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. I LOVE NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE REALLY ARE GOING TO WIN THIS NOMINATION, AREN'T WE? TONIGHT WE LEAVE NEW HAMPSHIRE AS ONE OF THE FINAL FOUR. NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO A VISITOR FROM NORTH CAROLINA. The NH Primary results are in, we'll have highlights of the day the voters decided. |
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And later, we'll talk to our analysts about the results and what they mean to the rest of the country. |
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Hello. I'm Richard Ager. Welcome to NH Outlook. |
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It's over. The 2004 New Hampshire Primary is now history. We'll talk about who won, who lost, and perhaps most important, who beat the expectations. That's coming up in little while but first, here are some of the sights, sounds and speeches from the campaigns and candidates that have now moved on to other states. |
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TUESDAY EVENING STARTED WITH A MOOD OF CONFIDENCE. BRING IT ON! BRING IT ON! THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JOHN KERRY! Reporter: THIS ENDED WITH A WIN. WE WERE HOPING FOR SECOND PLACE AND HERE WE GO WITH A WIN! WHOO! I LOVE YOU. AND I LOVE NEW HAMPSHIRE AND I LOVE IOWA, TOO. Reporter: FOLLOWING HIS WIN IN THE IOWA CAUCUS LAST MONDAY, SENATOR KERRY BECAME THE GUY TO BEAT IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY. JOHN KERRY LED BY 20 POINTS. ANY TIME YOU HAVE THAT MUCH OF A LEAD, THERE IS A NATURAL TENDENCY TO CLOSE THE GAP. AND FIRST TO HAVE WON BY DOUBLE DIGITS AFTER HAVING A 20 POINT LEAD FOR A FEW DAYS I THINK IS A SIGNIFICANT VICTORY FOR JOHN KERRY. I THINK HE IS A BRILLIANT STRATEGIST. I DOUBTED IT FOR A MOMENT WHEN HE PULLED OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WENT TO AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI WITH A. HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. HE'S A LEADER AND I'M GLAD I PICKED A LEADER FROM THE BEGINNING. I ASK DEMOCRATS EVERYWHERE TO JOIN US SO THAT WE CAN DEFEAT GEORGE W. BUSH AND THE ECONOMY OF PRIVILEGE OF HEALTH CARE THAT IS AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE. I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT AIRCRAFT CARRIERS FOR REAL. Reporter: AND THE SENATOR CAPITALIZEED ON WHAT SOME SUPPORTERS FEEL WILL BE HIS STRENGTH SHOULD HE FACE PRESIDENT BUSH IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. IN THE HARDEST MOMENTS, IN THE HARDEST MOMENTS OF THE PAST MONTH, I DEPENDED ON THE SAME BAND OF BROTHERS THAT I DEPENDED ON SOME 30 YEARS AGO. Reporter: HOW STRONG IS THE VETERAN VOTE THIS COMING HERE YEAR? I THINK IT'S GETTING STRONGER WITH EVERY ELECTION. I THINK SENATOR McCAIN SHOWED AMERICA THAT VETERANS WILL COME OUT AND SUPPORT A FELLOW VETERAN IF THEY BELIEVE IN THE FLOGS IF I-- PHILOSOPHY AND THE CONCERNS THEY HAVE FOR AMERICA, IF THEY SHARE THOSE CONCERNS. I'VE SEEN A TREMENDOUS OUTREACH BY VETERANS THAT HAVE EMBRACED THE KERRY CAMPAIGN IN THIS ELECTION. Reporter:. IN IOWA, THE VETERANS COMMITTEE AND THE FIREMEN, THE MEDIA TENDED TO IGNORE THE ENDORSEMENT BY THE FIREFIGHTERS, AND I THINK IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SOME OF THE OTHER LABOR ENDORSEMENTS BECAUSE FIREFIGHTERS ARE SO WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE. YOU DON'T NEED AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT TO HAVE FIREFIGHTERS. FOR THE 30 PLUS YEARS, EVERY PIECE OF FIRE FIRE FIGHTER LEGISLATION THROUGH THE SENATE HAS BEEN AUTHORED OR SPONSORED OR CO-SPONSORED TO SENATOR JOHN KERRY. HE HAS BEEN TRUE TO US AND WE'LL BE TRUE TO HIM. THANK YOU, NEW HAMPSHIRE! Reporter: BEFORE ACCEPTING VICTORY, KERRY PUT A WELL KNOWN FACE IN THE SPOTLIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT MY TWO-YEAR-OLD GRAND DAUGHTER SAYS ABOUT JOHN KERRY? SHE SAYS JOHN KERRY IS THE REAL DEAL. HOW IMPORTANT WAS THE SHAHEEN INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CAMPAIGN? AS MUCH AS I HATE TO ADMIT IT IT PROBABLY WAS VERY IMPORTANT. SHE WAS JUST GOVERNOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. SHE HAS A STRONG CAMPAIGN NETWORK, AND I THINK THOSE CONTACTS AND TIES DEFINITELY HELPED THE KERRY CAMPAIGN. SHE IS STILL AN INCREDIBLY REVERED WOMAN IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. I THINK SHE WILL BE MORE REVERED TONIGHT, AFTER TONIGHT AS A POLITICAL STRATEGIST. SHE DID IT FOR GARY HART. SHE DID IT FOR HERSELF AND I THINK IT HELPS A LOT. I ASK THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT YET PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN TO GO TO JOHN KERRY.COM, AND I WANT TO YOU MARCH WITH US ACROSS THIS LAND. THIS WILL PUT JOHN KERRY IN THE TOP TIER AS HE GOES THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES. HE HAS TO COME OUT WITH A COUPLE OF BIG VICTORIES IN THE NORTHEAST. HE HAS DONE THAT. HE HAS SHOWN HE CAN BE A PLAYER IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY AS WELL. I'M ORIGINALLY FROM THE SOUTH. I'M FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. I'VE DONE EVERYTHING FROM PICK COTTON AND PULL PEANUTS. WHEN HE BECAME A CITIZEN IN MASSACHUSETTS, I BECAME A FAN OF HIS. WHAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT JOHN KERRY IS HE SAYS WHAT HE MEANS AND MEAN WHAT HE SAYS. I WANT TO THANK YOU, THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHO VOTED FOR ME TODAY WHO KEPT YOUR MINDS AND HEARTS OPEN BECAUSE TODAY YOU VOTED FOR NEW HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND I INTEND TO HELP PROVIDE IT. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU YOU WILL. Reporter: FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK, I'M PHIL VAUGHAN. |
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HOWARD, HOWARD. Reporter: ON THE DAY OF DECISION, DEAN CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEERS SPENT THE FINAL HOURS MAKING THE CASE FOR THEIR CANDIDATE. WE'RE GOING TO DO GOOD, I THINK. THINGS ARE PICKING UP THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I HAD A STUMBLE IN IOWA BUT THINGS ARE RECOVERING. GO HOWARD. WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD. WE ARE COMING FROM BEHIND. WE'RE NOT THE FRONT-RUNNER. THERE IS SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE SPOT NOW SO WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON WORKING REALLY HARD TO TALK TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN TO GET OUR PEOPLE OUT TO THE POLLS. WE THINK IT WILL BE REALLY, REALLY CLOSE. THAT MEANS EVERY SINGLE VOTE COUNTS. Reporter: AS-- AT THE VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTERS IN MANCHESTER, WORKERS TOOK A BREAK FROM THE COLD AND GOT READY TO HEAD OUT AGAIN. PARKER IS FROM FLORIDA AND DEBBIE FROM PENNSYLVANIA WENT TO GOFFSTOWN TO ENCOURAGE DEAN SUPPORT THE OTHERS GO TO THE POLLS. WE'RE LOOKING FOR ROLAND. DO YOU KNOW IF HE HAS VOTED TODAY? HE IS GOING TO LATER. OH, OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TAKE CARE. I JUST THINK IT'S A REALLY CLOSE CALL. ALL THE POLLS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY DIFFERENT, AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN REALLY SAY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WE'LL ALL FIND OUT TONIGHT. I THINK IT COULD GO ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT AS FOR ME, I'M REALLY HOPING THAT DR. DEAN CAN PULL THIS OFF. Reporter: BUT DESPITE THE HOPES, THE EARLY RETURNS MADE IT CLEAR THAT JOHN KERRY WOULD FINISH ON TOP. