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SEATS. ONCE AGAIN IN THE SENATE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A FOURTH SENATE SEAT TO PUT THEM IN THE MAJORITY AND MAKE MITCH MCCONNELL THE MAJORITY LEADER. BOTH...
00:00:49
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BY DEMOCRATS, SO YOU WOULD THINK THAT NUMERICALLY
00:00:52
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THEY WOULD HAVE A SHOT, BUT REPUBLICANS HAVE PROBLEMS OF THEIR OWN. IN MAINE, OLYMPIA SNOWE IS RETIRING. SCOTT BROWN IS NO BETTER THAN EVEN IN MASSACHUSETTS....
00:01:40
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RACE? GUEST A ONCE UPON A TIME, CLAIRE MCCASKILL WAS THE MOST DEMOCRATS -- MOST VULNERABLE DEMOCRAT, IF NOT THE MOST VULNERABLE INCUMBENT. SHE HAD BEEN...
00:03:16
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NOT LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY. HE SAID MEDICARE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. ON THE 16TH OF MARCH, HE SAID HE WANTS TO ABOLISH
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THE MINIMUM WAGE. ON APRIL 21 HE SAID HE WOULD ELIMINATE STUDENT LOANS. ON AUGUST 19, HE SAID THAT ONLY SOME RAPES ARE LEGITIMATE. WHAT WILL HE SAY NEXT?...
00:03:48
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YOU MAKE OF ADS LIKE THIS? GUEST: THERE IS NO REASON TO PLAY IT, EVERYONE KNOWS IT. SOME REPUBLICANS HAVE SAID THAT HE MADE
00:03:57
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A MISTAKE AND SPOKE AT A TURN AND THAT HE DID NOT MEAN IT. THE DEMOCRATS SAID THAT HE DID MEAN IT AND THAT IS HIS FEELING ABOUT PREGNANCY. WE ALSO TALKED...
00:04:46
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SENATOR FROM MISSOURI, AND OTHERS LIKE
00:04:50
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THAT, FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATORS, THEY SAY THAT WHENEVER HE MIGHT HAVE SAID, AND HE DOES SAY A LOT, WE NEED A MAJORITY OF WE CAN GET THEM. IF THEY CAN...
00:05:36
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CAMPAIGN ADVERTISEMENT. [VIDEO CLIP] >> WHEN SHE GIVES US EXCUSES, JUST REMEMBER THIS. CLAIRE MCCASKILL, GETTING RICH OFF
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OF US. HOST: AN ADVERTISEMENT FROM MISSOURI. LET'S GO TO THE PHONES AND GET THE CALLERS INVOLVED. THIS IS JIM
00:06:08
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IN WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT. GOOD MORNING. GO AHEAD. CALLER: LINDA MCMAHON IT SAID THAT CHRIS MURPHY WAS NOT THERE IN CONGRESS 90% OF THE TIME TO MAKE...
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IS THAT A FAIR ACCUSATION? IS THAT JUST SORT OF HOW CONGRESS WORKS THAT -- WORKS NOW? GUEST: BEAT -- HOST: BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, WHAT IS IT LIKE THERE...
00:06:45
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SHE REALLY BOMBARDED YOU. IT IS A PRETTY BAD RACE, A LOT OF MUDSLINGING. HOST:
00:06:52
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KEN RUDIN? GUEST: THIS IS A STATE THAT THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING
00:07:00
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COMPETITIVE IN. THE FORMER CHIEF
00:07:05
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EXECUTIVE OF THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION, LINDA MCMAHON, SPENT $50 MILLION IN A BIG REPUBLICAN YEAR AND LOST STILL BY 12 POINTS. SHE GOT SOME SORT...
00:07:52
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CONGRESS ALMOST POWERLESS? WHAT
00:07:53
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IS THE POINT OF VOTING FOR THESE PEOPLE? OBAMA HAS THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO DISREGARD THE WILL OF THE CONGRESS, SO WHAT IS TO BE DONE? COULD GUEST: AS...
