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THE POPULAR VOTE 50% TO 48%. SO, AGAIN, IT'S POSSIBLE -- NOT NECESSARILY LIKELY, BUT JUST POSSIBLE YOU COULD SEE ROMNEY WINNING THE POPULAR VOTE, NOT...
00:02:07
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PARTICULAR. >> YEAH. JUST TO SET THE STAGE FOR THE DRAMA OF THE NEXT HOUR OR SO, THE MITT ROMNEY MATH STARTS IN FLORIDA, VIRGINIA, THEN MOVES ON TO...
00:04:08
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THAT THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN UP, THE ROMNEY PEOPLE HAVEN'T QUITE GIVEN UP ON VIRGINIA YET, BUT THEY'RE VERY, VERY WORRIED ABOUT FLORIDA AND
00:04:17
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OHIO. >> [INAUDIBLE] >>
00:04:19
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YEAH. JUST GETTING A LOOK, YOU DEFINITELY SEE REPUBLICANS CONCERNED IN THOSE STATES, BUT WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THE FINAL TALLY'S IN,...
00:05:06
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NO DIFFERENCE. REPUBLICAN CONTROL OF THE HOUSE, NO REAL DIFFERENCE. SAME THING IN THE SENATE, DEMOCRATIC CONTROL. LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A MARGIN,...
00:05:42
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MANY REPORTERS, PATRICK IS TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING ONLINE, WHAT'S HAPPENING ON TWITTER, WHAT'S HAPPENING ON GOOGLE. I'LL TELL YOU FROM POLITICO'S...
00:06:27
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THE TRAFFIC THAT POLITICO'S ENJOYING, BUT ACROSS THE BOARD THERE'S ABOUT 15,000 TWEETS A MINUTE COMING IN RIGHT NOW,11 MILLION TWEETS A DAY. WHEN YOU...
00:07:33
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C-SPAN, PATRICK IS IN "THE POLITICO" NEWSROOM IN VIRGINIA, WE'VE GOT DOZENS OF REPORTERS THERE WORKING THE STORY, WE'VE GOT REPORTERS WITH BOTH CANDIDATES...
00:09:51
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SENATE REPUBLICANS OTHER THE LAST FOUR CYCLES, THEY'VE BEEN PUMMELED. IN 2006 DEMOCRATS WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO PICK UP THE SENATE, THEY DID. IN 2008 THEY...
00:10:39
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PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL IT'S WAY TOO CLOSE TO CALL, SO WE DON'T KNOW THAT BARACK OBAMA WINS RE-ELECTION. IF HE DOES WIN RE-ELECTION, IT IS CLEAR TO ME FROM...
00:11:48
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IN CONSERVATIVE -- [INAUDIBLE] IN THE SUBURBS AROUND RICHMOND, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IS THE BIGGEST ONE, COMPARABLE TO '08. IN 2008 JOHN McCAIN LOST...
00:12:40
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THERE WAS TROUBLE THERE, OR HAS THIS ALWAYS BEEN ON YOUR WATCH LIST? I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OHIO BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ALWAYS SORT OF MENTALLY...
00:13:00
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YEAH. MIKE, ONLY IN THE LAST FEW DAYS HAS VIRGINIA REALLY COME BACK ON FOR A LOT OF FOLKS. I THINK PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO ROMNEY NARROWLY,...
00:13:57
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MARTIN, YOU'RE THERE AT THE ROMNEY ELECTION WATCH PARTY IN BOSTON. WHAT IS THE MOOD THERE? ARE THEY, ARE THERE TVs UP THERE? DO THEY GET -- >> VERY
00:14:09
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SUBDUED. VERY SUBDUED. >> WHAT WE'RE GETTING
00:14:13
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FROM REPUBLICANS? THE STATES LOOKED KIND OF 50/50, WE CAN'T BE SURE, BUT WE'RE HEARING REAL WORRY. >> THEY'RE VERY
00:14:21
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WORRIED. THEY'RE VERY WORRIED. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THEIR BLACKBERRIES, LOOKING AT THEIR iPHONES. THEY KNOW THIS IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER AS THE...
00:15:10
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WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE? ARE THERE ANY AIDES AROUND? ARE PEOPLE DRINKING? IS THERE MUSIC? WHAT IS GOING ON? >> THERE'S A LOT OF
00:15:17
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STANDING AROUND LOOKING AT BLACKBERRIES AND iPHONES AND WATCHING FOX NEWS ON THE BIG SCREEN. THERE'S A BAR, A CAVERNOUS ROOM, TONS OF MEDIA, BUT MOSTLY...
