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Monroe, Victoria Lion - Senior Vice President
NATIONAL JOURNAL FOLLOWS THE ISSUES AND TRENDS IMPACTING IN AMERICA AND CONGRESS. IN 2012, PERHAPS NO ISSUES ARE DOMINANT THAN THOSE RELATED TO HOUSING,...
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Howard, Jerry - Executive V.P. and CEO
TO THANK THE VICTORIA AND THE NATIONAL JOURNAL FOR ALLOWING NAHB TO CO-SPONSOR THIS EVENT. WHILE THE ECONOMY IS CLEARLY THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE IN THE FORTHCOMING...
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| 00:03:25 |
Monroe, Victoria Lion - Senior Vice President
WE ARE RIGHT TO HAVE A GREAT REDOUBLE LOOK AT THE GOP PRIMARY. MARK BLOC, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR HERMAN CAIN. ROBERT WALKER FOR NEWT GINGRICH. WEBBER FOR...
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| 00:05:31 |
Reinhard, Beth - Correspondent
WE REALLY APPRECIATE BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR SECRETS WITH US TODAY. >> THIS IS ALL OF THE RECORD TODAY. NOBODY WILL SEE THIS. ANY...
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| 00:06:47 |
Block, Mark - Chief of Staff
I THINK A STATEMENT WOULD BE THAT MR. HERMAN CAIN HAS NEVER SEXUALLY HARASSED ANYBODY, AND OF STORY. AS THE HOURS GO BY, IT IS INTERESTING THAT WE EVEN...
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| 00:07:51 |
Walter, Amy - Director
WANT TO HEAR ABOUT, AND THAT IS JOBS, JOBS, JOBS. >> COULD YOU GUARANTEE WE ARE NOT COURT TO HEAR FROM ANYBODY ELSE? >> WHAT DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT...
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| 00:08:43 |
Johnson, Rob - Manager
THERE SOMETHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT RICK PERRY? >> I THINK IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THE GOVERNOR WAS VERY COMFORTABLE AND PASSIONATE. HE WAS VERY...
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| 00:09:21 |
Walter, Amy - Director
A CIGARETTE AT HIS NEXT SPEECH -- WILL NOT HAVE A --GOVERNOR PERRY WILL NOT HAVE A CIGARETTE AT HIS NEXT DEAL. >> IS THERE NOT REALLY A CONSISTENT RECORD....
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| 00:09:46 |
Johnson, Rob - Manager
MORE THAN EMBRACED FOR THAT APPEARANCE. >> THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WANTS TO MAKE ISSUES WERE THERE ARE NOT ISSUES. THERE IS NO ISSUE. THE GOVERNOR IS A...
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| 00:10:20 |
Reinhard, Beth - Correspondent
GOING TO DIRECT THE NEXT QUESTION TOWARD VIN WEBER. >> I TOLD MARK I WAS VERY OFFENDED BY THAT AT BECAUSE REPUBLICANS ARE SUPPOSED TO SMOKE CIGARS. >>...
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| 00:10:56 |
Weber, John "Vin" Vincent - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
IOWA. THERE ARE TWO FACTORS THAT REALLY DOMINATE THE CAUCASUS. WHAT IS THE IDEOLOGICAL FACTORS AND THE OTHER IS ASSOCIATIONS. I HAVE TO SAY THERE ARE...
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| 00:11:32 |
Walter, Amy - Director
AS A FOLLOW-UP TO IOWA, I WANTED TO GO WITH THE RECORD SANTORUM CAMPAIGN. --RICK SANTORUM CAMPAIGN. I WANT TO START WITH YOU BECAUSE YOUR CANDIDATE...
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| 00:11:55 |
Brabender, John - Political Consultant
COUNTIES. >> 99. HE HAS SAID EVERY COUNTIES ALREADY. >> HE HAS BEEN TO ALL 99 COUNTIES. THE THE TWO LEADERS OF THE IOWA POLL ARE THE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE...
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| 00:13:32 |
Walter, Amy - Director
THEY DO TAKE THIS. >> TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, AND YOUR CANDIDATES MAY HAVE WON THE STRAW POLL. I THINK I HEARD THAT ONCE OR TWICE. SOMEBODY LIKE -- OUT...
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| 00:14:11 |
Nahigian, Keith - Manager
GOING TO BE MICHELE BACHMANN, SHOE LEATHER DOOR KNOCKING CAMPAIGN? >> >> I THINK IOWANS TAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES VERY SERIOUSLY. I DO THINK TECHNOLOGY...
