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Democratic primary

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candidate for governor

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Sara Rodriguez

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today dropped out.

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So this has been almost

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like a slow motion train wreck.

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Exactly what happened?

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Well it's been

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a back and forth all week.

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Last week, we were talking about

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all the momentum she had.

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The candidates that had

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dropped out were endorsing her.

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I was in touch with the campaign

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to see where she'd be out

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in the field this week.

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We were going to touch base with

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all the Democratic candidates.

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They got back to me

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and said, 'Well, we're still

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figuring out that schedule.'

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Well, by Sunday they had

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fired her campaign manager.

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By Monday, she has

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a press conference

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saying, 'I'm in the race, but

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fundraising is a little weaker.'

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We talked to the

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other candidates, they're like

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'What a mess.

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Your whole authority says

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you can run things

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and you don't have any oversight

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of your own campaign.'

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Her campaign finance sheets

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come and show she's

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broke and deeply in debt.

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Then she makes

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another press conference to say

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that she's got all this money

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and then quickly says, 'Nope

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sorry, that was an error as well

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And now she's out.

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So it's been back and forth

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people really trying to

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figure out where is the truth.

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When she says

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it was a distraction

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she's 100% correct.

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That may be the most

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honest thing that's been said

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about the campaign all week

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is this was dominating

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all of the headlines

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and would have if she

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would have stayed in this race.