00:09:06
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MEAN, FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT? GUEST: PERHAPS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT LINDA MCMAHON IS DOING SO WELL IS BECAUSE CHRIS MURPHY IS A PART OF THAT CONGRESS...
00:09:16
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GETS LIKE 12% APPROVAL RATINGS. THAT IS ENOUGH FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO GIVE THEM THAT APPROVAL RATING. IT IS UNFORTUNATE AND UGLY. OUR PROFESSION IS IN...
00:09:47
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MURPHY, TODAY. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. HELLO, KEVIN. CALLER: HOW ARE YOU DOING? HOST: GOOD. CALLER: WHY ARE THE REPUBLICAN
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CONGRESS SO
00:10:04
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DISRESPECTFUL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
00:10:08
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IF THEY REPRESENT US LIKE THAT? THAT IS RIDICULOUS. WE CANNOT HAVE A PRESIDENT COMING IN LIKE MITT ROMNEY. RUSSIA, OTHER COUNTRIES, THEY ARE REALLY LOOKING...
00:10:36
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GUEST: IT SEEMS LIKE THE LADY -- CALLER: IT SEEMS LIKE THAT LADY REALLY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE.
00:10:48
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HOST: ALL RIGHT.
00:10:50
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GUEST: THIS IS ANOTHER STATE WHERE
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REPUBLICANS HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING COMPETITIVE. SCOTT BROWN WON
00:11:00
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THAT SPECIAL ELECTION IN 2010 NOT -- IN 2010. HE IT WAS VERY FOLKSY AND STRONG WITH INDEPENDENT VOTERS. HE HAS NOT BEEN SO MUCH A REPUBLICAN AS A SCOTT...
00:11:53
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WARREN IS A MINORITY, BECAUSE SHE SAID SO. >> INITIALLY SHE SAID SHE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. >>
00:12:00
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SHE KEPT COVERING UP. >> SHE GOT CAUGHT. >>
00:12:04
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YOU HAVE TO COME CLEAN WHEN YOU ARE CAUGHT. >> THIS SHOULD
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AFFECT VOTERS
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AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT ELIZABETH WARREN. >> THEY WILL
00:12:14
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SAY ANYTHING IN WASHINGTON. >>
00:12:17
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GETTING A SENSE OF THE TONE. WE ARE ALSO SEEING
00:12:21
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MORE FROM THE DEBATE BETWEEN ELIZABETH WARREN AND SCOTT BROWN.
00:12:25
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HE WAS ASKED IN A LIGHTNING ROUND BY THE MODERATOR WHO HIS FAVORITE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE -- JUSTICE WAS, AND HE HESITATED BEFORE SAYING AND AND AND SCALIA....
00:12:47
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HE ALSO SAID JOHN ROBERTS. HE SAID HE IS AN INDEPENDENT AND DOES NOT HAVE TO STICK WITH ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT ANYONE WHO PUTS THEM ON THE SAME LIST OF...
00:13:17
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A QUESTION AND A COMMENT. I AM FROM NEW JERSEY AND AM
00:13:25
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CURIOUS ABOUT THE OHIO RACE. I CANNOT SEE WHY HE IS EVEN COMPETITIVE. WHY WOULD HE BE COMPETITIVE AGAINST JERRY BROWN? ALSO, THE CONNECTICUT RACES AND...
00:14:33
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FOR HIM, SO WHY WOULD YOU VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE. CONFIRMING HIS INDEPENDENCE IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. MCCASKILL IS TRYING TO DISTANCE...
00:15:13
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HE COMPETITIVE? THE ANSWER IS MONEY. BROWN IS A VERY LIBERAL SENATOR ELECTED
00:15:20
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IN 2006. HE IS BABY FACED AND ALSO THE STRAIT -- STATE TREASURER. HE WAS ELECTED STATEWIDE. BROWN STILL HAS THE LEAD. MAYBE SIX POINTS OR SEVEN POINTS,...
00:15:53
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WHEN OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE GOING TO STEP UP AND ADDRESS SOME THINGS,
00:15:59
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LIKE THE DRUG WAR THAT HAS PUT MANY PEOPLE IN PRISON. INCARCERATING OUR CITIZENS. THIS HORRIBLE DRUG WAR, WHETHER WE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT THAT?...