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| 00:16:09 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
I THINK NEWT IS POSITIONED WELL AND THE CAMPAIGN IS MOVING FORWARD. I THINK HE IS ALSO IN A POSITION OF STRENGTH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTH CAROLINA....
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| 00:18:27 |
Walter, Amy - Director
I WANT TO LOOK AT YOU FOR ONE SECOND OUT THAT I AM ON THE ISSUE OF DEBATES. WE KNOW THAT EARLIER -- I GUESS IT WAS A LAST WEEK, THE PERRY CAMPAIGN WAS...
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| 00:19:11 |
Johnson, Rob - Manager
WAS BECAUSE OF THE PUSH BACK THAT PEOPLE GOT SAYING THAT HE COULD NOT DO THAT AND HE IS A CHICKEN? >> NO, I THINK WE ARE THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE TO...
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| 00:20:45 |
Walter, Amy - Director
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND. >> RIGHT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU ARE DOING WELL IN IOWA, TOO. YOU ARE CONSISTENTLY RUN AROUND...
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| 00:21:13 |
Benton, Jesse - Chair
UP AND DOWN, YOU GUYS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE VOLATILITY HERE? >> I THINK IS PRETTY ASTUTE. WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING STEADY GROWTH. WE...
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| 00:22:21 |
Reinhard, Beth - Correspondent
A NOMINEE. THERE COULD ALSO BE A KNOCK DOWN DRIED OUT THROUGH JUNE. -- KNOCK DOWN DRAG OUT THROUGH JUNE. >> THE JUCEAM LIKELY TO BE A PRETTY QUICK JOB...
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| 00:23:26 |
Weber, John "Vin" Vincent - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
IN COALESCING EARLY BEHIND THE CANDIDATES UP TO THIS POINT. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING. THE FORMULA WOULD ADD TO THAT....
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| 00:23:40 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
WITH THAT. THE CANDIDATES TO DO NOT AT ALL TOO WELL IN THE EARLY PRIMARIES COULD FIND THEMSELVES WITHOUT THE RESOURCES THAT EVEN IF THEY WANT TO GO ON,...
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| 00:24:10 |
Reinhard, Beth - Correspondent
IT DOWN TO TWO. I THINK THAT COULD BE A CAMPAIGN ECHOES EVEN INTO THE CONVENTION. >> I WANT TO THROW ONE MORE QUESTION YOUR WAY. THE MILWAUKEE SENTINEL...
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| 00:24:53 |
Block, Mark - Chief of Staff
WE HAVE RETAINED INDEPENDENT COUNSEL TO REPORT BACK TO WEST. >> THIS IS YOUR HEARING. >>
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| 00:25:05 |
Walter, Amy - Director
WE HAVE RETAINED OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO LOOK AT THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL AND THE GET BACK TO US. >> WERE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THE BOOKKEEPING...
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| 00:26:39 |
Block, Mark - Chief of Staff
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AS YOU SAW YESTERDAY. HE ANSWERED ANY QUESTION THAT WAS PUT FORWARD TO HIM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH HIM IS OBVIOUSLY,...
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| 00:27:13 |
McIntosh, Mark - Chief Policy Director
IS A FAR CRY FROM WHERE YOU STARTED OFF A FEW MONTHS AGO. WHAT HAPPENED? >> PLESSY COME ON THE -- I AM THE POLICY DIRECTOR -- FIRST, I AM THE POLICY...
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| 00:28:02 |
Reinhard, Beth - Correspondent
SURE WHAT EACH CANDIDATE'S POSITION ON THE SPECIFIC ISSUES ARE. >> YOU ALL HAVE PRESENTED YOURSELVES AT THE MAINSTREAM CANDIDATES WHO CAN GET THE ATTENDANTS....
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| 00:28:29 |
McIntosh, Mark - Chief Policy Director
I AM FASCINATED BY THAT NARRATIVE. OBVIOUSLY, THE CAMPAIGN HAS THEIR STRATEGY, BUT THE NARRATIVE OUT OF THE MEDIA HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY FASCINATING FOR...
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| 00:31:08 |
Walter, Amy - Director
FOR THE ENTIRE PANEL, ALTHOUGH I WILL START WITH YOU, CONGRESSMAN WEBER. THE SUPER PACKAGE IS THE FIRST TO GO UP IN IOWA. AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THESE...
