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Lancaster, Carol - Dean
PUZZLED BY ALL THE MESSAGES THAT MAY BE OUT THERE. WE KNOW THAT THE MESSAGE IS FAIRLY CLEAR. THE PRESIDENT SAID IT HIMSELF. WHAT ARE THE MESSAGES THAT...
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| 00:02:22 |
Bua, Jon-Christopher - Commentator
GREAT HONOR AND GREAT GRATITUDE. I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO OUR LEADER IN THE GERMAN CENTER. IT IS PROFESSOR JEFF ANDERSON. HE IS NOT HERE WITH US TODAY....
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| 00:13:53 |
Rather, Dan - Anchor
EGOS, MAYBE. >> THERE IS NO EGO LIKE AN ANCHOR MAN'S EGO. BELIEVE ME. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE ELECTORATE WAS SAYING TO BOTH PARTIES, IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE...
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| 00:15:58 |
Ickes, Harold - Co-Founder and President
THE FRINGES THAT WILL TALK ABOUT THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT. I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT, WHETHER LARGE OR SMALL,...
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| 00:18:00 |
Zogby, James J. - Founder and President
GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. KATRINA, IN THAT CONTEXT, IS MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN 9/11. 9/11 SAW THE COUNTRY COME TOGETHER AND KATRINA HAD US FALL APART....
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| 00:21:44 |
Olsen, Henry - Vice President & Director
INCOMING PARTY IS AS UNPOPULAR AS THE OUTGOING PARTY. IN 1994, WHEN REPUBLICANS TOOK CONGRESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS, VOTERS HAD A POSITIVE...
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| 00:26:06 |
Kucinich, Dennis - U.S. Representative, [D] Ohio
PROBLEMS IS THAT YOU KEEP IT AT THE LEVEL OF DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE OF IT. IT IS STRUCTURED TO...
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| 00:31:15 |
Sweet, Lynn - Columnist
HOUSE DID NOT MOVE FAST ENOUGH TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. DENNIS OUTLINED THIS. I WANT TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK FORWARD TO WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. THE MESSAGE...
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| 00:35:16 |
Bua, Jon-Christopher - Commentator
YOU DEAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR CONGRESS AND HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR ADAM BOULTON, WHO...
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| 00:35:46 |
Boulton, Adam - Political Director
SCRAPES ALONG THE WAY. THERE IS ONE THING WORSE THAN TALKING ABOUT POLITICS IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY, IT IS TALKING ABOUT POLITICS IN SOMEONE ELSE'S COUNTRY....
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| 00:42:03 |
Rather, Dan - Anchor
WHAT IS THE MAJORITY -- WHAT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY WHAT? WE HAVE NOT TAKEN INTO EFFECT WHAT THE MANY SPECIAL INTERESTS WHO CONTRIBUTE ONLY AMOUNTS...
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| 00:44:37 |
Bua, Jon-Christopher - Commentator
UP? >> A LOT GOES INTO THE ADS. I AGREE WITH
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Ickes, Harold - Co-Founder and President
THEM, WHOLEHEARTEDLY -- I AGREE WITH DAN RATHER, WHOLEHEARTEDLY. THE DISGRACEFUL DECISION ON CITIZENS UNITED HAS OPENED UP OVERRULING OVER 100 YEARS...
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| 00:48:42 |
Olsen, Henry - Vice President & Director
ON OPEN WOLF -- OPEN WARFARE. I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING REJECTED BY PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE. ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF AMERICANS ARE PARTISAN DEMOCRATS...
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| 00:50:00 |
Zogby, James J. - Founder and President
CONGRESSMAN KUCINICH MADE, I THINK IT WAS EXPLOITED IN THE WAY THAT CAMPAIGNS WERE RUN ABOUT ISSUES THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT THE CAMPAIGN WAS...
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| 00:52:50 |
Sweet, Lynn - Columnist
IF THE PACKAGE IS ABOARD THAT PLANE LAST WEEK HAD EXPLODED, WE WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT POLITICAL CLIMATE TODAY THAN WE DO. IT WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING IN...
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| 00:54:02 |
Olsen, Henry - Vice President & Director
STIMULUS THAT HAROLD TALKED ABOUT. WE CAN DEBATE THAT AS A MATTER OF POLICY PREFERENCES. THE POLLS SUGGEST THAT AMONG WORKING-CLASS VOTERS, THAT THEY...
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Kucinich, Dennis - U.S. Representative, [D] Ohio
IF YOU SAY TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT. LOOK, I KNOW ABOUT WHITE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. MY FATHER WAS A TRUCK DRIVER. I GREW UP THE OLDEST OF SEVEN. MY PARENTS...
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| 00:58:35 |
Bua, Jon-Christopher - Commentator
HIS -- THERE IS A HUGE MOVEMENT, A COALITION GOVERNMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN, AND HE CAN TESTIFIES TO THAT, HE S THERE. BUT THERE'S ALSO A REAL INTEREST...