00:16:58
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IT COMES UP IN THE PAST, CONGRESS TALKS ABOUT THE KIND OF SENTENCING FOR COCAINE, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND STUDIES OF LEGALIZATION, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN...
00:17:24
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GOING ON WITH THAT. THROWING IT OUT THERE, WHAT COULD
00:17:29
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WE POSSIBLY DO ABOUT THE PROFITEERING IN THE SENATE AND THE TIES TO WALL THAT MONEY. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE PAY TAXES? GUEST:...
00:17:57
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RACE IN A LONG TIME. BUT PAT MCCURRY, AS FAR AS THE MONEY IN POLITICS, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO INDICATION THAT MONEY IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR FROM POLITICS...
00:18:52
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RUNNING THE BLOG AS WELL. HE IS THE EDITORIAL COORDINATOR OF THE STATE IMPACT PROJECT. OUR LAST CALLER WAS CALLING FROM NORTH CAROLINA. LET'S GO WON OVER...
00:19:28
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SO, REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING THAT HE IS A TOOL. GEORGE ALLEN HAS YET TO RECOVER FROM SIX YEARS AGO. HE WAS MEASURING THE DRAPES FOR THE WHITE HOUSE UNTIL...
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00:20:40
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RACE, THEY HAVE PEOPLE IN THAT DISTRICT, IT IS A LARGE DISTRICT. GUEST: THERE IS STILL A PRETTY SIZABLE LEAD.
00:21:06
GUEST, -
ONE CONGRESSIONAL SEAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS JOHN PERROT. THE ONLY WHITE DEMOCRAT IN THE HOUSE IN THE DEEP SOUTH THAT IS LEFT. IT IS SO REMARKABLE, GIVEN...
00:21:44
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HE MADE THESE REMARKS IN A VIDEO TAPE COMMENT. MEANT TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT THEY DO NOT NEED A SAVIOR. THIS WAS FROM THE SPORTSMEN'S BANQUET AT LIBERTY...
00:22:47
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RULED BY A ONE- PARTY STATE.
00:22:52
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OF COURSE, THE VOTER SUPPRESSION HERE. MY COMMENT IS THIS. WE KNOW THAT THE HOUSE WILL BE REPUBLICAN, THAT IS PRETTY SURE. I WOULD ADVISE PEOPLE CONCERNED...
00:23:47
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CONTROL, CERTAINLY IN FLORIDA YOUR CHOICES ARE BILL NELSON, WHO IS RUNNING FOR ANOTHER TERM. BILL NELSON HAS REALLY DONE NOTHING WRONG. MODERATES WOULD...
00:24:22
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ALAN WEST. OVER DEMOCRAT PATRICK MURPHY, IT IS A CLOSE RACE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A CAMPAIGN ADVERTISEMENT FROM PATRICK MURPHY. [VIDEO CLIP] >> WHO IS...
00:24:50
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OF RAPE AND INCEST. HE VOTED AGAINST LIFE-SAVING MONOGRAMS. HOW DOES HE REALLY FEEL ABOUT WOMEN? >> THEY BRING US TO A POINT OF INCREDIBLE WEAKNESS....
00:25:08
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WOMEN.
00:25:14
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GUEST: HE IS CERTAINLY A LIGHTNING ROD. HE IS IN LEAGUE WITH THE PARTY. LOVE HIM OR HATE
00:25:24
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HIM, PEOPLE DO BOTH. HE IS FROM PALM BEACH AND HAS RAISED A TON OF MONEY. LIKE $11 BILLION. ABORTION, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, TAXES, IT HAS GOT VERY PERSONAL....
00:26:45
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TAKEN TO JAIL. THE COUNTRY IN CRISIS? YOU DECIDE. HOST: YOU SAW IT -- YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A NASTY TONE. WHERE ELSE ARE YOU SEEING THAT? HOW ELSE ARE...
