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THE FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND MICHAEL STEELE WELCOME BACK TO C-SPAN. WHAT HAPPENED TUESDAY GUEST: I THINK FROM
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| 00:00:13 |
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THE DEMOCRATS PERSPECTIVE THEY GOT AN AFFIRMATION OF THE POLICIES AND THE DIRECTION THAT THE PRESIDENT ARCTIC CUE LATED. AS A I WOULD SAY THERE WASN'T...
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| 00:01:16 |
GUEST, -
THEY HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE MIND SET THEY'VE BEEN STUCK IN AND I THINK FOR TWO BRIGHT SHINING YEARS YOU CAN PROVE YOU CAN WIN COMING OFF THE ASH HEEPS...
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| 00:03:03 |
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THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE MAY SEEK A SECOND TERM AS CHAIR OF THE PARTY. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? GUEST:
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| 00:03:12 |
GUEST, -
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT AND THAT'S A DECISION HE WILL MAKE ON HIS OWN. AND THE PARTY WILL JUDGE WHETHER LOSING TWO SENATE SEATS AND THE PRESIDENTIAL...
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| 00:03:27 |
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BIG MONEY. VOTERS IGNORED MOST OF THE OUTSIDE ADS BUT THE DANGER OF UNLIMITED SPENDING REMAINS AND A LOT OF FOCUS ON AMERICAN CROSS ROADS AND THE...
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| 00:03:44 |
GUEST, -
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT WAS NOT THE BEST THAT IT COULD OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN NO DOUBT. I DON'T KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CROSS...
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| 00:04:56 |
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STANDARD FOUR MORE YEARS AND LOSING CAN BE LIBERATING. HE POINTS OUT THAT CONSERVE IVES HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY GUEST: THERE IS SOME TRUTH
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| 00:05:22 |
GUEST, -
TO. THAT I THINK WHENEVER YOU GET INTO BATTLE YOU'RE CONSUMED BY IT, THAT'S YOUR FOCUS. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS HAVE YOU EVERY EXPECTATION GOING...
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| 00:06:34 |
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WEEK SAYING THERE WERE MIXED MESSAGES AND WHEN YOU DO THAT WHEN YOU SEND -- DECPWHRIT DIDN'T RESSNITETH NATE WITH MOST VOTERS BECAUSE WHAT -- HOW WE...
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| 00:08:46 |
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WAS MITT ROMNEY THE PROBLEM FOR THEM?
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| 00:08:50 |
GUEST, -
GUEST: NO. MITT ROMNEY WENT THROUGH THAT PRIMARY PROCESS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AND STATE AFTER STATE REPUBLICANS VOTED FOR HIM. IF THEY DIDN'T WANT MITT...
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| 00:09:48 |
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YOUR CALLS AND COMMENTS. JOIN US ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR SEND US AN E-MAIL OR TWEET. LET'S TURN TO THE POLICY SIDE OF THIS SPEAKER BOEHNER TELLING THE...
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| 00:10:16 |
GUEST, -
AGREE. LET JOHN BOEHNER BE IN A POSITION TO NEGOTIATE FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH NOT FROM A POSITION OF LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER AND HAVING TO...
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| 00:11:43 |
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CHANGES TO THE OVERALL TAX CODE NEXT YEAR. HOW LIKELY IS THAT? GUEST: I THINK IT'S
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| 00:11:51 |
GUEST, -
LIKELY. IT WON'T BE IMMEDIATE. YOU WANT TO GET IT RIGHT AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN BUT THAT'S A LEVERAGE POINT FOR JOHN BOEHNER. LET'S NOT FOCUS ON THE...
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| 00:12:23 |
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IS FROM MARYLAND BUT I WANT TO PUT THIS ON THE TABLE. IS MICHAEL STEELE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR IN 2014?
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| 00:12:35 |
GUEST, -
GUEST: I DON'T KNOW. I LOVE MY STATE. IT'S WHERE I WAS BORN AND I'M NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT I SEE THERE. A LOT OF FRUSTRATION. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SPENDING...
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| 00:12:58 |
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FOR A REPUBLICAN? GUEST:
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| 00:13:00 |
GUEST, -
TOUGH STATE FOR A REPUBLICAN AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT CAREFULLY. I HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION THAN. I'LL LEAVE THAT TO...
