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McArdle, John - Guest Host
DEBATE HALL AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY. MODERATED BY CANDY CROWLEY FROM CNN. PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY ON THE DEBATE FLOOR. WE WANT TO TURN TO TUCKER CARLSON....
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Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
MIND IN NOVEMBER? IT TURNS OUT, A LOT OF PEOPLE. AMAZING. I GUESS THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE. HOST: SO THEY MATTER IN THIS CAMPAIGN. GUEST: LOOK AT THE...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
BEEN DRAMATIC. THE
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Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
PRESS DECLARED THE RACE OVER. PART OF IT IS REAL. HOST: WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE THE GOVERNOR IN HIS SECOND DEBATE AFTER HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
GUEST: PROBABLY, IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT -- DO NOT DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
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Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
REMAIN CALM. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS DEBATE TO MOVE THE NUMBERS AS THE FIRST WHEN IT IS PROBABLY NOT AS HIGH. ARE THERE REALLY VOTERS...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
VOTE FOR? THIS IS AMONG LIKELY VOTERS. NOT MUCH MOVEMENT THERE. GUEST: RIGHT. THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO MEASURE VOTER
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| 00:02:38 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
INTENT. PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE 12 OR 6 OR TWO OR ONE BATTLEGROUND STATES AND THE NUMBERS HAVE MOVED IN A LOT OF THOSE...
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| 00:03:02 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
YOU GIVE PRESIDENT OBAMA? GUEST: I HAVE THREE TEENAGERS. DO NOT OVER CORRECT. YOU HAD A SOFT
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Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
SHOULDER -- YOU HIT A OST SHOULDERSOFT SHOULDER. IT MIGHT LEAD YOU TO BECOME TOO WILDLY AGGRESSIVE IN THE SECOND DEBATE. MY ADVICE IS IF YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
GUEST: I DID NOT WRITE THAT DESCRIPTION. WE HAVE THE MAJORITY ON OUR
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Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
MATERIAL REPORTED BY OUR STAFF. WE PRACTICE TRADITIONAL JOURNALISM. ASKED UNPLEASANT QUESTIONS TO PEOPLE IN POWER. WHAT JOURNALISTS HAVE BEEN DOING FOR...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
ARE THE NUMBERS. HOST: THIS IS A STORY YOU POSTED EARLIER THIS MONTH ON THE 2007 OBAMA VIDEO FROM A SPEECH IN RICHMOND.
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
WHAT WAS THE STORY THAT YOU WERE POSTING? GUEST: A VIDEO OF THE NOW PRESIDENT SPEAKING DURING HIS FIRST RUN FOR OFFICE IN
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Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
2008. IT WAS IN THE SPRING OF 2007, HE GAVE A SPEECH TO AN AUDIENCE OF BLACK MINISTERS. HE EXPLAINED IT DIFFERENCE IN THEIR RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATRINA...
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| 00:06:14 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
9/11 HAPPENED, THEY SAID IT WAS TOO SERIOUS A PROBLEM.
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Unidentified Speaker, -
FORGET THAT DOLLAR. HERE'S $10. THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WHEN HURRICANE ANDREW STRUCK IN FLORIDA, PEOPLE SAID, LOOK OF THIS DEVASTATION. WE DO...
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| 00:07:21 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
GUEST: IT WASN'T OLD NEWS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN BROADCAST BEFORE. THE PRESIDENT
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| 00:07:31 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
HAD PREPARED REMARKS WHICH HE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PRESS. A LOT OF PEOPLE REPORTED THIS AS A TRANSCRIPT WHEN IT WAS PREPARED REMARKS AS DELIVERED BY THE...
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| 00:08:44 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
I WAS A TALK-SHOW HOST AT THE TIME. HOST: YOU NEVER SAW THE FULL SPEECH. GUEST: IT WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE.
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| 00:08:56 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
NOTHING COMPARED TO THE FULL SPEECH.
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| 00:09:01 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT JOURNALISTS, IT DOESN'T MATTER. THEY SHOULD BE IN FAVOR OF NEW INFORMATION. WE WERE PILLORIED FOR THIS. IT WAS FASCINATING. IT WAS...
