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Slen, Peter - Host
THAT IS HELD IN DOWNTOWN CHARLOTTE. THERE IS A LIVE VIEW OF THE INSIDE OF THE TIME WARNER CABLE ARENA WHERE THE CONVENTION WILL BEGIN AT 5:00 P.M. EASTERN...
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
BY THE PRESIDENT ON THURSDAY. THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING BILL CLINTON SPEAK ON WEDNESDAY. THE FIRST LADY WILL SPEAK IN THE CONVENTION CENTER...
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Slen, Peter - Host
DIFFERENT. YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS CONVENTION AND THINK BACK FOUR YEARS AGO.
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
I THINK THE REPUBLICANS FELT FAR MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THEIR CHANCES OF WINNING THAN THEY DID FOUR YEARS AGO. RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
LEFT TO BE DONE HERE. IT IS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT THE PRESIDENT IS THE
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
NOMINEE. HE WENT THROUGH THE PRIMARY PROCESS AS THE SOLE VIABLE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE AND HE WILL BE NOMINATED FOR THE TICKET THIS WEEK AND HE WILL ACCEPT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
GUEST: YES, THERE IS. REINCE PRIEBUS IS HERE AND HE HAS BEEN SPEAKING
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
TO REPORTERS, JUST AS DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ DID WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN TAMPA LAST WEEK. IT IS IF AN EXPRESSION WHAT THE PARTIES DO WHEN EACH IS HOLDING...
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Slen, Peter - Host
OBAMA TONIGHT? GUEST: YOU CAN DRAW THE COMPARISON TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. ANN ROMNEY
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
VERY MUCH PLAYED A ROLE IN HUMANIZING MITT ROMNEY. THE GOVERNOR WAS TALKING ABOUT HER AS THE SILVER BULLET. SHE IS ABLE TO BRING HOME IN TERMS OF RELATING...
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Slen, Peter - Host
TOURING THE PODIUM AT THE ARENA IN CHARLOTTE. WE WILL PUT THE NUMBERS BACK ON THE SCREEN IN CASE YOU WANT TO TALK WITH OUR GUEST FROM "THE WASHINGTON...
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
THE CONVENTION. I DID A LITTLE BIT OF REPORTING. WHETHER THEY FELT THAT WE WERE BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE FOUR YEARS AGO. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO TALK TO ME...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOST: THE OLDEST DELEGATE WAS BORN IN 1914.
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Slen, Peter - Host
THE YOUNGEST DELEGATE WAS BORN IN 1994. HE WILL BE 18 BY ELECTION DAY. SUSAN FERRECHIO, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO MEET THE ONE THAT WAS BORN IN 1914?...
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
HOW LONG SHE HAS BEEN A DELEGATE. IT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW. HOST: BUILT ON OUR DEMOCRATS -- BILL ON OUR DEMOCRATS LINE. SUSAN
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Slen, Peter - Host
FERRECHIO IS OUR GUEST. CALLER: THE REPUBLICANS DID A GOOD JOB OF MAKING MR. ROMNEY MORE LIKEABLE. I HAVE A
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CALLER, -
PROBLEM BUYING ALL THAT BECAUSE HE WILL NOT RELEASE HIS TAXES. HE WILL NOT RELEASE HIS TAXES. I HAD TO RELEASE MY TAXES TO GET MY JOB. WHAT DOES AND HE...
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
TOWARDS THE CENTER TO WORK WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA IF HE WON A SECOND TERM. IT IS A FUNNY EQUATION HOW CONGRESS BECOMES MODERATE AND RIGHT NOW IT IS POLARIZING...
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Slen, Peter - Host
GUEST: RIGHT. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. THE MOST IMPORTANT
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
THING THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO DO IS CONVINCE VOTERS THAT THEY ARE STILL THE BEST STEWARDS OF THE E CONNOLLY -- OF THE ECONOMY MOVING FORWARD. PEOPLE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
MORNING, PETER AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I HAVE LEARNED MORE FROM THIS STATION
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CALLER, -
THEN I HAVE EVER LEARNED THROUGH SCHOOLING OR HISTORY. THIS IS A FANTASTIC SHOW. I WISH IT WAS AN ALL-DAY CALL-IN SHOW. PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL HAVE TO...
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
HADHEAD. HE IS DIFFERENT AND BARACK OBAMA BUT BILL CLINTON IS THE HEAD EMERITUS OF THE PARTY AND HE IS POPULAR. HE IS A GREAT SPEAKER. HE RIVALS BARACK...
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Slen, Peter - Host
ALONG WITH THE ROLL CALL OF STATES. GAVEL-TO-GAVEL COVERAGE ON C- SPAN TV AND C-SPAN.ORG. DAVE IN MICHIGAN, PLEASE GO AHEAD. CALLER: I HAVE A DIFFERENT...
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WHY STATISTICS DO NOT MATTER. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE STATISTICS THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION WAS LEFT. THERE WAS A RECORD JOB LOSS, RECORD DEFICITS, TWO ON...
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
BEEN SOME INTERESTING POLL NUMBERS THAT SHOW AMERICANS STILL HOLD HIM RESPONSIBLE, MORE SO THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR THE WAY THINGS ARE NOW. IT HAS...
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PRESIDENT INHERITED WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE IN 2009. PEOPLE WILL TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
ALSO REPORTED FOR "THE MIAMI HERALD" AND "THE WASHINGTON TIMES." GUEST: NANCY PELOSI IS THE FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER. SHE HAS A BUSY SCHEDULE AND IS MAKING...