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Boulton, Adam - Political Director
PARALLELS. I THINK WE HAVE GOT A RIGHT OF CENTER GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN WHICH IS TRYING OUT A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIMENT, WHICH IS BASICALLY TRYING TO...
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| 01:01:15 |
Rather, Dan - Anchor
MUST BE DEALT WITH THAT ON THE ONE HAND YOU HAVE ELECTION RETURNS WHICH INDICATE PEOPLE SAY THEY WANT LESS GOVERNMENT, WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO GET OUT...
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| 01:03:52 |
Bua, Jon-Christopher - Commentator
FRANCE. TAKE A LESSON FROM SOME OF THE GOINGS ON. >> THE RETIREMENT AGE HAS GONE UP. >> THERE YOU GO. WE'VE GOT TWO WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE WITH MICROPHONES,...
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Q&A, -
YOU'RE AFFIATED. >> BOB WEANER, NATIONAL COLUMNIST AND JOINTLY COVER THE WHITE HOUSE WITH YOU, JOHN. >> THAT'S NOT WHY I CALLED ON HIM BECAUSE HE...
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Boulton, Adam - Political Director
STRUGGLE PROBABLY THE WAY TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IS TO HAVE AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA AN ISSUE WHICH THEY THINK AFFECTS THEM, WHICH AGAIN IN...
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| 01:06:08 |
Sweet, Lynn - Columnist
PRESUMES THAT -- YOU'RE COMING FROM GOOD GOVERNANCE AND GOOD CIVIL BEHAVIOR. IT MIGHT NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST SOMETIMES TO WANT TO RAISE OR THE...
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Kucinich, Dennis - U.S. Representative, [D] Ohio
CHAPTER. >> THE YOUNG PERSON SAW A CHANCE FOR CHANGE. YOU'D SEE THE TURNOUT START TO CHANGE. SO YOU GIVE UNG PEOPLE A STAKE, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE...
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| 01:07:18 |
Bua, Jon-Christopher - Commentator
PERSONALLY FOR YOU THAT YOU GOT OUT AND VOTED? SEE A LOT OF THEES AND NOT A LOT OF THEES. I SEE ONE YES, ONE NO. THAT'S INTERESTING. BEAR THAT IN MIND....
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Kucinich, Dennis - U.S. Representative, [D] Ohio
WHO ARE STOCK PILING DEBT OR THEIR PARENTS ARE WHERE BY THE TIME THEY LEAVE SCHOOL THEY WILL OWE 80,000 AND MORE. AND SO THEIR WHOLE LIVES THEN FROM THE...
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Rather, Dan - Anchor
ONE QUESTION, IT RAISES A LARGER ISSUE. I THINK THAT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH PEOPLE OF ANY AGE, THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE REACH THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE...
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Ickes, Harold - Co-Founder and President
NO. >> I FORGOT THE QUESTION, HAROLD. >> TO HIS QUESTION. NO. >> NO. >> I WOULD AGREE WITH DAN AND HAROLD, THAT WE HA A HIGH TURNOUT ELECTION
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| 01:10:49 |
Olsen, Henry - Vice President & Director
THIS TIME BY MID-TERM STANDARDS. WE HAD ABOUT 42% OF ELIGIBLE WHO CAST BALLOTS, ABOUT 5 POINTS HIGHER. AND FOR DECADES WE'VE SEEN VOTER PARTICIPATION...
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| 01:11:22 |
Zogby, James J. - Founder and President
ON FEAR AND INSECURITY, AND TO SOME DEGREE IT WORKED THOSE WHO WERE COORDINATED NATIONAL CAMPAIGN. DEMOCRATS TRIED IN THE LAST MONTH TO SORT OF PUT...
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| 01:13:09 |
Boulton, Adam - Political Director
THAT THERE HAS BEEN A POLARIZATION, THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ARE MORE CLEARLY DEFINED. AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE LOOK ABROAD, WE...
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| 01:15:11 |
Sweet, Lynn - Columnist
PEOPLE CAN BE CONCERNED ABOUT A FEW THINGS AT ONCE. I DON'T TAKE SO MUCH STOCK IN THE POLL THAT JUST PUTS THE CONCERNS. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S...
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| 01:17:20 |
Kucinich, Dennis - U.S. Representative, [D] Ohio
THE DYNAMIC THAT THE COUNTRY WAS EXPECTING WITH STRONGER LEADERSHIP FROM THE WHITE HOUSE WAS THEN PULL THE CONGRESS ALONG, ANDF THE REPUBLICANS HAD...
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| 01:18:44 |
Rather, Dan - Anchor
IN MILITARY TERMS, EVERY EVEN NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER KNOWS, EXPLOIT SUCCESS. AND I AGREE THAT IN THERE WAS AN AURA ABOUT INAUGURATION DAY, NOT JUST IN...
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| 01:20:26 |
Kucinich, Dennis - U.S. Representative, [D] Ohio
LEADERS IN CONGRESS WERE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD DO. INSTEAD -- YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT BUT WE'RE A CO EQUAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT....