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE KERRY CAMPAIGN BEGAN PUTTING OUT LAWN SIGNS SAYING DUMP DEAN, VOTE KERRY. SEEMS WITH THE QUICK DECISION TONIGHT, THAT THOSE SIGNS AND THAT MESSAGE HAS HAD ITS EFFECT HERE IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY. I THINK THE MEDIA PICKED UP ON HIS MISSTEP IN IOWA, AND, OF COURSE, THAT REINFORCED PEOPLE'S SPIRITS ABOUT HIS ELECTABILITY AND IT SEEMS LIKE ELECTABILITY IS BECOMING THE ISSUE OF THE CAMPAIGN HERE. HERE'S SOMEBODY WHO HAS TO DEAL WITH A LONG SEASON AND PLANNING OVER MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CAMPAIGN. ANY LESSONS THAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO PASS ON TO THE DEAN TEAM? WELL, I THINK IF YOU ANALYZE POLITICS AND SPORTS, IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME. THE HIGHS ARE SO HIGH AND THE LOWS ARE SO LOW. THREE WEEKS AGO HOWARD DEAN WAS 30 POINTS AHEAD, YOU KNOW, IN THIS STATE, IN HIS OWN BACKYARD. ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT TONIGHT HE IS BEHIND. SO YOU REALLY CAN'T GO TOO HIGH OR TOO LOW. SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. IF YOU STAY WITH YOUR MESSAGE, YOUR PHILOSOPHY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, GOOD TEAMS AND GOOD POLITICIANS EVENTUALLY WIN AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WIN SOONER THAN LATER. WE WANT DEAN! THE SOMBER MOOD LIFTED AS HOWARD DEAN CAME ON TO FOUR MINUTES OF UNINTERRUPTED CHEERS AND APPLAUSE. WE REALLY ARE GOING TO WIN THIS NOMINATION, AREN'T WE? YOU TOOK US INTO YOUR HOMES AND YOUR LIVING ROOMS, MEETING AT THE MERRIMACK RESTAURANT, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HAVE ALLOWED OUR CAMPAIGN TO REGAIN ITS MOMENTUM. AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL. AND THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HAVE ALLOWED ALL OF YOU TO HOPE AGAIN THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE REAL CHANGE IN AMERICA. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE AMERICA NEEDS REAL CHANGE AND SOMEONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHO HAS REALLY DELIVER CHANGE, WE'RE ALL TOGETHER IN THIS. STAND WITH US IS TO THE VERY END WHICH IS JANUARY 20, 20035. -- 20035. -- 2005. AS I WAS SPEAKING, A GUY YELLED OUT "WE BELIEVE IN YOU, HOWARD" I SAID FAR BE IT FROM ME TO REBUKE ANY EXUBERANT. ANY EXUBERANT SUPPORTER. BUT IT'S NOT ME THAT YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN. IT'S YOU. I WAS IN THE PEACE CORPS. JOHN KENNEDY GOT ME IN THE PEACE CORPS. THIS IS THE FIRST GUY I HAVE EVER GONE TO BATTLE FOR. I'VE EVER GIVEN ANY MONEY FOR, I'VE WORKED IN HIS CAMPAIGN. I'VE CANVASED FOR HIM, THE FIRST PRESIDENT I HAVE EVER DONE ANYTHING FOR. HE IS GOING TO MAKE IT. I NOTICE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT HERE FROM SAN FRANCISCO. I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THESE PEOPLE. FLORIDA! ANYBODY HERE FROM ALASKA? YOU KNOW SOMETHING? WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LEADER, SOMEONE WHO CAN PULL US FORWARD. AND I THINK THE PRESS AND EVERYBODY HAS MISCONSTRUED IT IS JUST THE YOUNG. IN CALIFORNIA IT'S PEOPLE OVER 50 THAT ARE FOR DEAN. WE SAW KENNEDY. WE HEARD TRUMAN, AND HE IS A MIXTURE OF ALL OF IT. YOU'RE A BUSINESS LEADER. YOU HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OTHER BUSINESS LEADERS WHO SUPPORT DEAN. WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF THE DEAN CAMPAIGN'S ABILITY TO REACH OUT AND CONTINUE FUND-RAISING MAYBE EVEN AT A FASTER CLIP THAN IT HAS ALREADY? WELL, THEY SAY THAT THEY NEED ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS A WEEK. THIS WEEK SINCE IOWA, THEY'VE RISED A MILLION FIVE. THEY MATCHED OR BEAT KERRY IN DOLLARS IN. SO AT THIS POINT I'M WITH A BIG FUND-RAISING GROUP OUT BACK, NOBODY SEEMS TO BE HAVING ANY PROBLEMS WITH SECOND PLACE. § DOCTOR, MY EYES § TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG § |
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THE CLARK CAMPAIGN WAS NOT EXPECTING TO WIN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, BUT A TIE FOR THIRD PLACE MAY BE THE BOUNCE SUPPORTERS WERE LOOKING FOR. YOU KNOW, HE'S MADE AN IMPRESSION ON PEOPLE. THE INDIVIDUAL CONTACT. HE HAS BEEN TO ALMOST EVERY TOWN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND I THINK EVENTUALLY THAT HAS BEGUN TO ROLL INTO SOMETHING. AS A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE THAT A LOT OF THESE OTHER CANDIDATES JUST HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE SMALL TOWNS. HE HAS BEEN TO JUST ABOUT EVERY TOWN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND TALKED TO JUST. HE MUST TO TALKED TO EVERYBODY IN THE STATE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. HE REALLY MAKES A VERY GOOD IMPRESSION. SUPPORTERS LIKE BARBARA LAWTON SAY THE CLARK CAMPAIGN REPRESENTS THE TRUE GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT. LAST SUMMER WE WERE ALL STILL LOOKING FOR THAT CANDIDATE TO LEAD, THAT CANDIDATE THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE ONE MORE POLITICIAN FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. AND WE PUT OUT STARTING HERE IN DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, THAT CRY FOR LEADERSHIP THAT ECHOED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE DRAFT WES CLARK MOVEMENT. Reporter: ALTHOUGH HE ARRIVED LATE IN THE CAMPAIGN, NOT DECLARING UNTIL OCTOBER, CLARK TRAVELLED EVERY INCH OF THE STATE, SHAKING EVERY HAND THAT HE COULD. WE HAVE BEEN CAMPAIGNING ALL ACROSS THE STATE VERY HARD, LEAVING NO PART OF THE STATE BEHIND. JUST YESTERDAY THE FINAL FULL DAY OF THE CAMPAIGN, WE STARTED IN THE MORNING AT LEBANON AND HIT ALL TEN COUNTIES IN THE STATE AND UP IN DIXVILLE NOTCH RIGHT BEFORE THE VOTERS WENT TO THE POLLS AT MIDNIGHT. THAT ENDED UP GOING PRETTY WELL FOR US. WE FEEL GOOD IN ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. WE HAD A STRONG SHOWING AND WE'LL USE THAT TO. THE FIRST IN THE NATION BALLOTS CAST AT MIDNIGHT AT DIXVILLE NOTCH. THE PEOPLE WANT A STRAIGHT SHOOTER. THEY WANT SOMEONE WHO IS AID A LEADER, NOT A POLITICIAN. THEY WANT SOMEONE WITH PROVEN EXPERIENCE WE FEEL WE'RE THE CANDIDATE BEST SUITED ON THOSE FRONTS TO LEAD THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FOUR MONTHS AGO WE WEREN'T EVEN IN THIS RACE. WE HAD NO MONEY, WE HAD NO STAFF WE WILL NO OFFICE. ALL WE HAD WAS HOPE AND A VISION FOR A BETTER AMERICA. Reporter: WITH THE PLANE WAITING TO WISK HIM OFF TO THE NEXT BATTLEGROUND, THE GENERAL THANKED HIS SUPPORTERS WITH A SPEECH THAT SOUNDED MORE LIKE A FIRST PLACE FINISH. WE CAME INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE AS ONE OF THE ELITE EIGHT. TONIGHT WE LEAVE NEW HAMPSHIRE AS ONE OF THE TIME FOUR. Reporter: THE CLARK CAMPAIGN HAD A STAFF OF 77, TEN FIELD OFFICES, 120,000 VOLUNTEERS. PARTS OF THE OPERATION WILL MOVE ON TO SOUTH CAROLINA N BEDFORD, I'M JUDY CURRIE FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK. With a plane waiting to whisk him off to the next battleground the General thanked his supporters with a speech that sounded more like a first place finish The Clark campaign had a staff of 77 in 10 field offices, 120 full time volunteers and 1000's of part timers. this military-like operation is moving on to South Carolina. In Bedford, I'm Judi Currie for New Hampshire Outlook. End with nats |
