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>>> THE GOVERNOR ELEVATE

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ANOTHER FORMER ASSISTANT U.S

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ATTORNEY TO THE HEIGHTS OF

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POWER.

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>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "REPORTERS

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ROUNDTABLE" IS PROVIDED BY PSG &

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E, STRENGTHENING THE BUSINES

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COMMUNITY.

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PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED B

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NEW JERSEY MAGAZINE.

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THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTR

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ASSOCIATION.

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LEADERS IN ALL 21 COUNTIES O

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THE GARDEN STATE SINCE 1954.

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>>> GOVERNOR CHRISTIE NOMINATE

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KEVIN TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL

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THE LAME DUCK LEGISLATURE HAS NO

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ISSUES BEFORE IT, JUST A DREAM

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WHO IS RUNNING FOR WHAT IN A

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WELCOME TO "REPORTER

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ROUNDTABLE."

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I'M MICHAEL ARON IN TRENTON WITH

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US THIS WEEK ARE FOUR PEOPLE

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THAT HAVE SPECULATION.

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WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WIT

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MATTHEW OF POLITICKERNJ.COM AN

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GOVERNOR CHRISTIE CALLED A NEW

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ALL THE OFFICE SAID WAS IT

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ANNOUNCE KEVIN

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A MICROPHONE UNTIL THAT DAY.

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>> I WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNO

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FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE HIM AND

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OFFERING THIS TO SERVE AS TH

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>> HAS ANYBODY GOTTEN HIM ON THE

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RECORD BEFORE?

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>> YOU SUMMED IT UP WELL

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WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT CHRI

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CONFERENCE, HE SAID YOU CAN'

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TEACH SMART AND YOU CAN'T TEAC

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YOU CAN TEACH EVERYTHING ELSE,

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BUT NOT THOSE.

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HOW ABOUT YOU?

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WERE YOU TAKEN ABACK

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>> I DIDN'T EXPECT THE

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HE IS A LOGICAL CHOICE

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>> A COUPLE WEEKS AGO?

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>> YEAH, IN ARIZONA.

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>> HE WAS CHIEF OF STAFF, SO H

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>> HE'S SOMEBODY THAT CHRISTIE

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IT MAKES SENSE

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IT'S A GOOD JOB FOR HIM.

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HE WAS A SENATOR, THEN A JUDGE

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IT'S NOT A BAD GIG

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>> JEFF AND BEFORE HIM WAS PAUL.

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ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN

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I WAS WRONG.

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SO, I WAS SURPRISED.

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HOW ABOUT YOU?

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>> I THINK THAT POSSIBLY THE ONE

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THING THAT IS SURPRISING LEAST

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TO ME WAS THAT CHRISTIE WANTED

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TO STAY WHERE HE WAS

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DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ALIKE,

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RELATIONSHIPS WITH A LOT O

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WITH CHRISTIE, WHO IS SAYING H

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WANTS HIS SECOND TERM TO NOT B

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THINGS, TOO, A GUY LIKE THIS

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THE LEGISLATURE.

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I GUESS IT'S GOING TO BE, YO

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HIS REPLACEMENT DOES WITH THOS

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KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS

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>> YOUR TAKE ON THIS

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>> I WOULD REITERATE WHAT YO

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AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE,

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LOYALTY.

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THIS ISN'T NEW TO CHRISTIE FOR

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HIM TO KIND OF MOVE UP PEOPLE IN

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HIS INNER CIRCLE

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SO, IN THAT RESPECT, NO, I DON'T

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WE SEE IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

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YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T TOO MUCH O

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A SURPRISE IN THAT

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>> I DID A PIECE A COUPLE DAYS

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FLUSH HIM OUT.

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THIS DIDN'T LEAK OUT IN ANY WAY.

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VERY TIGHT SHIP.

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SO, KEVIN O'DOWD WILL, ASSUMIN

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HE'S CONFIRMED MOVE TO LAW AND

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PUBLIC SAFETY WHERE THERE WILL

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BE A TINY BIT OF A FIREWAL

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BETWEEN HIM AND THE GOVERNOR

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DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, FOR WHAT?

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WHAT WAS HER PORTFOLIO

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GOVERNOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

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BOTH IN TERMS OF THIS POSITION

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OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN

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IT'S BEEN BOTH A FASCINATING AND

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SERVE AND I WANT TO THAN

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HE HAS BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT

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LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY.

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>> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HER

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ANYTHING

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CHRIS CHRISTIE TRUSTS HER.

