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YEARS.                          
THE HEALTH CARE BILL WON'T BE   

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GETTING A VOTE AT ALL.          
SO ALL THOSE ATTACKS WERE FOR   

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NOTHING.                        
PETER BAKER, WHAT MAKES THIS    

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PRESIDENT TICK TIME AND TIME    
AGAIN, IS GRINDING THE AX,      

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GRINDING THE AX AND SEEKING     
REVENGE AGAINST THE A MAN WHO'S 

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VOTING HIS CONSCIOUS, HE HAD    
PROBLEMS WITH THE BILL AND      

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PROBLEMS WITH THE PROCESS.      
OPO RESEARCH USED TO BE         

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DISSEMINATED FROM PEOPLE LIKE,  
ALL THREE OF US, I GUESS,       

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SECRETLY, LIKE THE THING YOU    
HAVE, THE PERSON THAT WAS SORT  

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OF A CONSULTANT FOR THE         
CAMPAIGN, MEET YOU GUYS IN THE  

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PARKING LOT AT DENNY'S AND HAND 
YOU ON A SUNDAY MORNING, I HAVE 

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NEVER SEEN OPO TWEETED FROM A   
PRESIDENTIAL TWITTER ACCOUNT.   

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>> THERE'S TRANSPARENCY, WHICH  
DON'T KNOW MAYBE THE PRESIDENT'S

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BEHIND THIS SECRET THING, WE    
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE'S THINKING 

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AND HE'S NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT.  
>> THERE'S NO GRACE, THERE'S NO 

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SORT OF CONCESSION TO HE OR SHE 
THAT MIGHT DISAGREE WITH HIM,   

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THERE'S SIMPLY PERSONAL         
VENGEANCE.                      

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>> THERE'S NO FILTER AND THERE'S
NO SLIGHT THAT GOES UNANSWERED. 

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IF STEPH CURRY DOESN'T WANT TO  
GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE, HE'S     

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GOING TO RESPOND.               
WHERE IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN     

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PRESIDENT OBAMA OR PRESIDENT    
BUSH, THEY WOULD HAVE OVERLOOKED

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AT IT.                          
THEY WOULD HAVE RISEN ABOVE IT. 

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THAT'S THE WAY THEY LOOKED AT   
THEIR JOBS.                     

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BUT HIS BASE WANTS HIM TO GET   
OUT THERE AND FIGHT, THEY GET   

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CHARGED UP WHEN HE DOES.        
AND A LOT OF US IN WASHINGTON   

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FIND IT JARRING, BECAUSE IT'S SO
UNLIKE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE 

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PAST.                           
>> IT'S JARRING BECAUSE IT'S    

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SO --                           
>> THE TWITTER IS A TRASH BIN   

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FOR DONALD TRUMP, NOTHING GOOD  
EVER COMES OUT OF IT.           

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I KNOW HE THINKS IT'S A RULE    
THAT HE CAN TWEET ABOUT HIS     

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THOUGHTS DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE.
BUT HE'S INCIING A -- OVER      

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HEALTH CARE AND JUST HOW        
VISCERAL THE ANGER IS IN THE    

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COUNTRY AND SOCIAL MEDIA, THE   
PRESIDENT'S TWITTER ACCOUNT IS  

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PLAYING SUCH A KEY ROLE IN A ALL
OF THAT.                        

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>> HIS ADDICTION TO CABLE NEWS  
AND HIS ADDICTION TO TWITTER GO 

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HAND IN HAND, SO HE LITERALLY   
CANNOT WATCH CABLE NEWS WITHOUT 

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TWEETING ABOUT WHAT HE SEES AND 
THE OXYGEN FOR THAT TWITTER     

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HABIT IS WHAT HE SEES ON THE    
NEWS.                           

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>> YEAH, THERE ARE THINGS THAT  
HE'S JUST UNNATURALLY,          

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UNHELPFULLY OBSESSED ABOUT.     
PEOPLE USED TO MAKE FUN OF      

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JOSH'S BOSS WHO HAD A DISTINCT  
AVERSE TO CABLE TELEVISION,     

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EXCEPT ESPN, WHICH HE OFTEN     
WATCHED.                        

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BUT HE NEVER WATCHED NEWS,      
THERE'S A KIND OF LIKE MENTAL   

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HEALTH TO THAT.                 
>> AND THEY HAVE A LIFE.        

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>> YES, THEY HAVE A LIFE, BUT   
ALSO THERE'S A DEGREE OF BALANCE

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THAT'S OBTAINED.                
YOU HEAR THOSE STORIES, SOME SAY

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BARACK OBAMA DIDN'T CARE ABOUT  
THE POLITICS AND DIDN'T ENJOY   

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GOING TO UP TO CAPITOL HILL AND 
HAVING DRINKS WITH MITCH        

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McCONNELL.                      
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS  

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RELATABLE, THEY DID LIKE TO     
WATCH ESPN MORE THAN THEY LIKED 

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TO WATCH MSNBC.                 
BOTH NORMAL ABOUT THAT, AND     

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THERE'S SOMETHING ABNORMAL ABOUT
ANYONE WHO JUST SITS AND WATCHES

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CABLE POLITICAL TELEVISION ALL  
DAY LONG AND ESPECIALLY WHEN    

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YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT OF THE     
UNITED STATES AND IT THEN DRIVES