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00:00:10
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SHOT OF THE UNION STATION IN WEISS DID, D.C. -- IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT POLITICS AND THE YEAR IN FOREIGN POLICY. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM...
00:00:56
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
REACH OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU CAN SEND US A TWEET AT TWITTER.COM/CSPANWJ. WE HAVE ABOUT 15 COMMENT SO FAR. YOU CAN SEND THIS E-MAIL THAT JOURNAL@C-SPAN.ORG....
00:01:57
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
MANSION'S THIS MORNING. -- JUST SOME OF THE MANSIOENTIONS THIS MORNING. YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL. 202-585-3881 FOR REPUBLICANS. 202-585-3880 FOR DEMOCRATS....
00:03:46
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FROM "THE WASHINGTON TIMES." THIS IS RON FROM LOUISIANA. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. HOST: WHO WISH TO
00:04:02
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
NOMINATE? -- WHO WOULD YOU'LL NOMINATE? CALLER: OBAMA. HOST: WHAT MAKES HIM YOUR HERO? CALLER: WE WERE ON
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A MAJOR SLIDE WHEN HE CAME INTO OFFICE. HE SAVE THE AUTOMOBILE AND GOT OSAMA BIN LADEN. HE DID EVERYTHING EVEN THOUGH THE GOP DID NOTHING BUT FILIBUSTER....
00:04:47
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THERE OTHER HEROES YOU LOOK TO BESIDE THE PRESIDENT? CALLER: THIS YEAR I BELIEVE
00:04:54
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HE SHOULD BE THE STAR FOR WHAT HE HAS GONE UP AGAINST. HE WAS TRYING TO DO A REASONABLE -- GET A COMPROMISE AND THE GOP WAS SAYING THEIR WAY OR NOTHING...
00:05:17
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
MUCH. THIS COMES FROM TWITTER. HOST: I NEXT
00:05:28
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
CALL IS ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: THE BARTENDER
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THAT TOOK THE VIDEOTAPE OF MR. ROMNEY TALKING ABOUT THE 47%. HE SHOWED AN INSIGHT INTO THE CANDIDATE. HOST: WHY IS HE A HERO? CALLER: HE HAD
00:05:57
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THE COURAGE TO SHARE WITH OTHERS. HOST: ANYBODY
00:06:02
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ELSE IN CONGRESS OR IN TEXAS? CALLER: I THOUGHT THAT MR.
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PAUL WAS A CLASS ACT. HOST: THAT WAS TOM FROM
00:06:17
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TEXAS. TELL US ABOUT YOUR POLITICAL HERO. E-MAIL AND TWITTER. GIVE US A CALL, 202-585-3881 FOR REPUBLICANS. 202-585-3880 FOR DEMOCRATS. THEY ALL START...
00:07:06
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
140 CHARACTERS. WENDY FROM OAKLAND, NEW JERSEY. GO AHEAD.
00:07:18
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CALLER: HI. I BELIEVE THE POLITICAL HERO SHOULD BE HILLARY CLINTON. HOST: WHY IS THAT? CALLER: SHE HAS
00:07:31
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KEPT PEACE AROUND THE WORLD. SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE PROBLEMS HERE IN AMERICA WHILE SHE IS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OVERSEAS. HOST: WHAT WOULD
00:07:49
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOU LIKE TO SEE OUT OF THERE? CALLER:
00:07:54
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BECOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES. I THINK IT IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY. YOU MENTIONED TRAVEL AND KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE. ANY SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENT...
00:08:13
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THE PAKISTANIS LEADERS AND GOING TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND DEALING WITH THE WORLD ISSUES AND BEING A GOOD NEGOTIATOR, PEACEMAKER AND HER DEMEANOR....
00:08:31
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOU ARE ON. CALLER: MY HERO IS MITT
00:08:37
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ROMNEY. IF HE HAD BEEN ELECTED, HE WOULD HAVE STRAINED THINGS MUCH BETTER THAN THEY ARE NOW. THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. HOST: WHAT -- CALLER: CHARACTER,...
00:09:05
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
YOUR CHOICE. CALLER: THAT IS ABOUT IT. HOST: PATRICK IS NEXT.
00:09:16
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CALLER: MY POLITICAL HERO IS PRESIDENT OBAMA. HOST: WHY SO?
00:09:22
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CALLER: HE HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT. HE HAS KEPT HIS COOL DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. I LOOK FORWARD TO HIM DOING BETTER. HOST: ONE THING THAT STANDS
00:09:37
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OUT AS FAR AS HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. CALLER: BRINGING THE END
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TO OSAMA BIN LADEN. I THINK HE HAS DONE VERY WELL. HE HAS BEEN PATIENT AND THE ADULT FOR WORKING WITH THE REPUBLICANS THAT TRIED TO MAKE EVERYTHING FOR...
