I think because it's an election year we may actually address education, energy and crime and this may- could very well wind up being a better year than last year

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COCA
Entry: 
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Example: 
I think because it's an election year we may actually address education, energy and crime and this may- could very well wind up being a better year than last year Primary tabs
Modal 1: 
may
Modal 2: 
could
Gender: 
Male
Race/Ethnicity: 
White
Age: 
51
Level of Education: 
Graduate school (Law degree)
Home Community, Town, or State: 
MS (Grenada)
Location Collected: 
Television
Year: 
1992
Relation to Addressee: 
interviewee to interviewer
Medium: 
Spoken
Sentence Structure: 
1.1
Status: 
Naturalistic
Notes: 
Source: CNN Crossfire. Full Context: o fix the economy. Are we actually going to see something concrete happening in the next couple of months? Or is George Bush just positioning himself to blame the Democrats when nothing happens? Sen. LOTT: Well, I think the president's going to hit just the right tone tonight and I believe he will put pressure on the Congress to work with him, to try to do something quickly on economic growth and unlike a lot of other people, I think because it's an election year we may actually address education, energy and crime and this may- could very well wind up being a better year than last year KINSLEY I've got to ask Fritz Hollings the same question. Do Democrats really want to see something come out of this or would they just as soon- Sen. HOLLINGS: Oh, good lordy- KINSLEY: -not see any bill that President Bush could take credit for? Sen. HOLLINGS: Look, here, this is a real problem in a big country and the people would see through that. They want the- we only got on president.