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%RULING THAT
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%BECAUSE THEY
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%IT
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%SPEAKING
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%SURE
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%THEY
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%COMPUTER SYSTEMS
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%THEM AT
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%ARE.
%WE
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%HAVE TO GET
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%SOMEHOW KEEPING
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%ACTUALLY CREATES
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%UPGRADES
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%APRIL 7
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%COMMUNITIES WILL BE
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%NAMED.
%FOR MORE
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S
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%OTHERS,
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%AND
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O
N
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%>>
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IS
%FEELING
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%IN
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%NEW
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%
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%DIGIT
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%PRIMARY
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%WISCONSIN.
%WE
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%THANKS
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%>>
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%>>
WELL,
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%29% FAVOR
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%11
KLOBUCHAR
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9%
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%THINGS
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%YOUR LAST
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%>> THAT'S RIGHT.
%AND
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%THOSE TWO
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%HAMPSHIRE.
%WE
WERE
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%AFTER KNEE
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%IT'S
T
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%LED
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%DOING ALMOST
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%AUGUST.
%IT'S
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%HE
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%AND
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%SECOND, BUT
TO
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%MIKE
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%DOWN
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BUMPS
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%INTO SECOND PLACE.
%AND
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%WHO
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O
F
%CANDIDATES, HAS
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%
NOW
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%>> ANOTHER QUESTION
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%SHOWED
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%DEMOCRATIC
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LSO
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%THESE
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%IS
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%AND
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%>>
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%THIS.
%AMONG
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%MOST OF
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%ALL OF
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%OF AMY
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%NEGATIVELY
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%TRUMP
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%SURPRISE.
%BUT
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%REPUBLICANS ARE
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%DISLIKING
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%BUT
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%BETWEEN
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25%
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%UNFAVORABLE
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%CANDIDATES.
%THE REASON
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%
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%OTHER DEMOCRATIC
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%RIGHT
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%DEMOCRATIC
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%WAS WHETHER OR NOT
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%MADE
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P
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%FOUND
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%RESPONDENTS SAY
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%CHANGE THEIR MIND.
%IS
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%TIME?
%>> IT'S
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%IT'S BEEN
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%SO IT
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%HIGH
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%AGO.
%ALSO,
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%IN
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%SOUTH CAROLINA
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%TUESDAY
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%EVENTS WILL
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%STILL A
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%
VOTE
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%SO I
N
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T
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E
%REALISTIC FOR
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%COULD
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%SOUTH CAROLINA
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%TRAJECTORY OF
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%IT'S
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%DOING WELL
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%A
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%GIVES HIM THE
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%WELL.
%BUT
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%WOULD PROPEL
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%TUESDAY.
%SO MORE
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%DOWNSIDE.%>> THE
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%IN THIS
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%18 TO
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%THE
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%BUT THE
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I
S
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%WARMING UP TO
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%>>
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%POINT.
%HE
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%AS THIS
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%WITH
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%VOTERS.
%BUT IN
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%HIM
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%ABOVE WITH SOME OF
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%VOTERS.
%THAT'S
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HAD
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%BEFORE.
%AND
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%MONTH IS
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A
GE
%SPECTRUM
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%MORE
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MONTH
%AGO.%>>
AS
FOR
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%RESPONDENTS, THEY
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%BLOOMBERG IS
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%TO TRUMP.
%YOU
ALS
O
FOUND
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OF
%REPUBLICANS EXPECT
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OVER
%IN
THE
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VOTE
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WHO?
%>>
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%QUESTION.
%WITH
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10%,
IT'S HARD TO
%KNOW.
%THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
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%MUCH
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%SOME OF
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%ANTI-TRUMP
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%CROSSING OVER.
%SOME
MAY
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CROSSING OVER
T
O
%MAKE
MISCHIEF IN
THE
OTHER
%PARTY.
%AND
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%HAVE AN
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%>>
RIGHT.%>>
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%VOTE
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%WANT TO
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%
THEY
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PRE
%PREDECLARED AS A
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%REPUBLICAN.%>>
SANDERS
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EDGES
TRUMP,
%BUT
BIDEN
HAS A
NINE-POINT
LEAD
%LAST
TIME.
%>> YEAH.
%
ONE OF THE
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SHIFTED
%HERE
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HE,
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LED
%AGAINST
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ALL
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%OUR
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%SOMETIMES
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%SO CLOSE.