00:16:24
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YOU TO LISTEN TO A FASCINATING E-MAIL THAT JUST CAME IN. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE ON POLITICO AND C-SPAN, WE'RE TRYING TO REFLECT THE CONVERSATIONS...
00:17:35
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YEAH. YEAH. PRIVATELY REPUBLICANS KNOW THEY HAVE A DEMOGRAPHIC ICEBERG THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, CRASHED INTO HERE THE LAST FEW CYCLES, AND IT'S NOT...
00:18:23
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AMAZING. JONATHAN, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN BOSTON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AP IS NOW CALLING REPUBLICAN MIKE PENCE WHO WAS A HOUSE REPUBLICAN,...
00:18:35
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THAT DEB FISHER HAS DEFEATED BOB KERREY IN THE SENATE SEAT IN NEBRASKA. THAT WAS A DEMOCRATIC-HELD SEAT, THAT IS A REPUBLICAN PICKUP. THAT WAS ONE...
00:19:27
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THINK THE SENATE, THE BALANCE -- ONE MORE THING IN THESE SENATE RACES IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO GIVE THEM -- I THINK LIKE I SAID EARLIER...
00:20:06
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IT. >> ALL RIGHT. AND, AGAIN, FOR REPUBLICANS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR GOOD NEWS IN THE EARLY RESULTS, THE GOOD NEWS IS REPUBLICANS ARE DOING VERY WELL IN...
00:21:53
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CLOSED IN MOST STATES, NOT ALL STATES. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME BEFORE WE START TO SEE RESULTS OUT WEST, BUT BEYOND NEVADA WHICH WE DON'T THINK...
00:22:34
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MASSACHUSETTS -- >> [INAUDIBLE] >> DOES HE HAVE A HOUSE
00:22:37
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THERE? >> I
00:22:38
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THINK SO. >> TALK ABOUT NEW
00:22:40
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HAMPSHIRE. >> JUST LOOKING AT THE
00:22:42
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EXIT POLLS, JUST UNPACKING THEM A LITTLE BIT, AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHETHER MITT ROMNEY REALLY HAD THE MOMENTUM THAT HE SEEMED TO...
00:23:27
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INTERRUPT YOU, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ONE OF OUR FAVORITE FEATURES FOR EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN WITH POLITICO IN THE BEGINNING FROM OUR PRIMARY LIVE SHOWS...
00:23:41
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FREE TONIGHT. [LAUGHTER] >> ALL SUBSCRIBERS, WE'RE
00:23:44
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SORRY, IT'S ALL FREE TONIGHT. CHARLIE WHO IS LITERALLY WROTE THE ALMANAC FOR AMERICAN POLITICS, IS A STUDENT OF A LOT OF THESE COUNTIES, THE NITTY-GRITTY...
00:24:23
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APPARENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT CONNECTION WITH CHARLIE, SO I'M STARING LOOKING STUPID INTO THE CAMERA. >> CHARLIE CAM BUT
00:24:30
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NO CHARLIE AUDIO. >> IT'S A TEASE,
00:24:32
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IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A TEASE. SO WHAT YOU'LL GET LATER. CHARLIE'S PROBABLY STILL TALKING. INTERESTING IF YOU'RE OOH IN "THE POLITICO" NEWSROOM....
00:25:14
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YEAH. AND THEY WERE VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT THE SORT OF MODERATE TURN, THE MODERATE MITT THAT WE SAW IN DEBATE ONE WAS REALLY GOING TO HELP THEM, ESPECIALLY...
00:25:42
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HAVE TO WONDER WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE STORM DIDN'T HAPPEN. THE STORY TONIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE...
00:26:11
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THAT BELIEVES POWERFULLY IN SECOND CHANCES, AND RUMOR HAS IT CHARLIE CAM IS HERE, THERE, AND HE'S GOING TO WORK. CHARLIE, I'M PRAYING IT'S GOING TO...
00:26:31
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IT'S OBVIOUSLY A CLOSE RACE WITH ABOUT 10% LEFT, AND IT'S RIGHT ON THE TRIGGER OF AN AUTOMATIC RECOUNT WHICH IS .5%, SO THAT'S PRETTY INTERESTING....
00:27:34
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I WANTED TO CHECK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN FLORIDA. WE'RE HEARING THAT REPUBLICANS ARE WORRIED THAT IT'S SO CLOSE. REPUBLICANS WANTED TO HAVE A BIGGER LEAD...
