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from Meet the Press interviews during 2014 (number of quotes indicated): |
Making an appearance on all five talk shows on one Sunday is known as a Full Ginsburg, because it was first accomplished by William Ginsburg (Monica Lewinsky's attorney) in 1998. In 2013, both Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio accomplished a Full Ginsburg, fueling speculation that both are planning a presidential run in 2016. In 2014, John Kerry was the only person to accomplish a Full Ginsburg, but no one thinks he is planning a presidential run in 2016. In 2015 so far, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough accomplished a Full Ginsburg in the follow-up to the January 2015 State of the Union speech. OnTheIssues.org excerpts all five of the shows, listed below, with their respective interviewing pundits and each pundit's political affiliation: |
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details) |
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Budget & Economy Jerry Brown: Fiscal discipline is fundamental to a free society. |
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Civil Rights James Webb: Evolution on gay marriage has been good for the country. Carly Fiorina: Women professionals are not treated the same as men. Jerry Brown: 40 years ago, wording didn't exist to talk about gay rights. Marco Rubio: Balance gay anti-discrimination with religious rights. Rand Paul: Women won the "war on women": they're no longer downtrodden. Cory Booker: MLK's dream still demands work to do, after 50 years. |
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Corporations Scott Walker: Put power into hands of job creators, and job growth results. James Webb: If you've got capital, you're feeling pretty good. Bernie Sanders: Americans want change: corporations get rich & people don't. |
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Crime Ben Carson: Arrests for "Driving While Black" is common. Ben Carson: Equip police with body cameras to avoid abusiveness. Deval Patrick: Police & black people often don't understand each other. Rand Paul: Blacks look who's in prison & conclude cops out to get them. Rand Paul: Let convicted felons regain the right to vote. Rick Perry: Death penalty is appropriate for those who kill cops or kids. Rick Perry: Don't apply one-size-fits-all to state's death penalties. Cory Booker: Bipartisan solution to reduce recidivism. |
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Drugs Bill Clinton: Medical marijuana ok; leave recreational pot to the states. |
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Energy & Oil Carly Fiorina: Pass the Keystone Pipeline even if Obama vetoes it. |
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Families & Children Rand Paul: Volunteer eye surgery for blind kids in Guatemala. Mitt Romney: Impact of same-sex marriage on kids won't be known for years. |
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Foreign Policy Marco Rubio: Cuba embargo was designed to protect American companies. James Webb: We need a clearly articulated doctrine for the Mideast. James Webb: Arab Spring: stay out if no Americans at risk. Lindsey Graham: America is the glue that holds the free world together. Ben Carson: US is exceptional, with different values than rest of world. Marco Rubio: Putin wants to reconstitute Russian power & Russian prestige. Marco Rubio: The Russian government is a government of liars. Mitt Romney: Russia & China waster $50B on Olympics; should be $3B. Jack Reed: Suspend aid to Egypt while military crushes protestors. |
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Free Trade Howard Schultz: Bring manufacturing back, even at cost to bottom line. |
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Government Reform Mike Rounds: America is not broken, but Washington is. Bernie Sanders: Citizens United opens up the road to oligarchy. |
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Health Care Deval Patrick: ObamaCare is interconnected with debt and other problems. Carly Fiorina: Repeal ObamaCare; it's vast legislative overreach. Carly Fiorina: Competitive insurance market instead of crony capitalism. Mike Rounds: Remove medical devices tax & payment advisory board. Scott Walker: No Medicaid expansion means no waiting list for poor. Ben Carson: ObamaCare robs you of your ability to control your own life. Rick Santorum: The Tea Party revolution was all about opposing ObamaCare. Tea Party: The Tea Party revolution was all about opposing ObamaCare. |
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Homeland Security Howard Schultz: Imagine if politicians lived by "Honor, country, and duty". Howard Schultz: Volunteer army means 98% of us have no skin in the game. Bill Clinton: On Benghazi: No outrage when 10 were killed under Bush. Rand Paul: Multiple requests for security at Benghazi were ignored. Rand Paul: Benghazi disqualifies Hillary from the presidency. Newt Gingrich: Snowden should be tried as a felon for releasing secrets. Richard Durbin: $48M to protect US Embassies around the world. |
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Immigration Rick Santorum: Border is not yet secure; existing laws are not yet enforced. Carly Fiorina: Pass immigration reform in a series of bills. Paul Ryan: Send illegal immigrant kids back to Central America. Lindsey Graham: Streamline and quicken deportations. Rand Paul: Status quo is untenable; we must do some sort of reform. Rand Paul: Move beyond amnesty, but eventually to path to citizenship. Mitch McConnell: Border security first: the key to getting a final outcome. Richard Durbin: Immigration reform bill makes America safer. |
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Jobs Rick Santorum: GOP must focus on opportunities for middle and lower class. Rick Perry: Focus on maximizing wages, not the minimum wage. Rob Portman: Opposed unemployment extension as unpaid-for, & needs reform. Cory Booker: 1/3 of all NJ development is in Newark, where only 3% live. |
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Principles & Values Gwen Graham: The North Florida way: compromise when you don't agree. Scott Walker: I won with independents' and young people's votes. Bill Clinton: Clintons were millions in debt when leaving White House. James Inhofe: Flying is his passion, but lost his son in plane accident. |
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Social Security Richard Durbin: Simpson-Bowles got it right. put everything on the table. |
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Tax Reform Mitch McConnell: Comprehensive tax reform can work if it's revenue-neutral. John Hickenlooper: $5 trillion of tax cuts to the wealthy is not the answer. |
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Technology Rand Paul: 5% tax on overseas profits & put it all into infrastructure. |
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War & Peace James Webb: Iraq invasion empowered Iran & led to sectarian violence. James Webb: Anti-ISIS alliances are fluid; we've trained some ISIS. Lindsey Graham: Israel: stay as long as needed in Gaza to deal with Hamas. Lindsey Graham: Arm Ukraine; sanction Russia; more NATO troops to region. Bill Clinton: ISIS would not be in Iraq if we had not invaded. Rand Paul: ISIS are nasty terrorists but no clear-cut American interest. Rand Paul: Iraq War gave Iran regional hegemony & caused Mideast chaos. Mitt Romney: ISIS: bad things happen as a result of inaction. Mitt Romney: Leave 20,000 US troops in Iraq as an ongoing presence. Peter King: ISIS creates a privileged sanctuary from which to attack US. Rick Santorum: Obama left Iraq because it was politically popular to do so. Tom Udall: Chemical weapons are despicable, but avoid Syrian civil war. Lindsey Graham: Syria: Assad must go, and small arms won't do it. Tom Cotton: Jihadists attack us for who we are. |
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Welfare & Poverty Paul Ryan: Switch from poverty management to get people out of poverty. Paul Ryan: Customize benefits for each person, run by the states. Paul Ryan: End dependency culture; end disincentives to work. |
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2015 Sunday pundit shows (2015 Gubernatorial races and 2016 presidential preparation): |
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