%BUT NOW
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%SANDERS HAS
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%AHEAD OF
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%BEHIND IN
ONE
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%BASICALLY WHERE
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%I
THINK
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%IS
THAT
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NOVEMBER RACE
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%SUPER
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WHY.
%>>
ALL
O
F
THESE
ARE
INSIDE
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%MARGIN OF
ERROR.
%
IT'S A
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LONG
WAY
S
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%NOVEMBER.%>> ALL
RIGHT.
%CHARLES
FRANKLIN,
THANKS VER
Y
%MUCH.%>> THANK YOU.%>>
THIS AM
PRACTICING
NOTE.
%STATE SUPREME COURT
CANDIDATES
%
WILL FACE OFF
IN
A
PBS,
%WISCONSIN PUBLIC
RADIO
DEBATE
O
N
%FRIDAY
NIGHT,
MARCH
27.
%
WPR'S SHAWN JOHNSON WILL
JOIN
ME
%TO
CO-MODERATE
THE
ONE-HOUR
LIVE
%EVENT.
%THAT'S
FRIDAY
NIGHT,
MARCH
27.
%>>
IT'S
THE
MARCH
MADNESS OF
THE
%PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY RACE.
%
AS WE
MENTIONED, SUPER TUESDAY
%IS NEXT
WEEK.
%THAT'S
WHEN
1
4
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INCLUDING
%OUR
NEIGHBORS IN
MINNESOTA,
PUT
%WELL
OVER
1,000
DELEGATES ON THE
%LINE.
%IT CAN BE
EITHER A
GAME-CHANGER
%OR A
DEAL-BREAKER FOR
DEMOCRATS
%RUNNING TO
BE
THEIR
PARTY'S
%NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT.
%OUR
POLITICAL
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%KNOW
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WILL
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AND
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%WHY
WE
INVITED
THEM ON
THE
SHOW
%TONIGHT TO
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SUPPOSED TO BE
LOWERING
%EXPECTATIONS SO
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%SUCCEED.%>>
PRIMARIES ARE
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FIRST,
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%PREDICTION
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%CAROLINA
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I
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%TAKES SOUTH CAROLINA.%IT
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%EXPECTED IT TO
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%SUPER
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%SAID,
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%I
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%THAT
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%OF
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%A COUPLE
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%PETE AND
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%ON.
%IT'S GOING TO
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%FOR ELIZABETH WARREN
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%DOESN'T
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%BLOOMBERG
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%MONEY UNTIL THE
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%SO IT'S
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BILL?
%
>>
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%EXPECTATIONS, RIGHT?
%BIDEN
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%TOMORROW.
%BUT THE
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%GOING TO MATTER.
%IF
HE
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%
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%HE'SGOING TO
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%HE WENT
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I
N
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%CAROLINA.
%HE
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%I DON'T
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%TUESDAY.
%THERE'S 14 STATES UP.
%HE'S NOT
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%IF HE
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%SATURDAY
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%CATAPULT
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%SEWER
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%THIS
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%>>
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O
W
E
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%SECOND
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%HAS
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%SUPER TUESDAY
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%BIDEN
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N
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%I DON'T KNOW
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LYBS
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%DEFEAT DONALD
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IT.
%THEY CAN
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%YOU
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%THE
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%WISCONSIN IS GOING
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%THE
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I
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%SHE
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%SHE'S
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%SHE'S
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%HERE IN WISCONSIN.%THIS
I
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%I
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%MINNESOTA, IOWA
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%I
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%FOR
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%>>
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%THE
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%THE
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%I WOULD HAVE
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%>>
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%ELIZABETH
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SO WHAT
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%WARREN IN ALL
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%>>
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I
N
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M
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%PIECE
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I
S
THE
%PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
%SHE
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%I
ALSO
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%I
WORKED
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%RAN
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5
%YEARS
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%I
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IT.
%>>
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IT'S
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%AUTHENTICITY.
%SHE
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HER
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%OCTOBER WHEN SHE WAS
I
N
THE
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%IN A
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%I DON'T
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%SHE'S
NOT
GOING TO GET
WINS
%TOMORROW OR
ON SUPER TUESDAY.%>>
WE WILL
BE
WATCHING.
%THANKS TO BOTH
OF
YOU.
%THAT IS
OUR
PROGRAM FOR
TONIGHT.
%I'M F
I'M FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
%HAVE A
GREAT
WEEKEND.
%>>
FOR
MORE "HERE AND
NOW"
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