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| 00:13:17 |
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MY MIND. IF YOU RAN FOR GOVERNOR I WOULD BACK YOU BECAUSE I'VE SEEN A CHANGE IN YOU PERSONALLY. I'VE BEEN WATCHING AND YOU AND IT WAS DISHEARTENING...
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| 00:14:28 |
GUEST, -
IT. I HEARD IT QUITE A BIT. AND YOU CANNOT START A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD WHEN THE POSITION IS WELL OUR SOLE OBJECTIVE...
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| 00:16:18 |
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SHOULD LISTEN TO THE DEMS, THEY KNOW HOW TO RUN AND WIN. GUEST: I THINK THERE
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| 00:16:24 |
GUEST, -
ARE LESSONS TO LEARN. I LOOKED AT THE STRATEGIES THAT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE UNDER HOWARD DEAN'S LEADERSHIP PUT INTO POSITION. AND...
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| 00:17:04 |
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YOU A CUP OF KEY DEMOGRAPHIC AREAS. AS WE MOVE DOWN TO THE ISSUE OF RACE MITT ROMNEY GETTING 59% OF THE WHITE VOTE THE PRESIDENT 39% OF THE WHITE VOTE...
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| 00:17:41 |
GUEST, -
SHIFT. ACROSS THE BOARD SUCCESS BY THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN TO IDENTIFY ITS VOTER AND FOR A PERIOD OF OVER A YEAR TO TARGET THAT VOTER AND ON ELECTION DAY...
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| 00:18:57 |
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IS ON THE PHONE ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE IN ALABAMA.
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| 00:19:11 |
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CALLER: DECIRN [INDISCERNIBLE] THAT WAS A LONG LONG TIME AGO I GUESS. I SEE FIRST OF ALL -- I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT A COUPLE OF NUMBERS BUT BEFORE I GET...
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| 00:20:28 |
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SURE WHAT THE FINAL NUMBER WAS A PERCENTAGE OF RAW NUMBER OF BLACK TURNOUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I KNOW IN CERTAIN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY IT WAS VERY...
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| 00:21:25 |
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WEEK BROB WON WITH THE COALITION OF 1972. GUEST: YOU COULD SAY THAT. HOST: THESE ARE TWO
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| 00:21:34 |
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TWEETS THE GROUND GAME IS GOOD BUT MESSAGING GOES A LONG WAY. ASK MICHAEL STEELE ABOUT THE REPUBLICANS MUST PROTECT AND EXPLAIN INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY. GUEST:...
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| 00:21:51 |
GUEST, -
ARE SMART AND RIGHT ON. THE FIRST ONE IN TERMS OF THE MESSAGING THE THREE M'S. MONEY, MESSAGE MESSENGER. WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING MONEY....
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| 00:23:46 |
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OUR GUEST IS MICHAEL STEELE, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. THE FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND. YOU HAVE ONE SELECTION...
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| 00:24:14 |
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TOUGH. HE RAN BEFORE IN 2008. FOR HIM, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY PERSONAL JOURNEY TO ENDURE WHAT HE HAD TO INDOOR WITH RESPECT TO HIS FACE, THE ASSAULTS...
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| 00:25:46 |
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LINE WITH MICHAEL STEELE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: ONE, I WOULD
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| 00:25:55 |
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LIKE TO JUST AGREE 100% FROM THE CALLER FROM MARYLAND. I'M AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE AND I LOVE YOU. WHEN YOU WERE THE CHAIRMAN, I DID NOT APPRECIATE HOW...
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| 00:27:15 |
GUEST, -
CONSISTENCY WILL DO FOR A PERSON, RIGHT? THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT RON PAUL AND HIS LEADERSHIP. AGAIN, YOU CAN SCRATCH YOUR HEAD ON SOME OF THE FOREIGN-POLICY...
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| 00:29:56 |
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PRIEBUS HAVE TWO MORE YEARS? GUEST: THAT IS
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| 00:30:04 |
GUEST, -
SOMETHING THE MEMBERS NEED TO THINK ABOUT. 700 LEGISLATIVE SEATS AROUND THE COUNTRY TAKING UP SENATE SEATS AND RAISING $198 MILLION IN AN OFF-YEAR COLLECTION...