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Reporter: THIS IS BARRETT LESTER WITH THE EDWARDS CAMPAIGN IN MERRIMACK WHERE SUPPORTERS BELIEVE HE IS THE CANDIDATE WHO CAN BEAT GEORGE BUSH. I'VE KNOWN EDWARDS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. HE HAS A VISION FOR AMERICA. HE IS AN ORDINARY GUY, KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO WORK HARD, KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE PART OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AND WANTS TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYBODY. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE AND THAT'S WHY I'M WITH JOHN EDWARDS. I'M ON THIS CAMPAIGN, ONE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A FRIEND OF JOHN EDWARDS FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS. I KNOW HIS CHARACTER. HE IS A MAN OF INTEGRITY. DOESN'T HAVE SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET. SMART AS A WHIP AND I THINK HE CAN WIN. Reporter: THE CROWD WAITED FOR OFFICIAL POLL RESULTS, ONE EDWARDS SUPPORTER WAS STILL HAD CAMPAIGN BUTTONS AND HAD SOME FUN PREDICTING HIS OWN WINNER. WE COULD TELL THAT KERRY AND EDWARDS WERE THE TOP TWO BUTTONS. THREE TO ONE OVER CLARK. EASY THREE TO ONE OVER DEAN. IT TURNED OUT WHETHER IT WAS A COINCIDENCE OR NOT, WE DON'T KNOW. WE'LL FIND OUT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW EDWARDS IS RUNNING BEHIND KERRY BY JUST A LITTLE BIT IN THE BUTTON DEPARTMENT. CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS ARE BEGINNING TO FILL UP WITH SUPPORTERS. WE SPOKE WITH A FEW OF THEM WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THE CAMPAIGN. I SAT OUTSIDE IN THE COLD, COLD WEATHER SUPPORTING JOHN EDWARDS. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE SINCE 8:30 THIS MORNING. MONTANA'S PRIMARY IS IN JUNE, AND BY THE TIME THAT WE GET TO THE MONTANA PRIMARY, A LOT OF DECISIONS ARE MADE. I WANTED TO BE A PART OF THAT DECISION MAKING PROCESS, THE VERY FIRST PRIMARY IN THE UNITED STATES. I ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO VOTE AND I HAD A GREAT TIME. I THINK EVERYBODY IS ENTHUSED THE WAY THE CAMPAIGN HAS GONE SO FAR. Reporter: EDWARDS SUPPORTERS QUIETLY WAITED, LISTENING TO EARLY RETURNS PLACING EDWARDS NECK AND NECK WITH CLARK IN THIRD PLACE: THE CLOUD EXPLODED WHEN EDWARDS FINALLY JOINED THEM 15 MINUTES LATER. NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO A VISITOR FROM NORTH CAROLINA. AND HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TEN DAYS AGO WE WERE 20 POINTS BEHIND GENERAL CLARK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE. THIS MOMENTUM. IT'S EXTRAORDINARY. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS ENERGY AND MOMENTUM THAT WE SAW IN IOWA, THIS EXTRAORDINARY ENERGY AND MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT RIGHT THROUGH FEBRUARY 3. AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE GREAT VICTORIES ON FEBRUARY 3. YES WE ARE. I CAN'T CHANGE THIS COUNTRY ALONE. BUT YOU AND I CAN CHANGE IT TOGETHER, AND THE REASON I KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN YOU AND YOU DESERVE A PRESIDENT WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVES IN YOU. JOIN US IN THIS CAMPAIGN! ON TO FEBRUARY 3. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU! Reporter: A VIRTUAL THIRD PLACE FINISH WAS ENOUGH FOR THIS CROWD WHO JOINED EDWARDS RALLYING CALL TO BUILD ON THEIR MOMENTUM. THERE WASN'T AN IOTA OF DISAPPOINTMENT BECAUSE THIS IS A CAMPAIGN OF OPTIMISM, A CAMPAIGN OF HOPE, AND WHEN YOU COME FROM ZERO TO WHERE WE ARE, YOU'VE DONE GREAT THINGS. I THINK IT WAS AN AWESOME SHOWING FOR A PERSON WHO, OR A CANDIDATE WHO WAS IN SINGLE DIGITS JUST WEEKS AGO. I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE STRENGTH OF HIS MESSAGE AND TO THE STRENGTH AND THE DETERMINATION OF THE VOTERS AND SUPPORTERS HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AND THE BIG FOCUS FOR THE FEBRUARY 3 PRIMARY? WIN SOUTH CAROLINA. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. YOU LOOK AT JOHN EDWARDS, YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO HAS REAL NATIONAL APPEAL. Reporter: NOT ONLY HERE IN THE NORTHEAST BUT IN THE WEST AND THE SOUTH WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES AND A DEMOCRAT IN ORDER TO WIN, IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE IN SOME WESTERN STATES AND A LOT OF SOUTHERN STATES. THAT'S CRITICAL. SO WITH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY BEHIND HIM, SENATOR EDWARDS SETS THEIR SIGHTS ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY, A MUST-WIN FOR HIM ON FEBRUARY 3. FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK, I'M BARRETT LESTER. |
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Reporter: SENATOR LIEBERMAN SPENT ELECTION DAY AFTERNOON VISITING SOME POLLING PLACES IN MANCHESTER, LIKE THIS ONE AT McDONOUGH SCHOOL. MY EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH. WE ARE GETTING VERY GOOD REACTIONS TODAY. LET'S GO, JOE! HOW ARE YOU DOING? Reporter: BUT BY 4:00, HE WRAPPED UP HIS PUBLIC APPEARANCES UNTIL HIS CAMPAIGN PARTY LATER IN THE EVENING. § BECAUSE TRAMPS LIKE US. CHIP NEIL AT THE CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS FOR SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN AT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE INSTITUTE OF ART IN MANCHESTER. THE MOOD HERE IS UPBEAT IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THE SENATOR'S NUMBERS SEEM TO BE DOWN. WHAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE HERE TONIGHT? HOW WELL DOES HE HAVE TO DO BEFORE HE MAY NOT MOVE FURTHER ALONG? WELL, THE BEAUTY OF THE SCHEDULE OF THE PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES IN 2004 IS THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE IS THE FIRST PRIMARY STATE, NOT THE LAST PRIMARY STATE. PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SUCH A COMPACT SCHEDULE OF CAUCUSES AND PRIMARIES IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO REALLY BE ABLE TO ALLOW ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES AND STILL BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN THESE CAUCUSES AND PRIMARIES AND STILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET TOGETHER AND PREPARE FOR THE CONVENTION IN BOSTON. FIRST FIRST OF ALL, TELL ME WHY YOU ARE SUPPORTING JOE LIEBERMAN? HE HAS THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE REALLY HERE ABOUT, TO BEAT GEORGE BUSH AND CHAG THIS ADMINISTRATION. Reporter: BY 39:45, THE CANDIDATE SHOWED UP AT THE PARTY. BY 9:45 THE CANDIDATE SHOWED UP AT THE PARTY. AND MANAGED TO SPIN A FIFTH PLACE SHOWING INTO A THIRD PLACE TIE. WELL, BASED ON THE RETURNS THAT WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT, THANKS TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, WE ARE IN A THREE-WAY SPLIT DECISION FOR THIRD PLACE. JOE WAS HOPING TO COME IN THIRD. WE HAVE KNOWN WE WERE IN A CLOSE RACE FOR THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE BUNCHED RIGHT THERE. WE ARE HOPING WE CAN COME OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH ENOUGH OF A JUMP TO GET DOWN TO DELAWARE AND TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND PROVE OURSELVES THERE WITH THE MESSAGE THAT WE THINK CAN WIN. THIS MORNING, THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PUT FOUR OF THE CANDIDATES ON THEIR FRONT PAGE. NOT ME. BUTED IF-- BUT TODAY, THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PUT ME IN THE RING AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STAY! THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA! Reporter: THE NEXT STOP FOR THE UNDAUNTED LIEBERMAN CAMPAIGN IS OKLAHOMA. IN MANCHESTER, AT THE LIEBERMAN CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS, I'M CHIP NEIL FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK. |
