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and bridge substantial divides, we all lose. >> sean: we gotta run. greta is next. see you back here tomorrow night. >> greta: on the record has hit the campaign trail. tonight's stop steamy alaska. not the weather. the feud is between two candidates of three we are live in anchorage to give you the inside story. three candidates squaring off today in a forum. murkowski running as a write-in. tea party0#zl4 favorite miller d mayor mcadams. you will hear from each of the three tonight right here. first joe miller. miller knocked out murkowski in the republican primary. senator murkowski refused to back down. miller went on the record. nice to see you. delight to watch this forum
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today. you talk about feel good forum policy what did you mean and what would you do about afghanistan now? >> that's a very difficult issue we are committed there. the one thing i will tell you for sure, we to support our men and women in uniform. they to get the support they need to protect themselves to accomplish the mission. >> greta: are they getting that now? >> they could use more. i'm happy with the troops increased. frankly, where they are at right now with the deaths occurring it clear we can do more to support them. concerned about the rotation levels. the impact to our soldiers, their families. we've got to make sure those issues are addressed at home. frankly, longer term we have to define the mission in a little better way so we can focus in on the threat rather than focus in on the broader idea that we are building a nation there. that can be the focus. it has to be -- >> greta: how do you do this? you say support the troops. i don't think there is anybody in the country that doesn't think we should support the
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troops. what is the defined mission? what would you suggest to the president if you were senator? >> you listen to the generals, they are on the ground that know what they are there for. they understand what a threat is what the role of the military is infìó a hostile environment and they know what they need if we tell the leadership in the military we want you to remove the threat. we want to you do it within the rules of war. we are going to stay out of way as far as this other stuff goes. as far as nation-building goes. i believe our armedded forces have the capacity to do what needs to be done. allowing them to do the job they've been trained for. to effectuate policies of lessening the to us. >> senator murder could you -- senator murkowski hammered you -- mischaracterize it? >> we
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[ talking over each other ] >> that vote hasn't happened. the repeal bill is something that has -- >> greta: does it make a difference how late is it if she makes decisions on things? >> what you -- when you marry that with what she says, it is that we need one that works those are her words she said during a town hall meeting. we take her at her word. then she can explain why she had words to her expressed -- >> greta: i understand you
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don't like prying into your background? >> there's a line that has got to be drawn in the san no question that i had scrutiny in this race compared to either one of the candidates. >> greta: but you are new. >> so is mcadams. >> greta: he's been mayor. >> murkowski appointed by her dad. >> she was elected by the voters. >> she was. one of the comments we heard was the numbers that showed up at that vote 55,000 alaskan voters voted in the republican party primary the largest number in the mystery of this state, extraordinary the turnout i think we are going to see more of the same in the general. i think people in this state are tired of not looking at the issues of the issues are jobs. the issues in this state are we going to stand on our own two feet we the federal government's role has lessened? whether because of bankruptcy or there's a restriction of federal funds?
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if we continue to keep all of our eggs in that basket called the federal government this state is going to be upside down. >> greta: you don't like when they go off issues. you asked murkowski the question about tarp and then zinged her about investments in banks. does she? >> yes. we asked her about it. frankly this is about issues. why did you vote for tarp. the biggest bailout that resulted in bailing businesses getting federal money to the point where we an automaker owned by the united states? this is the question about policy and what you look at government as and how you see our role as a state. whether continued dependency, pile on as much pork as you can get, or looking at the future and saying, going to be honest with you, this is not going to continue we have to go in a different direction. i think that's where the debate needs to be.