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HE'S PROBABLY ALIGNS WITH HE

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SHE PROBABLY IS.

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HE FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH HER.

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TRUSTS HER TO BE HONEST.

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CHRISTIE WAS MAKING A POINT

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MONTH OR SO AGO.

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THE IMPORTANT THING IS NOT T

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INSULATE YOURSELF FROM REALITY

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HAPPENS IN THIS BUSINESS

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YOU NEED PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING

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TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH AND ARE ON

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THE SAME WAVELENGTH AS YOU

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SHE FIT THAT IS BILL

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>> ANYBODY ELSE?

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>> ONE OF THE THINGS SHE BRING

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TO THE TABLE IS MUNICIPA

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GOVERNMENT

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HARDING TOWNSHIP

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>> SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED I

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MONMOUTH COUNTY.

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I'M SORRY, HEARTEN

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>> I'M GUESSING MARS, COULD BE

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>> YOU KNOW, SHE ALSO HA

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EXPERIENCE FROM HER DAYS AS TH

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CHIEF OF STAFF IN TH

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TREASURER'S OFFICE

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THAT INDICATES TO ME BUDGETING

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IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A --

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CONTINUE TO BE A HUGE PRIORITY

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OR SMART BUDGETING IS A HUGE

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PRIORITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATIO

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MOVING FORWARD

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>> I REMEMBER WHEN CHRISTIE WA

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RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR IN 2009

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SHE WAS IN HIS OR BIT.

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SHE COMES OUT OF AT&T.

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SHE JUST KIND OF GLOMED ON T

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THE CAMPAIGN AND SHE HAS SKILL

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AND TALENT BECAUSE SHE HAS BEE

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SEIZED UP AND TAKEN BY THI

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ADMINISTRATION SINCE THEN AN

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THEY ARE GOING TO RUN IT

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LET'S MOVE OVER TO THE

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LEGISLATURE.

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WE ARE ENTERING A LAME DUC

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PERIOD

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OFTEN, THE LAME DUCK SESSION I

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WHEN BIG THINGS GET DONE BECAUSE

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A RASH OF POLITICIANS GOT VOTE

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OUT OF OFFICE AND THEY ARE FRE

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TO VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE

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THAT'S NOT THE CASE THIS YEAR.

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ONLY TWO SITTING LEGISLATURE

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LOST THEIR SEAT IN THIS CURREN

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ELECTION, TWO MEMBERS OF THE

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ASSEMBLY, ONE FROM EACH PARTY.

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THERE ARE NO BIG ISSUES, AM

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RIGHT?

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>> NO, I THINK -- THERE'S NO

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REAL BIG ISSUES.

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THE DREAM ACT.

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PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, CHRIS

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CHRISTIE SAID HE WOULD SUPPORT

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IN-STATE TUITION

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>> AFTER HAVING SAID TWO YEARS

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>> IT WAS LIKE A MONTH BEFOR

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THE ELECTION

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YOU KNOW, SO HE MADE THE

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COMMENTS, POST ELECTIO

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IMMEDIATELY FROM THE SENATE'

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SWEENEY.

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THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE W

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SEEING AND DREAM ACT CAME UP

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WE KNEW THEY WERE INTENT O

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SENDING THE BILL MADE BEFORE THE

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COMMENTS

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LOW AND BEHOLD, WE ARE AT THIS

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IMPASSE WHERE BOTH SIDES ARE

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DIGGING IN THEIR HEELS OVER TH

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SENATE VERSION OF THE BILL

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LAWMAKERS SAY IT'S GOING TO BE

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THE ONE THAT GOES TO THE

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GOVERNOR'S DESK.

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CHRISTIE SAYS HE DOES NO

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SUPPORT THAT VERSION

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>> ACCORDING TO CHRISTIE, IT'S

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TOO GENEROUS

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IT ALLOWS THE CHILDREN OF TH

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UNDOCUMENTED TO ATTEND NEW

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JERSEY STATE COLLEGES AT

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IN-STATE TUITION RATES AND

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PROVIDES TUITION ASSISTANC

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GRANTS ON TOP OF IT AND ALLOWS

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ACCORDING TO CHRISTIE, KIDS FROM

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PENNSYLVANIA WHO MIGHT GO TO

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BOARDING SCHOOL IN NEW JERSEY TO

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ALSO GO TO NEW JERSEY COLLEGES

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AT IN-STATE TUITION RATES.

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SWEENEY REPLIES IT'S PROBABLY

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DOZEN OR 15 KIDS WE ARE TALKIN

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ABOUT.