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| 00:31:33 |
Weber, John "Vin" Vincent - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
HAD BEEN IN IOWA -- HAPPEN IN IOWA? >> TWO WEEKS AGO. WE ARE NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO VICIOUS,-ASSAULT -- NRGATIVE ASSAULT. >> ARE YOU EXPECTING IN? >>...
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| 00:33:02 |
Brabender, John - Political Consultant
I DO NOT THINK YOU CAN DO IT SERIOUSLY WITHOUT A SUPER PAC. >> BY ELECTION TIME NEXT YEAR THE STORE WILL BE SUPER P [ACSAQCS. >>
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| 00:33:19 |
Walter, Amy - Director
AND WHAT ABOUT THE INFLUENCES OF THE PARTIES? IF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DEAD? DOES IT HAVE INFLUENCE? IT CERTAINLY HAS INFLUENCE IN STATES TO MAKE DECISIONS...
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| 00:33:39 |
Benton, Jesse - Chair
WHAT DOES THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HOLD FOR YOU GUYS? >> WE WERE HAPPY TO WORK BIRTH GERMAN PRIEBUS TO ENCOURAGE NEVADA -- WORK WITH CHAIRMAN PRIEBUS TO...
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| 00:34:14 |
Block, Mark - Chief of Staff
USES CARROTS. >> AND I WILL NOT PRAISE CHAIRMAN PRIEBUS BECAUSE HE IS FROM WISCONSIN -- >> [LAUGHTER] >> BUT I WILL PRAISE HIM FOR THE FACT THAT WHEN...
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| 00:35:07 |
Reinhard, Beth - Correspondent
PLAY WELL IN THE SANDBOX TO WIN IN NOVEMBER OF 2012. HE UNDERSTANDS THAT. >> I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS TO ANY OF YOU THAT ARE NOT FROM THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN....
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| 00:35:51 |
Brabender, John - Political Consultant
CHALLENGE HERMINE KAINE? [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> YOU ARE MAKING YOURSELF THE PRESUMPTIVE FRONT RUNNER. THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM FOR ME COMES IN. YOU GUYS...
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| 00:37:12 |
Block, Mark - Chief of Staff
ASKED YESTERDAY. THE PROBLEM IS, THEY ANSWERS CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. -- THE ANSWERS CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE PROBLEM IS, WE NEED A CANDIDATE...
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| 00:38:25 |
Johnson, Rob - Manager
LOOK AT THE POLLS. YOU HAVE PROBABLY DONE PRETTY INTENSE OF POLLS. -- INTENSIVE POLLS. >> FOR PEOPLE TO SIT UP HERE AND PONTIFICATE THAT THIS RACE IS...
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| 00:38:56 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
OUGHT TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTH CAROLINA. >> I THINK IT IS CLEAR THAT MITT ROMNEY HAS MANAGED TO MAINTAIN...
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| 00:40:06 |
Weber, John "Vin" Vincent - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
PRIMARIES AGAINST MITT ROMNEY. >> I THINK THE STORY LINE -- WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY FRIENDS, WE HAVE SEEN REPAIRING COLLAPSED DOWN TO SINGLE DIGITS,...
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| 00:40:32 |
Walter, Amy - Director
CANNOT GET PAST 25% TO 34%. EVERYONE IN THIS RACE HAS UNDERSTATED GOVERNOR ROMNEY'S
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| 00:40:45 |
Weber, John "Vin" Vincent - U.S. Representative, [R] Minnesota
STRENGTH FOR A LONG TIME. >> WHAT ARE WE SEEING? IS THIS A LONG CAMPAIGN AND PEOPLE ARE SORT OF LOOKING AROUND? OR ARE THEY LOOKING BECAUSE THEY ARE...
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| 00:41:23 |
Nahigian, Keith - Manager
PEOPLE WANTED THEM TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THE DESPERATE MESS THAT WE ARE IN. >> I DO THINK THE MEDIA HAS DONE A BAD JOB OF DESCRIBING THE FIELD. I THINK...
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| 00:42:04 |
Walter, Amy - Director
IS GOVERNOR BACKGROUND, PRIVATE SECTOR BACKGROUND, OR OTHERS. TO PAINT THIS AS A WHEAT FIELD JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IN DOES NOT HAVE 60% OF THE VOTE --...
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| 00:42:29 |
Nahigian, Keith - Manager
TO ASK HOW VOLATILE THE POLLING HAS BEEN. HOW DO YOU GO FROM BEING ON TOP OF THE POLLS ONE WEEK TO BE ON THE BOTTOM A WEEK LATER? >> I DO NOT THINK A...