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| 00:09:48 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
UP. HOST: TURNING AWAY FROM THE STORY. GUEST: WE DID NOT WRITE THIS
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
STORY TO HELP THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN. I CAN GET THEM
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| 00:10:21 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
TO CALL ME BACK ON A GOOD DAY. WE'RE NOT POLITICAL CONSULTANTS. YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID. IT IS HARD TO ARGUE IT IS NOT NEWS. YET MANY...
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| 00:11:33 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
THE DEBATE. HOFSTRA IS A PRIVATE INSTITUTION ABOUT 25 MILES FROM MANNHEIM. ABOUT 11,000 STUDENTS, 1100 FACULTY. WE WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS FOR CABLEVISION....
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Naimoli, Louis - Student
SOPHOMORE HERE. ROMNEY HAS A SLIGHT EDGE IN SOME KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES. HOW DO YOU FEEL THE CANDIDATES ARE DOING IN THE STATES? GUEST: THAT IS A SMART...
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| 00:12:34 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. TYPICALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOW THE POLLS ARE TRENDING. A POLL IS A SNAPSHOT OF A MOMENT. YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE OVERALL...
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| 00:13:49 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
YOU NEVER WANT TO OVERSTATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ONE EVENT. I HAVE
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| 00:13:57 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
NOT EXACTLY CERTAIN WHAT THE FIRST DEBATE HAD SUCH A DEMONSTRABLE EFFECT ON THE NUMBERS. YOU CAN JUDGE THE PRESIDENT ON THE PASSED FOUR YEARS. ROMNEY...
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CALLER, -
A SWING. THE MEDIA IS SO BIASED. MOST AMERICANS DON'T HAVE TIME TO WEAVE THROUGH ALL THESE LIES. WE DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO WEAVE THROUGH ALL THE MESS....
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| 00:15:54 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
THAT. THAT IS SUCH A CONVENTIONAL VIEW ON THE
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Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
RIGHT, EXCEPT THAT THEY ARE. I GREW UP IN A MEDIA FAMILY. MY INSTINCT IS TO DEFEND THE PRESS. THERE'S NO DEFENDING THE BEHAVIOR OF POLITICAL REPORTERS...
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| 00:17:03 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
IT CARRIES OUT A CERTAIN AGENDA, NO MATTER WHO IS IN THE OFFICE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
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CALLER, -
WHAT EFFECT THAT THE INTERNET, NOW THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME MUCH INFORMATION ON THE CANDIDATES, WE'RE ABLE TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ROMNEY'S...
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| 00:17:46 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
FULL A FACT OF THE INTERNET. WE -- I DO NOT THINK WE WILL KNOW UNTIL BOTH OF US ARE DEAD. IT IS A LITTLE BIT DISTRESSING FOR MAY THAT THE POTENTIAL...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
THEY ARE ALL FOR THE LEAVE ME ALONE AND VERY MUCH FOR THE IDEA TO LEAVE OTHER PEOPLE ALONE. I THINK PEOPLE STRUGGLE AGAINST A NATURAL INSTINCT TO WANT...
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| 00:20:09 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
CALLER: THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. WE'RE VERY HONORED TO BE HOSTING OUR SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. WHAT DO
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Singh, Ron - Student
YOU THINK THE STYLE OF INTERACTION WILL BE BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE CANDIDATES AND THE AUDIENCE? WHAT YOU THINK THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN GOVERNOR ROMNEY AND...
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| 00:20:45 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
AMERICAN? SOME YOUNGER PERSON WILL STAND UP AND SAY YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND ME. I WOULD JUST SAY SHUT UP. THAT IS NOT THE POINT. RUNNING THE COUNTRY...
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| 00:21:45 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
CALLER: ALL I WANT TO ASK IS -- I DON'T CARE WHO IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. IT COULD BE ANYBODY.