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>> greta: were you satisfied with her remark about her ira's were in the bank and bought later by wells fargo? >> that has to be up to the voters. >> greta: were you satisfied, you asked it? >> any time you vote for a bill where you've got a direct financial interest, by inheritance or transfer of stock that is something you ought to be recused from. if you vote for something that you've got a direct financial interest in. i think recuseal is appropriate. >> greta: you didn't like her answer? >> i don't think it is an excuse. >> greta: today, you enjoyed it? think the voters enjoyed it? >> i think so. you can look to jobs in this state and the future of this state or look to the failed policies of the past whether it is eight years of the continuation of what we've seen in d.c. through murkowski or the failed attempts of obama to reus is state this
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economy. they both represent big government not the future. i think alaskans will see this. i think in november they will make the right decision and i'm excited to continue to speak on those issues. >> greta: who is your bigger problem, are you more worried about mr. mcadams or senator murkowski? >> i think they are working out university same group of voters. >> greta: you asked your question of the senator and mr. mcadams asked his questions it seemed like it was you guys against her. >> i think she pulls more from the moderate left than the conservative vets. we are continuing with the same -- votes. we are continuing with the same message. same message in the primary as in the general. she in it, fine. we'll continue to tell alaskan voters we have to look to the future. >> greta: you said senator demint was the current living senator you admire most. who is in second place? >> you know, look --
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>> greta: you had time to think up there you were lucky. >> coburn is a great guy. he's doing good things too. now we going to third, fourth, fifth and sixth. >> greta: i won't go there. >> some people are saying this is what we that do. the country is break. we are not going to be vested with special interests that donated to campaigns. we to fix the country. we'll stop at nothing to do it, even if it is personal discomfort. it means that i get included from the club. i believe that's what these people that are being elected from outside the establishment are doing. they understand that they are going to chain the system around. that's what -- to change the system around. that's what i think is exciting. >> greta: i'm curious, did you and senator murkowski say hello each other?
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>> i said hello and good-bye. i'm always a friendly person. whether you oppose me or not greta. >> greta: next, first senator murkowski, what does she think about the arrogant lisa attack ad from the tea party express? does she like joe miller? find out next. part two of our interview with christine o'donnell. her endorsement from sarah palin made headlines coast-to-coast. what does she say about governor palin, now? find out minutes from now. ♪ [ man ] i thought our family business would always be boots. untilne day, my daughter showed me a designer handbag. and like that, we had a new side to our business. [ male announcer ] when the martinez mily saw an opportunity, the hartford was there. procting their employees and property, and helping them prepare for the future.
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earlier murkowski went on the record after a forum with her opponents. they both had a chance to ask questions they didn't ask each other. >> i know they didn't. maybe i'm in a little bit of the under dog role which is not bad. i have been accused by the one as being not conservative enough. and by the other as being too liberal. i figure i'm somewhere in the middle. which is where most alaskans are. >> greta: mcadams defended you what he said was a mischaracterization of miller on melt care. >> interesting. >> greta: one thing you said in the primary, 15% voted, explain that. >> mcadams got 3 1/2% of the electorate, miller got a little less than 12. then there were obviously votes that came to me as well as other candidates.
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there's about 85% of the electorate out there who didn't support either one of the two names that will be on that ballot. >> greta: those are the ones you are seeking? >> correct. >> greta: you said you were not always happy with the republican party. what -- >> historically. i've been a republican since i was 18 there. was a period here in the state where the moral majority came in and they kind of turned republican party politics on its head. i can remember going to conventions and saying what has happened to our party. a lot of dissention amongst the ranks. politically, within our state and our state's party there have been periods of highs and lows. all parties, i think experience that. my comment was, hey, when the going gets tough and you don't like what is going on, you still stick with your party. because hopefully, you are going to see that ebb up in your favor next go round.
