SPECIFIC PLAN -- SHE WILL WRITE A BOOK, START A FOUNDATION, GIVE SPEECHES. REST
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| 00:19:05 |
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AND TEST THE WATERS FOR INTEREST LATER. >> IF I HAD A POLITICAL BRAIN AND COULD PULL IT OFF THE SHELF -- YOU STUDY THIS STUFF. WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE...
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| 00:19:19 |
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PARTICULARLY WHERE IT KICKS IN TO WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE STARTING TO ACCOMPLISH IN GOING AFTER THAT & THAT AUTHENTICALLY ARE UNDECIDED IN THIS ELECTION? >>...
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| 00:19:38 |
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SANDRA FLUKE SPEECH. WE ARE IN NORTH CAROLINA. IT WAS HELD HERE FOR A REASON. THE LATEST POLLING IN NORTH CAROLINA IS 48-48. THIS IS THE DEADEST HEAT...
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| 00:20:23 |
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COMPATIBLE. THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PARTIES. YOU HAVE TO, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE HOUSE, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE...
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| 00:21:09 |
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THE FIRST TWO DAYS HAVE BEEN TO TEE HIM UP TO TALK TO THE 6%. THEY GOT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO TRAVELED HERE. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN TALKING TO THE COUNTRY...
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| 00:21:37 |
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LOOK INTO THAT TV CAMERA, ATTACK PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MEDICARE SAVINGS AS "THE BIGGEST, COLDEST POWER
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| 00:21:50 |
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PLAY." I DID NOT KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR CRY. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] THAT $760 BILLION IS EXACTLY, TO THE DOLLAR, THE SAME AMOUNT OF MEDICARE SAVINGS...
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| 00:22:43 |
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SAY WHAT? >> THIS IS SOMETHING PAUL RYAN HAS BEEN HIT ON MULTIPLE
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| 00:22:48 |
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TIMES.
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| 00:22:50 |
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FROM DEMOCRATS AND FACT CHECKERS, SINCE HE GAVE HIS SPEECH AT
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| 00:22:54 |
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THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, HIS COMMAND OF THE FACTS HAS BEEN CHALLENGED. THIS POINT ABOUT $116 BILLION. HE SAYS HIS WORDS ARE MISCONSTRUED, THE OBAMA...
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| 00:23:23 |
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RYAN IS HE GOT IN WITH REAL DETAILS THAT DEALT WITH REAL FACTS. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO AS AN ATTACK DOG. YOU HAVE TO DEFEND THE GUY,...
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| 00:23:48 |
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STYLISTICALLY, HE IS NOT EVEN IN THE SAME UNIVERSE AS THOUGH CLINTON, BUT HE HAS SERIOUS GAME. THIS IS THE GUY WHO WON REGULARLY BY BIG MARGINS IN EXTREMELY...
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| 00:24:21 |
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CONVENTIONS, THEY WERE DOWN. EVEN YESTERDAY, WHICH GOT A LOT OF COVERAGE. THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WATCHED ON DAY ONE AS THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION....
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| 00:24:46 |
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BUBBLE, BUT WE ARE ADDICTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA, THE FACEBOOK REACTION, THE TWITTER REACTION. WE HAVE -- THIS IS PART OF A PORTRAIT THAT VOTERS ARE PAINTING...
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| 00:25:14 |
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VALIDATOR 4 BARACK OBAMA. BARACK OBAMA DOES NOT SPEAK NASCAR. SO HE IS TRANSLATING THAT FOR HIM. >> I DO NOT THINK THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOND MEMORIES...
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| 00:25:31 |
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BUT PEOPLE TUNING IN, I AM NOT SURE YOUR AVERAGE VOTER IN SMALL-TOWN AMERICA ACTUALLY CARES WHAT IS BEING SAID IN WHAT IS BEING BROADCAST ON LIVE TV....
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| 00:25:50 |
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THE BASE, PEOPLE WHO WE KNOW WE CAN TURN AWAY FROM IT ROMNEY. THE VERY HEAVILY FOCUSED ON A YOUNGER VOTERS, LATINO VOTERS. YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT. YESTERDAY,...
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| 00:26:27 |
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THAT. YOU SEE THAT IN SPEAKERS. SEE THAT IN THE LIMANEUP. >> HISPANIC OFFICIALS -- A DOZEN. >> ALL OF IT. I THINK THEY HAVE REJECTED CLINTONISM IN
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| 00:26:44 |
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MANY WAYS,
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| 00:26:45 |
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BECAUSE IT IS USELESS IN THIS ELECTION TO READ THE NEED TO SQUEEZE OUT EVERY LAST VOTE FOR THEY CAN. I'M SURE THEY'RE SITTING THERE WITH A SHEET OR...
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| 00:27:18 |
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IS THE TAKE AWAY GOING TO BE? WILL IT BE THE IMAGE OF THE TWO DAYS AT THE END? BILL CLINTON MAKING THE FORCEFUL DEFENSE FOR BARACK OBAMA? >> A COUPLE...
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| 00:27:36 |
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THE OUTSIDE, BURNS FOR AMERICA ON THE INSIDE. >> DO YOU THINK IT HAS BEEN A GOOD MEASURE THAT THE FIRST TWO DAYS ARE SUCCESSFUL AS A CONVENTION, BASED...
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| 00:27:51 |
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OR IS IT TOO SOON TO EVEN MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS? >> IT IS TOO SOON. THE FIRST DAY WAS ONE OF THE SUCCESSFUL. THE SECOND DAY, THINK OF THE STORY LINES...
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| 00:28:01 |
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GOOD SPEECH. BUT HE DID GO REALLY LONG. EVERYONE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS SITTING THERE FOR A LONG TIME. YOU HAVE THE...
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| 00:28:29 |
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OF THOSE THINGS. THE ONLY SPEECH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, ANYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT, IS BILL CLINTON'S. THERE WAS A LONG ROSTER OF OTHER PEOPLE -- I DO NOT...
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| 00:28:50 |
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IT TIED. IT WILL BE TIED, PROBABLY, UNTIL WE GET TO THE DEBATE. WE ALL AGREE -- AGREE THE DEBATES WILL BE IN THE CORPORATE MOMENT. THERE IS STILL AT...
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| 00:29:19 |
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DOUBT. THAT IS WHAT IS SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH. >> WE SHOULD GO
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| 00:29:26 |
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TO POLITICAL BUT, LOOK IN YOUR STORIES ABOUT THE ABORTION DEBATE -- ARE THERE ISSUES TALKING ABOUT IN NORTH
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| 00:29:34 |
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CAROLINA THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR SWING VOTERS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE NORTH CAROLINA? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. AT
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.