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ANTICIPATED DEBATE.

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>> BRANDIS, A PANDEMIC, A RACIAL

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JUSTICE MOVEMENT AND A RUSH TO

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CONFIRM A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.

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WITH THE ISSUES FRONT AND

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CENTER, DONALD TRUMP AND JOE

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BIDEN FACE OFF IN THE FIRST OF

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THREE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES.

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JOINING US TO SHARE WHAT THEY

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WILL BE WATCHING FOR TONIGHT ARE

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ED LEE, HE'S SENIOR DIRECTOR OF

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THE ALVIN W. BARCLAY FORUM AT

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EMORY UNIVERSITY ATLANTA.

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AND MARI MASENG WILL, PRINCIPLE

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AT MASENG COMMUNICATIONS, SHE IS

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PREPARED REPUBLICAN, SENATE AND

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CONGRESSIONAL AND GUBERNATORIAL

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CANDIDATES FOR DEBATES AND

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WORKED WITH PRESIDENT RONALD

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REAGAN.

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THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

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ED LEE WHAT DO YOU THINK JOE

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BIDEN'S STRATEGY WILL BE TONIGHT

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WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

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>> I THINK THAT JOE BIDEN IS

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SETUP TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD

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ONE OF THE THINGS I'M LOOKING

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FOR IS TO SHOW UP WITH ENERGY

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THAT SOMEONE WHO IS EXCITED

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ABOUT BEING THERE.

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COUNTERS THE NARRATIVE THAT HE

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IS SLEEPY AND CAN'T STAY AWAKE.

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AND THAT THE ABILITY TO JUST

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ENJOY THE MOMENT.

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AND EXUDE A PRESENCE THAT HE IS

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QUITE PRESIDENTIAL AND READY FOR

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THE MOMENT AND EXCITED TO BE ON

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STAGE WITH OUR CURRENT

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>> AND MARI MASENG WILL, WHAT DO

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YOU EXPECT THE PRESIDENT'S

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STRATEGY TO BE?

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>> I EXPECT HIM TO BE ON THE

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OFFENSIVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

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AND I EXPECT HIM TO ALSO ENJOY

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HE IS A TV GUY OR THINKS OF

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HIMSELF AS A TV GUY.

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WHEN I COACH PEOPLE I TELL THEM

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IT IS A GAME IT'S GOING TO BE

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FUN AND THEN WHEN THEY GET ON

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STAGE AND THEY ARE PREPARED THEY

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DO HAVE A GOOD TIME.

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AND THE AUDIENCE WHICH IS THE

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AUDIENCE WATCHING ON TELEVISION

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WILL PICK UP ON THAT.

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YOU WILL SEE IT IN BODY LANGUAGE

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AND TONE AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS.

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AND I EXPECT HE IS GOING TO DO

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THAT.

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ARE VERY GOOD AT THAT AND VERY

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GOOD AT BEING ON THE OFFENSIVE.

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>> ED LEE MOST PEOPLE DON'T

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THINK OF FUN WHEN THEY THINK OF

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A DEBATE CERTAINLY AT THIS

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WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL PITFALLS

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FOR THE TWO INDICATES?

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>> ONE OF THE PITFALLS FOR

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PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS THAT HE GETS

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A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY

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OUT OF THE CROWD.

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THAT HE IS A TV GUY AN

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ENTERTAINER AND THE ABILITY FOR

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HIM TO SHOW UP IN A SPARSE

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AS IF THERE IS A CROWD AND THAT

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SIGNIFICANT DOWNSIDE RISK THAT

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PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A BRILLIANT

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AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE

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AUDIENCE NEEDS AT THAT

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THE LACK OF A CROWD IS SOMETHING

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THAT I HOPE THAT HIS CAMPAIGN

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ADVISERS ARE PREPPING HIM TO

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DEAL WITH AND NOT HAVING THAT

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CALL AND RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP

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THAT HE IS USED TO HAVING WITH

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THE AUDIENCES THAT SHOW UP FOR

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HIS RALLIES AND OTHER EVENTS.

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>> I WAS GOING TO CLARIFY UNDER

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THE DEBATE RULES ONLY 75 PEOPLE

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WILL BE IN PHYSICAL PRESENCE.

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MARI MASENG WILL WHAT DO YOU

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THINK THE DOWNSIDES OR THE

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PITFALLS MIGHT BE BE FOR EITHER

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OF THE CANDIDATES AND I WILL GET

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BACK TO YOU, ED.

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BIGGEST HANDICAP FOR THE FORMER

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VICE-PRESIDENT HE HAS NOT BEEN

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CAMPAIGNING THE WAY TRUMP HAS

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BEEN CAMPAIGNING.