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CHRISTIE SAYS THE BILL IS TO

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GENEROUS, MORE SO THAN THE

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FEDERAL DREAM ACT, WHICH NEVER

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PASSED

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IN TERMS OF DEADLINES AND CAPS

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ON TIME.

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HE SAYS THE SWEENEY BILL WOULD

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MAKE NEW JERSEY A MAGNET FOR

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IMMIGRANTS

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SWEENEY SAYS IT'S RIDICULOUS

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ARE WE GOING TO GET A BILL THA

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PASSES, THEN THE LEGISLATURE

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WILL HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH

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CHRISTIE'S RECOMMENDATIONS O

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NOT?

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>> IT WILL ALLOW BOTH SIDES TO

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BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, LOOK AT THE

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OTHER GUY.

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WE WANTED TO GET THIS DONE AND

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THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR CHRISTI

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BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BUIL

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HISPANIC SUPPORT IF HE INTENDE

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TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT

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IT'S IMPORTANT FOR STEVE SWEENEY

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TO CARVE OUT A POSITION ON THIS.

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I DON'T DOUBT HE BELIEVES WHAT

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HE SAID.

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HE'S OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT

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GUBERNATORIAL RUN HIMSELF.

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EVERYBODY IS STAKING OUT

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POSITIONS ON THIS AND IT'S A

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GREAT ONE TO HAVE.

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>> LEGISLATURES SAID WATCH

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SWEENEY AND CHRISTIE

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CHRISTIE, IN THE NEXT TERM I

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GOING TO BE HAVING TO GO TO TH

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RIGHT AND SWEENEY, BECAUSE O

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HIS GUBERNATORIAL AMBITIONS IS

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GOING TO HAVE TO TACK TO THE

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LEFT

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THE DREAM ACT SEEMS TO BE AN

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EXAMPLE OF THIS.

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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE

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>> THERE'S NO DOUBT THEY DUG I

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THEIR HEELS, TOO

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>> WHO DID

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>> BOTH SIDES.

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THE ARGUMENT STEVE SWEENEY I

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USING NOW, WHEN GOVERNOR CHRIS

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CHRISTIE MADE THE COMMENTS, TH

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BILL IS THERE.

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THE BILL HASN'T CHANGED.

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CHRISTIE DIDN'T SAY I'

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SUPPORTING THE SENATE VERSION OR

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TUITION E CALLTY

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SWEENEY SPIELS CONFIDENT IN HI

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ARGUMENT, THE BILL WAS ON TH

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TABLE THE ENTIRE TIME.

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HOW DO YOU GO BACK NOW

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THE BILL AND THE ASSEMBLY WA

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DIFFERENT BUT I NEVER HEARD TH

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GOVERNOR SAY OR ANYBODY ON HIS

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THIS, REFERENCING THE SENATE

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BILL OR EXCUSE ME, THE ASSEMBL

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BILL

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>> HE SAYS HE PREFERS TH

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ASSEMBLY VERSION

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HE CAME OUT AND SAID HE WA

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PLANNING TO GO ALONG WITH TH

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SENATE VERSION OF THE BILL

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IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE VAGUE I

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HIS REMARKS.

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HE GOT THE MAJORITY OF THE

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LATINO VOTE IN THE STATE

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NEVER SAYING I SUPPORT SENATOR

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SWEENEY, STILL

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I THINK HE LEFT IT VAGUE ENOUG

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ON PURPOSE SO HE COULD SAY H

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SUPPORTS THE IDEA.

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>> HE CAN SAY IT GOING FORWARD

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WHICH IS IMPORTANT

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THE ISSUE IS PROBABLY GOING TO

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COME UP IF HE RUNS FOR PRESIDENT

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AND SAY HEY, I TRIED TO REASON

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WITH THESE PEOPLE.

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THIS WAS UNREASONABLE, WHAT THEY

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WERE TRYING TO DO AND I'M FO

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THIS

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>> SPEAKING OF HIM TRYING TO RUN

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FOR PRESIDENT, HE TOOK QUESTIONS

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FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERA

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WEEKS ON MONDAY AFTER THOS

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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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WE ASKED HIM HOW HE FEELS ABOU

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THE FACT THAT HE'S NOW LINKED OR

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NAMED AS THE FRONT-RUNNER,

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OFTEN, IN PRESS ACCOUNTS AND THE

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NATIONAL MEDIA

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HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY

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>> DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.

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IT'S MEANINGLESS

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IT'S DECEMBER OF 2013.