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CALLER, -
WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR KIDS WHEN THEY GET OUT OF SCHOOL? THERE WILL BE NO JOBS. THEY ARE TRYING TO COMPETE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. THERE IS A LOT OF COMPANIES...
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| 00:22:33 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
OF BUT I DON'T THINK WHEN THE 1993 NAFTA DEBATE TOOK PLACE BETWEEN AL GORE AND ROSS PEROT, I DON'T THINK THE PEROT SIDE GOT THE ATTENTION IT DESERVED...
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| 00:23:42 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
THE END, IT IS ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST SAW. ARE YOU IMPRESSED? ARE YOU BETTER OFF NOW THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO? BY THAT MEASUREMENT, IT IS VERY HARD...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
I MYSELF MORE HERE. WE REALLY WISH YOU ARE HERE. DO YOU THINK THE TOWN HALL FORMAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL OR DETRIMENTAL TO THE CANDIDATES? GUEST: AS I SAID,...
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| 00:24:54 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
UNATTRACTIVE AND BEEN A THE DIGNITY OF ANYBODY AT THIS LEVEL OF POLITICS. THIS IS A PRETTY SERIOUS GIG, RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AND BEING PRESIDENT. I...
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| 00:26:02 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
MURDER OF OUR AMBASSADOR SO THEY THINK THE STORY IS GROWING. IT IS HUGE ON THE INTERNET. IS A BIG ENOUGH TO MOVE NUMBERS? HAVING SPENT MY ADULT LIFE...
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| 00:26:48 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
IRAQ AND WHETHER AMERICANS ARE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN, SAME THING, YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND PEOPLE GO RIGHT TO "WHEEL OF FORTUNE. " I THINK THIS IS...
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CALLER, -
CALLER: YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA THAT I CAN HONESTLY SAY I TOTALLY RESPECT.
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CALLER, -
ALL THIS MEDIA BIAS GOING ON, YOU HAVE THE MORAL FORTITUDE AND COURAGE TO STAND UP AND SAY THAT IS NOT WHAT I SAID OR THAT IS NOT WHAT SHE SAID. THIS...
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| 00:28:35 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
CALLER: GOOD MORNING, TALKER. I'M A JUNIOR YEAR AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY. WE ARE BEYOND ECSTATIC TO HAVE THE
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| 00:28:44 |
Finnegan, William - Student
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE HERE, IT IS OUR SECOND ONE AND A SECOND IN THE CYCLE. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT YOUR OPINION OF THE ROLE OF THE MODERATOR. I'M SURE YOU...
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| 00:29:19 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
DON'T THINK I HAVE AN OF SELF CONTROL TO NOT DO THAT. I DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE SHOULD DO THAT. HONESTLY, THE PLATONIC IDEAL FOR ME WOULD BE A BLACK CURTAIN...
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WOULD BE A CAGE MATCH. THAT WOULD BE THE MOST INTERESTING POSSIBLE WAY TO DETERMINE WHAT THESE TWO ARE REALLY ABOUT. I WOULD LOVE THAT. I THINK THE COUNTRY...
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| 00:30:41 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
TALK ABOUT UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCE. IT
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| 00:30:44 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
WOULD BE FANTASTIC. WHAT A WINDOW INTO WHO THESE PEOPLE REALLY ARE. YOU'LL NEVER FIND A MODERATOR -- IF SOMEONE TOLD ME TO MODERATE THE DEBATE, I WOULD...
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| 00:31:21 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
THINK JIM LEHRER DID A GREAT JOB. THAT IS NOT JUST BECAUSE MITT ROMNEY WAS THE WINNER.
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| 00:31:28 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
HOST: TO YOU THINK HE CONTROLLED THE FREE-FOR-ALL? GUEST: BRASS WAS MAD BECAUSE THEY WANT OBAMA TO WIN. --
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| 00:31:37 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
THE PRESS WAS MAD BECAUSE THEY WANTED OBAMA TO WIN.
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| 00:31:41 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
THE POINT IS, HE OBJECTIVELY INSERTED HIMSELF INTO THE PROCESS LESS THAN MOST MODERATORS DO. I THINK THAT IS GOOD. I WANT TO SEE HOW THE CANDIDATES INTERACT...
