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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
A SENIOR FELLOW FOR THE ETHICS AND POLICY CENTER, BUT WAS THE SENIOR ADVISOR AND SPEECHWRITER FOR THE 2012 ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN. WELCOME.
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
GUEST: THANKS FOR HAVING ME. HOST:
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WHERE HAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND BEEN HEADED SINCE THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER? GUEST: IN A BAD DIRECTION
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
IN GENERAL. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LOST THE ELECTION IN 2012 AND THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE. THIS WAS SET UP TO BE AN ELECTION WHERE ROMNEY SHOULD HAVE WON....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: WHAT IS YOUR CHIEF CONCERN? GUEST: RIGHT
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
NOW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS ON A LOSING TRACK, PARTLY BECAUSE OF DEMOGRAPHICS. IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, FROM 1992 THROUGH 2012, REPUBLICANS LOST 4/6 ELECTIONS...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SAYS HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER ERIC CANTOR WILL URGE REPUBLICANS TO STOP FUSSING ABOUT FEDERAL SPENDING CUTS AND START TALKING ABOUT HELPING U.S. FAMILIES....
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
THE RIGHT STRATEGY. ERIC CANTOR IS SMART. HE CAN READ ELECTION RETURNS AS WELL AS THE NEXT PERSON. I THINK REPUBLICANS ARE RIGHT ON LIMITED GOVERNMENT....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
IS JOINING US IN THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN. YOU CAN SEND US THE A TWEET OR E-MAIL. IF THAT...
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FOR GOOD AND THERE WERE HUGELY IMPORTANT IN THE 20120 ELECTION. I DO THINK THAT MESSAGE IS NOT SUFFICIENT. I THINK REPUBLICANS WOULD BE FOOLISH TO...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: STEVE IS ON OUR DEMOCRATIC LINE. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. MY COMMENT, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, THE WAY REPUBLICANS TALK, THEY BELIEVE ONLY A WHITE PERSON CAN BE AMERICAN. THE WAY THEY TREATED THIS...
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
CALL. I THINK THAT IS OVERSTATED IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CALLER SAID. BUT I THINK THERE'S A POINT TO IT. I FOUND THE TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S BIRTH...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HAMPSHIRE, REPUBLICAN LINE.
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA WHY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS IN DEMISE. ONE WORD -- NEOCON. THE NEOCONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT HAS REALLY HURT OUR...
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
THANKS. I THINK HE'S TOTALLY WRONG. MY GUEST IS HE PROBABLY CANNOT EVEN DEFINE WHAT A NEOCON IS. BUT HIS CONCERN ABOUT AMERICA BEING -- HE SAID THAT...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
ON OUR INDEPENDENT LINE IN VIRGINIA. CALLER: ONE OF
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THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THE WORDS AND ACTIONS THAT IT CHOOSES. ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN FIND THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT TO TAKE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
THANK YOU. GUEST: I HAVE
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
33 ANSWERS. FIRST, AS A GENERAL MATTER, MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES ARE CONSTANTLY BLAMING PEOPLE IN THE OTHER PARTY. I WOULD SUBMIT THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA...
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| 00:17:27 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
MENTIONED RONALD REAGAN STILL HAS A POINT OF REFERENCE. GUEST:
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
HE WAS A HISTORIC FIGURE. NOT FOR WHAT HE DID IN THE WORLD, BUT WHAT HE DID TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. HE RESHAPE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FUNDAMENTALLY IN...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
TWITTER --
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
GUEST: YES, I THINK IT HAS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REAGAN, HE CONCENTRATED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON CUTTING THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT, THE IDEA TO CUT TAXES HAVE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: NOW TO THE DEMOCRATIC LINE IN CONNECTICUT. CALLER: I USED TO
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BE A REPUBLICAN MANY MOONS AGO. I VOTED FOR BUSH I OVER BILL CLINTON AS A MATTER OF FACT. NOW I DON'T KNOW WHO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS. I WENT FROM THE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: THANKS. GUEST: IF YOU WERE A
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
REPUBLICAN, YOU WERE A LIBERAL ONE. SHE SAID THAT SHE WANTS RELIGION OUT OF POLITICS. I WONDER IF SHE WOULD'VE FELT THAT WAY ABOUT THE CIVIL-RIGHTS...