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>> greta: does it make you unwilling to say when your party is wrong? >> no. what is important you stand true to your values. you stand true to your state, which is certainly where i am right now. and really that's ultimately what is important. >> greta: i'm not going to ask you a lot of questions the tea party movement has been very vocal in this state. they have an ad out, forgive me for using your first name but it calls you arrogant lisa how do you respond to that? >> i think ha what people need keep in mind this is not the tea party movement that is running these ads. this is a very specific, distinct group, out of california that has decided that i am not the right person to serve alaska in the united states senate. i think alaskans take offense of the fact that folks in california are deciding who is
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right for alaska! regardless of what it is they call me, alaskans take a little offense at that and they are pushing back. >> greta: but republicans voted you out in the primary. >> a small number of republicans voted me out in the primary. i've been asked by thousands and thousands of alaskans to give them a choice. that also is a very legitimate part of the electoral process, a write-in candidacy. i'm giving alaskans a choice between two guys that clearly don't have the experience. and one who would really take this state in a way that i don't think most alaskans want. >> greta: do you like joe miller? >> hmm. not what i know of him. >> greta: senator, thank you. i know you have been on the road and you have a lot of campaigning to do, thank you. >> appreciate it. >> greta: next joe miller and senator murkowski have been
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>> greta: on the record is live in alaska with a fight for the united states senate is wild. you just heard from republican senator murkowski and republican joe miller. now democratic scott mcadams goes on the record. nice to see you, nice to meet you. >> thanks for having me. >> greta: i should start by wishing you happy birthday. >> thank you, i turned 40 yesterday. >> greta: most people don't announce that you are proud? >> i hit a milestone, 10/10/10, 40-years-old. >> greta: congratulations. you are mayor of it is . how -- sitka how big? >> 8600 people organized on an island, 600 square miles
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larger than delaware. >> greta: your city bigger than delaware? >> no roads only air or ferry service. >> greta: if you want to go you get a plane how long is the flight? >> like flying from st. louis to atlanta. big state. >> greta: today you got to square off with miller and murkowski. i detected tension between those two? >> those two are embroiled in a family feud. we are talking about our experience serving alaskan communities. we are a young state, infrastructure poor that still needs to be developed. >> greta: what made you want to be senator? >> i thought at the beginning as mayor of alaska's fifth largest city, i thought i would engage in dialogue with senator murder skou ski. the 24th -- with senator
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murder -- i've been washington advocating for better schools, ports, harbor, bridges, bridges are important. i've been in washington i did know senator murkowski. this campaign is wide open. >> greta: in terms of joe miller did you know him before this campaign? >> i never heard of him before the 31st, of may. most alaskans didn't know joe prior to his endorsement from sarah palin. >> greta: a little bit of an outsider. today it was interesting seemed like the two guys again the woman. >> i think it is about issues. i think it is about alaska. we had a dialogue that went all three ways. senator murkowski as somebody who has been part of
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mcconnell's minority has a record. miller has what i believe to be some extreme views of the world. for us, we are talking about what it means to be mayor in alaska. what it means to have needs as a young state. alaska is a state that has not been developed as many other states were throughout the course of our history. >> greta: you have different view points. one point today during the debate you corrected or said that miller was wrong about murkowski's record on health care. >> the senator voted against health care reform and voted to repeal health care. miller talked throughout the course of the primary about how the senator voted alluded to how she voted for it, which was incorrect. >> greta: in terms of health care. are you satisfied with the national health care bill?
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>> as a starting point from which we can make improvement. with 150 republican amendments it could be called mitch mcconnell care as obamacare from my point of there are things i have concerns about. i've stood on my head invoking article 10, as it s to no child left behind, what i believe is an intrusion on schools. one of the biggest concerns i have is the mandated premiums. i would like to look at that part of it. i'm not for repeal, i'm for improvements. >> greta: mandates is the way the bill is supposed to be funded. let's say you look at mandates and uncomfortable how are you going to fund the new health care bill unless you raise taxes? >> there is a need for a pool there of some sort. i want to look at that part. there are elements of the bill that i agree. one being the fact that folks can't move from one job to
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another because of preexisting conditions. that's a huge issue. i think it stifles economic development when people are set in a job and they are not able to expand their horizons. i think in a down economy it is a matter of economic development to allow a kid to go back to graduate school, a child -- >> greta: now you are 40 you can call them kids. >> i have a 16-year-old daughter. i can only imagine after getting your bachelor's degree and there is nothing out there in the economy isn't it great a young person is able to go back-to-school and still be covered by their parents's health care insurance. what i see commercial fishermen, independent operators, people who have their own businesses, who aren't able to have health care coverage because of the expense. we have great problems -- >> greta: if the mandate guess way, where are you going to get the money? all those great things people
