"They basically know we're going to do all the talking, " Ms. Essman said.

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It's one thing to do all the talking now, but as soon as you have the helmet on, you simply want to perform and do your best.

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But rather than me do all the talking, I want to make sure that some people who have struggled in the past with the health care system have an opportunity to tell their story, because basically the reason we did this was because of the stories I had heard from folks like you all across the country.

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That's how we start off -- every time somebody speaks in Congress, the first thing they do, they stand up and all the talking points -- I see Frank Luntz up here sitting in the front.

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And so instead of doing all the talking, what I want to do is maybe just provide a few opening remarks and then basically have a conversation with you about things that are important to you and important to this community, important to this state.

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To see what she's talking about, all one has to do is look at the top donors for the leading candidates for each party, which the center has compiled.

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The lesson of tech history is that smart companies crash when they believe what they have already done is all they need to do: that doubling-down and trash-talking the competition is what it takes.

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They helped us set up all the fun things that we're going to have to do after we get through talking.

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"I'm talking to all of the players this week and looking ahead to what we can do with them and what we need them to do over the summer, " he added.

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It had a rap structure but going after a very positive message and talking about things like read a book and take responsibility and do the right thing and do all these things.

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So all they really wanted to do was to agree to start talking about what to do after 2012, and for the first week and a half of the meeting, they weren't even able to agree on anything on that front.

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