00:27:54
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CONCERNED ABOUT IF YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN IF YOU WANT NUMBERS COMING OUT OF THE NORTH CERTAINLY OUT OF DUVAL COUNTY, THE JACKSONVILLE AREA, THAT'S A...
00:28:42
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CAN ASK YOU ABOUT SOME INCUMBENTS WHO HAVE LOST TONIGHT, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN ONE HOUSE INCUMBENT GO DOWN IN THE NORTH CAROLINA, LARRY KISSEL, AND ANOTHER...
00:29:02
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THINK THERE'S ANY HUGE SURPRISE OF THE THREE THAT HAVE GONE DOWN, EVERYONE SORT OF PRONOUNCED ROSE COE BARTLETT DEAD ON A ARRIVAL RIGHT AFTER THE...
00:30:31
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ABLE TO GIVE CONSERVATIVES SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS FOR REPUBLICANS, A LOT OF STATES ARE STILL TOSS-UPS, A LOT OF STATES ARE STILL OUT, BUT THE NEWS HAS...
00:31:03
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LEAD, BUT I THOUGHT I HEARD MAYBE SOME OF THESE OUTLETS HAD CALLED THAT RACE. IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE I WENT ON THE CAMERA. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTIES,...
00:31:37
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A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT FLORIDA. WE'RE SEEING RESULTS COME IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, ONE OF THE BIG SWING AREAS THERE. GEORGE BUSH WON IT 53-46 IN 2008,...
00:32:12
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WIN FLORIDA WITHOUT HILLSBOROUGH. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT ELECTION RESULTS GOING BACK TO 1960, HILLSBOROUGH HAS PREDICTED THE WINNER EVERY SINGLE TIME....
00:33:12
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YOU WHAT YOU'VE GOT LOADED UP FOR TOMORROW. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? ARE YOU GETTING ANY SORT OF THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT THE THEME OF TONIGHT IS? I KNOW...
00:33:28
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YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING FULL REPORTS THAT THE PRESIDENT'S ON HIS WAY FROM HIS RESIDENCE DOWNTOWN TO THE FAIRMONT. UM, I THINK THAT'S A SIGN THAT, YOU...
00:34:51
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A SECOND TERM WOULD PRESIDENT OBAMA BE MORE LEFT OR MORE CENTRIST? WHAT'S THE ANSWER? >>
00:34:56
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YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE ISSUE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I MEAN, I THINK I'M GOING TO SEE -- >> PICK OFF SOME OF
00:35:03
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EACH. >> OKAY. WELL, I THINK ON THE FISCAL CLIFF HE'S GOING TO TRY -- HE'S GOING TO TRY TO GET A COMPROMISE WHICH MEANS HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE...
00:35:57
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MOVIE, WE KNOW HOW IT COMES OUT. >> THEY'VE SEEN THE MOVIE,
00:36:00
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AND HE'S LAID DOWN HIS FARTHEST POSITION THAT HE'LL GO, WHEREAS WITH IMMIGRATION WE HAVEN'T REALLY LITIGATED THAT IN A FEW YEARS, AND IT WILL BE SOMEWHAT...
00:36:28
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THERE WAS A DIRECT QUESTION YOU ASKED, I TALKED TO A PROMINENT PROGRESSIVE LEADER JUST A FEW DAYS AGO WHO SAID ON THE FISCAL CLIFF ISSUES IF THEY ...
00:36:40
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SURE. >> AND THERE'S A HOPE THAT
00:36:42
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IT'S GOING TO BE THE OBAMA THAT WILL DEFEND ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS, IT'S A HOPE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THE OBAMA THAT REALLY GOES TO THE WALL AGAINST...
00:37:37
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I'VE TALKED TO THE WHITE HOUSE, TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE SORT OF TONE THAT HE'LL STRIKE IN THE NEXT -- GOOD NEWS? TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY POINTED...
00:38:01
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TO CHICAGO TO OBAMA CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS WITH THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRWOMAN, CONGRESSMAN DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ IS JOINING US LIVE....
00:38:37
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IN THE STATES THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ALREADY WON, THE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES, WE'VE STOOD UP THE LARGEST, MOST DYNAMIC, MOST SIGNIFICANT -- [INAUDIBLE]...