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
TO DELEGATES AND SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AND TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT. SHE IS PUTTING A LOT ENERGY INTO TRYING TO HELP BOLSTER THE IMAGE OF PRESIDENT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
I'M CALLING FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CALIFORNIA.
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CALLER, -
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT TAKINE? GUEST: IF I HAD TO GUESS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE POLICIES IN PLACE IN CALIFORNIA THAT THE...
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
OPPOSED TO. IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? CALLER: YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE MARK. THIS IS A STATE THAT IS SEEN CITIES AND TOWNS
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CALLER, -
GOING INTO BANKRUPTCY IN RECORD NUMBERS. GUEST: YEAH. CALLER: LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. I THINK THE LEADING --
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CALLER, -
THE LEADING POLICY OR THE LEADING -- WHAT THIS ELECTION WILL TURN ON IS THE ECONOMY. WOULD YOU AGREE? GUEST: ABSOLUTELY. PEOPLE GO TO POLLS --
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
FOR THOSE WHO STAND OUTSIDE AND INTERVIEW PEOPLE AT POLLS, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE SAY THEY WERE NOT SURE UNTIL THEY WENT IN AND VOTED. WHEN...
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Slen, Peter - Host
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE OF THE OBAMA SUPPORT GROUPS
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OR HIS CAMPAIGN COME UP WITH A PIE CHART SHOWING HOW MUCH OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS REALLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS IN CONGRESS....
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
BILLS. THE REPUBLICANS REFUSE TO SUPPORT MORE PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS THROUGH BUILDING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL...
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Slen, Peter - Host
EASTERN. THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES WILL SPEAK ALONG WITH STENY HOYER IN THE 5:00 P.M. HOUR. HOST: ANTHONY FOXX WILL BE A GUEST ON THIS PROGRAM THIS MORNING....
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Slen, Peter - Host
OF THE FEATURED SPEAKERS. HOST: TED STRICKLAND, FORMER GOVERNOR OF OHIO. CHICAGO MAYOR
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Slen, Peter - Host
RAHM EMANUEL. DEVAL PATRICK WILL ALSO BE SPEAKING. SUSAN FERRECHIO, ANYBODY ELSE JUMP OUT AT YOU BESIDES THE TWO FINALIST WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL...
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
HE IS SEEN AS A RISING STAR IN THE PARTY. I'M NOT SURPRISED THEY GIVE HIM A PROMISE SPEAKING ROLE. HE IS WELL LIKED AND WON PRETTY HANDILY IN ALL OF...
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Slen, Peter - Host
GUEST: I THINK SOME OF THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED. I THINK THAT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT CLINTON HAVE MADE THEIR PEACE.
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
THAT WAS A PRETTY BITTER BATTLE BETWEEN THE CLINTONS AND THE OBAMAS. PEOPLE ARE MARKING THAT HILLARY CLINTON WILL NOT BE AT THE CONVENTION, WHICH IS...
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
OF LEVITY. I DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN. I SUSPECT DEMOCRATS GOT A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN TAMPA AND FELT AS THOUGH THE APPEARANCE BY CLINT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
YOU ARE ON THE AIR. CALLER: THIS WAS A PRESIDENT THAT WAS HANDLED A BAD ECONOMY BEFORE HE SAT DOWN IN HIS SEAT.
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CALLER, -
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT THIS PRESIDENT WAS HANDED -- WE WERE LOSING 800,000 JOBS A MONTH. THEY SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN OSAMA BIN LADEN....
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Slen, Peter - Host
GUEST: THESE ARE THINGS THE DEMOCRATS WILL TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK. SHE TALKED ABOUT STOPPING THE LEVEL OF JOB
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
LOSS THAT AMERICA WAS EXPERIENCING IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THE DEMOCRATS WILL TALK ABOUT. DEBBIE WASSERMAN...
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
DOUG GOWDY SOMETHING NICE FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY. -- GOT YOU SOMETHING NICE FOR YOUR
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Slen, Peter - Host
BIRTHDAY. GUEST: HE IS IN VERMONT. HE IS MARRIED
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Ferrechio, Susan - Chief Correspondent
TO HOST: DOROTHY ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: HAVE THE BIRTHDAY. IN RESPONSE TO THE LADY THAT JUST CALLED IN CALIFORNIA, WHEN THE CAMPAIGN
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WAS RUNNING IN 2008, JOHN MCCAIN MADE THE STATEMENT THAT SEALED THE DEAL FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. HE BASICALLY ONE BECAUSE EVERYBODY THOUGHT HE WOULD DO...
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Slen, Peter - Host
TO THAT, OF COURSE, THERE WAS THE RISE OF THE TEA PARTY, WHICH IS A FACTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT IS FAR MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN THE MIDDLE OF...
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Slen, Peter - Host
FLINT, MICH., JOHN ON THE DEMOCRAT'S LINE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. FROM MY NEIGHBOR IN MICHIGAN WHO WAS JUST ON THE
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LINE, WE HAVE A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR NAMED SNYDER WHO HAS TIED THE UNIONS HERE, BASICALLY, TRYING TO BREAK THE UNIONS. AND YOU HAVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
SURROUNDING HOW THE UNIONS ARE PAID AND HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR OWN PENSION FUNDS. THERE IS A TREND TOWARD MORE OF A REPUBLICAN WAY OF THINKING ON...
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Slen, Peter - Host
WASHINGTONEXAMINER.COM IF YOU LIKE TO READ YOUR WORK. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" THIS MORNING. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE PHONES....
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