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00:00:09
Harleston, Robb - Host
CONGRESS, WHILE A RECORD LOW, 23%, SAY IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS WERE FROM DIFFERENT PARTIES. 33% SAY IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE...
00:05:23
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ONE? CALLER: WELL,
00:05:25
Harleston, Robb - Host
I JUST ALWAYS WANTED TO SAY KEEP THE SYSTEM IN CONGRESS THE WAY IT IS. BUT HERE'S THE DEAL, AND I'LL BE
00:05:35
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QUICK. I HAVE TWO SEPARATE CAUCUSES CONTROL THEIR OWN TAXES. REPUBLICANS, THEIR CAUCUS WOULD CONTROL ALL THE TAXES THAT REPUBLICANS PAY, AND WE...
00:06:22
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DIVIDED GOVERNMENT WITH PAUL. PAUL IS CALLING FROM WISCONSIN. HE'S ON OUR LINE FOR DEMOCRATS. GO AHEAD, PAUL. CALLER: HEY. YEAH, I DEFINITELY BELIEVE...
00:06:34
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HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET HIS POLICIES THROUGHOUT, HIS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT 7% WITH ALL THEM JOBS PROGRAMS. YOU KNOW, THE REPUBLICANS...
00:07:06
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DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, AND THE PRESIDENT HAD A HARD TIME GETTING HIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA PASSED. CALLER: IT'S BECAUSE THE FILIBUSTER...
00:07:21
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59, SO HE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING EVEN HEALTHCARE THROUGH. HOST: ALL RIGHT, PAUL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ANDY ON OUR LINE FROM INDEPENDENTS, CALLING...
00:07:34
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SORRY, I'M CALLING FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. HOST: OK, ANDY IS CALLING FROM SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE. IN SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDY? CALLER: COLUMBIA. HOST:
00:07:42
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OK. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF DIVIDED GOVERNMENT OR
00:07:44
Harleston, Robb - Host
ONE PARTY? CALLER: WELL, I'M NOT SO SURE I'M IN FAVOR OF
00:07:48
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EITHER
00:07:49
Harleston, Robb - Host
ONE, UNLESS -- EXCEPT IF DIVIDED GOVERNMENT IS GOING
00:07:53
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TO GIVE US WHAT IT'S GIVEN US NOW AND NOTHING GETS DONE, NOTHING GETS PASSED. WE GOT A CREDIT RATING DOWNGRADED BECAUSE ONE PARTY SAYS MY WAY OR THE...
00:09:05
Harleston, Robb - Host
THE INTRICACIES OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE. BUT THANKS FOR YOUR CALL. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO RON ON OUR LINE FOR DEMOCRATS, CALLING FROM...
00:09:21
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IS -- THE
00:09:23
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UNDERLYING POINT IS YOU'RE SAYING A -- IN ESSENCE, WHAT YOU'RE
00:09:28
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SAYING IS A ONE-PARTY STATE, AND THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK. IT WAS PROVED IN THE SOVIET UNION AND THE PLACE WHERE I IMMIGRATED FROM, WHICH WAS CUBA. ...
00:10:09
Harleston, Robb - Host
AS THE REPUBLICANS ARE AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS? CALLER: WELL, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, BOTH SIDES ARE HARDENED, BUT I DON'T SEE THE DEMOCRATS SIGNING A PLEDGE...
00:10:20
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THEM NO ROOM FOR COMPROMISE WITH THE GROVER NOR QUIST PLEDGE. IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE ECONOMICS OUT THE WINDOW, IN A POSITION WHERE THERE'S A RECESSION,...
00:11:01
Harleston, Robb - Host
OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. THE ADDRESS THERE, FACEBOOK.COM/CSPAN. AND SHERYL WRITES, MULTIPLE PARTIES, WHY SHOULD WE ONLY HAVE TWO CHOICES? DONNA SAYS TWO PARTY,...
00:12:04
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CALLING FROM? CALLER: BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.