00:10:05
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OBAMA AMONGST OTHERS BEING LISTED THIS MORNING FROM THE PHONES AND FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. THERE'S A STORY AFTER THE PASSING OF SENATOR DANIEL IN A WAOUYE...
00:11:15
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THE GOVERNOR OF HAWAII POSSIBLY BEEN THE REPLACEMENT FOR DANIEL INOUYE, REPORTED BY CBS NEWS. PICKING UP ON THE REMAINING TIME AND BEFORE THE NEXT SENATE,...
00:11:55
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PROUD DEMOCRAT AND A PROUD AMERICAN. WERE IT NOT FOR THOSE INSIGHTS PLANTED IN MY HEAD AT THE AGE OF 11 IN BETWEEN IS THE LAND AND A TRIP TO YELLOWSTONE...
00:12:49
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WAOUYE PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE'RE LOOKING AT YOUR POLITICAL HERO OF 2012. MITCH IS FROM TENNESSEE ON THE DEMOCRAT'S LINE. CALLER: I JUST WANT...
00:13:06
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THAT MY POLITICAL HERO HAD TO BE BERNIE SANDERS. HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT NOT PAYING TAXES ON THE HIGH END. I SAY BERNIE SANDERS GOT IT RIGHT. ASK ANYBODY...
00:14:01
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
A HERO POLITICALLY IN YOUR MIND? WISCONSIN ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: MINE WOULD BE
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GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE FROM PENNSYLVANIA. HOST: NEW JERSEY? CALLER:
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I'M SORRY. AND BOOKER. HOST: CORY BOOKER. CALLER: THEY
00:14:35
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DIFFER, THEIR POLITICS. THEY DO NOT HATE EACH OTHER. THEY ARE TRYING. LIKE THE OTHERS I SEE, THEY DO NOT LIKE -- IF A DEMOCRAT DOES IT, THEY DO NOT LIKE...
00:15:18
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHO IN THE PAST WOULD BE POLITICAL HEROES TO YOU? CALLER: IN THE
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PAST? THE GUY FROM SOUTH AFRICA. NELSON MANDELA. LOOK WHAT HE DID. THE IDEA OF USING SOCCER. THAT WAS SO CLEVER. HE COULD HAVE BEEN HATEFUL AFTER COMING...
00:15:58
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OF POLITICIANS AS HEROES? CALLER: I THINK
00:16:03
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ALL ARE TRYING TO BUILD DAY PENTHOUSE FOR US AND THEY ARE SINCERE. I BELIEVE IT WILL NOT MATTER BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION IS BROKE. NOW MATTER WHAT YOU...
00:16:29
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CHRISTMAS. NUMBER 1 WOULD BE SEAN HENNESSEYANNITY. A SECOND RUNNER-UP IS ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS THE AMENDMENT. HE HAS BEEN MY HERO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS....
00:17:08
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
BOLLENBACGLENN BECK ARE COMMENTING ON FACEBOOK. FACEBOOK.COM/CSPAN. THIS IS WHAT JODY SAYS FROM TWITTER. HOST: YOU CAN DO THE
00:17:28
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SAME ON TWITTER THIS MORNING. WINSTON-SALEM ON THE DEMOCRAT'S LINE, HELLO.
00:17:38
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. MERRY CHRISTMAS. AMBASSADOR RICE. SHE IS A GOOD HERO BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONE THAT TO ACCEPT ALL THE BLOOD AND ANCNGER ON THE REPUBLICANS...
00:18:35
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MORNING. MERRY CHRISTMAS. MY HERO IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE BERNIE SANDERS FROM VERMONT. I LEAN TOWARD THE SOCIALIST ASPECT OF OUR SOCIETY. I BELIEVE IT...
00:19:29
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ON THE BANKING INDUSTRY THAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION? CALLER: HIS CONCERN FOR
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THE POOR DRAWS MY ATTENTION. NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THE POOR. THE POOR ARE GOING TO TAKE THE BRUNT OF THIS ONE IT GOES DOWN. HOST: GEORGE H. W.
00:20:01
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
BUSH WILL SPEND CHRISTMAS IN THE HOSPITAL, ACCORDING TO "THE WASHINGTON POST." HOST:
00:20:59
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SAMUEL IS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE DEMOCRAT'S LINE.
00:21:04
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CALLER: HELLO. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? HOST: FINE, THANK YOU. CALLER: JOE SCARBOROUGH. HOST: THE MORNING
00:21:19
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TALK-SHOW HOST. WHY SO? CALLER: HE GOT HIS SHOW
00:21:26
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BODY SEEMED TO BALANCE HIS PROGRAM BY TALKING TO REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS. WHEN OBAMA WAS DOWN AND MITT ROMNEY WAS GAINING MOMENTUM,...