00:27:01
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TO IT? GUEST: EVERYONE SAYS THAT THEY HATE-ADVERTISEMENTS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WORK. IF YOU LIVE IN A
00:27:12
GUEST, -
SWING STATE, SERVED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, YOU ARE CONSTANTLY BOMBARDED BY ANTI-MITT ROMNEY ANTI-OBAMA ADVERTISEMENTS. IT IS TOO LATE FOR FEEL GOOD...
00:27:50
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00:27:55
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AND DID NOT WANT TO DISAGREE WITH SOMETHING PROJECT WANTED TO DISAGREE WITH SOMETHING YOUR GUEST SAID EARLIER. DEMOCRATS WERE TALKING ABOUT THE VIABILITY...
00:29:02
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GUEST: YES -- CALLER: YES, I DO GIVE MONEY TO THE PARTY. I HAVE GIVEN MONEY TO THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN.
00:29:11
GUEST, -
PICTURES FROM THE CONVENTION, IS AS THOUGH YOUR FRIENDS SEND YOU SOME PICTURES. OF COURSE, IT IS KIND OF OVERWHELMING. ALMOST LIKE A SOLICITATION EVERY...
00:29:49
GUEST, -
THESE GREAT REPUBLICAN VICTORIES IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE. 63 HOUSE SEATS. BECAUSE OF THE ANTIPATHY OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IN WHAT COULD MEAN FOR SMALL...
00:31:04
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SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS -- CALLER: SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS SOUND ALMOST SAFE.
00:31:16
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BEING BORN BROWN OR BLACK, TO THE CHAGRIN OF YOUR CALLERS. HOST: I DID NOT GET THAT LAST PART. CALLER: 50% OF THOSE UNDER 18 BORN IN THE UNITED STATES...
00:31:32
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THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS, WILL THAT
00:31:35
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CHANGE SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS? GUEST: IT WILL CERTAINLY HAVE AN EFFECT ON GERRYMANDERING. THE DEMOCRATS DID A GREAT JOB OF HURTING REPUBLICANS IN ILLINOIS.
00:31:50
GUEST, -
MOST OF THE GAINS WILL BE IN STATES LIKE ILLINOIS. IN OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA, THEY WILL DO WELL THERE. AS FAR AS CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS, THAT IS A SALIENT...
00:33:12
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CALLER: I ENJOY YOUR COMMENTS AND ENJOYED WATCHING YOU TODAY. JENNIFER GRANHOLM,
00:33:23
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SHE IS SUCH A WONDERFUL STATES LADY. UNFORTUNATELY, SHE CANNOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT. THAT IS A REALLY UNFORTUNATE COINCIDENCE. BUT SHE HAS DONE SO MUCH...
00:34:49
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GUEST: WELL, LET ME FIRST OF ALL EXPLAIN WHAT THE CALLER IS TALKING ABOUT, NOT BEING PRESIDENT. THE FORMER TWO TERM
00:35:01
GUEST, -
GOVERNOR WAS BORN IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, AND YOU HAVE TO BE NATURAL BORN OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE PRESIDENT. THE SAME REASON THAT ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER...
00:35:58
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A FEW CALLERS AGO REFERRED TO FLORIDA AS BEING RULED BY REPUBLICANS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. THE BLUEST STATES, THE
00:36:05
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MOST LIBERAL STATES, IN MASSACHUSETTS IT WAS THE LAND OF THE BLUE HILLS. WE HAVE HAD THE PAST THREE SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE BE CONVICTED FELONS FOR DOING...
00:37:29
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IS, THREE- ONE DEMOCRAT OVER REPUBLICAN, REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN ELECTED GOVERNOR -- MITT ROMNEY, THE ONE IN THE NEWS LATELY, SAID IT IS AN OVERWHELMINGLY...