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IT'S COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS AN

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HAS NO AFFECT ON ME NOR DO I

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GIVE IT MUCH THOUGHT

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JUST DOESN'T MATTER.

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DOESN'T CHANGE

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JENNA.

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>> ANY REACTION?

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>> THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION,

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THE NATIONAL MEDIA HUNG AROUND

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AFTER HIS BIG VICTORY.

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HE SCOFFED SAYING IT'S

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FLATTERING, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY

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IT'S NOT FLATTERING TO BE ASKE

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ABOUT THIS

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HE DANCED AROUND THIS ISSU

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BEFORE

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IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME.

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>> HE'S BEEN DANCING AROUND IT

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FOR TWO YEARS.

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>> THEY DID A STORY ABOUT IT

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THIS WEEK.

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WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO TH

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GOVERNOR, I THINK IT'S OPPOSIT

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OF WHAT HE IS SAYING

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HE IS ABSOLUTELY AWARE OF WHAT

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HE'S SAYING, DISCUSSING AND TH

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WAY SHE'S DOING IT

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IT IS GOING TO FRAME THE CONTEXT

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UPON WHICH HE WILL RUN FOR

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PRESIDENT, SHOULD HE DECIDE TO

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MAKE THAT DECISION

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THE POINT THAT WAS BEING MAD

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WITH PETER, THE GUY I WA

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TALKING TO WAS THAT, YOU KNOW,

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THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

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ANIMAL

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NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO BE

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CAREFUL WHAT YOU ARE TALKING

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ABOUT, BUT FRAME IT IN A WAY

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BECAUSE YOU ARE BEIN

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SCRUTINIZED AND AS A

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FRONT-RUNNER HE IS WHETHER YOU

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LIKE IT OR NOT

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>> YOU SAID A COMPLETELY

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DIFFERENT ANIMAL

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SOMEBODY ELSE SAID MAYBE THE

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SECOND TERM IS GOING TO BE

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TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST

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TERM

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FOR EXAMPLE, THERE HAVEN'T BEE

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TOWN HALL MEETINGS

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WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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>> THEY ARE IN IDAHO AND

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OKLAHOMA

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>> THEY ARE ON HIS ITINERARY

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THIS WEEKEND

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>> IDAHO IS TODAY OR HE'

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HEADING OUT TO IDAHO TODAY

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I THINK HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS

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BEEN EXTREMELY SMART, TH

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POLITICAL PEOPLE IN HI

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ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN

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EXTREMELY SMART AT HOW THEY HAVE

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CRACKED, HELPED HIM CRAFT HI

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PERSONA.

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HE'S HAD A HUGE ROLE IN THAT

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THE REALITY IS, SINCE PROBABLY

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LATE 2010, THEY HAVE BEE

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CRAFTING HIS NATIONAL PERSON

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AIMING TOWARD WHERE HE IS NOW.

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ALL THAT HAMLET STUFF, IN 2012

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HOW HE'S GOING TO RUN, NOT GOING

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TO RUN, WAS WE ARE GOING TO TR

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TO FIND IF IT WAS A GLORIOUS SET

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UP WHERE WE ARE NOW AND MOVING

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FORWARD.

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I DON'T THINK IT'S A

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EXAGGERATION TO TAKE A LOOK AT

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MOST OF WHAT HE DOES BETWEEN NOW

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AND WHEN EVER HE FINALLY DECIDES

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TO DECLARE AND HE WILL, THAT ALL

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OF IT IS AIMING UP TOWARD THAT

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>> LOOKS THAT WAY.

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>> I THINK IN THE SAME REGARD OF

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WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT HIS STAFF,

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IT'S NO ACCIDENT HE'S CHAIRMAN

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OF THE RGA

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36 STATES, MANY IMPORTANT FO

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PRESIDENTIAL

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CNN HAD A STORY THAT SUGGESTED

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HE AND JINDAL WANTED TO BE

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CHAIRMEN IN 2014

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>> HE AND WHO?

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>> BOBBY JINDAL WHO IS NOW VIC

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CHAIRMAN

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YOU GET TO DO SOME TRAVELING

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BUT NOT AS PROMINENTLY AS TH

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CHAIRMAN

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THERE WAS A STORY THERE WAS JOCK

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KIING GOING ON

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THEY BOTH WANTED 2014.

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CHRISTIE GOT IT.

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IT GIVES HIM AN INCREDIBLE

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OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TH

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COUNTRY.