00:39:04
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CONGRESSWOMAN -- >> MIKEY, SET
00:39:06
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THE STAGE FOR WHERE THINGS ARE RIGHT NOW -- [INAUDIBLE] DO WE KNOW MORE ABOUT OHIO, VIRGINIA, FLORIDA NOW THAN WE DID A HALF HOUR AGO, OR WILL WE EVEN...
00:39:30
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VOTES. >> [INAUDIBLE] >>
00:39:31
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GO FIGURE. YOU SAID THAT IN OUR POLITICS, ONE OF THE DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS THESE DAYS. BUT YOU SEEM TO THINK VIRGINIA AND...
00:39:43
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SAW, THAT CONVERSATION WITH JONATHAN MARTIN COMING IN FROM BOSTON, GREAT CONCERN BY THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN THAT THE NUMBERS JUST AREN'T HIGH ENOUGH IN...
00:40:52
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FOR PEOPLE WHO STICK WITH US THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. ONE OF THEM, IF WE CAN GET THE TECHNOLOGY RIGHT AND GET THE VOLUME AND EVERYTHING RIGHT WITH ALL...
00:41:20
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EVENING JOE. >>
00:41:21
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EVENING JOE. AND ONE OF THE OTHER TREATS IS GOING TO BE BRINGING POLITICO REPORTERS IN AS EACH AND EVERY RESULT COMES IN SO WE CAN START TO DECIPHER...
00:42:10
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IN, ONE OF THE BIGGEST SWING STATES, NEVADA, ABC AND CNN HAVE CALLED THAT FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. THIS WAS NOT A SURPRISE. THE ROMNEY PEOPLE WERE PESSIMISTIC...
00:42:29
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RIGHT. AGAIN, AND IF AS WE KEEP TRYING TO DO THROUGHOUT THIS NIGHT FOR OUR VIEWERS ON C-SPAN2, FOLKS AT POLITICO.COM, IS PUT ALL OF THIS STUFF IN PERSPECTIVE...
00:43:33
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HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS OPERATION. PEOPLE SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THERE TO BE THE EXCITEMENT THAT THERE WAS IN 2008. THE POLLS,...
00:44:09
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OBAMA CAMPAIGN CARES THAT MUCH WHETHER THE VOTER'S EXCITED WHEN THEY SHOW UP, WHETHER THEY'RE ENTHUSIASTIC SO LONG AS THEY SHOW UP, AND I THINK WHAT...
00:44:52
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MATTER, DEMOGRAPHICS MATTER. >>
00:44:54
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YES. >> IN A STATE LIKE
00:44:55
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NEVADA, A STATE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN UP FOR GRABS, HAS A LARGE MORMON POPULATION, REPUBLICANS HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN THAT STATE INCLUDING CONSERVATIVE...
00:45:42
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NOW TO MASSACHUSETTS WHERE SCOTT BROWN, SENATOR SCOTT BROWN IS SPEAKING TO
00:45:47
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SUPPORTERS. >> [INAUDIBLE] [CHEERS AND
00:46:07
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APPLAUSE] >> [INAUDIBLE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> I WANT TO THANK
00:46:28
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MY MOM, I WANT TO THANK MY MOM -- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] >> I'M NOT SURE
00:46:54
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WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT -- [INAUDIBLE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [LAUGHTER] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> CONCESSION
00:47:49
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SPEECH, ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE SEATS IN THE COUNTRY, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON BOTH SIDES. I THINK SCOTT BROWN RAN A GOOD RACE. SOMETIMES YOU RAISE...
00:48:05
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RIGHT. SCOTT BROWN IS GOING TO BE THE SENATOR WITH THE HIGHEST APPROVAL RATING EVER TO BE DEFEATED IN MODERN MEMORY. HIS APPROVAL RATING IS IN THE...
00:48:55
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NOT JUST THE SCOTT BROWN DEFEAT THAT HAS REPUBLICANS BOTHERED TONIGHT, IT'S THAT THEY LOST INDIANA AND MISSOURI, BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO SURPRISES....
00:49:28
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OVER VIRGINIA, WE'VE LEARNED FROM THEM, WE'VE HEARD THEIR VOICES, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE VALUES AND THE FAMILIES OF SMALL...
00:49:50
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LISTENING TO SENATOR GEORGE ALLEN THERE. JIM AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT WHAT THE SENATE LOSSES MEAN FOR GOVERNING, AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM...
00:50:41
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RIGHT. AND GO BACK AND WATCH "60 MINUTES" FROM THIS PAST SUNDAY WHERE THEY HAD THIS SEGMENT -- IT WASN'T THE BEST EVER -- BUT THERE WAS AN INTERESTING...