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Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich received one percent of the vote in Tuesday's primary. Late in the evening, supporters that remained at his headquarters said they felt good about the influence he's had on the national dialogue. |
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YOU CAN HEAR THE CANDIDATES USING HIS MESSAGES NOW LIKE FEAR ENDS, HOPE BEGINS. THAT COMES FROM HIM. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES NOW THAT ARE STARTING TO USE THE SAME DIALOGUE THAT HE IS USING. I THINK HE REALLY DID PUSH THE ISSUE OF WORKING TOGETHER WITH OTHER NATIONS TO TRY TO COME TO SOME RESOLUTION IN IRAQ. YOU KNOW, HE HAS DEFINITELY MOVED THE DIALOGUE TOWARD PEACE AND WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH OTHER NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. AND THAT WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR. WE REALLY THINK THAT'S NECESSARY. |
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Joining us now - James Pindell of PoliticsNH.com and Andy Smith of the UNH Survey Center. Thank you both for being here. |
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Richard: JOINING US NOW IS JAMES PENDLE OF POLITICS.COM AND ANDY SMITH OF THE UNH RESEARCH CENTER. I'D LIKE TO GET A REMINDER OF THE FINAL NUMBERS FROM LAST NIGHT. WE LOOKED AT 38% FOR JOHN KERRY. 26% FOR HOWARD DEAN, 12% FOR WESLEY CLARK, 12% FOR JOHN EDWARDS. 9% FOR JOE LIEBERMAN AND 1% FOR DENNIS KUCINICH. HERE'S THE QUESTION. WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THE BIGGEST STORY COMING OUT OF THIS YEAR'S NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY? I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOWARD DEAN. HERE'S A GUY WHO IN ONE YEAR CAME OUT OF OBSCURITY AT THE TIME OF A VERMONT GOVERNOR. HE ROSE AND NEARLY BECAME THE FRONT-RUNNER LEADING THE MONEY AND THE POLLS IN SEVERAL STATES. DOING IT IN A NEW WAY, USING THE INTERNET TO DO OLD TRADITIONAL METHODS OF CAMPAIGN. YET IN JANUARY IT ALL CRUMBLED. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A CAMPAIGN WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT FOR 50 YEARS. Richard: WHAT CAUGHT YOUR EYE? SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES THE DEAN CAMPAIGN BROUGHT INTO THIS RACE I THINK WERE REALLY INTERESTING ADVANCEMENTS OF OLD-FASHIONED POLITICS. IT BROUGHT OLD-FASHIONED POLITICS IN BUT THEY BROUGHT IT INTO THE COMPUTER AGE. Richard: CERTAINLY THE INTERNET INNOVATIONS THEY CAME UP WITH, I THINK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, SCARED A LOT OF THE OTHER CAMPAIGNS. THEY WERE WONDERING HOW TO GET SOME OF THE INTERNET STUFF. FROM THIS TIME ON, I THINK YOU WILL SEE EVERY ORGANIZATION BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN IS THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE DOES NOT DO WHAT IT NORMALLY DOES WHICH IS WHITTLE DOWN THE FIELD. THAT'S NOT NEW HAMPSHIRE'S FAULT BUT THE FRONT LOADING PROCESS. WE HAVE FOUR CANDIDATES THAT CAN SEE WHERE THEY CAN GO AND DO WELL AND CONTINUE THEIR CAMPAIGNS. JOHN KERRY IS FAVORITE BUT HOWARD DEAN HAS MONEY AND HISTORICALLY THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST MONEY WINS, ESPECIALLY THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST RATING AND HIGHEST RATINGS IN THE NATIONAL POLLS HAVE ALWAYS WON IN THE MODERATE PROCESS SINCE 1972. JOHN EDWARDS AND WES CLARK CAN GO DOWN SOUTH AND THINK THEY CAN WIN THERE. WE DIDN'T WHITTLE THE FIELD DOWN TOO MUCH. AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF NEXT WEEK. YOU'RE RIGHT SOME, FAULT GOES TO THE CANDIDATES THEMSELVES. THIS IS A WEEK THERE WAS SO MUCH MUD SLINGING IN IOWA, THEY KIND OF PLAYED IT NICE AND SAFE. THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO KNOCK ANYBODY OUT. THEY WERE TRYING TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES. SOMEONE ELSE WILL GET THE CLUE THAT IT IS NOT WORKING FOR THEM. LET'S LOOK AT HOW EACH OF THE CAMPAIGNS, YOU KNOW, RAN THEIR WEEK HERE LEADING INTO THE PRIMARY. THE WINNER CALLING THEMSELVES COMEBACK KERRY AFTER IOWA. AFTER EARLIER THIS MONTH, HE WAS TRAILING DEAN BY 30 POINTS. WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THE KEY TO HIS VICTORY HERE? IOWA. THEY MADE THE DECISION IN DECEMBER TO GO ALL ABOUT IOWA. Richard: NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS PRIDE THEMSELVES ON NOT TAKING THE LEAD FROM SOMEBODY SGLELS THIS IS ALL ANECDOTAL AND I THINK A POLL SUGGESTED THAT 11% OF KERRY VOTERS FROM INFLUENCED BY HIS PERFORMANCE WINNING THE IOWA CAUCUSES, BUT CONSISTENTLY WHEN I WENT TO THE VOTING PLACES THEY SAID ELECTABILITY IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR THEM. WHEN THEY LOOKED AROUND FOR ELECTABILITY, JOHN KERRY GAVE THE BEST ARGUMENT. THEY ALSO SAID THEY DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER HIM. THIS IS THREE PEOPLE I TALKED TO. DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER JOHN KERRY UNTIL HE WON THE IOWA CAUCUSES. Richard: I HAVE TO ASK THEN, IS KERRY THE CANDIDATE PEOPLE REALLY WANT OR SOMEBODY THAT THEY KIND OF ARE SETTLING ON, WORRIED ABOUT THE NEW ISSUE OR THE NEWER ISSUE OF ELECTABILITY. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THAT IOWA MADE THE DIFFERENCE BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS NOT IOWA NECESSARILY. THE SAME THINGS GOING ON IN IOWA WERE GOING ON HERE. PEOPLE WERE QUESTIONING HOWARD DEAN'S ABILITY TO BE ELECTED. THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. SOME OF THE STATEMENTS HE HAD MADE ABOUT OSAMA BIN LADEN NOT BE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY AND THE WORLD NOT BEING SAFER WITHOUT SADDAM HUSSEIN. HE MADE VOTERS QUESTION HIS CREDIBILITY WHICH TRANSLATES INTO ELECTABILITY. I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WITH IOWA IS, CAME TO A HEAD A WEEK EARLIER THERE. WE SAW IN OUR TRACKING POLL NUMBERS THAT THE THREE DAYS BEFORE IOWA, SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY BEFORE THE SPEECH, HOWARD DEAN HAD A 33-24 LEAD OVER JOHN KERRY. THREE DAYS AFTER THE SPEECH, KERRY HAD A 37-19 LEAD OVER HOWARD DEAN. Richard: WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE KERRY IS WINNING IT ON HIS OWN. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THIS HAS MORE TO DO WITH HOWARD DEAN'S FALL THAN WITH JOHN KERRY'S RISE. BOTH DYNAMICS, IF YOU LOOK AT IT THE CHOICES FOR PEOPLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, COULD YOU PROBABLY GO INTO THIS MORE, THEY WERE EITHER FOR HOWARD DEAN WITH THE SECOND CHOICE BEING JOHN KERRY OR FOR JOHN KERRY WITH THE SECOND CHOICE BEING HOWARD DEAN. SO ONE PERSON FALLS, THE OTHER PERSON RISES. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. DURING THE WEEK, DEAN CAME IN CRATERED AND STARTED COMING BACK UP. WE'LL GET TO DEAN IN A MOMENT. BUT LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT KERRY. HE IS CALLED THE FRONT-RUNNER RIGHT NOW. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO HIM NOW. GREAT RIGHT NOW. YOU WANT TO BE THE FRONT-RUNNER AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO SEVEN STATES NEXT WEEK. YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND 20 MINUTES IN EACH ONE. YOU ARE GOING TO BE COMING DOWN, GIVING SHORT RALLIED TO-- SHORT RALLYS TO LARGE CROWDS. KEEP THINGS SHORT AND SWEET. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEXT WEEK? WHEREVER JOHN KERRY DECIDES TO GO BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MEDIA CIRCUS IS GOING TO GO. JOHN KERRY WILL BE LEADING THE NEWS. HE IS GOING TO BE THE GUY DRIVING THE NEWS CYCLE FOR THE NEXT WEEK. HE IS IN GREAT SHAPE. HE HAS PROBLEMS WITH MONEY BUT FRANKLY HE HAS ENOUGH. HE CAN CLAIM THAT I'M IN THERE, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE HE IS GOING TO WIN AND GO INTO DEBT. JOHN KERRY IS GOING TO MISSOURI THREE TIMES IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS. THE SEVEN STATES VOTING NEXT WEEK, MISSOURI HAS THE MOST CALIFORNIAS. PEOPLE WROTE OFF MISSOURI. REMEMBER RICHARD GEPHARDT, A CONGRESSMAN FROM ST. LOUIS AND PEOPLE DIDN'T CONSIDER IT. BUT THE OTHER FACTOR. Richard: IS GEPHARDT GOING TO TAKE A ROLE IN THIS, DO YOU THINK? WE DON'T KNOW. WE'VE HEARD RUMORS BUT THEY'VE ALSO BEEN SHOT DOWN. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS PEOPLE ARE AMAZED HOW BIG A VICTORY KERRY GOT LAST NIGHT. NOBODY IS SAYING HE NEEDED THE BIG VICTORY. BUT HE DID. HE HAS NO NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. HE HAS PROBLEMS WITH MONEY. |
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Richard: WHO VOTED FOR JOHN KERRY? HIGHLY EDUCATED LIBERAL DEMOCRATS BUT TENDED TO BE OLDER THAN THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE. PEOPLE UPSET WITH THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION BUT COULDN'T GO OVERBOARD WITH HOWARD DEAN. THEY WANTED THE SAFER CANDIDATE, THE MORE SOLID CANDIDATE, THE GUY WITH MORE EXPERIENCE. I THINK THE MESSAGE WAS THE SAME BEHIND THE TWO GUYS, IT WAS THE MATTER OF ELECTABILITY. Richard: I KNOW YOU SAW HIM THE LAST WEEK AS DID I, DO YOU FEEL HE HAS BECOME A BETTER CAMPAIGNER, BETTER AT HONING HIS MESSAGE? ABSOLUTELY. HE JUST GAINED CONFIDENCE, YOU KNOW. HE TALKS VERY LONG. AS WE SAW IN THE SPEECH. IT NEVER ENDS. AND I KNOW THAT IS ASIDE. THE MORNING AFTER HE WON THE IOWA CAUCUSES, YOU WERE THERE AT THE AIRPORT IN MANCHESTER. HE HAD THE CROWD RALLIED UP AND WENT ON AND ON BUT HE GAINED MORE CONFIDENCE AS A CAMPAIGNER AND. GOT SOME HELP FROM SENATOR TED KENNEDY MAKING IMPASSIONED SPEECHES ON HIS WIFE'S BEHALF. FRANKLY THE STATES NEXT WEEK PLAY TO HIS STRONGER POINTS AND HIDES HIS WEAKNESSES. WHEN HE GOES INTO THE EVENTS IN THE OTHER STATES, HE WON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OR THE TIME TO GIVE A LONG WINDED SPEECH. HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE FIVE MINUTES IN AND OUT. HE IS GOING TO HAVE THE FIVE MINUTE STUMP SPEECH DOWN ABOUT IT END OF THE WEEK. BRING IT ON. Richard: LET'S GET A LITTLE TO HOW HOWARD DEAN DID. HE DID MAKE THE RECOVERY. FINISHED AS THEY SAID LAST NIGHT WHAT THEY COULD ONLY HAVE DREAMED OF A YEAR AGO BUT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A YEAR AGO. WHAT ROLE DO YOU THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MUCH CRITICIZED SPEECH THAT HE MADE WITH THE PRIMAL SCREAM ON MONDAY NIGHT PLAYED IN THIS? ANY WAY TO MEASURE THAT, ANDY? I REFERENCE THE NUMBERS THAT HE DROPPED 14 POINTS IN ONE DAY. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT WITHOUT A SCANDAL. THE WAY I LOOKED AT IT. THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES OF HIS CREDIBILITY THAT ARE GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME AND HE MADE A NUMBER OF STATEMENTS THAT HE HAD TO RESTRAKT OR MODIFY AND CHANGED HIS POSITIONS. I THINK WHEN SADDAM HUSSEIN WAS CAPTURED, IT TOOK A LOT OF THE WIND OUT OF HIS SAILS. WHEN HE STARTED BRINGING IN BIG NAME PEOPLE TO ENDORSE HIM, HE LOOKED LIKE A REGULAR CANDIDATE. WHEN HE CHANGED HIS POSITION ON TAX CUTS, HE LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR CANDIDATE TURNING HIS SAILS TO THE POLITICAL WIND. HIS PLATFORM IS GETTING A LITTLE WOBBLY. THEN WHEN THAT SPEECH CAME, IT CRYSTALIZED THE CREDIBILITY FEARS AND ELECTABILITY FEARS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE STATE. THE FINAL LEGS OF CREDIBILITY GOT KNOCKED OUT AND HE PLUMMETED. WE HAVE TO SAY THE MEDIA PLAYS A ROLE, AS IT DOES IN ALL ASPECTS OF THESE THINGS. I SAW AN ACCOUNT FROM A REPORTER WHO WAS THERE AND STATED THAT IT WAS VERY LOUD ARENA FILLED WITH 3,000 SCREAMING PEOPLE. HE OBVIOUSLY IS NOT KEEPING THIS IN MIND WHEN HE DOES MANAGE LIKE THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE REPORTER SAID, SHE DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE IT AT THE TIME AS ONE OF THE MOMENTS THAT BECOMES AMPLIFIED THROUGH VIDEO OVER TIME LOOPED AND PLAYED. I HEARD IT FROM OTHER REPORTERS WHO SAT THERE AND SAID THEIR JAWS DROPPED AS THEY WATCHED. THEY SAID THIS IS NOT THE SCRIPT. THIS IS NOT WHAT AMERICANS EXPECT TO SEE FOR A CONCESSION SPEECH. YOU WORK REAL HARD, CONGRATULATE THE OPPONENTS FOR A GOOD RACE, WE'LL GET TO YOU NEXT TIME. THAT'S IT. Richard: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE COVERAGE OF THE SPEECH. THE FIRST THING, I WAS IN IOWA IN 2000 AND THIS IS WHERE ALAN KEYS GOT INTO THE MASH PIT. MAYBE IT IS ARENA ITSELF. HOWARD DEAN, THE REASON THIS GOT PLAYED UP SO MUCH IS IT IS EMBLEMATIC OF HIS CAMPAIGN. HERE IS AL GORE OVEREMBELLISHING AND YES WE ARE GOING TO SAY HE INVENTED 9 INTERNET. YOU ARE SAYING IT WAS A CONFIRMATION OF SOME KIND? YES. IF PRESIDENT CLINTON HAD MISSPELLED POTATO, HE WOULDN'T MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT. WHEN DAN QUAYLE DOES, HE WILL BECAUSE IT IS EMBLEMATIC OF HIS CAMPAIGN. THIS IS A CAMPAIGN WHO HAD ONE SIDE, THE ANGER AND IT GOT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION BUT NEVER GAVE THE OTHER SIDE. WELL WE'RE IN IRAQ NOW. SO WHAT DO WE DO. Richard: THE DROP OF THE NUMBERS CAME TO HIS ATTENTION. THEY MADE ADJUSTMENTS THIS WEEK. WE SAW HIM BRING HIS WIFE IN THE CAMPAIGN REALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, DR. JUDITH STEINBERG DEAN. HOW DO YOU SEE THE ADJUSTMENTS PLAYING OUT DURING THE WEEK? EFFECTIVE DO YOU THINK? I GOT TO SAY THIS. I CAN'T BE THE EXPERT ON SAYING WHAT CHANGED, BUT I DID FEEL GOING. I SAW HIM ONCE A DAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE WEEK AND SOMETHING SUDDENLY CHANGED. THURSDAY GOING INTO FRIDAY MORNING, HIS BASE STARTED TO RALLY BEHIND HIM IN THE WAYS THEY ALWAYS HAVE. HE PERFORMED REALLY HORRIBLY ON MEET PRESS, THEY RAISED MONEY, WHEN HE BROUGHT UP THE CONFEDERATE FLAG, THEY RALLIED AROUND HIM. WE SAW IT HAPPENING ON FRIDAY. SOME PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF THOUGHT HOWARD DEAN COULD GET FOURTH PLACE IF HE CONTINUED THIS. BUT HE DIDN'T. HE CUT IT OFF. Richard: WERE YOU AT THE CELEBRATION LAST NIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE WAVES OF EMOTION GOING ACROSS THE CROWD. FOUR MINUTES AFTER HE ENTERED THAT THEY FINALLY QUIETED DOWN TO LET HIM SPEAK. THERE WAS A LOT OF PENT UP FEELINGS EXPRESSED. AND A LOT OF TEARS. AND YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT HE WENT THROUGH IN IOWA. CONCENTRATED ON IOWA. HE WAS UP 30 POINTS. YOU SEE THAT SORT OF THING, THINK OF THE PRESSURES THAT CAMPAIGN WAS UNDER IN THE LAST WEEK IN IOWA, WHEN THEY SAW THE POLL NUMBERS ERODING, THEY HAD NOT BEEN IN THAT POSITION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN WHEN THEY WERE ON THE WAY