Mara Liasson Quotes

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• 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, War, Party

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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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• As one person said to me , Republicans know [Donald] Trump is a stain on their party.

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  Party, Republican, Trump

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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.

  Mara Liasson

  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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• 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

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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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• 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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• 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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• Michael Rubio said Trump's plan was impulsive and not well thought out. The other thing that's really annoying Republicans is that this was supposed to be their great week. The president gave a speech on terrorism that was not well received. They were working hard to tie Hillary Clinton to the president. Then along comes Donald Trump, and the story changes dramatically.

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  Ties, President, Stories

  "Despite Backlash Over Muslim Comments, Supporters Stand By Trump". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. December 10, 2015.

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• People like Ted Cruz, who has tried to position himself as the best second choice for [Donald] Trump supporters, wouldn't condemn him.

  Mara Liasson

  People, Choices, Trump

  ""Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. December 10, 2015.

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• I think that's why we see this mixed reaction - Republican congressional leaders like Paul Ryan speaking out very firmly, but Republican candidates not as much, with the exception of the candidates in the single digits like Jeb Bush or Lindsey Graham, who said how to make America great again tell - Donald Trump to go to hell.

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  Thinking, America, Leader

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• After months and months at the top of the polls, there is a real possibility that Donald Trump could be the nominee.

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  Real, Months, Possibility

  "Despite Backlash Over Muslim Comments, Supporters Stand By Trump". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. December 10, 2015.

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• For Democrats, anything less than 15 net pickups will be a disappointing outcome [in presidency race].

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  Race, Outcomes, Disappointing

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• For a long time, many Republicans thought if they just took two aspirin and laid down, [Donald] Trump would go away.

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  Two, Long, Going Away

  "Despite Backlash Over Muslim Comments, Supporters Stand By Trump". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. December 10, 2015.

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• Many people feel he did cross a line in a way he hadn't even done before and also that Republicans had to speak out because they believe Trump poses a danger to the party.

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  Party, Believe, Speaks Out

  "Despite Backlash Over Muslim Comments, Supporters Stand By Trump". "Morning Edition", www.npr.org. December 10, 2015.

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• There's disgust with what people called a broken political system, and they're really angry at elites, whether it's the Republican establishment or particularly the media who they feel look down on them, tell them they're bigots.

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  Media, People, Broken

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• If the Congress is going to spend its whole time hauling up regulators and bureaucrats and looking like they're focusing on tiny, trivial things, instead of jobs and the economy, it could be a problem for them.

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  Jobs, Tiny, Problem

  "Darrell Issa, Fred Upton Talk Oversight; Allen West, Mike Lee on Tea Party Conservatives". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. January 2, 2011.

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• The enthusiasm for [Donald] Trump had gone up. The net result was it made people more supportive of him.

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  People, Supportive, Gone

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• Donald Trump has said he wants to keep Medicare and Social Security the way they are. Congressman Price along with most Republicans are on record supporting voucherizing Medicare. So there are going to be some conflicts to resolve there.

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  Records, Want, Way

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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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