00:12:07
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HOST: OK, DELL
00:12:08
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FROM BETHLEHEM,
00:12:10
Harleston, Robb - Host
PENNSYLVANIA. WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE, ONE PARTY OR DIVIDED GOVERNMENT?
00:12:13
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CALLER: ONE PARTY, OF COURSE. COUNTRIES THAT ARE ADVANCED IN THE WORLD
00:12:16
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LIKE GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY ELECT
00:12:21
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A PARTY AND THE PARTY CHOOSES THEIR REPRESENTATIVE GENERALLY, AND THAT WAY THEY GET THINGS DONE. THIS FILIBUSTER ISSUE OVER HERE, IT'S WAY OUT OF CONTROL....
00:13:18
Harleston, Robb - Host
DIVIDE SEEMS PARLIAMENTARY, BUT WITHOUT ONE-PARTY ACCOUNTABILITY. AGAIN, OUR TWITTER ADDRESS, @CSPANWJ. NEXT UP IS DON, CALLING FROM TENNESSEE ON...
00:13:41
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OBVIOUS REASONS. I AGREE WITH THE FELLOW THAT CALLED IN. WAS HE FROM CUBA? HOST: GIVE ME ONE OF THOSE OBVIOUS REASONS. CALLER: WELL, IT'S ALL OR NOTHING...
00:13:54
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THEM. I BRING UP THE CASE
00:13:59
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OF OBAMA. WHEN YOU HAD DEMOCRATS RULING AND EVERYTHING THEY COULDN'T GET EVERYTHING DONE, TWO-PARTY, I DON'T KNOW. NORTH VERSUS THE SOUTH DIDN'T WORK...
00:14:23
Harleston, Robb - Host
SURVEY. THEY WRITE THAT DEMOCRATS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN REPUBLICANS TO EXPRESS
00:14:27
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FAITH IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S
00:14:29
Harleston, Robb - Host
ABILITY TO HANDLE DOMESTIC PROBLEMS, INSOFAR AS POLITICALLY UNIFIED EXECUTIVE BRANCHES EASE THE PASSAGE OF LAWS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES DESIGNED...
00:15:41
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YOU CALL IN. ONE PARTY OR DIVIDED GOVERNMENT, WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE? CALLER: I WOULD PREFER DIVIDED GOVERNMENT,
00:15:48
Harleston, Robb - Host
BUT I THINK THAT WHEN LEGISLATORS ARE SWORN IN, THEY SHOULD BE
00:15:53
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SWORN IN TO LEGISLATE ON THE PART OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THEIR CONSTITUENCY, NOT A MISNOMER LIKE GROVER NORQUIST. IF WE HAD THAT GO ON, WE MAY NOT...
00:16:22
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CALLER: WELL, THEY DO, BUT THEN THEY'RE SIGNING SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THAT. AND THEY'RE
00:16:29
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BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO SOME GUY AS OPPOSED TO THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEM IN OFFICE. AND THAT MESSES UP THE BALANCE. HOST: IS IT THEN THE RESPONSIBILITY...
00:16:49
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MOST DEFINITELY. I THINK THAT IF THEY'RE NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE, THEY SHOULD BE WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEM IN OFFICE. THEY
00:16:57
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HIRED THEM, NOT SOMEBODY ELSE, A LOBBYIST. HOST: THANKS FOR THE CALL, THERESA, ON OUR LINE FOR DEMOCRATS, CALLING FROM PENNSYLVANIA. WE'RE GOING TO...
00:17:09
Harleston, Robb - Host
ONE PARTY VERSUS DIVIDED GOVERNMENT, YOUR PREFERENCE. AS WE DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT VARIOUS STORIES IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT NEWSPAPERS THIS...
00:18:23
Harleston, Robb - Host
ON C-SPAN RADIO AND ALSO FOLLOW THEM ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG. BACK TO THE PHONES. ROB CALLING FROM OHIO ON OUR LINE FOR REPUBLICANS. ARE YOU THERE, ROB?...
