particular state, you have a leg up on all your competition, on fundraising. that s why sometime it does matter. it isn t always consequential. there are instances where the dynastic lost. one who lost to bill nelson last year in the senatorial contest. so it matters but it is not the most consequential thing. sfim come down to a candidate s skill as well as probably the most important thing, the overall political environment. republicans have a better time turning off voters in offyears. the gop to retain the house. maybe even pick up the senate. which are the democratic dynasty candidates who could help their party stave that off? you mentioned two of them. in democrats, being able to win the senate seats. in louisiana and in arkansas next year will be crucial their
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14 million cars being sold this year, the retail industry is just on fire especially with the tail wind coming from lower gasoline prices, the country is stronger than people think, but i feel like i m the only one saying it. isn t it true? yes, we have one bad employment number, okay? we had numbers last week that were extraordinarily good. you know how many people get work in the car business? it s the most important driver of an economy. now want to ask both of you. i have a theory that when donald trump does the stupid birther thing, it s not that he thinks the president was not born here, it s just a way of rubs the president s nose is something, he can express his hatred, they don t like fim for all kinds of reasons, trump is playing to fellow money deal makers. why is he doing this?
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the minute you have a lawyer that issues a statement like that, you should go back home because it ain t going to happen. go back and close the bedroom door? exactly. this is the third fim herman cain and his lawyers are trying to malign the accuser from a legalese standpoint. or the media. certainly we bear some of that blame. he should have just yiched the one-sentence disclaimer. yes,he did, so what? that s, in effect, what that statement is saying. could he have recovered? no, he was dying from the other stuff, the more serious sexual harassment stuff. this notion that politics and med media s coverage should end at the bedroom door. it s so antiquated. it s about credibility, trust, about social values if you re a social values candidate. it s a nonsensical statement. did we ask herman to run for president? did the media ask him to run for