00:38:20
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LET'S TAKE A LISTEN RIGHT NOW. [VIDEO CLIP] >> WHO IS YOUR MODEL SUPREME COURT JUSTICE? >> LET ME SEE. I THINK JUSTICE SCALIA IS A GOOD JUDGE. [ROARING
00:38:35
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00:38:37
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FROM CROWD] >> JUSTICE KENNEDY IS ALSO VERY GOOD. JUSTICE ROBERTS, JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, THOSE ARE QUALIFIED
00:38:50
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PEOPLE. THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF BEING AN INDEPENDENT. YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE ADVOCATE. I DO NOT NEED TO PICK ONE. I AM PROUD OF THE ONES YOU HAVE....
00:39:14
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YOU MENTIONED
00:39:15
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IT EARLIER, THE CROWD WAS DEFINITELY CHEERING ON AND CONTRIBUTING
00:39:20
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TO THAT ATMOSPHERE. GUEST OF THE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE ELIZABETH WARREN WELL BE -- GUEST: THE PROGRESSIVE WING LOVED ELIZABETH WARREN WELL BEFORE THIS....
00:39:38
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HERO FOR THE REPUBLICANS AS WELL. WITH OTHER CANNED IT -- WITH HIM MENTIONING JUSTICE SCALIA, IT REMINDS ME OF BILL RICHARDSON BEING ASKED TO HIS FAVORITE...
00:40:16
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CALLER: I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT AN INDEPENDENT NAMED SCOTT BROWN. I HEARD IT
00:40:26
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ON ONE TELEVISION SHOW AND HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY IT. I THOUGHT YOUR GUESTS MIGHT KNOW. DID HE TRAIN FOR A CHANGE ON THE BILL THAT SWITCH TO THE...
00:41:57
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ULTIMATELY, IT IS STILL AN ISSUE. THIS IS A RISK FOR THE REPUBLICANS. IN THE PAST, SENATOR BARACK OBAMA CLEARLY DEFEATED JOHN MCCAIN IN 2008. HE VOTED...
00:43:53
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REMEMBER, FROM
00:43:55
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1994 TO 2004, BUT AS THE CALLER MAKES A POINT IT HAS BECOME MORE REPUBLICAN AND BECOME MORE CONSERVATIVE, McCAIN ONLY WON THE TATE BY 4,000 FOUR YEAR...
00:44:36
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BEFORE. THE 18 WOMEN RUNNING FOR THE SENATE BREAK THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 14 SET TWO YEARS AGO AND 163 FEMALE CANDIDATE FOR HEALTH SEAT AND MORE THAN...
00:45:00
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LOT OF WOMEN RUNNING. FOR EXAMPLE, IN SEVERAL STATES IN CALIFORNIA WITH DAY IN A FEINSTEIN IN HAWAII WITH LINGO AND SEVERAL STATES, THREE STATES, AND...
00:45:49
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THE HUMOR. >> Guest: EXCEPT ON C-SPAN. >> Host: YOU CAN BE FUNNY ON C-SPAN. DAVID FROM CLINTON TOWNSHIP C-SPAN. GOOD
00:45:59
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MORNING. >> Caller: GOOD MORNING. WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT
00:46:02
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JENNIFER GRANHOLM. BEFORE SHE WAS ABOVE MORE, WE HAD A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR HERE. DURING THAT TIME
00:46:07
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WAS WHEN THE ECONOMY WAS REALLY BLOOMING. THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WAS DOING VERY WELL HERE. AND, AND, SO THE GOVERNOR LOWERED TAX AS HERE IN MICHIGAN....
00:47:22
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AS POINTS? >> Guest: LE, HE RAISES A VERY GOOD POINT. WE ARE SEEING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RAISE AS WELL. DO WE BLAME GEORGE W. BUSH FOR THE COLLAPSE
00:47:31
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OF THE ECONOMY, CO COLLAPSE IN THE STREET, GIVING PRESIDENT OBAMA SUCH A MESS THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE WELL, DO AFTER FOUR YEARS AND NEED ANOTHER TERM,...
00:48:36
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THE POLITICAL JUNKY BLOG WHICH YOU CAN FIND AT NPR! ORG. THANKS SO MUCH, KEN RUDIN FOR BEING OUR FEST TODAY. >> THANK YOU. >> Host: COMING UP NEXT,...
00:48:53
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UPDATE FROM
00:48:54
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