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| 00:30:42 |
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YOU INTERESTED? WHEN WOULD YOU ANNOUNCE? GUEST: WE'VE GOT TIME. HOST: NEXT CALLER. CALLER: I HAVE BEEN
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| 00:31:00 |
CALLER, -
WATCHING C- SPAN THIS YEAR MORE THAN I HAVE EVER WATCHED. WE NOW LIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS VERY DIVERSE. LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, OFWE HAVE OTHER RACES IN HERE...
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| 00:32:22 |
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ALIENATED WOMEN, LATINOS, ASIANS, GAYS, BLACK PEOPLE, ETC. GUEST: THIS IS NO LONGER
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| 00:32:33 |
GUEST, -
THE PARTY OF OLD WHITE MEN THE, NOR SHOULD IT BE. WE SHOULD BE MORE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT LINCOLN BARGAINED FOR. IT INDIVIDUALS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, SHAPES,...
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| 00:35:28 |
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WILL KICK YOU OUT FOR THINKING LIKE THAT. GUEST: THEY DID. [LAUGHTER] HOST: IF YOU
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| 00:35:36 |
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WERE CHAIRMAN AND GANNETT, WHAT WOULD YOU ASK YOURSELF? GUEST: WHAT THE HELL
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| 00:35:42 |
GUEST, -
ARE YOU DOING? I'M NOT SERIOUSLY LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY NEED TO SHAKE THINGS UP AND GET REAL. ANYONE RUNNING FOR THAT JOB HAS...
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| 00:37:35 |
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CONSERVATIVE AUTHOR IN "THE WASHINGTON POST" TODAY TALKING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT VIEWING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AS AN INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY RIGHT. HE SAYS THE...
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| 00:38:00 |
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WANTS JOHN BOEHNER TO COMPROMISE, BUT WHAT ABOUT HARRY REID? HE'S AN OLD BONEHEAD. [LAUGHTER] I THINK MR. ROMNEY WAS PROBABLY THE NICEST MAN THAT HAS...
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| 00:38:36 |
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GUEST: I LOVE IT. YOU RAISE A GOOD POINT. I WAS STRUCK BY HIS COMMENTS IN A THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN WHEN GOVERNOR ROMNEY TALKED ABOUT WORKING WITH THE...
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| 00:39:58 |
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AND IMMEDIATELY THE COURSE BEGINS. REPUBLICANS MUST CHANGE OR DIE. HE WAS MORE FORD 1976 THAN RONALD REAGAN 1980. GUEST: I THINK A
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| 00:40:44 |
GUEST, -
LOT OF WHAT WAS SAID THERE WAS TRUE. TUESDAY. HE SPOKE MORE LIKE FORD AND REAGAN? YOU PICKED HIM. AGAIN, WE KNEW THAT GOING IN. HE WAS A GOVERNOR WITH...
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| 00:42:08 |
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ME ASSURE YOU THESE COMMENTS FROM SENATOR KREUZ FROM TEXAS. HE SANK TO THE TEA PARTY WHEN HE WON IT, BUT WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHEN HE SAID IN TERMS...
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| 00:42:34 |
GUEST, -
TIME FOR LICKING WOUNDS IS OVER. TIME TO GET TO WORK. SIT DOWN WITH PAUL RYAN, OF ERIC CANTOR, WHICH MCCONNELL, JOHN BOEHNER, A STRATEGY TO LAY OUT...
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| 00:43:51 |
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TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO REPUBLICAN WOMEN, TEA PARTY WOMEN. FOR ALL OF YOU, THIS IS YOUR VICTORY. LET ME SAY THIS. IF PRESIDENT OBAMA MEANS WHAT HE SAYS...
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| 00:44:42 |
GUEST, -
MOST IMPORTANT THING HE SAID THERE IS A FIT THE PRESENT IS SERIOUS, SERIOUS ABOUT WORKING WITH HIM. BUT THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO HANG OUT IN HARRY REID'S...
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| 00:46:02 |
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FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, THANK YOU. WHAT'S NEXT IN THE PRESIDENT'S SECOND TERM WITH REGARDS TO AFGHANISTAN? WE WILL BE...
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| 00:46:29 |
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GOOD MORNING, STEVE. WE EXPECT THE AFTERMATH OF THE ELECTION CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION. WE WILL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT THE PENDING FISCAL CLIFF AND THE...
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