Mara Liasson Quotes

• Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.

  Mara Liasson

  Anniversary, Years, Political

  "Obama, Romney Pull Campaign Ads On Sept. 11". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish and Melissa Block, www.npr.org. September 11, 2012.

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• As one conservative intellectual said to me - he said if the choice is between [Joseph] Stalin and [Adolf] Hitler, I'd pick Stalin, meaning Ted Cruz because he's more predictable. So there's real civil war inside the Republican Party.

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  Real, Guerra, Partido

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• Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters - but not the enthusiasm they had shown for him in 2008. That may be changing in part because of the decision not to deport young immigrants whose undocumented parents brought them here as children.

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  Children, Support, Decision

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• Los demócratas llegaron a la contienda con una ventaja estructural en el Colegio Electoral. Su gran muro azul -los estados que los demócratas han ganado en las seis últimas elecciones presidenciales- proporcionó a [Hillary] Clinton una sólida base sobre la que apoyarse.

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  Strong, Wall, Past

  Fuente: www.npr.org

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• Obama's even keel sometimes comes across as aloof or even cold.

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  Cold, Sometimes, Keel

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• Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.

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  School, Law, Bridges

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• Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that.

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  Campaigns, Voters, Veteran

  "Obama, Romney Pull Campaign Ads On Sept. 11". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. September 11, 2012.

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• Donald Trump is a candidate who divided his own party more deeply than any presidential candidate has before.

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  Party, Presidential, Trump

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• The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.

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  Approval Rating, Giving, President

  "Jobs Back At Political Forefront". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with David Greene, www.npr.org. July 8, 2012.

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• While Romney has an overall deficit with women voters, his biggest disadvantage is with college educated women - wherever they work, at home, in an office, a store or a factory.

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  Home, College, Office

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• [Donald Trump] haría historia en muchos sentidos porque es un candidato que renuncia a las artes tradicionales de las campañas políticas, incluida la organización sobre el terreno, la publicidad tradicional, la preparación de debates y el conocimiento de políticas.

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  Art, Organization, Political

  Fuente: www.npr.org

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• If Donald Trump wins, it will be a seismic event.

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  Winning, Events, Trump

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• Hillary Clinton has had a small but persistent lead since June - anywhere from 2 to 5 points. The stock markets and the election betting pools are predicting a Clinton win.

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  Winning, June, Election

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• Yes, the presidential race is very close, and some public polls show it getting closer as we go into the final hours, but in one sense it's actually been stable for months.

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  Race, Presidential, Finals

  Fuente: www.npr.org

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• The establishment is divorcing itself from its base - from voters who are choosing a candidate who says he stands for things that are anathema to the establishment.

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  Voters, Anathema, Establishment

  "Rounding Up The Week In Politics". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, wkms.org. March 6, 2016.

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• The base has chosen or is choosing a candidate that the establishment says is absolutely unacceptable. And what that means is this marriage of an elite, big business-backed establishment and a blue-collar, downwardly mobile base has really come to a divorce.

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  Mean, Divorce, Blue

  "Rounding Up The Week In Politics". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, wkms.org. March 6, 2016.

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• Well, it's possible that the new infusion of ad money against Donald Trump kept his margins in Kentucky and Louisiana down a bit. But we're also seeing something that we've never seen in 100 years, which is we are seeing the crackup of a major American political party.

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  Party, Kentucky, Years

  "Rounding Up The Week In Politics". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, wkms.org. March 6, 2016.

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• Well, we had a bunch of primaries and caucuses on the Democratic side. Bernie Sanders won the Nebraska and Kansas caucuses. That keeps his campaign alive. But Hillary Clinton won Louisiana, which was the big prize of the night, so she ended up winning more delegates than he did yesterday.

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  Winning, Night, Kansas

  "Rounding Up The Week In Politics". www-s4.npr.org. March 6, 2016.

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• Republican voters are coalescing behind [Donald] Trump, but many Republican elected officials still say they can't support him.

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  Support, Voters, Republican

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• If [Hillary] Clinton wins, history will also be made: She would be the first female U.S. president, of course, but also the only candidate in the modern era, other than George H.W. Bush, who managed to follow a two-term president of her own party.

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  Partido, Ganar, Dos

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• The winner's margin of victory also matters. If it's a squeaker, that will make the lessons learned for both parties much murkier.

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  Party, Lesson Learned, Victory

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• If [Hillary] Clinton can come close in those two traditionally red states, it will be because of the diverse, educated populations around Atlanta and Phoenix. And it will be a sign that Arizona and Georgia are on their way to becoming the new battleground states.

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  Atlanta, Phoenix, Two

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• As those states and others in the South and West become more diverse and educated, they will become harder for the Republican Party - in its current form - to win.

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  Party, Winning, West

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• Meanwhile, there are some traditional battleground states - like Ohio and Iowa - that are becoming older, whiter and less educated. That's turning them from true battlegrounds into more reliable red states.

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  Iowa, Ohio, Red

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• Even if [Donald] Trump concedes, some of his supporters have promised to take up arms against [Hillary] Clinton.

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  Arms, Clinton, Trump

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