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Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20140214 21:18:00

They are favored but how significant is the tea party days when it comes to cornyn and mcconnell? it doesn t look like john cornyn has a serious threat. whether mcconnell does or not, that s a debate. but one indication that mcconnell may think that it s not as serious of a threat from his tea party challenger is what he did this week. if he was truly worried about that, he might have gone the other way. ask another republican to he only need five republicans and ultimately they had 12. they had more than enough. let s talk about president obama and vice president biden. they spoke at the house democrat retreat earlier today. i want to play a little bit about the need for integration reform. i believe, frankly, that there are folks on the other side of the aisle who generally want to see this done but they are worried and they are scared about the political blowback. ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20140214 21:27:00

Auto. welcome back to the lead, the sports lead. president obama faced some questions from us at the lead and on nba al stare weekend, he s going one-on-one with charles barkley despite sir charles best efforts, he was not able to pin the president down on the great debate for hoops fans. king james or his heirness. watching lebron james plays at the peak of his superpowers, it s an amazing debate. i never thought i would say this guy might be as good as michael jordan. you know lebron, i know lebron. when you re standing next to him and then you watch him close up, i ve never seen somebody that size, that fast who can jump that high who is that strong who has that much basketball savvy all in one package. now, i m a chicago guy and mike ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20140214 21:14:00

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Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20140214 21:19:00

there isn t a republican party. i wish there were. i wish there were was a republican party. i wish there was one person we could sit across the table from and make a deal and know that when we got up from the table it was done. it s funny, it s like an analysis from president obama, almost a sympathetic analysis but one thing i didn t hear a lot about was 2014. often these retreats are pep rallies, this is what we re going to do to help you get re-elected. there wasn t a lot of talk about that today. were you surprised? not entirely. what we saw is only where the press was allowed in and cameras were allowed in. the president stayed for some q & a and no doubt there were questions about 2014. he s in a difficult position. for house democrats, the best thing that the president can do is try to figure out a way to raise his overall approval rating. house democrats, democrats in general will do a lot better if he s at 47 or 48% approval by ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20140214 21:15:00

Fresno, california. actually, the state is far too warm. that s the problem. california is in the middle of a drought. the worst in a century. the money will come from a hard-fought farm bill that the president signed last week. we ll have more on the drought next week. republican senator ted cruz is from texas but i don t know if he s used to the kind of heat that he s been getting from his gop colleagues over forcing a vote to raise the debt ceiling. president mccain tweeted this. the minority maker, calling it a must read. the piece criticized cruz and called it needless drama for the party. cruz has no regrets and in an radio interview, he called out his critics. an awful lot of the republicans wanted exactly what barack obama wanted, exactly what nancy pelosi wanted, what ....

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