00:51:28
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SOME EVIDENCE THAT THERE EVENTUALLY WILL BE A DEAL. I THINK THE MEDIA'S GOING TO ASSUME GRIDLOCK -- >> LET'S GO TO, LET'S
00:51:38
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GO TO ALLEN TO HEAR HIS -- IN VIRGINIA. >>
00:51:43
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CONCEDING. >>
00:51:46
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UNLEASHING AMERICA'S ENERGY RESOURCES FOR MORE JOBS, FOR OPPORTUNITY, GREATER NATIONAL SECURITY AND ALSO REVENUES TO THE GOVERNMENT EVERYWHERE FROM...
00:54:39
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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN VIRGINIA, CONCEDING A LOSS IN A STATE REPUBLICANS DESPERATELY NEEDED TO WIN. WE'RE LIVE HERE AT THE NEWSEUM WITH A ROWDY CROWD,...
00:55:55
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FLORIDA. >> -- FLORIDA, THOSE STATES
00:55:57
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ALL REMAIN TOO CLOSE TO CALL. FOR MITT ROMNEY TO WIN, HE NEEDS TO WIN EVERY ONE OF THOSE STATES. DIFFICULT TO DO, NOT IMPOSSIBLE. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT...
00:56:54
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A BAD JOB, RIGHT? AND SEEING THE EXIT POLLS, WE DIG INTO WHO VOTED AND WHAT THEY THOUGHT, AND WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THE CLUES OF WHY WE'RE HEARING SO...
00:58:01
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BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING A LOT THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT ABOUT THE MECHANICS OF ELECTIONS. IF YOU GO BACK AND REWIND THE TAPE, THE OBAMA...
00:59:31
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THE FIRST OF THE SWING STATES TO GO TO MITT ROMNEY, NORTH CAROLINA, A STATE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA PICKED UP ALMOST TO HIS SURPRISE IN 2008 HAS GONE...
01:02:13
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LET'S GO TO OUR POLITICAL NEWSROOM IN ROSLYN, VIRGINIA. WHERE WE HAVE THE POLITICO GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS. >> WELL, YOU KNOW,
01:02:31
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TWITTER CAN BE AN INDICATOR OF THINGS. IT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF INCREASED INTEREST AND MOMENTUM FROM THE...
01:04:04
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ONE OF THE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED RACES IS IN ILLINOIS FOR THE HOUSE. JOE WALSH AND TAMMY DOUGLASS. SHE IS THE DEMOCRATIC FAVORITE. ONE THAT HAS BROUGHT...
01:04:24
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NOW. >> WE WILL
01:04:25
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TALK ABOUT THE HOUSE REASONS A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. WE'LL BE TALKING TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE OUTCOME. THEY WILL RETAIN A MAJORITY THAT WILL GIVE THEM...
01:05:50
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ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS. JONATHAN MARTIN IN BOSTON, WE TALKED TO HIM A FEW MINUTES AGO. GOVERNOR ROMNEY IS STRUGGLING. STRUGGLING...
01:07:42
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RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT ON THE AIR, THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE STATEMENT OF OPTIMISM. THESE STATES ARE ONE BY ONE COMING IN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. >> UNTIL...
01:07:59
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OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, THE SENATE RACES -- THE SENATE RESULTS FOR DEMOCRATS ARE A BIG DEAL. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE MASSACHUSETTS GOING TO A VERY LIBERAL...
01:08:57
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WE ARE GETTING AN E-MAIL FROM A TOP SENATE REPUBLICAN AIDE. LOOKING AT THIS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL NIGHT. REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP...
01:09:41
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CALLING IOWA FOR BARACK OBAMA. AGAIN, HOLDING THE MIDWEST WALL. THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO WIN IOWA AND WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA -- MICHIGAN...
01:10:15
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ARE LOOKING AT THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO. MITT ROMNEY WINS ONLY NORTH CAROLINA AND COLORADO -- WE DON'T KNOW YET ABOUT FLORIDA AND OHIO AND VIRGINIA. THIS...
01:11:15
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YOU WERE JUST SAYING, REPUBLICANS PLAN TO MEET WITH OUTSIDE GROUPS RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION. IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO GET CONSERVATIVE GROUPS TO ALIGN...