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HE'S MEETING, YOU KNOW, DONORS

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ALL OVER THE PLACE

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HE'S MEETING APPARATUS IN AL

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THESE DIFFERENT STATES AND TRY

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OUT HIS SPEECHES

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IT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY.

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>> THAT GROUP WANTED HIM

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YOU CAN SEE RIGHTLY POINTED OUT,

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HE IS A MONEY MACHINE.

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PEOPLE KNOW THAT AND THEY NEED

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THE MONEY, THEY NEED THE MONEY

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TO CAMPAIGN.

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HE'S A GUY THAT CAN BRING IT IN.

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>> THEY NEED THE STAR POWER AS

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WELL

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>> YES

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>> THERE ARE A COUPL

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INTERESTING SIDE SHOWS IN TH

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LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW LIKE

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GEORGE WASHINGTON CLOSURE ISSUE.

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THERE'S A HEARING ON MONDAY.

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AGAIN, BILL CAME FROM THEPOR

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AUTHORITY.

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TO MY SURPRISE, HE'S ACCEPTE

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THE INVITATION AND WILL BE THERE

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MONDAY

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YESTERDAY, THERE WAS A HEARING

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ON OBAMA CARE AND WHAT THE

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CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION'

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DIVISION HAS BEEN.

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AS WE DISCUSSED, THERE AREN'

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BIG BILLS OR FIGHTS GOING ON

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WHICH LED SOME OF US

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PARTICULARLY YOUR WEBSITE, T

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START SPECULATING WHO IS RUNNING

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FOR WHAT OFFICE THESE DAYS

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>> THERE WAS A STORY EARLIER I

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THE WEEK AND RUNNING AGAINST

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COREY BOOKER

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YOU THINK THAT'S GOING T

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HAPPEN

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>> I DON'T KNOW.

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IT'S A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY.

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HE SAID HE'S LOOKING AT IT

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WE KNOW THERE'S A HANDFUL OF

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REPUBLICANS THAT ARE EYEING IT

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>> WHO

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>> WELL, OTHER NAMES THAT AR

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BEING POSZED AROUND, I CAN SAY

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JOHN IS ONE OF THEM.

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HE THREW HIMSELF INTO THAT

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TOM KING JR., HIS NAME IS BEIN

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TOSSED AROUND.

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THESE NAMES CONTINUE TO COME UP.

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THE PROBLEM IS WHAT THEY ARE

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GOING TO GO AGAINST.

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RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN DECEMBER.

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UNLESS A RICH CANDIDATE WE

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TALKED ABOUT THE UP HILL BATTE

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BARBARA BUONO HAD.

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HERB JACKSON SAID WHEN THEY RA

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A CAMPAIGN, AT THE TIME HE HAD

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SOME $1 MILLION IN THE BANK.

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THE IDEA JOHN WOULD COME IN OR

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TOM CAIN JR., WITH LITTL

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FUNDING?

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>> 20 OR 30 YEARS AGO, YOU USE

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TO BE ABLE TO RUN AND LOSE AND

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INHANS YOUR STANDING IN TH

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STATE.

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I DON'T THINK IT'S THE CAS

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ANYMORE.

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IF I WERE A KING UP AGAINST

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BOOKER, I THINK I WOULD SIT IT

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OUT, WOULDN'T YOU?

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>> IT'S SEDUCTIVE.

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LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH

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BOOKER JUST DEFEATING LONIGAN.

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IT IS LOWER THAN PROJECTED

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EVERYBODY IS SAYING MAYBE BOOKER

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IS SA SEPTEMBERABLE OR MOR

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VULNERABLE THAN WE THOUGHT

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HE'S NOW ENTRENCHED IN THE

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PRISON SYSTEM FOR A YEAR

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A LOT OF PEOPLE, THAT ELECTION

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WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEKEND

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ON OCTOBER, WHICH WAS UNUSUAL.

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I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A TRU

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MEASURE OF HIS POPULARITY.

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>> SOMEBODY LIKE BRAND NECK, I

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WAS WONDERING IF HE WAS THINKING

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ABOUT A RUN FOR GOVERNOR

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>> IN THREE YEARS.

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>> TAKING ON COREY BOOKER IS A

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DIFFERENT ANIMAL

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HE'S A BRIGHT GUY, A FUNNY GUY

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HE DOES STAND-UP COMEDY.

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>> A LAWYER IN NEW JERSEY AND HE

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WAS LOADED

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>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT

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HE'S A CHARP CHARACTER

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HE'S LOOKING AT A LOT OF THEM.