00:22:31
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ADDS -- DALE FROM ATLANTA, GEORGIA, HI. CALLER:
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HIGH. MY POLITICAL HERO -- EVERYBODY WAS PICKING TALK SHOWS. JUAN WILLIAMS. HE PUT THE FAIR AND BALANCED AND FAIR AND BALANCED. HOST: HOW SO? CALLER:...
00:23:09
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FIRED HIM. THE WHOLE WORLD WAS MAN BEHIND THAT. HOST: ANYTHING ELSE? CALLER: I MIGHT SAY
00:23:23
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STENY HOYER. HE IS A REAL FIGHTER OUT THERE. HE BATTLES WITH ERIC CANTOR EVERYDAY. HOST: AS FAR AS JUAN
00:23:37
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WILLIAMS, YOU'RE NOT JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE HE WILL JOIN US THIS MORNING, ARE YOU? CALLER: IF JUAN
00:23:47
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WILLIAMS WAS IN ON FOX NEWS, IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR AND BALANCED. HOST: MR. WILLIAMS
00:23:56
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WILL JOIN US AT 8:30 THIS MORNING. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT FOREIGN POLICY WITH ELI LAKE OF "NEWSWEEK" AND "THE DAILY BEAST." HE'S THE SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY...
00:25:40
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
LET US KNOW WHO YOUR POLITICAL HERO IS. THE STORY AFTER THE NEW TOTOWN SHOOTING. THIS IS THE FRONT PAGE OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES." HOST: THE STORY
00:26:33
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
GOES ON. THIS IS LUKE ROSAK. HOST: IT GOES ON
00:27:08
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TO TALK ABOUT THAT STORY. FRONT PAGE OF "THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS." THIS STEMMING FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK ABOUT A SNIPER THAT SET FIRE TO A BUILDING AND...
00:27:48
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MOORE. CAPITALISM IS DEAD. HOST: GEORGE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD
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MORNING. GEORGE WILL. HE IS NOT AN OFFICE HOLDER AND HAS NO INTENTION OF RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. HE GAVE A LECTURE IN ST. LOUIS ON DECEMBER 4 AND...
00:29:36
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ABOUT MR. WILL THAT MAKES HIM A HERO TO YOU? CALLER:
00:29:42
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HE HAS CONSISTENTLY FOR DECADES ESPOUSED IN BILLION RIDING FOR BRILLIANT WRITING FORM. HE IS A CONSERVATIVE IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD. HE MADE...
00:30:37
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THERE A CALL IT THAT STANDS OUT THAT MAKES A PERSON A HERO TO YOU POLITICALLY? CALLER: HE IS NOT A
00:30:46
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HERO BECAUSE HE HAS A HIGH DEGREE OF NATIVE INTELLIGENCE. HE EXERCISES THAT INTELLIGENCE IN WHAT I THINK IS A PRODUCTIVE AND TRUE WAY OF ESPOUSING CONSERVATISM....
00:31:40
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: OK. THAT IS GEORGE FROM ILLINOIS. CALLER: HOW ARE
00:31:46
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YOU DOING/ MERRY CHRISTMAS. THE POLITICAL HERO FOR THIS YEAR IS RON PAUL. RON PAUL HAS BEEN AN HONEST MAN, TRUTH AND INTEGRITY. HE SAYS THE TRUTH. HE...
00:32:49
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THERE A SPECIFIC INSTANCE?
00:32:54
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CALLER: WHEN ALL THE OTHER POLITICIANS -- OUR WARS. ALL THE OTHER POLITICIANS ARE TALKING, "WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THESE WARS," SAME OLD STATUS QUO ABOUT...
00:33:57
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HERO IS MY CONGRESSMAN, RON BARBER. AS YOUR VIEWERS MIGHT KNOW, RON WAS SHOT IN AN ACT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. HE WENT ON TO RUN...
00:34:25
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
KNOW OF MR. BARBER? CALLER: HE FIRST
00:34:31
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CAME TO MY ATTENTION DURING THE COVERAGE OF THE SHOOTING OF GABRIELLE GIFFORDS. HOST: WAS THAT INSTANCE
00:34:41
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
AND THE AFTERMATH THAT SET HIM UP AS A POLITICAL HERO, IN YOUR MIND? CALLER:
00:34:50
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GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF BEING SHOT AND THEN COMING BACK AND HAVING TO RUN TWO VERY DIFFICULT CAMPAIGNS WITH SOME MUCH MONEY POURING IN AGAINST HIM...
00:35:09
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ABOUT HIS POSITIONS THAT STAND FOR YOU AND YOU ARE DRAWN TO?