01:11:55
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BOSTON. WE HAVE POLITICO STANDING BY. TELL US WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING? >>
01:12:00
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THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING NIGHT HERE. CERTAINLY A LITTLE SUBDUED. I HAVE BEEN TALKING AND E-MAILING WITH SOME OF THE BIG PEOPLE IN THE...
01:12:32
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PHOTOS OF CELEBRATIONS IN CHICAGO. THE OBAMA PEOPLE FEEL LIKE IT IS OVER. THEY FEEL THAT THEY ARE GOING TO WIN OHIO AND VIRGINIA. THEY THINK THE NUMBERS...
01:13:32
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YOU. >> IT IS 11:13
01:13:35
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P.M. MBC HAS PROJECTED OBAMA WINNING THE PRESIDENCY. WE ARE HEARING THE CHEERS BEHIND US. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT MVC IS BASING IT ON, BUT NBC IS ABOUT TO...
01:14:34
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WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM MITT ROMNEY'S HEADQUARTERS OF THE VOTES ARE NOT COMING IN IN THE PLACES THAT THEY NEED TO BE COMING IN FOR THEM TO WIN VIRGINIA...
01:15:26
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CALLING IT. YOUR STATION IS CALLING IT. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >> UNFORTUNATELY
01:15:57
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WE HAVE A BAD CONNECTION AND WE CANNOT HEAR THEM. THE STREAMING OVER THERE, THE NETWORK -- SOME FOLKS ARE CALLING OHIO AND ALL OF THEM. THEY ARE CALLING...
01:17:30
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PROTECTING ITS -- PROJECTING THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WON FOUR MORE YEARS. THEY ARE PROBABLY MORE PUMPED UP TONIGHT THAN ANY REPUBLICAN. IT IS GOING TO...
01:18:19
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TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE WHITE MAJORITY HAS BEEN SHRINKING EVERY YEAR IN THE LAST 20 YEARS. THEY HAVE EXPANDED THE DEMOGRAPHICS. I THINK THERE IS GOING...
01:19:06
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IT WILL BE A BIG QUESTION ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE DETERMINED THE VICTORY ON BOTH SIDES. I WILL SAY IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN GEORGE BUSH WON REELECTION IN A TOUGH...
01:20:03
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PRESIDENT OBAMA CLAIMING VICTORY. HE IS NOW TWEETING THAT IT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF YOU. CLAIMING VICTORY AFTER NETWORKS PROJECTED THAT HE HAS THE 270 ELECTORAL...
01:20:20
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A BIG NIGHT. WHAT WERE GOING TO TURN IT OVER THE NEXT HOUR IS TRY TO WALK THROUGH THE MECHANICS OF US AND HOW WE THINK WE GOT HERE. NOT HUGE VICTORY IN...
01:21:11
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STARTING TO SHIFT THE MESSAGE. STARTING TO SAY IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME. LET ME FINISH WHAT I STARTED. I THINK PEOPLE STARTED TO BUY INTO THAT. THEY...
01:21:30
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ARE SEEING HERE THE TWEAKS WERE PRESIDENT OBAMA CLAIMED REELECTION. IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. HE MADE THIS HAPPEN. HE GOES ON TO THANK THE ORGANIZERS AND...
01:23:00
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VERY CONSCIENCE COUNTRY AND CAUTIOUS OF HIS LEGACY. AND HE WILL TRY TO REACH OUT. HE WILL TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WILL LOOK FORWARD IN TERMS OF...
01:23:59
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DO YOU THINK IT WILL UNFOLD IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS? >> I THINK A SECOND TERM WILL
01:24:05
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BE VERY TORTURED. WE SAW THIS. WE SAW THIS WITH GEORGE W. BUSH. WE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE. AFTER HIS REELECTION VICTORY IN MANY WAYS, IT WAS SIMILAR TO...
01:24:43
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TO BARACK OBAMA, I THINK HE HAS TO DO SOMETHING TO ENERGIZE THE SECOND TERM. IT IS THE CASE THAT HE DID NOT PROVIDE A CLEAR VISION OF WHAT HE WANTED...
01:25:36
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HOW MUCH OF THE CREDIT FOR THIS VICTORY GOES TO THE MECHANIC OF THE CAMPAIGN, AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT? PEOPLES CONNECTION WITH OBAMA. IT SOUNDS LIKE...
01:25:55
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FIRST OFF, WE HAVE MADE THE POINT MANY TIMES TONIGHT. THERE ARE SOME VERY NARROW YARD LINES. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT. >> WHITED...