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AND EVERYONE I'VE EVER WORKED

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FOR HAS GOTTEN BETTER AT

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CAMPAIGNING AND THEREFORE BETTER

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AT THE DEBATES THE FARTHER ALONG

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THEY GET INTO IT.

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YOU GET ON A ROLL YOU HAVE

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THINGS THAT YOU ARE USED TO

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SAYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

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THE MUSCLE MEMORY IN YOUR MOUTH.

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AND HE HAS NOT DONE THAT.

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I KNOW HE HAS BEEN PREPPING IN A

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PROFESSIONAL MANNER AND THAT

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WHEN HE TAKES DEBATES SERIOUSLY

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FOR EXAMPLE, HE SCHOOLED ME ON

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DEBATES WITH HIS DEBATE WITH

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PAUL RYAN.

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HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK.

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THE ENTIRE TIME.

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BUT THAT WAS NOT IN A PANDEMIC

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THAT WAS JOHN NOTHDURFT IN THIS

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THAT WAS NOT IN A PANDEMIC YEAR.

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>> TO WHOM WHEN YOU WERE

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REFERRING THAT HE SCHOOLED YOU?

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>> JOE BIDEN.

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I DON'T KNOW IN ED AGREES BUT

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THAT DEBATE WAS A WORK OF ART.

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>> ED LEE YOU WERE ABOUT TO MAKE

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MORE POINT?

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>> I AGREE WITH MARCHI AND THE

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PAUL RYAN AND THE JOE BIDEN

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DEBATES ONE OF THE THINGS HE DID

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WELL HE WAS IN THE MOMENT.

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CONVERSATION WITH PAUL RYAN AND

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ONE OF THE FEARS THAT I HAVE

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ABOUT JOE BIDEN AT THIS MOMENT

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IS THAT HE IS SPENT A

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SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME

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PREPARING FOR THE DEBATE INSTEAD

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OF PREPARING TO HAVE A

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SPONTANEOUS AND I IMPROMPTU

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CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS WALLACE

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CAMPAIGN THAT HE IS TOO

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PROGRAMMED AT THE MOMENT.

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BECAUSE WHAT MARI MASENG WILL

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IDENTIFIED IS THE VALUE OF

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DEVELOPING THAT MUSCLE MEMORY.

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WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS SOMETHING

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>> WELL, THE CONVERSATION WILL

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FOCUS ON SIX TOPICS, TRUMP AND

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BIDEN'S RECORDS THE SUPREME

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COURT, COVID-19, THE ECONOMY,

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RACE AND VIOLENCE IN THE U.S.

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CITIES AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE

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FAVOR ONE CANDIDATE OVER THE

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THINK TO GO MIGHT FAVOR TRUMP

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ECONOMIC RECORD WHICH WAS

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INCREDIBILITY ONE OF THE BEST

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ECONOMIES WE'VE EVER HAD UNTIL

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THE PANDEMIC.

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AND TRY TO TURN THAT INTO HOPE

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FOR AMERICA IN THE FUTURE.

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VOTERS DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT

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WHAT HE DID FOR THEM YESTERDAY

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THEY CARE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO

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DO FOR ME TOMORROW.

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IF HE CAN LEVERAGE THAT AND BEST

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ABLE TO BRING US BACK INTO A

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VIBRANT ECONOMY ON THE ONE HAND

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AND NOT KNOCK THE LEGS OUT FROM

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UNDER BIDEN BY PINNING HIM AS

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SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO STRANGLE

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YOU WITH REGULATIONS AND TAXES

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AND ECONOMIC PROGRAMS THAT LED

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TO ONE OF THE --

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SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES WE HAD

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OVER THE OBAMA YEARS, I THINK

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THAT WILL BE A BIG VICTORY.

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THAT IS WHAT REPUBLICAN VOTERS

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ARE LOOKING FOR BUT MOST

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IMPORTANTLY THAT IS WHAT THE

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SWING VOTERS WHO MIGHT SUPPORT A

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REPUBLICAN IN THIS --

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THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

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I THINK BIDEN IS GOING TO FOCUS

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ON THE CORONAVIRUS HE THINKS

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THAT IS A BIG PLUS.

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BUT FROM THE POLLS I LOOK AT

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MOST AMERICANS DO NOT PUT THAT

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AT THE TOP OF THEIR ISSUE LIST.

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AND I THINK THE WORRY FOR BIDEN

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ON THIS ISSUE LIST IS THAT HE

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WILL CONTINUE SPEAKING TO HIS

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PARTY RATHER THAN TO THE SWING

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VOTERS THAT HE CAN KEEP FROM

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GOING BACK TO TRUMP.

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>> AND I'M AFRAID WE WERE OUT OF