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love, people want people with preexisting illness to get insurance, how are you going to pay for it? if you don't like the mandate or take that away? >> again that is something i want to evaluate the unfunded mandate part. there may be a lot of solutions out there i'll continue to work on them. >> greta: there's controversy people from the tea party movement from the state of california coming into alaska, taking ads against the senator. do you sit back and serve an as a spectator and watch the feud that goes on? what are your thoughts? >> we are running a campaign that is gaining great momentum. as far as outside interests coming into alaska. alaska has a horrible history of -- alaska statehood was steeped in a spirit of throwing out, outside interests at that i am was the seattle fish processors, guggenheim syndicate came in and took mineral wealth out
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didn't leave anything behind. alaskans are wary of outside interests coming in and telling them what to vote for. >> greta: senator stevens, the airport named after him, his invoked three times by the senator today, he was a republican. your view on the senator and the appropriations he brought to the state? >> i absolutely support the idea of an earmark. i don't think anybody has a better situational awareness or understanding of the needs of a local community than the delegation that events that state. as alaska's next senator i'll fight for congressionally vetted appropriations because alaska understands better than bureaucrats in washington what the needs are on a local level. i'm a small town mayor who has been to d.c. several times advocating for resource investment here. people might wander and ask why should we put federal dollars in the investment of
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alaska? as a matter of equal footing, alaska has a case to be made for development just like every other western state in this country was developed with the help from washington, d.c.. there was a time when the railroad was a railroad to nowhere when the hoover dam was a dam for no one. so, i think that alaska, we are an infrastructure poor state. there are only 675,000 people organized in this giant state with a wing span as wide as the lower 48 states contiguously. i'll continue to fight for stevens' style earmark, for appropriations of any sort that gets our state developed. affordable energy, reliable transportation, basic in structure and educated populous is the backbone of any economy. >> greta: has the democratic party been of help to you? >> they have helped.
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i'm proud of our ability to raise money. we've out-fun raised miller and murkowski combined in the last 45 days. >> greta: how is president obama doing? >> i think that he is doing fair. i will -- i think there is much of his promises left to be developed. >> greta: coming up, it is a fact, there is a feud in the republican party here in alaska. governor sarah palin enforced -- endorsed miller can murkowski leave miller in the dust as a write-in? >> and part two of our interview christine o'donnell. who is the republican she most add fires? is the media getting -- admires? is the media getting unher skin? find out, coming up. [ male ann] opportunity is a powerful force. set it in motion... and it goes out into the world like fuel for the economy.
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candidates. this race feels like a bad family feud. especially within the republican party. what's up with the republicans here? rick santorum joins us live. good evening. it seems rather testy up here within the republican party. what is going on in your party? >> well, obviously i can understand why joe miller feels testy. he came in, won a primary and thought he was home free and all of a sudden, the person he advantage wished if the primary decides i'm going to -- i'm going to stick around. that wouldn't make me happy. lisa feels like i wasn't prepared for this. a small percentage of people i've heard her say decided this election and that wasn't fair to me both have a little chip on their shoulder and that's being expressed. >> greta: interesting, outside groups come in often times and contribute. she says an outside group came
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in and -- miller is mischaracterizing her votes on health care, mcadams joins her on her side. then miller says they are prying too deeply into my personal affairs. trying to find out whether my wife collected unemployment unfairly when i don't like unemployment. it is an incredible mess here. it is hot. >> yeah. i think in the end all of these issues tend to fall away what folks are going to focus on is conservatives are going to go out and try to elect and tea party folks the most conservative person. if i was -- if i could be any one of these three i would want to be joe miller. the people that are most energized are the folks in miller's camp. if you see the gallup polls and the other polls, intensity is this that group of people that are supporting miller. the other two candidates, lisa
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is trying to find the moderates in the middle in both parties. of course the democrat is trying to energize his base. again, if you look at historically how these races 10 to turn out, initially, take florida for example, crist and rubio, neck-and-neck for a long period of time. then what happened? democrats come home, republicans come home and the independent falls off. this is a shorter timeframe than what we saw in the florida race. i suspect you will see that. democrats are going to tart to come home. lisa will start to fall. as a result, even the acceleration of people going back to the traditional parties is going to happen. i don't think she going to do well in this final analysis. >> greta: i would have thought too. war the odds for a write-in candidate? not a scientific study for us to rush in town and talk to people and go to events we don't go to the other parts of
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the state to find out what they are thinking. but there's a lot of enthusiasm. and her name is a political family. her father was governor of the state. there's a lot behind her. we had governor sarah palin who seemed to be a big supporter of joe miller is now doing other things she she doesn't currently feel like a factor here. >> governor murkowski lost reelection and lost fairly badly. that certainly obviously the murkowski name is a good name there but it is a mixed bag. again, this election cycle in particular, i have to believe the person who is out there espousing the conservative message, energizing the folks, connecting to the folks who are energize , i should say is going to have a better chance to win than anybody else. >> greta: the mayor today held his own. i'm thinking, in the time