00:35:17
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CALLER: I AM A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT AND I AGREE WITH ALL HIS POSITIONS INCLUDING THOSE ON GUN CONTROL. IT IS NOT HIS POSITIONS THAT MAKING A HERO. HE WAS...
00:35:48
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TO HIM. GENE FROM TOPEKA, KANSAS -- JEAN. YOU'RE ON.
00:35:59
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CALLER: OK. MY POLITICAL HERO, THERE ARE TWO OF THEM. YES, THANK YOU. HOST: OK, GO AHEAD. CALLER:
00:36:16
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PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MR. BOEHNER. HOST: TELL US WHY. CALLER: THEY HAVE
00:36:25
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BEEN WORKING VERY HARD FOR ALL US. I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN UP AGAINST GREAT ODDS AND THEY CONTINUE TO WORK. HOST: EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE POLITICAL OPPOSITES....
00:36:44
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OPPOSITE ON THEIR PATRIOTISM AND CARE ABOUT OUR COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE. HOST: SO THOSE ARE SOME
00:36:53
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
OF THE EXAMPLES OF FOLKS YOU CAN SELECT FOR YOUR POLITICAL HERO OF 2012. YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL OR POST ON FACEBOOK. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE...
00:37:27
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DENISON CALLING FROM MICHIGAN . MARY MARMERRY CHRISTMAS. DR. RON PAUL HAS STOOD UP COURAGEOUSLY FOR NATURAL RIGHTS. AND ALSO FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL...
00:39:07
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SOMEBODY MENTIONED THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN, JENNIFER GRANHOLM, ON TWITTER. SHE WAS NOMINATED AMONG OTHERS FOR THE POLITICAL YEAR OF 2012.
00:39:27
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CALLER: HI. GOOD MORNING AND MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. MY HERO IS OBAMA. HE IS A MAN WHO STANDS BY HIS WORD. HE PUTS PEOPLE FIRST OVER POLITICS....
00:40:21
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FOR HIM TO DO IN HIS NEXT TERM? CALLER:
00:40:28
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TO STAND BY HIS PRINCIPLES BY NOT GIVING IN TO REPUBLICANS. WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT REPRESENTS MOST OF THE PEOPLE, NOT JUST THE ELITE OF THE COUNTRY. I...
00:41:10
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FROM MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. THIS IS DONNA ON TWITTER. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING ON. THIS IS JERRY FROM GEORGIA. CALLER: I PICKED MITT ROMNEY
00:41:28
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AND THEN PAUL. PAUL PREDICTED ALL THIS FOR YEARS. ROMNEY ABOUT THE SMARTEST MAN THAT WAS WILLING TO DO THE JOB TO FIX ALL OF THIS. THEY'RE ALL YELLING...
00:42:29
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
PICK POLITICAL HEROES? CALLER: THIS IS A REPUBLIC
00:42:36
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AND WANT TO SEE GOING BACK TO WHAT IT WAS. PEOPLE ARE GETTING KNOCKED OFF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN STATES BECAUSE THEIR RATES WENT DOWN. WE GO OFF THIS CLIFF,...
00:43:01
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHO CHOOSES BEN BERNANKE. BEVERLY IS NEXT FROM VERMONT.
00:43:12
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CALLER: HELLO/ ? MY CHOICE IS THE TEACHERS OF AMERICA. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE DID NOT SPEAK UP MORE FOR THE TEACHERS. THEY DO THEY HURLED JOB PRACTICALLY...
00:43:33
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: WHY ARE THEY POLITICAL HEROES?
00:43:38
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CALLER: WHO DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO RUN THE COUNTRY IN THE FUTURE? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND. OUR FUTURE IS OUR CHILDREN. NOBODY...
00:44:25
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I HAVE IS PAUL RYAN. HE IS VERY INTELLECTUAL WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCES. THE HERO FOR 2012. HOST: COULD YOU EXPAND
00:44:41
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHY HE'S YOUR HERO? CALLER: WHAT HE OUTLINED
00:44:47
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WHEN HE WAS ONE FOR VICE PRESIDENT IS WHAT I AM BASING IT ON. HOST: HAS
00:44:56
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HE ALWAYS BEEN A HERO OF YOURS? CALLER:
00:45:02
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I HAD BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO HIM EVEN BEFORE THIS. HOST: THEN THE
00:45:08
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
VICE PRESIDENCY RUN ADDED TO THAT. CALLER: YES. HOST:
00:45:15
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE OUT OF HIM? CALLER: TO RUN AGAIN
00:45:22
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AND BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HOST: THAT IS JIM
00:45:27
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FROM VIRGINIA. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT POLITICAL HEROES. WE WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHO YOU MISSED THE MOST WITH THE LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO CONGRESS....

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