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| 01:21:03 |
Zogby, James J. - Founder and President
ON THESE HEALTH CARE TOWN MEETINGS IT WAS VERY CLEAR WHAT THE AGENDA WAS. IT WAS TO DISRUPT. AND PEOPLE BEHAVED IN VANDAL BULLY LIKE FASHION AND VIOLENCE...
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| 01:22:40 |
Rather, Dan - Anchor
ABOUT THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENCY. ONE OF THE MAJOR POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY IS THE POWER PO TO PERSUADE. THAT'S WHAT LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT. PICK WHATEVER...
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| 01:25:12 |
Olsen, Henry - Vice President & Director
REPUBLICAN PARTY HASN'T NOMINATED WHO WASN'T ALREADY NATIONALLY FAMOUS SINCE 1940. SO FOR THEM TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY WHO CAN WALK INTO A DINER AND GET...
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| 01:27:21 |
Ickes, Harold - Co-Founder and President
NAME. NO THAT SHE'S GOING TO WHAT? SO YOUR QUESTION IS? WELL, I THINK SHE'S BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARILY EFFECTIVE LEADER. THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY THAT...
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| 01:30:22 |
Bua, Jon-Christopher - Commentator
WEET HIM GET AWAY WITH THAT. ANWE'RE GOING TO LOSE DAB RATHER AND DENNIS KUCINICH. [APPLAUSE] >> LET ME JUST SAY THAT IN A FAR LESS ARTICULATE WAY...
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| 01:30:58 |
Zogby, James J. - Founder and President
THIS ELECTION ON TOP AND THEN THERE WAS THE REALITY UNDERNEATH OF A ROYAL PUBLIC REALLY FRIGHTENED, VERY ANXIOUS, AND VOTING THEIR FEAR AND ANXIOUSNE....
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| 01:31:57 |
Olsen, Henry - Vice President & Director
WAY. >> I THINK WHAT HAPPENED HE IS BETWEEN THE INCREASE IN DEBT, BETWEEN THE HEALTH CARE BILL WHICH ACCORDING TO T EXIT POLL IT IS ABOUT 50/50. BUT...
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| 01:33:13 |
Ickes, Harold - Co-Founder and President
LICENSE THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAD TO BAD MOUTH AND CHARACTERIZEHE HEALTH CARE LL AS BIG GOVERNMENT RAISING YOUR TAXES, ET CETERA, IN CONTRAST TO WHAT...
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| 01:33:54 |
Boulton, Adam - Political Director
STRATEGY NOW. I'M NOT RALLY VERY CLEAR ON WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC STRATEGY IS. >> THE QUESTION ALONG THOSE LINES. YES. THE FIRST PERSON RIGHT THERE. ...
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| 01:34:41 |
Sweet, Lynn - Columnist
P. NO HEAD QUARTERS. IT IS A MOVEMENT. D IT IS A MOVEMENT THAT GRAVITATED AND BECAME A WIN-GO IN THIS ELECTION FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. AND IT MAY...
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| 01:37:17 |
Ickes, Harold - Co-Founder and President
IT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL DECISION. IN ORDER TO OVERTURN THAT, IT WOULD REQUIRE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. ALL WOULD HOPE YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT THAN...
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| 01:39:04 |
Bua, Jon-Christopher - Commentator
WHAT YOUR POLITICS ARE, WE SELL A WOUNDED MAN. HE SAID HE FEELS BAD. THE QUESTION WAS, WAS IT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THIS WHITE HOUSE THAT WAS NOT ABLE...
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| 01:39:59 |
Olsen, Henry - Vice President & Director
MADE A MASSIVE GAINS IN CONGRESS AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION. IT WAS IN REACTION TO LARGE, RAPID EXPANSIONS TO FEDERAL POWER. THE PARTY WAS SAYING, "LET'S...
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| 01:40:39 |
Boulton, Adam - Political Director
PHYSICAL -- ON THE FISCAL SPECTRUM IS THE COMMON LEVEL OF DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY. >> I THINK THE MESSAGE WAS JOBS AND THERE WERE SOME...
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| 01:40:58 |
Sweet, Lynn - Columnist
IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS ALL A BIG REPUBLICAN GAINS VERY EARLY IN THE YEAR. THAT WAS BEFORE OBAMA'S POPULARITY STARTED DROPPING AS LOW AS IT DID. I...
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| 01:41:26 |
Ickes, Harold - Co-Founder and President
RANDOM SAMPLE, YOU WOULD FIND DIFFERENT PEOPLE GETTING DIFFERENT ANSWERS AS TO WHY THEY ACTUALLY VOTED. MY SENSE, HOWEVER, IS THAT THERE IS ENORMOUS...
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| 01:42:13 |
Bua, Jon-Christopher - Commentator
THANK THE DEAN. THANK YOU JEFF ANDERSON. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. GOODBYE. [APPLAUSE] [CAPTIONING
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