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we've been here, i don't have the sense the democratic party has really thrown their support behind him. you would think they would have some interest because it is possible the republican vote is split by murkowski and miller. seems satisfied with the democratic support. do you think the party is fully funding him as much as they can and should? >> at this point, i think they have so many other races that they are concerned about that trying to protect races in states where they think they can win, they probe -- i'm sure they haven't paid very much attention to him. i think you are right. he did will in the debates from the snippets that i saw. i think he did a fine job on your interview. this may be a situation that -- he could pick up some here. again, where is he gonna get the votes from? nobody is going to switch from miller to -- they are coming from murkowski's votes that leads to the problem i talked
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about before. mccann doing well is not good news for murkowski. >> greta: senator, thank you. >> here's what is coming up on the o'reilly factor. >> bill: is the left wing media turning on president obama? bernie goldberg will be here to and that lies that. -- to analyze that. miley cyrus, involved in another converse. >> >> greta: we are live until the top of the hour. next, part of two our interview with delaware republican senate candidate christine o'donnell. she guess on the record about governor palin -- she goes on the record about governor palin and tells you if the media is getting under her skin. christine o'donnell is next. metg a little different about eggland's best eggs. now, in addition to the taste and nutrition you and your family love, eggland's best wl proudly be displaying its support for susan g. komen for the cure®, the world's largest breast cancer organization, in its promise to end breast cancer forever.
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[ inaudible ] most admired republican politician dead or alive? >> i would say ronald reagan and governor palin. governor palin understands the politics of personal destruction and didn't let it get her off track. ronald reagan foreign policy when his so-called vieders were saying in-- saying end the stars wars program he said absolutely not. i'm going to call their bluff, stay strong and support our military. he did what he knew was right. he stood up in the face of adverse and his critics and he was right. >> greta: does the media sometimes get under your skin at all? sometimes being attacked is -- isn't necessarily a bad thing,
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does it get under your skin? >> i've stopped watching, reading the news clips. what is frustrating the move is the inaccurate painting of my family and they are dragging my family into this. and calling my brothers and sisters and putting them under scrutiny family is not running for office, i'm running for office. unfortunately, it comes with the territory. but, what i've tried do is tune it out and stay focused on the of -- on the people of delaware and get into the communities and talk to the people that is truly invigorating and inspiring. it mind sound like a cliche but that keeps me motivated. whether a group of farmers or veterans, hearing what their concerns are, what their needs are and going i can help. i can do something about that. when you realize that this fight has a cause greater than themselves and taking hits because you want to help these
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people you just met with this their home and end the death tax so this farmer can pass his farm on to his son or you want to get down there to washington so you can support our wounded warriors, keeps you motivated. especially one of the things that really helped me to stay on track and stay motivated was meeting with many of the disabled veterans and realizing. i spoke to this one gentleman george who said you've got to keep going. you've got to stick to the fight. he told me about how when he came from deployment overseas and he returned to america, people would spit on him. he said that hurt. but he took it, because he knew what he was defending. he knew the cause. and he knew why he was doing it. even people spitting on him didn't. he shared with me that what he sees our leadership in washington doing to america hurts the same way as when people spit on him. because it is the very people who are supposed to be
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defending our freedom, defending america, who are destroying it. he encouraged me please keep ongoing. we took bullets overseas to defend freedom. we need you in washington. my sister and i drove back from the picnic at the elk's lodge, like wow, we can't let them get us down. governor palin's favorite saying don't let them get you down. we keep george in mind every time it gets tough. >> the unemployment rate according to stacks today 9.6 -- to statistics today 9.6%. what would you do, i realize you don't have the authority but part of the discussion, what would you do with the economy? >> there's a lot the u.s. senate can do to help the economy. i preyed in our newsbrief in morning that while unemployment is at a stagnant level, more and more people are on food stamps. that broke my heart when i
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read that. they went from temporary unemployment to permanent dependency. one of the first things that the u.s. senate can do is to make sure that we don't get the tax increases that are going to hit in january. small business owners are already struggling. they are going to be impacted by these tax increases. we can make sure that the government can roll back the high taxes, roll pack some of the regulation that sprint an idea from becoming a thriving business. we need to create jobs based on private businesses. when you roll back taxes, especially one of the things i'm proposing is a temporary two year tack holiday on the capital gains tax. people have more money in their pockets. when people have more money in their pocket they reinvest in businesses. when you reinvest in businesses, businesses grow. when businesses grow, business owners hire people to sustain growth. that's how the economy grows. there are things that the u.s.