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EVERYBODY IS NOT QUITE

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COMMITTING YET

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THE POINT THERE'S NO MONEY

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RAISED YET IS VERY IMPORTANT

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ANY THOUGHT THAT HE CLOSED THE

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GAP WITHIN TEN POINTS?

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BOOKER DID NOT SPEND MONEY O

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NETWORK TELEVISION

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HE WAS SAVING MONEY IN THE BANK.

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IF HE WANTED TO RUN A MORE

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AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN, HE COUL

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HAVE

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HE WAS SAVING THAT MONEY FOR

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NEXT YEAR.

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>> OUT THERE RAISING MONEY FOR

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MULTIPLE REASONS

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>> SPEAKING OF LONIGAN, I READ

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SPECULATION THAT EVEN THOUGH O

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ELECTION NIGHT, HE SAID I'

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FINISHED

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IT WAS A STATEWIDE OFF

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HE'S GOING TO MOVE TO OCEAN OR

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BURLINGTON COUNTY.

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>> OCEAN COUNTY WENT HUGE FO

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HIM AND HE KNOWS THAT.

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VERY CONSERVATIVE COUNTY

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A LOT OF MONEY DOWN THERE THAT

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THEY COULD RAISE QUICKLY WIT

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PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE GILMORE

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HEADING IT UP.

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IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SAY

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THE LEAST.

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>> DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING T

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HAPPEN

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>> I DON'T KNOW.

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I WOULD NEVER, EVER PREDICT WHAT

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THEY WOULD DO OR SAY BECAUSE I

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WOULD BE WRONG

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>> OKAY.

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SPEAKING OF 2017, THE MAYOR OF

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JERSEY CITY IS SOMEHOW PROJECTED

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INTO THAT RACE EVEN THOUGH HE'

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ONLY BEEN THE MAYOR THRE

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MONTHS, HAD A FUND-RAISE

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HEADLINED BY BILL CLINTON THIS

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WEEK, NOT FOR A 2017 RUN, BU

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FOR WHAT

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HIS FIRST RE-ELECTION AS MAYOR

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>> HEATHER SAID IT WAS TO PA

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OFF CAMPAIGN DEBT.

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I DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD A LOT O

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CAMPAIGN DEBT.

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TO PAY THAT OFF AND RAISE MONE

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GOING FORWARD.

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>> HE RAISED $600,000 AN

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$700,000

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>> POLITICKER PROMOTED THE IDE

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OF A FULL CANDIDACY.

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THERE WAS A STORY ABOUT HO

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PHILLIP AND SWEENEY AND THEI

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BODY LANGUAGE.

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>> EVERYBODY THAT WAS DOWN

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THERE, IT'S WHEN PEOPLE GO DOW

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AND YOU HAVE TO RUB ELBOWS

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OF COURSE, A LOT OF PEOPLE, OR A

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HANDFUL OF PEOPLE SAID HOW CAN

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YOU WRITE IT OFF

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LET'S NOT GET AHEAD OF

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OURSELVES.

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IF YOU ASKED ONE OF THOSE MEN,

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THEY ARE NOT -- IT'S NOT

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COMPLETELY ON THE BACK BURNING

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FOR THEM

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IT'S NOT SUCH A JOKE

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YOU HAVE BILL CLINTON COMING I

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TO DO A FUND-RAISER FOR TH

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MAYOR OF JERSEY CITY

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>> HE WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER O

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HILLARY.

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>> HE WAS.

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>> IN 2008

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>> RIGHT

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WHEN HE WAS GOING AGAINST MAYO

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HEALEY, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

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WAS POSTERED ALL OVER JERSEY

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CITY, CLINTON STAYED OUT OF IT

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MAYBE THIS IS KIND OF TO THROW A

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BONE IN THAT RESPECT BECAUSE

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THEY DIDN'T HELP HIM IN TH

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CAMPAIGN

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AS SOON AS HE TOOK THE REIGNS AS

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MAYOR, HE IMMEDIATELY BECAME

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CROPPING UP AT ALL THESE EVENT

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WHETHER IT BEING IN ATLANTIC

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CITY OR THE DEMOCRATIC

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CONVENTION IN ATLANTIC CITY,

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RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION

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>> THAT'S WHEN YOU SAID -- O

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THAT NOTE, AND BOB SUMMER, WEL

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CONNECTED COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT.

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LET'S WRAP IT UP FOR THIS WEEK

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THANKS VERY MUCH

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WE'LL BE BACK WITH ANOTHER ROUND

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TABLE SATURDAY AND SUNDA

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MORNING AT 9:00.

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