01:27:01
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LOSE? WAS IT HIM? WAS A MESSAGE? WAS A GEN X? >>
01:27:04
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ALL OF THE ABOVE. I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THIS WAS A WINNABLE RACE FOR REPUBLICANS. IT'S NOT LIKE WALTER MONDALE IN 1984. SOME OF MITT ROMNEY'S PERSONAL...
01:27:52
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MAN AND A GOOD LEADER IN SOME CONTEXT, CONTEXTS, BUT HE IS NOT A GOOD POLITICIAN. ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS I HAVE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS WHY DID HE...
01:28:20
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YOU HAVE MARTY OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND A LOT OF FOLKS TO BOOKS THAT COVER THIS. HOW BIG OF A DEAL -- AND WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THE RESULTS IN THE SENATE,...
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THE CHALLENGES OF THE MODERN GOP THAN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THAT WAS RELATED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS RELATING TO MITT ROMNEY. THE OVERALL...
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TO PUT THE MIKE IN CONTEXT, SO DEMOCRATS HAVE A GREAT NIGHT ON THE PRESIDENTIAL AND SENATE SIDES. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE A PRETTY GOOD...
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MYSTERY. IT IS THE PARTICULAR WAY THAT THE HOUSE DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN TO MAXIMIZE ADVANTAGE. REPUBLICANS ARE PROVING MORE DURABLE. AND YOU GET ANOTHER...
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ARE NOT AS MUCH IN HIS CONTROL IS CLEARLY HE WOULD LIKE. THAT IS WHEN THE QUESTIONS IN THESE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE REPUBLICAN...
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FIRST REPORTED THIS 20 YEARS AGO. >> THIS IS NOT A WAVE
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ELECTIONS. IT IS PART OF THE STATUS QUO THAT NEITHER PARTY HAS A DECISIVE ADVANTAGE. BASICALLY THE ALTERNATIVE OF FAILURE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE ISSUES....
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THE QUESTIONS HONESTLY THE WHOLE TIME. >> DO THINK AS BIG OF
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A NIGHT FOR BARACK OBAMA WAS POSSIBLE OR CONTEMPLATE WILL? OR DID YOU THINK THAT THE SWING STATES ARE GOING TO BE MORE EXTREME THAN WHAT THEY WANT A?...
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I DON'T SEE IT AS THIS DRAMATIC BIG NIGHT. IT WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO SAY THAT IT IS FANTASTIC -- IT IS A GOOD NIGHT. THAT BEATS THE ALTERNATIVE. PRESIDENT...
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WE HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT MITT ROMNEY IS CONCEDING? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ON THAT FRONT AT. >> THERE IS A LOT ON THAT
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FRONT. PICKING UP AND RUNNING FOLKSINGER THEY WANT TO SEE MORE OUT OF OHIO BEFORE THEY OFFICIALLY CONCEDED. I THINK ONE OF THE BIG WINNERS TONIGHT ARE...
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THE LIBERALS, BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT HE WAS OFFERING TOO MUCH CONCESSION TO THE PUBLIC. THEN PEOPLE AS HE WAS TELLING HIM THAT YOU HAVE TO STAND...
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READING E-MAILS FROM THE POLITICO NEWSROOM. AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION TAKING PLACE ON FOX AS TO WHY THEY CALLED OHIO. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT MAY...
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WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN 2000 MITT ROMNEY IS GETTING SOME PRESSURE FROM THE RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW THAT OBAMA WILL ...
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A MINUTE -- >> YOU ARE NOTHING
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BUT MR. SUNSHINE. >> WE TALKED EARLIER
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TONIGHT. >> APPARENTLY THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN IS NOT CONCEDING OHIO YET. >> BUT WE ARE AWAITING
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AN OFFICIAL NEWS ALERT THAT DOES CALL FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. TALKING ABOUT VIRGINIA, THESE OTHER STATES, WE WAITED 500 SUNDAYS FOR THIS ELECTION. TO...
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TRUE. THEY USE EVERY ASSET OF THEIR COMMAND TO TRY TO DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN WOMEN AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. BUT I DO THINK THAT IT HELPS ENORMOUSLY...
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ABOUT THIS. >> THE
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BEAUTY OF THIS IS THE BACK STORY TO BE WROTE ABOUT THIS WEEKEND. CHRIS CHRISTIE WAS THE FIRST PICK FOR MITT ROMNEY TO BE HIS VICE PRESIDENT. THEY WERE...