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senate can do. what happens is we have to cut off the slush funds of the special interest groups to do it. >> greta: every candidate says that. i'm an outsider and we to get rid of the special interests. but nobody ever does it. why should voters believe you or anybody else when you say that? >> because i had to sacrifice a lot to earn my position on the ballot. i'm taking a lot of hits i'm committed to the people of delaware and their interests not the special interests groups in washington. i don't have a party behind me. i don't have big pacs behind me, special interest groups. but i've an army of volunteers who want me to be their voice that is humling and honoring. i've committed to have town hall forums similar to what we are doing on the campaign trail, when name washington. so i can continue to hear from them. one of the biggest reasons why we can ensure that the politics -- the politicians who go to washington do what
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they say is what their whole candidacy is about is about returning the political process back to the people. i'm not a candidate anointed by the party bosses. voters worked very hard to get me to help me win the primary. now that the political process -- my victory will represent turning the political process back to the people. what i've said to them, over the course of the next four years, as i explained in the town hall forums what i'm doing and why i'm making these decisions. if you don't like it, you have the power to vote me out that to me is a wonderful thing that's how politicians should remain accountable to their constituents. >> greta: one last i am you, what does that mean? >> it means i'm not a career politician, not someone who has inherited millions, not groomed to run for office or picked on anointed by the party elite and party bosses. i'm someone who ran for office because people in delaware
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asked me to. they wanted someone close to the process, close what is going on and affected by the policies coming out of washington. so i'm an average citizen who knows how hard it is to earn and keep a dollar. and i want to go to washington and represent the voice of the people again. >> greta: thank you very much. >> thank you. >> greta: i hope if we stalk you again, and all your staff and hang out at your doorstep you will talk us to again. >> you came to wilmington and met us on the campaign trail so i'm grateful for that, thank you. >> thank you. >> next, arnold schwarzenegger gets a job offer that you would never, ever expect. >> want to see a pumpkin that he was more than half a ton? you will coming up. >> plus, the most valuable thing ever found gathering dust behind a couch. stay tuned. [ rattling ]
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become the mayor of moscow. with all the economic problems in california it might be a breath of fresh air for governor schwarzenegger. >> have you ever found a quarter in your sofa and jumped for joy? here the story. according to the "new york post", in the mid 70s the family near buffalo a painting of jesus and mary hanging on their wall. family lore said it was a michaelangelo. well, one day the painting got knocked down by a tennis ball so the family took the painting down. wrapped it up and stored it behind the sofa. fast forward 30 years later. an italian art historian says the family lore might be true it might be a lost michaelangelo. the painting is now in a vault and will be examined by more experts to see if it is authentic. >> all we can say is, this is one big pumpkin. a california pumpkin won the
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grand prize today at the world weigh-off. 1,535 pounds. the man who grew the pumpkin says it is every pumpkin greer's dream to win this contest. at six dollars a pound the winner took home more than $9,000. if he makes a jack-o-lantern out of it he will need a forklift and probably a chainsaw. there you have the best of the rest. >> president obama must be getting sick of this one-term talk. what happened now? stay tuned. for constipation relief... nothing works betterhan miralax. it's the one. the one recommended by more doctors. only miralax is clinically proven
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11:00 is rmt here, it's time. last call. and offer going for president obama gives saturday night live some material. >> speaking in washington on tuesday president's speech interrupt when the presidential seal on his podium fell off two years early. and he knew the president would get made fun of for that one that. is your last call. tonight we gave you the inside story of the alaska senate race. tomorrow night? well, around the move to another fierce senate race. which state is it? start guessing we're not giving out extra clues tonight. you need to be back here at 10:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow night. thanks for joining us tonight. we'll see you again tomro
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