00:18:43
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GOT TO BE ABLE -- ANY TIME YOU
00:18:45
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PASS BIG BILLS, YOU HAVE TO BRING IN SOME OF THE
00:18:48
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OTHER PARTIES. PREFERABLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE. I THINK ANY BILL YOU PASS, YOU CAN GET THAT MANY. IF THEY DON'T REACH OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE AND GET AT...
00:19:21
Harleston, Robb - Host
AND THE REPUBLICANS RUNNING THE HOUSE, HOW WOULD YOU ADVISE THEM TO COME TOGETHER TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? CALLER: WELL, YOU...
00:19:38
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ACROSS THE AISLE TO THE OTHER ONES. YOU KNOW, THEY GOT TO BE IN BETWEEN. I BELIEVE THE REPUBLICANS GOT A BAD TASTE, AND BY NOT WORKING WITH THEM, THE...
00:20:05
Harleston, Robb - Host
MORNING. GO AHEAD, JOHN. >> GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO, FIRST OF ALL, I BELIEVE IN CHECK AND BALANCES IN
00:20:14
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THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE UNITED STATES SAYS WE SHOULD HAVE. I DON'T WANT ONE PARTY RUNNING ANYTHING. THE BOTTOM LINE IS PEOPLE -- I THINK 80% OF...
00:20:43
Harleston, Robb - Host
THE LEGISLATIVE, THE JUDICIAL, AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, AND DOESN'T REALLY MENTION THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM. CALLER: YOU NEED A...
00:21:04
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EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE. UNLESS YOU HAVE A COMPLETE REPRESENTATIVE, YOU KNOW, IN THERE THAT REPRESENTS EVERYONE AND JUST NOT ONE SIDE, LIKE ALL PROGRESSIVES...
00:21:50
Harleston, Robb - Host
OBAMA TEAM AIMS TO AVOID A GAFFE. THEY WRITE -- HOST: BACK TO THE PHONES. LINDA ON OUR LINE FOR DEMOCRATS, CALLING FROM FLORIDA THIS MORNING. GO...
00:22:38
Harleston, Robb - Host
SYSTEM. I THINK THAT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE'VE GOT IS THEY HAD
00:22:43
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380-SOMETHING FILIBUSTERS. LET THEM FILIBUSTER, BUT LET THEM BRING THEIR COUNTS WHEN THEY DO. THAT'S THE BIG PROBLEM WITH THE FILIBUSTER TODAY. AS...
00:23:06
Harleston, Robb - Host
LINE FOR REPUBLICANS, CALLING FROM VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. GO AHEAD, CURTIS. CALLER: YEAH, I BELIEVE IN ONE-PARTY CONTROL IN CONGRESS IF IT'S A REPUBLICAN....
00:23:22
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CONTROL. I THINK THEY GOT WAY TOO EXTREME AND THE REASON THEY DON'T COMPROMISE AS MUCH -- I FEEL IT'S ALL THE DEMOCRATS' FAULT. HOST: LET ME REFER...
00:23:39
Harleston, Robb - Host
NOT DYSFUNCTIONAL GOVERNMENT. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO DO GOVERNMENT CAN DO THINGS AND ALLOW IT TO DO THOSE THINGS. WHAT DO YOU THINK? CALLER: HONESTLY,...
00:23:55
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FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'VE GOT OBAMA, HE WANTS TO PUT FORTH A SOCIALIST AGENDA. I DON'T WANT A SOCIALIST AGENDA. THEY KEEP SAYING WE'RE OBSTRUCTING. YOU'RE...
00:24:32
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IS AN OP-ED FROM PEGGY NOONAN THIS MORNING. THE DEBATES, THIS IS IT, MITT, SHE WRITES. HOST: BACK TO THE PHONES. JUAN IS WHERE WE GET OUR NEXT CALL...