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| 00:43:00 |
Brabender, John - Political Consultant
PAULINE A CAUCUS STATE THIS EARLY IS KIND OF RIDICULOUS. THE DEBATE SCHEDULE AND THE CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE HAVE NOT QUITE CONNECTED. I THINK YOU WILL SEE...
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| 00:43:15 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
THE JULIANI CAMPAIGN LAST NIGHT. THE EARLY POLLS, TRUST ME, THEY ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT. >> TO SOME EXTENT, THE STORY LINE ON THIS CAMPAIGN HAS NOT YET...
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| 00:44:14 |
Moody, Chris - Reporter
WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS AND RHEY TO WITH YAHOO! SO WE CAN HEAR -- CHRIS AND RACHEL WITH YAHOO! AS WE CAN HEAR FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON LINE....
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| 00:44:40 |
Block, Mark - Chief of Staff
ASK THAT YOUR INDEPENDENT COUNSEL REVEALS ACCEPTED FUNDS FROM THE CHARITY, OR IF IT IS LATER REVEALED THAT MR. KAINE PAID OFF HIS ACCUSERS, HOW WILL...
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| 00:45:25 |
Brabender, John - Political Consultant
OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. >> WE DID GET SEVERAL CARDS ON THAT, ACTUALLY. [LAUGHTER] >> IF YOU LOOK AT MOST OF THE CAMPAIGNS THERE IS ACTUALLY MORE DIVERSITY...
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| 00:46:12 |
Moody, Chris - Reporter
DIVERSITY -- IT DOES ENCOURAGE DIVERSITY. >> CAN YOU ELABORATE ON YOUR NAILS? WHAT DID YOU SAY? >> [UNINTELLIGIBLE] >> YOU HIGHLIGHTED THIS BRIEFLY, ...
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| 00:46:48 |
Brabender, John - Political Consultant
IS NOT TO CLARIFY WHEN LIFE BEGINS. IT WILL SENATOR SANTORUM HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS EITHER IN FUTURE ADS, OR WILL HE TAKE HIM OUT ON THIS IN THE...
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| 00:48:48 |
Block, Mark - Chief of Staff
IT IS THEIR CHOICE. AND THEN OVER HERE SAY I AM PRO- LIFE. I WOULD SAY ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, I'M NOT SURE THERE WILL EVER BE CREDIBILITY. >> MR....
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| 00:49:23 |
Walker, Robert "Rob" S. - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
EXODUS FROM THE GINGRICH CAMPAIGN AND THE DECISION OF SOME OF THOSE STAFFERS TO JOIN THE PERRY CAMPAIGN AND HOW YOU FEEL THOSE STAFFERS ARE DOING NOW?...
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| 00:50:34 |
Moody, Chris - Reporter
THINK, IF ANYTHING, WE HAVE MORE MOMENTUM AT THE PRESENT TIME THAN RICK PERRY DOES. >> THE BACHMANN CAMPAIGN, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT
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| 00:50:47 |
Nahigian, Keith - Manager
REPORTS ABOUT TURMOIL IN THE CAMPAIGN. YOU HAVE HAD STAFFERS QUIT AND ONE ADVISER HAS BEEN VERY CRITICAL. CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS A DISCONNECT...
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| 00:52:02 |
Johnson, Rob - Manager
THIS GOES TO THE RICK PERRY CAMPAIGN. AN AUDIENCE MEMBER NOTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS THAT THE JOBS CREATED UNDER THE GOVERNOR IN TEXAS WERE...
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| 00:52:50 |
Moody, Chris - Reporter
TEXAS HAS CREATED 1 MILLION JOBS. EVERYBODY ON THIS PANEL HAS TO BE BARACK OBAMA AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN ENERGIZE THIS ECONOMY AND HELP...
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| 00:53:16 |
Benton, Jesse - Chair
PAUL COMPARED TO THE LAST ELECTION CYCLE. WERE THERE ANY MISTAKES THAT YOU MADE IN 2008 THAT YOU HAVE REMEDY THIS YEAR, OR YOU FEEL YOU ARE DOING BETTER?...
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| 00:56:11 |
Benton, Jesse - Chair
THE PROPORTIONAL NOMINATING SYSTEM PLAY INTO YOUR STRATEGY? DOES THAT CHANGE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF THIS YEAR OR THIS CYCLE? DOES THAT AFFECT ANYTHING?...
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