DOWN. THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. THERE IS A LOT OF STRESS. A LOT OF WHAT THE HECK DO WE DO. WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT? HE SEEMED LIKE A MUCH MORE CALM CANDIDATE AFTER HE GOT THAT OUT BECAUSE THE WEEK BEFORE IN IOWA, HE WAS SNAPPING AT PEOPLE NOT EVEN HECKLERS BUT PEOPLE POSING TOUGH QUESTIONS TO HIM AT SOME OF HIS EVENTS, AND HE JUST SEEMED LIKE HE GOT IT OUT OF HIS SYSTEM, OKAY, LET'S GET IT BACK. ISN'T THAT WHAT PRIMAL THERAPY IS FOR. SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. THERE WAS A HECKLER AND HE RESPOND. Don: BY SATURDAY HE WAS TELLING JOKES AGAIN, MORE CONFIDENT. HE SEEMED LIKE A REAL PERSON AGAIN RATHER THAN HOWARD DEAN, THE FACE OF A MOVEMENT. AND THE ROBOT WITH ISSUES AND NOT A FAMILY OR A LIFE. Richard: WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHERE SOME OF THE CANDIDATES ARE GOING IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT GOING THROUGH THE REST OF THE ROUNDUP HERE. WESLEY CLARK. HE HAD SKIPPED IOWA, HAD VERY HIGH HOPES OF AT LEAST PLACING SECOND. JAMES, HE FINISHED IN HIS VIRTUAL THIRD, IF YOU WILL SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF JOHN EDWARDS. WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED WITH THE CLARK CAMPAIGN AND DO YOU THINK THEY CAN CLAIM A VICTORY? I AM STILL VERY CONFUSED WITH WHAT HAPPENED WITH WESLEY CLARK. IF WE REMEMBER THE WEEK WHEN EVERYONE WAS CAMPAIGNING IN IOWA EXCEPT FOR CLARK, CLARK WAS SURGING IN YOUR POLL NUMBERS, I KNOW. HE WAS IN SECOND PLACE IN SOME OF THE POLLS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE ALL RIGHT BUT THEY WERE DEFINITELY LEGITIMATE THAT THIS GUY WAS IMPROVING. GOING TO EVERY EVENT. AND THEN ONCE THESE PEOPLE CAME BACK FROM IOWA, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY EXPECTED TO HAPPEN. THE CAMPAIGN STARTED TO PLUMMET, PROBABLY SOME OF THE WORST POSSIBLE RESULTS TO COME OUT OF IOWA WHICH IS ELECTABILITY CANDIDATES DOING VERY WELL. THE WHOLE THING IS HE IS THE ELECTABLE GUY AGAINST GEORGE BUSH. BUT HE STARTED TO TANK. I GOT TO SAY I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE THIRD PLACE FINISH. DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. Richard: DEAN WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE TO PLUMMET IN THE POLLS. TO ME THE CLARK CAMPAIGN WAS ONE OF THE WORST RUN CAMPAIGNS OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS HERE. SEEMED SCHIZOPHRENIC TO ME. THEIR NATURAL APPEAL WAS TO MODERATE TO CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS HERE. PLAYING UP THE IDEA THAT HE IS FROM THE SOUTH, CAN WIN IN THE SOUTH WHERE THERE ARE MORE MODERATE TO CONSERVATIVE VOTERS. APPEAL TO MEN WITH THE MILITARY BACKGROUND BUT THE CAMPAIGN HE WAS RUNNING HERE IS A LEFT-WING CAMPAIGN TAKING EXTREME POSITIONS. PEOPLE WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON ABORTION. MARIJUANA. ON MARIJUANA, ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. HE WAS RUNNING AGAINST HIS NATURAL SUPPORTERS. THEN HE WAS BRINGING IN GEORGE McGOVERN AND MICHAEL MOORE AND MARY STEEN VIRGIN. WHAT STARTLED ME WAS THE ONE PART IN HIS SHORT SPEECH WHEN HE WAS IN A LOUD VOICE BASICALLY ACCUSING THE REPUBLICANS OF NOT ONLY NOT BEING THE PARTY OF FAMILY VALUES BUT OF ACTUALLY HAVING NO VALUES THAT WERE FRIENDLY TO FAMILIES AT ALL, VERY EXTREME CHARGE THAT THE REPUBLICANS BASICALLY HAD NO SOUL WHATSOEVER. EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE THE GREATEST THING IN MAY 2001 WHEN HE GAVE A REPUBLICAN SPEECH. |
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THE THING IT TELLS ME, IT GIVES A SENSE IT WAS AN AMATEUR CAMPAIGN WHERE HE IS PULLED AROUND BY DIFFERENT EXPERTS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM WASHINGTON, OLD CLINTON PEOPLE, AND I DON'T THINK HE KNEW ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT TO DO AND WHERE HE WAS IN THE CAMPAIGN TO BE ABLE TO SAY NO, NO, NO. THIS IS WHAT I THINK I WANT TO DO. I THINK HE LET HIMSELF GET PULLED AROUND BY TOO MANY PEOPLE. I GOT TO SAY ONE THING TO HIS CREDIT. HERE IS A GUY WHO NEVER RAN FOR OFFICE BEFORE EXCEPT HOME ROOM COUNCIL AND HE DIDN'T MICROMANAGE THE CAMPAIGN. HE ADMITTED HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. HE LET THE PEOPLE DO IT. HE SHOULD HAVE HAD A BIGGER ROLE. UP TO THE CANDIDATE TO SAY NO THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. Reporter: WE HAD KERRY AND DEAN AS A DUO AND CLARK AND EDWARDS ENDED UP BEING A DUO BATTLING IT OUT FOR THIRD PLACE. EDWARDS HAD NEVER BEEN VERY HIGH IN THE POLLS AND HE SEEMED TO COME ON PRETTY STRONG AT THE END DIDN'T HE, JAMES? HE D.ONE THING I GOT TO SAY IS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND THE FALL WHEN EDWARDS KEPT PULLING TWO AND THREE. EVER WONDER WHY ISN'T HE DOING BETTER? I REALLY DID. I ALMOST WROTE HIM OFF BUT I KEPT SAYING WE'LL WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. BECAUSE IN JANUARY, IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT CAMPAIGN. YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'RE RIGHT. I THINK IT HAD MORE TO DO WITH THE FUNCTION OF IN IOWA WHAT PROPELLED HIM IS WE. MAYBE I'M BUYING THE SPIN FROM THE DEAN CAMPAIGN BUT IT WAS A MURDER-SUICIDE. GEPHARDT GOING AFTER DEAN AND DEAN HAVING TO GO BACK. THE TWO BYSTANDERS, CLARK AND EDWARDS ARE STANDING THERE AND SUDDENLY THEY PUT TOGETHER, ENTER RI PUT TOGETHER A GREAT GROUND GAME. THAT THEY ROSE TO PROMINENCE. THE TRUTH IS WHEN A GUY LIKE EDWARDS WILL CATCH THE MOMENTUM, THIS GUY IS SUCH A GREAT STUMPER GREAT IN TOWN HALLS. Richard: IF THIS HAD GONE ON, LET'S POSTULATE FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR SO, DO YOU THINK EDWARDS WOULD HAVE FINISHED HIGHER. MAYBE A COUPLE POINTS HIGHER BUT HE WAS LIMITED BY THE KIND OF. THE NUMBER OF MODERATE TO CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE. THE STATE IS A DEMOCRATIC ELECTORATE. THREE PEOPLE FOUGHT OVER THE MODERATE TO CONSERVATIVE VOTE THERE. I DON'T THINK THERE WERE THAT MANY ADDITIONAL VOTES HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN. BUT THERE IS A REASON WHY HE CAME ON LATE, TOO, AND I THINK IT IS BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF VOTERS HE ATTRACT, MODERATE TO CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE DON'T PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION TO THE CAMPAIGN UNTIL THE LAST FEW WEEKS, SO AFTER CHRISTMAS WHEN THESE GUYS, IT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE WORLD SERIES IN A GENERAL ELECTION WHERE THE REGULAR GUYS START PAYING ATONGTS RACE, THOSE ARE HIS NATURAL SUPPORTERS. HE ALSO ADJUSTED HIS MESSAGE, TOO BECAUSE EARLIER ON HE HAD BEEN RELYING MORE ON ESTABLISHING THIS KIND OF BLUE-COLLAR ROOTS, IDENTIFYING WITH THE COMMON MAN AND THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS TWO AMERICAS KIND OF THEME. THERE ARE TWO AMERICAS AND DRAWING CONTRASTS BETWEEN HIS VISION OF AMERICA AND WHAT HE SAYS IS THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND THE USE OF THAT KIND OF ARGS UMTATION SEEMED TO ALSO COINCIDE WITH HIS RISE IN THE POLLS. IT DOVETAILS WITH THE EARLIER MESSAGE OF HIM BEING A BLUE-COLLAR REGULAR GUY. HE IS TELLING THE OTHER FOLKS THAT I'M HERE FOR YOU. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE GETTING THE SHORT END OF THE STICK HERE. THE LATTE DRINKING SUSHI EATING DEMOCRATS, I'M HERE FOR YOU: I'M A REGULAR GUY. IT WAS EFFECTIVE. YOU TALK ABOUT THE TWO AMERICA SPEECH. THE GUY STAYED ON MESSAGE THE ENTIRE TIME. TALKING TO DAVID BROOKS, HE WAS LIKE I'M WRITING ABOUT THE SPEECH TOMORROW. WHAT SPEECH DID I MISS SOMETHING? NO, THE ONLY SPEECH FROM JOHN EDWARDS. Richard: AS IS THE CASE WITH MOST OF THE CANDIDATES, WHAT WE HEARD AT THAT DINNER WAS REALLY PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HEARD AT THE VICTORY OR THE CELEBRATION LAST NIGHT. ONE LAST POINT OF THAT, IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT HE DID THAT. IF YOU THINK OF WHY RONALD REAGAN WAS A GOOD CANDIDATE, HE WAS AN ACTOR, NOT THAT HE WAS A STAR ACTOR BUT A MOVIE ACTOR WHICH MEANT HE DID 50 TAKES OF THE SAME THING EVERY TIME. HE COULD WALK AT THAT TIME SPOT, TURN AROUND AND DELIVER THE SPEECH. EDWARDS WAS ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING. HE WAS ABLE TO DO IT THE SAME WAY WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF EMOTION EVERY TIME. Richard: TO THE FIFTH PLACE CANDIDATE WHO SAID HE IS IN A VIRTUAL TIE FOR THIRD, JOE LIEBERMAN. THERE IS NO MARGIN MUCH ERROR ON VOTES THOUGH. R. Richard: HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO BETTER THAN EXPECTED. FINISHING FIFTH WITH 9%, I DON'T THINK WAS BETTER THAN EXPECTED. EXPECTED. Richard: HE SAID HE WAS LIVING HERE. HE HAD AN APARTMENT FOR AT LEAST A MONTH. SKIPPED IOWA, FOCUSED HIS ATTENTION HERE FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND DIDN'T SEEM TO BUNDLE IN THE POLLS. WHAT WAS IT ABOUT HIS MESSAGE THAT JUST DIDN'T LET HIM GROW? I DON'T THINK HE MADE THE CONVINCING ARGUMENT WHICH IS HIS BEST ARGUMENT, WHICH WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, HE IS THE ELECTABLE DEMOCRAT. HE HAS BEEN SAYING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. CLEARLY AN ELECTION WHERE VOTERS CARED ABOUT THAT. BUT FOR SOME REASON HE WASN'T ABLE TO CONVINCE THEM THAT HE IS CANDIDATE THAT CAN DO THAT. I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE MAKING THE SAME ARGUMENT. KERRY AND EDWARDS ARE SAYING HE IS THE ELECTABLE DEMOCRAT. COMBE PAIRED TO THOSE TWO, HE DOESN'T HAVE THE CHARISMA. YOU SEE THE STUMP SPEECH FROM JOE LIEBERMAN, YOU THINK OF HIM BEING AN HONEST STRAIGHTFORWARD PERSON, SOMEBODY YOU COULD TRUST AS PRESIDENT BUT NOT SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO HIT YOU RIGHT HERE WHERE IT COUNTS. AND BOTH EDWARDS ANDS BELIEVE IT OR NOT, KERRY WERE MORE EMOTIONAL AND MORE. THEY WERE ABLE TO REACH VOTERS MORE. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR JOE LIEBERMAN IN THE BEGINNING, BUT IF HE WAS ABLE TO CREATE AN AURA AROUND, HEY, LOOK I AM THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. I'M GOING TO GET THE ESTABLISHMENT BEHIND ME AND BE THE INEVITABLE FRONT-RUNNER, HE MIGHT HAVE DONE SOMETHING BUT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GET IT. THAT'S THE ONLY THING COULD I SEE THAT HE COULD HAVE DONE EARLY ON THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED OUT. THE VOTE ON IRAQ AND CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ MADE IT SO THAT EARLY ON WHEN THE VERY MUCH AECHBT WAR LIBERAL ACTIVISTS WITHIN THE PARTY WERE PAYING ATTENTION AND FUELING HOWARD DEAN'S RISE, HE COULDN'T APPEAL TO THOSE PEOPLE. THEY WERE LOOKING AT JOE LIEBERMAN SAYING IS YOU'RE JUST LIKE GEORGE BUSH HERE ON THIS POSITION. 60 SOME PERCENT OF THE DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST THE WAR. WE SHOULD TALK THE ABOUT VOTERS FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE SOME OF THE EXIT POLLS SHOWED THE VOTERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHEN THEY LISTED THEIR PRIORITIES, WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE. HEALTH CARE, IRAQ AND THE ECONOMY WERE IN THAT ORDER. HEALTH CARE ECONOMY AND IRAQ. THAT'S NOT SURPRISING. THE SAME THING WE HAVE SEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. I THINK IRAQ DROPPED AS AN IMPORTANT ISSUES ONCE SADDAM HUSSEIN WAS CAPTURED. AGAIN, I THINK THAT LET SOME OF THE STEAM OUT OF THE BALLOON FOR HOWARD DEAN. AND AT THE SAME TIME I HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TELLING ME, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE OF THE UNION, HOW MUCH WE ARE GOING TO SPEND IN IRAQ, HOW LONG WE ARE GOING TO BE IN IRAQ, SOME OF THE CANDIDATES ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF HOWARD DEAN NEVER EXPLAINED HOW LONG HE WOULD BE IN IRAQ, HOW MUCH MONEY IT WOULD COST. DENNIS KUCINICH SAID HE COULD GET US OUT IN 30 DAYS. THAT'S AN ANSWER. Richard: THE SAME POLLS SHOWED MOST OF THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS FAVOR ROLLING BACK SOME OF THE TAX CUTS BUT OF COURSE ALL THE CANDIDATES ARE REALLY SPOKEN TO THAT. THEY'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF AT LEAST SOME VERSION OF THAT. ANOTHER ISSUE, THREE QUARTERS OF THE VOTERS SAID THEY WERE STILL WORRIED ABOUT ANOTHER MAJOR TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES. HOW DO YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, THE SEVEN CANDIDATES. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE MAJOR FIVE. HAVE ADDRESSED THAT AND HOW THAT PLAYED INTO THE RESULTS HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. OBVIOUSLY WESLEY CLARK ADDRESSED IT VERY DIRECTLY. HE NEARLY GUARANTEED THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER TERRORIST ATTACK UNDER HIS WATCH. HE TRIED TO BACKTRACK FROM THAT A LITTLE BIT. BUT THE OTHER CANDIDATES TRIED TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT THE WAR IN IRAQ AND ALL THE THINGS BUSH HAS DONE HAS NOT MADE US STRONGER. THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT. WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS WORKED IS ANOTHER QUESTION. ONE OTHER THING I MEANT TO SAY ABOUT THE TOP THREE ISSUES IS THAT WHILE NEW HAMPSHIRE DIDN'T WHITTLE DOWN THE FIELD, IT HAS SET A FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT ISSUES WILL BE AT PLAY FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. YOU KNOW, HEALTH CARE AND I GOT TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE GROUPS LIKE THE SCIU WHO SIGNED UP 50,000 PEOPLE WHO SAID I AM A HEALTH CARE WORKER AND GOT THE ISSUE ON THE TABLE. |
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Richard: NOT THE KIND OF ISSUE THAT DELINEATES BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES. IF EVERYBODY TRIES TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF HEALTH CARE POLICY, YOUR EYES GLAZE OVER RIGHT AWAY AND THE VOTERS DON'T WANT TO GET THERE. WHERE TO FROM HERE? WE TALKED FOR SO MANY MONTHS WHO COULD BE THE ANTI-DEAN? I THINK IT WAS THE GENESIS OF THE CLARK CAMPAIGN. IS THERE NOW GOING TO BE TALK ABOUT AN ANTI-KERRY? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK THAT KERR ARE ARE-- KERRY'S RESULTS HERE AND IN IOWA ARE PRETTY BROAD BASED. HE IS NOT RUNNING A PARTICULAR STRONG OR WEAK AMONG ANY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP AND GOING ON NOW TO STATES THAT DON'T REALLY KNOW HIM AS ANYTHING BUT THE FRONT-RUNNER. HE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO RUN A TARMAC CAMPAIGN WHICH FRANKLY I THINK SUITS HIM BETTER THAN A RETAIL CAMPAIGN. GOT TO THE AIRPORT, GIVE A SPEECH, TAKE OFF. GIVE A SPEECH AT A LARGE ASSEMBLY AND THEN LEAVE. THAT HIDES SOME OF HIS WEAKNESSES AS A CANDIDATE. I THINK HE IS IN GOOD SHAPE. HOWARD DEAN STILL HAS POTENTIAL BUT THE ONLY WAY HE CAN DO IT AND THIS IS MY PUNDIT ATTITUDE ON THIS. THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS TO PUT ALL OF HIS RESOURCES IN WISCONSIN IN THE 17th. SO HE GETS A WIN. TRYING TO TRANSLATE THAT TO THE MARCH 2 CALIFORNIA VOTE. BUT MAYBE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY CAN I SEE IT FOR HIM. HE DOESN'T LOOK GOOD IN ANY OF THE FEBRUARY 3 STATES. YOU MIGHT SAY NORTH DAKOTA. WESLEY CLARK IS RUNNING WELL THERE. THERE ARE TOO MANY STATES. A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA. I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD OF EDWARDS LOOK TO BE AHEAD THERE. BUT YOU KNOW, SOUTH CAROLINA ONLY HAS 45 DELEGATES. WHEN YOU COME RIGHT DOWN TO IT, THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL B.MISSOURI HAS 74 AND WITH GEPHARDT OUT, YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHO IS GOING TO GRAB THOSE. ARIZONA HAS 55. OKLAHOMA, NORTH DAKOTA, DELAWARE. NEW MEXICO. YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON BIG STATES OR WHAT THE STATE REPRESENTS. TRUTH IS, IT IS ALL ABOUT DELEGATES. I THINK SOUTH CAROLINA IS STILL IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST STATE WITH THE LARGE AFTER CAB AMERICAN POPULATION THAT ARE GOING TO BE VOTING. THAT WILL SEE HOW AL SHARPTON DOES BECAUSE I THINK SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT, THIS IS THE KIND OF FIGHT FOR A PERSON WHO IS SEEN AS A LEADER OF AFRICAN AMERICANS WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I THINK AL SHARPTON'S GOAL IN THIS IS REALLY TO WREST THAT AWAY FROM JESSE JACKSON. Richard: SUPER TUESDAY IS NOT UNTIL MARCH 2 BUT THAT'S WHERE CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK FIGURE? OHIO. Richard: A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID CALIFORNIA COULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR HOWARD DEAN. HE HAS BEEN ACTIVE OUT THERE. A LOT OF FUND-RAISING HAPPENING OUT THERE. HE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORTERS ACTUALLY AT HIS RALLY LAST NIGHT FROM CALIFORNIA. COULD HE AFFORD TO WAIT THAT LONG TO GET A MAJOR VICTORY? I THINK HE HAS TO PUT HIS RESOURCES IN WISCONSIN BEFORE CALIFORNIA. GET A STATE UNDER HIS BELT. Richard: WE ARE HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE THE CANDIDATES HAVE SPENT A YEAR, TWO YEARS. THESE OTHER STATES ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS RACE YET. THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE FRONT-RUNNER. THAT'S WHAT THEY WILL SEE IN THE NEWS AND IN THE NEWSPAPER. HOWARD DEAN HAS TO COME AND SPIN TWO DEVASTATING LOSSES INTO WINS. WITHOUT HIS NATIONAL CAMPAIGN MANAGER, RESIGNING NOW. Richard: WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES LEFT. BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS, WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THERE WAS A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ALSO LAST NIGHT. GEORGE W. BUSH GOT 8 5% OF THE REPUBLICAN BALLOT. CONSIDER KERR AND HOWARD DEAN FINISHED SECOND AND THIRD. WHO KNEW. OF COURSE THOSE WERE OBVIOUSLY WRITE-INS AND WON'T COUNT BECAUSE THEY WERE ON A REPUBLICAN BALLOT. THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE, PRESIDENT BUSH HAS DONE HIS CAMPAIGN DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PEOPLE IN THE PAST. CLINTON CAME UP FIVE OR SIX TIMES. REGIONAL OFFICES, FOUR REGIONAL OFFICES. HE CAMPAIGNED. GEORGE BUSH, OBJECT 1RUSLY OBVIOUSLY HAD TO CAMPAIGN. HE HAD AN OPPONENT IN 1998 BUT WHAT GEORGE W. IS DOING IS HE IS STARTING SMALL AND BUILDING A GRASS ROOTS NETWORK. HE NEEDS TO BUILD UP, NOT ONE BIG SPLASH. GO AWAY AND COME BACK. ONE THING ABOUT HIM COMING UP HERE THIS THURSDAY IS REALLY GOING TO PUT A STAMP ON THIS DAY DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME. I'LL BE BACK IN NOVEMBER. Richard: WE HAVE TWO MINUTES LEFT. THIS IS THE DINI BABY. DEANY BABY. THIS IS THE DOCTOR VERSION. ANOTHER WAS THE POLITICIAN VERSION AND THERE WAS AN IOWA FARMER VERSION OF DEAN. DIDN'T HAVE A CONFEDERATE FLAG. Richard: THIS IS A YEAR OLD. THIS IS THE DEAN PRESCRIPTION FOR CHANGE WHEN HE WAS ON HIS WAY UP. A COUPLE OF WOODEN ELKS FROM THE POLITICS AND EGGS SERIES. THIS IS SIGNED BY WES CLARK. THIS BY KARL ROVE SHOWING THE REPUBLICANS WERE SENDING PEOPLE. LOTS OF FUN STUFF ALSO, YOU KNOW LEAVING THE SERIOUS SIDE FOR A MOMENT. ONE OF MY FAVORITES HAS BEEN WATCHING THE EVOLUTION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BY LIEBERMAN CAMPAIGN. A LOT OF. HE WAS LOOKING FOR HIS JOEMENTUM THIS MONTH. THE JOVEMBER TO REMEMBER. READ IN THE JOE MOBILE. I HAVEN'T HEARD SO MANY BAD PUNS SINCE SIXTH GRADE. THAT'S PART OF THE FUN OF NEW HAMPSHIRE POLITICS. YOU'RE HERE FOR A NATIONAL ELECTION, YOU DON'T HAVE THE SMALL TOWN SENSE OF FUN AND PLAY TO THE ELECTION. I THINK THAT'S SPECIAL HERE. AND FAVORITE MEMORIES HERE? DATING SERVICE PERHAPS. WE HAD A CONTEST FOR DENNIS KUCINICH TO FIND HIM A DATE. HE ACTUALLY SEND THE OFFER AND WE HAD THE DATE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MOMENTS WITH ME ARE THE EARLY MOMENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN. THE TIMES WHEN HOWARD DEAN GETS UP AT THE CHESIRE SPAGHETTI DINNER AND GOES OFF ABOUT THE WAR. THE EARLY MOMENTS WHEN PEOPLE ARE JUST STARTING TO KNOW THE CANDIDATES. I STILL THEIR VERMIN SUPREME AND ROBERT HAYNES AND SOME OF THE MORE UNIQUE CAMPAIGNS THAT WERE BEING RUN BY SOME OF THE OUTSIDE CANDIDATES. I WAS RATHER DISAPPOINTED I DIDN'T SEE LOBSTERMAN UP. CRISPY CARROT THOUGH. MOMENTS TO REMEMBER. I GOT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US BECAUSE WE ARE OUT OF TIME. SEE NEW FOUR YEARS. THREE ACTUALLY. 1451 UNTIL THE 2008 NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 01/28/04 22:00 HOST: Richard Ager Length: 56:46 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, it's over. The 2004 New Hampshire Primary is now history. We'll talk about who won, who lost, and perhaps most important, who beat the expectations. That's coming up in little while but first, here are some of the sights, sounds and speeches from the campaigns and candidates that have now moved on to other states. Joining us instudio - James Pindell of PoliticsNH.com and Andy Smith of the UNH Survey Center. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager, Phil Vaughn, Chip Neal, Jennifer Vachon, Judy Currie NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Peter Koutoujian\Kerry Supporter, Boston, Sally Kelly\Campaign Volunteer, Chichester, Steve Shurtleff\Veteran, Concord, Doug Kelley\Kerry Supporter, Michigan, Dean Bidner\Firefighter, Arkansas, Jeanne Shaheen\National Campaign Chair, Rep.Fran Wendleboe\Republican, New Hampton, Jonathan Gates\Kerry Supporter, Boston, Don Lehman\Dean Campaign Volunteer, Karen Hicks\NH Dean Campaign Manager, Debi Caplan\Dean Campaign Volunteer, , Bill Stelling\Amherst, Stan Spirou\Coach, SNHU Men's Basketball, Gov. Howard Dean\Democratic Candidate, David Fretz\Shrewsbury, VT, Carol Cooley\San Diego, CA, Gary Hirshberg\CEO, Stonyfield Yogurt, Wayne Hoitt\Campaign Volunteer, Barbara Lawton\Lt. Governor Wisconsin, Moe Elleithee\NH Communications Directo, Gen. Wesley Clark\Democratic Presidential Candidate, Sen. Lou D'Allesandro\D - District 20, Jay Halfon\Manhattan, NY, Phil Phunn\Sarasota, Fl, James Mastromarimo\Tolland, CT, Pat Screaner\Boseman, MT, Sharon Nordgren\Hanover, Sen. John Edwards\Democratic Presidential Candidate, Sharon Worthington\Carboro, NC, Daniel Dunn\Bristol,CT, Raymond Buckley\Dem. Party Committee. Vice Chair, Dick Swett\Former US Congressman, Karolina Bodner\Kucinich Supporter, Andy Smith \UNH Survey Center, James Pindell \PoliticsNH.com |
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