00:25:37
Harleston, Robb - Host
JUAN. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO LET CURTIS KNOW THAT I THINK HE'S -- I DON'T KNOW, I THINK HE'S A BIT OF A
00:25:44
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TYRANT THE WAY HE TALKS. BUT ANYWAY, I'M FOR A ONE-PARTY GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS IT'S NOT THE G.O.P. THE GRAND OBSTRUCTIONIST PARTY. IT'S BECAUSE OF THEM...
00:26:18
Harleston, Robb - Host
WAS
00:26:21
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INAUGURATED. PARDON ME? HOST: NO, GO AHEAD. CALLER: IT BEGINS WHEN THIS PRESIDENT HAD THE INAUGURATION. THEY MET UP AND WAS
00:26:33
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MEETING, THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
00:26:35
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TO MAKE THIS EVENT A ONE-TIME PRESIDENT. HOW CAN YOU COMMUNICATE WITH SOMEBODY WHEN YOU KNOW THEY'RE AGAINST YOU FROM THE BEGINNING? THEY SAID THEY...
00:27:10
Harleston, Robb - Host
GOING TO HAVE PART OF A ROSS PEROT INTERVIEW ON OUR PROGRAMMING ON C-SPAN ON MONDAY. HE WAS INTERVIEWED BY "USA TODAY'S" RICHARD WOLFE, AND THEY TALKED...
00:28:03
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ARE TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SAID. BUT IN VERY POLISHED TERMS, RECESSION. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PAY YOUR DEBT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY....
00:28:42
Harleston, Robb - Host
FROM PAT ON OUR LINE FOR REPUBLICANS. SHE'S CALLING FROM NEW JERSEY. CALLER: HEY, ROBB. I THINK DIVIDED GOVERNMENT IS BEST, BECAUSE FOR THE LAST...
00:28:54
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HAS USUALLY COINCIDED WITH A MASSIVE GROWTH IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IN THE PAST -- MOST OF OUR HISTORY, WE HAD ONE-PARTY RULE. THE SAME PARTY WON...
00:29:39
Harleston, Robb - Host
HAVE A DEMOCRAT. I THINK THE REPUBLICANS ARE BETTER AT CONGRESS AND THEY THINK THEY'RE BETTER TO CONTROL
00:29:46
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SPENDING, BUT I THINK YOU NEED A DEMOCRAT, SOMEONE LIKE BILL CLINTON WHO CAN WORK WITH BOTH PARTIES. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE GETTING RIGHT NOW....
00:30:05
Harleston, Robb - Host
OF THE FOOD CHAIN ARE THE LOBBYISTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BUYING OUR
00:30:11
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GOVERNMENT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH US, AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TERM LIMITS AND GET RID OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THERE FOR 100 YEARS....
00:31:08
Harleston, Robb - Host
ON THE U.S. CONSULATE IN BENGHAZI, LIBYA. LIBYA ATTACK WAS ORGANIZED, U.S. SAYS. THIS IS IN THIS MORNING'S "WALL STREET JOURNAL." HOST: THE STORY IS...
00:32:35
Harleston, Robb - Host
LIBYA KILLINGS MAY COST OBAMA." HOST: BACK TO THE ZPONES OUR DISCUSSION REGARDING ONE PARTY VERSUS DIVIDED GOVERNMENT. OUR NEXT CALL IS FROM ANTON IN...
00:33:42
Harleston, Robb - Host
FOR DEMOCRATS. ANTON, YOU'RE ON THE "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." CALLER: WELL, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I ENJOY YOUR SHOW. I WATCH YOU EVERY WEEKEND....
00:33:52
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NOW, YOUR THOUGHTS ON ONE PARTY OR A DIVIDED GOVERNMENT, WHICH ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF? CALLER: WELL, I BELIEVE IN
00:33:58
Harleston, Robb - Host
DIVIDED GOVERNMENT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IN OBSTRUCTION OF THE PROCESS.
00:34:04
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AND I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND ALL OF YOUR VIEWERS ABOUT THE GROVER NORQUIST PLEDGE THAT ALL OF THE REPUBLICANS SEEMED TO SIGN, AND IT KIND OF BACKS...