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| 00:32:19 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
MORNING, I AM CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE COMMENTS OF THE MEDIA OR LACK OF COMMENTS
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CALLER, -
OF THE MEDIA. I AM REALLY FRUSTRATED. I AM ANGRY. THAT THEY HAVE NOT TRIED TO GIVE US THE TRUTH OR REPORT ANYTHING. WHEN THIS PRESIDENT WAS A SENATOR...
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Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
TROUBLE, YOU HAVE ONLY TWO CONCLUSIONS. ONE IS THAT THE PRESS HAS HIDDEN THE TRUE FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC DOES NOT KNOW HOW BAD THIS GUY'S PROGRAM...
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| 00:34:37 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
ONE OF THE STUDENT COACHES IN HERE ON THE DEBATE COMMITTEE. IN
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| 00:34:45 |
Stolzenberg, Caitlin - Student
THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AND THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS. WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT COMBATING POVERTY....
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| 00:35:04 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
THE PERSISTENTLY POOR PEOPLE WHO REMAIN IMPOVERISHED, THERE IS NOT A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT GROUP. THE ANSWER IS THAT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY...
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| 00:36:14 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
CO-CHAIR HERE. BEING THAT YOU ARE AN OUTSIDER,
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Daves, Lawrence - Student
WHY DO YOU BELIEVE HARTER WAS CHOSEN BACK TO BACK TO BE A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SITE. GUEST: A REAL QUESTION. HOFSTRA IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE UNIVERSITIES...
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Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
TRINITY GUEST: COLLEGE IN CONNECTICUT. HOST: I THINK
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| 00:36:41 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
THAT WAS THE SITE OF THE STEVEN TYLER PRESIDENTIAL DELETE -- DEBATE. GUEST:
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| 00:36:48 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
WHY WOULDN'T IT BE HOFSTRA? THERE WAS NO DEBATE ABOUT IT.
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Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
HOST: THE DEMOCRATIC LINE, IN STAFFORD, VIRGINIA. CALLER: MORNING, CSPAN. I AM JUST BAFFLED THAT NOBODY
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CALLER, -
IN THE MEDIA HAS BROUGHT UP ROMNEY'S FAITH. IF WE DUG INTO HIS MORMON FAITH, HE WOULD LOSE BY A LANDSLIDE. I GO TO UTAH AND I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE MORMON...
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| 00:37:57 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
STRUCK BY HOW LITTLE ROLE HIS FATE SEEMS TO HAVE PLAYED IN THIS RACE. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY POLL THAT SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VOTERS WOULD NOT VOTE...
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| 00:39:03 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
FROM OUR SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. WHY COMES TO POLICY SUBSTANCE AND
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Zuniga, David - Student
SPECIFICS, A LOT OF THE MANY AS ZERO LIMITED TO NOT GETTING INTO DEBT. DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT IN THE FORM OF MORE DEFINITION AS TO SPECIFIC POLICY...
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| 00:39:33 |
Carlson, Tucker - Co-Founder and Editor in Chief
NO ANSWER THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ON A MENTAL INDEX CARD. IT IS PRETTY DIFFICULT TO THINK OF ANY QUESTION THAT WOULD ELICIT AN ENTIRELY FRESH ANSWER. UNLESS...
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Kennedy, Megan - Student
DO YOU FEEL THE DEBATE WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THIS ELECTION? GUEST:NO, THERE ARE A LOT OF FIRST-TIME IMMIGRANT VOTERS WHO ARE LIKELY TO HAVE AN IMPACT...
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| 00:41:57 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
CARLSON FOR JOINING US. UP NEXT, DAVID BECKER FROM THE PEW CENTER WILL LOOK AT THE RULES FOR ABSENTEE VOTING. FIRST, WE WILL SEND IT TO SOME HEADLINES...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
DUE TO HIGHER GAS COSTS. THAT MATCHES THE AUGUST INCREASE. IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, PRICES HAVE INCREASED 2% IN LINE WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S INFLATION...
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