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| 00:25:04 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL ISSUES, HOW SHOULD THE PARTY ADDRESS IT? GUEST: THE REPUBLICANS
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. THAT IS AN ASSERTION. WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER IT'S FACT. SAME-SEX MARRIAGES WITH US. NINE STATES,...
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| 00:26:37 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
FLORIDA ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: I
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HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN VOTER ALL MY LIFE. I REGRET TO SAY THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF IS GRIM AT THIS POINT MAY BE BECAUSE IN THIS LAST ELECTION,...
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
THERE'S SOMETHING TO THAT. BARACK OBAMA RAN THE MOST-AND DEMONIZING CAMPAIGN IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY -- MOST NEGATIVE AND DEMONIZING CAMPAIGN. HE...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
CONSIDERING A SENATE RUN IN THE MASSACHUSETTS SPECIAL ELECTION ACCORDING TO "THE BOSTON HERALD." HE WAS CONSIDERING A BID TO REPLACE JOHN KERRY AS HE...
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
KNOW NOTHING CONCLUSIVE ABOUT IT. THEY LOST ELIZABETH WARREN AND ROMNEY AS POPULAR IN MASSACHUSETTS BUT HE DECIDED TO WITHDRAW AND THE REPUBLICANS REALLY...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
WERE THE FUTURE LEADERS? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT MARCO RUBIO. GUEST: HE IS REALLY
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
AT THE TOP ALONG WITH PAUL RYAN. REPUBLICANS HAVE A NUMBER OF REALLY IMPRESSIVE GOVERNORS. IT IS CRITICAL FOR REPUBLICAN PARTY WORRIED ABOUT ITS FUTURE....
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WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS THEY TURN TO THE OLD DIXIECRAT IDEOLOGY FROM THE SOUTH. THAT IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS. THE MAIN THING ABOUT MITT ROMNEY IS...
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
MANY PEOPLE SO THAT IT FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THIS MORNING. HE IS ACTUALLY A VERY SMART, ABLE COME A DECENT MAN. I WISH HE WOULD HAVE WON THE PRESIDENCY....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
REPUBLICAN LINE YOU ARE ON WITH PETER WEHNER. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, MR.
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WHENER AND C-SPAN. I WATCH QUITE A BIT ON THE MEDIA. I WATCHED FOX NEWS BUT ALSO OTHER CHANNELS. I'M FINDING THAT OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS...
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
HER SENTIMENTS IN A LARGE MEASURE. I DO THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS USED RHETORIC WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE DOWN THE PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC NORMALLY. PUTTING...
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| 00:37:36 |
Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SHOULD HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER PLAY IN THE FUTURE OF THE PARTY?
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
GUEST: REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL THE HOUSE. HE HAS BEEN KEY IN SOME OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS DEALING WITH THE FISCAL CLIFF. HE IS A KEY ACTOR.
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
HOST: IS YES STRONG LEADER? GUEST:
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
I THINK HE IS AN EFFECTIVE LEADER, BUT NOT SO STRONG. NEWT GINGRICH WAS A MORE CREATIVE THINKER THAN BOEHNER. ON THE OTHER HAND, HE UNDERSTANDS MORE....
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
STRATEGY AS FAR AS MOVING THE DEBT CEILING AHEAD. GUEST: IF THEY HAD
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Wehner, Peter - Senior Fellow
GONE AHEAD WITH IT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POLITICALLY CATACLYSMIC. IT WAS THE WORST PERCIVAL -- WORST POSSIBLE GROUND TO MAKE THEIR POINT. PRESIDENT OBAMA...
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Echevarria, Pedro - Host
SENIOR FELLOW AT THE ETHICS AND THE POLICY CENTER. IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HIS ORGANIZATION AND HIS WRITING, VISIT THEIR WEB SITE. COMING...
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IT'S 9:16 A.M. CIVIL LAWYERS ARE TELLING THE NYPD THAT THEY SHOULD STOP CONDUCTING POLITICAL SURVEILLANCE. AN ASSOCIATED PRESS INVESTIGATION SHOWS NYPD...
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