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A GUY THAT FORGETS. HE HAS A LOT OF PRIDE. >> THAT IS WELL
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SAID. CHRIS CHRISTIE HELPED PRESIDENT OBAMA GET REELECTED. IT'S KRISTY CHRISTIE WAS PART OF THAT. >> I WANT TO LOOK AT
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THE REAL-TIME RESULTS. DEMOCRATS ARE IN THE WANING SENATE RACES. NORTH DAKOTA, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO AND WISCONSIN. IF THAT WERE TO HOLD AND A LOT OF...
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CHRIS STEVENS SAID THAT THEY ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT GUYS. YOU KNOW, MITT ROMNEY IS A CEO TYPE. STEVENS IS A FREE SPIRIT. IT IS INTERESTING. IT IS INTERESTING...
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BEATING AND A LOT OF THESE AFTERMATHS. LET'S GO TO THE POLITICO NEWSROOM. TELL US WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. AND HOW YOU THINK WE WILL COVER...
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WE ARE RIGHT NOW AT THE OBAMA HEADQUARTERS IN CHICAGO. HE IS TALKING, HE IS USING THE N-WORD -- MANDATE. GEORGE BUSH AND 2004 DID THIS. HE TRIED TO EXTEND...
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NOW IS HOW -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY OBAMA IS WINNING EASILY, BUT REALLY, MITT ROMNEY WASN'T ABLE TO PUT ANY OF THIS IN PLAY. NORTH CAROLINA IS THE STATE...
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US CHECK IN WITH YOU ONE MORE TIME BEFORE THE END OF THE NIGHT. WE HAVE COLORADO THAT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CALLED FOR BARACK OBAMA. THE ROMNEY PEOPLE...
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EVENT CALLED? >>
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VIRGINIA? HAS IT BEEN CALLED? >> THE PRESIDENTIAL
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RACE IS STILL OUT. >>
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YES, AND I THINK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE DEBATE OVER A OHIO, I KNOW IT DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT COLORADO AND IOWA MOVING AWAY. VIRGINIA DOES NOT LOOK...
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HEAR FROM THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT? >> I THINK HE
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WANTS TO HEAR A CONCESSION FOR MITT ROMNEY BURSTS OUT OF RESPECT BEFORE HE WOULD ACTUALLY DO IT. UNLESS OBAMA FELT THAT MITT ROMNEY WAS UNUSUALLY STUBBORN....
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WE PICKED UP EARLIER ON THE FACT THAT THEY WEREN'T CONCEDING OHIO. >>
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APPARENTLY THERE IS A DISCUSSION ON FOX. KARL ROVE IS THINKING THAT THE ELECTION WAS CALLED TOO EARLY AND THE ROMNEY PEOPLE ARE PLANNING ON CONCEDING....
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GOOD NEWS FOR REPUBLICANS. JEFF FLAKE HAS WON THE ARIZONA SENATE SEAT. IT WAS ONE THAT THE REPUBLICANS THOUGHT THEY WOULD WHEN THEY TIGHTEN UP AT THE...
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BEEN OPTIMISTIC -- OBAMA IS AND HIS PARTY WERE REALLY TANKED UP IN CHICAGO. >> THAT IS ONE OF THE
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THINGS WE ARE HEARING OUT OF THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN -- ONE OF THE MESSAGES. THINGS HAVE HELD TOGETHER. >> THAT IS THE
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FUNNY THING. EVERYTHING HAS PLAYED OUT ALMOST PRECISELY WHO THE WAY THE OBAMA FOLKS HAVE SAID IT WOULD. WINNERS AND LOSERS -- SUPER PACS. WHAT DID THEY...
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WANT TO GIVE UP QUITE YET. >> THE ROMNEY
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MOTORCADE IS MOVING TOWARDS THE CONVENTION CENTER. >> WHAT IS MITT ROMNEY DO
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NEXT? >> MITT ROMNEY
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IS OUT OF POLITICS HERE. >>
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THIS IS WHAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. I DON'T THINK HE BECOMES THE HEAD OF THE PARTY. I THINK HE KIND OF POLITICALLY FALLS OFF THE TABLE. >> WE ARE BACK TO
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2008. SARA TAYLOR, RUSH LIMBAUGH, GLENN BECK. OBVIOUSLY BELIEVE WILL NOT BE ANY OF THOSE THREE. WHO IS THE LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. >> I DON'T
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THINK WE KNOW WHO THE CLEAR LEADER IS. ..
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