00:34:49
Harleston, Robb - Host
AND WE HAVE UNDIVIDED GOVERNMENT HERE FOR A LONG TIME, EXCEPT FOR WHEN SCHWARZENEGGER TRIED TO COME IN, AND THE RESULTS WERE DISASTROUS. OF COURSE,...
00:36:01
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THE UNDIVIDED GOVERNMENT WITH THE LIBERALS RUNNING IT. IT WILL BE
00:36:07
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HORRIBLE. NOTHING AGAINST LIBERALS, BUT MY GOODNESS, IT'S JUST TERRIBLE HERE IN CALIFORNIA. HOST: BOB, WHILE I GOT YOU ON THE LINE, I WANT TO GET...
00:36:21
Harleston, Robb - Host
WARY OF CHANGE TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING." THIS IS OUT OF SACRAMENTO, WHERE YOU LIVE. HOST: BOB, YOUR THOUGHTS? CALLER: MY FIRST THOUGHT IS, WITHOUT READING...
00:37:05
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IT TO BE DONE TO
00:37:06
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THE UNIONS OR ANYBODY ELSE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE DO NEED CAMPAIGN FINANCING CHANGES WHERE PEOPLE CAN RUN FOR OFFICE IN SOME OTHER MANNER, WHERE...
00:37:33
Harleston, Robb - Host
PAGE. THIS ONE SAYS, WE ARE FAST APPROACHING THE STAGE OF THE ULTIMATE INVERSION, THE STAGE WHERE THE GOVERNMENT IS FREE TO DO ANYTHING IT PLEASES WHILE...
00:38:55
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PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT VIEWS, TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK THINGS OUT. THE REASON I'M SAYING A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT IS BECAUSE WHEN I WAS MAKING...
00:40:12
Harleston, Robb - Host
RATHER, FROM "THE NEW YORK POST" THIS MORNING, BARACK OBAMA, SLACKER IN CHIEF. HE WRITES -- HOST: YOU CAN READ MORE OF THAT IN THIS MORNING'S "NEW...
00:41:47
Harleston, Robb - Host
DEMOCRATS LINE, CALLING FROM IOWA THIS MORNING. GO AHEAD, PAM. PAM, ARE YOU THERE? CALLER: HELLO? HOST: HELLO. CALLER: HELLO. HOST: HELLO. CALLER: HELLO....
00:42:02
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TWO-PARTY SYSTEM.
00:42:03
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I BELIEVE THAT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM RIGHT NOW
00:42:05
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IS PRIORITIES
00:42:07
Harleston, Robb - Host
AND THE ABILITY
00:42:08
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TO SHELL THINGS, AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF APPROPRIATE PRIORITIES. THAT WAY THEY CAN'T SIT THERE AND DO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING...
00:42:38
Harleston, Robb - Host
DEFAULTS MOUNT AGAIN. THEY WRITE THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO DWAULT ON FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS EDGED UP AGAIN IN THE MOST RECENT REPORTING PERIOD. HOST:...
00:43:27
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IS A MISNOMER. THE
00:43:30
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FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE'VE
00:43:31
Harleston, Robb - Host
BEEN LIVING WITH A ONE-PARTY
00:43:33
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SYSTEM SINCE WOODROW WILSON. WE'RE THE PARTY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE, DOESN'T MATTER WHICH PARTY YOU ACTUALLY BELONG TO, AS LONG AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE...
00:44:09
Harleston, Robb - Host
VOICE. HOST: ALL RIGHT,
00:44:10
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JEFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CALL. JEFF ON OUR LINE FOR REPUBLICANS, CALLING FROM NEW YORK THIS MORNING. WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S
00:44:17
Harleston, Robb - Host
COMING UP ON THIS EDITION OF THE "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." NEXT UP IS AMY GOODMAN. SHE'LL BE DISCUSSING HER LATEST BOOK, "THE SILENT MAJORITY." THEN...

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