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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. With only days to the election - we'll talk politics. Presidential Candidates do last minute stumping in NH, Gubernatorial candidates do last minute spending, and the Boston Red Sox reverse the curse. Here to talk about all this from Concord: James Pindell from PoliticsNH.com, and Colin Manning from Fosters Daily Democrat. And, here in Durham, EdithTucker from the Coos County Democrat, and Mike Pomp, NewsDirector at WTSN-1270. Welcome. |
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We Begin with Presidential Politics -- as George Bush pays another call to NH. His democratic Challenger John Kerry was in the state on Monday and is expected again on Sunday. The last minute push is another indication of just how close the race is.in NH. Speaking in Manchester Friday morning, Mr. Bush touted his economic record and said the United States would NOT relent in the war on terrorism. He also talked about the situation in Iraq. |
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11:27:46 Our mission in Iraq is clear.they can do the hard work.on the path to stability.the honor they have earned. |
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John Kerry will return to New Hampshire on Sunday for the third time this month. On Monday he attended a rally at Dover High School where he continued to hammer at the Bush administration -- and slammed the president over missing Iraqi explosives that were supposed to be guarded by the U-S military after March 2003. |
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The latest WMUR/Granite State Poll --conducted by the UNH Survey Center-- shows Kerry retaking the Lead here in NH. Kerry got 50-percent of likely voters compared to Bush's 46-percent. Ralph Nader picked up one-percent. 3-percent remain UNDECIDED. Q EDITH/MIKE: Curt Schilling appeared on ABC's Good Morning America this week with a message for Red Sox Nation: "Vote Bush." He was to have been with the President in NH today --but, a last minute cancellation. And, even an apology for the bad timing of his political pitch. Schilling's Bush PITCH could not have gone over well with the Kerry camp -- big Sox Supporters. Q JAMES/COLIN: Pres Bush giving a very personal summing-up of his case for a second term in Manchester this morning. I understand there was MISCUE involving confetti? Q EDITH/MIKE: Both candidates trying to win over UNDECIDED voters here in NH. Seem to be staying on MESSAGE in these campaign stops. Are these visits paying off? What are you hearing out there? Q COLIN/JAMES: Former N-H Senator Bob Smith, a conservative Republican, has endorsed Democrat John Kerry in the presidential race. SUPRISED? Q EDITH/JAMES: A display erected on state house lawn today with flag-wrapped -bricks to represent cofins and casualties. the WAR.continuing to be the overriding issue in this campaign. Q Missing Explosives |
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Let's talk about the Governor's Race. This week we saw the Last of 4 debates held on Tuesday in Nashua. It's being called the most fiery of the 4. The exchange taking place before the chamber of commerce. The 2 candidates traded one liners aimed at each others character. Q JAMES/COLIN: ETHICS and TAXES still the focus of these exchanges. Q Granny D's candidacy -- again evoking some good zingers. Q EDITH/MIKE: Anyone swayed by these debates. Before Mostly partisan audiences. Q COLIN: Benson and Lynch pouring a lot of their PERSONAL FORTUNES into their campaigns. Any sense of how much has been spent so far. EDITH/MIKE: A lot of that spending on mailings --which are getting bigger and nastier. Have you been flooded by these campaign pieces? BETH: POLLS: UNH'S poll shows Incumbent Craig Benson with a 3-point lead over Challenger John Lynch -- 9 Percent remain UNDECIDED. In early October the same poll showed the 2 candidates TIED at 43-percent. Q JAMES: PoliticsNH.com has taken a closer look at that poll and the ARG poll which also shows Benson ahead. What's Raising Benson's Numbers? |
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Gene Chandler and his Friends back in the News. This week the head of a legislative ethics committee. called on the House Speaker to "resign" his leadership position. Hudson Republican Shawn Jasper says Chandler used extremely poor judgment in not reporting 64-thousand dollars in gifts Q COLIN: Bring us up to speed on what's happening in this case? What's NEXT? Q EDITH: Calls for Chandler to Resign leadership post -- Fair, or a bit Harsh? Q JAMES: Chandler says doesn't plan to RESIGN his post. Is this an issue likely to go away -- or does it have STAYING power? |
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The BIG story this week. The Curse is Finally Reversed. The Red Sox Parade is set for Saturday and Boston is bracing for record breaking crowds. The World Series Victory celebration --has been 86 years in the making. Generations have been waiting for this moment -- which came Wednesday night in St Louis against the Cardinals. Q EDITH: The World Series has been a coming together of families -- who grew up knowing the heartbreak of Series past? Q MIKE: Some described the win as a "Coronation" -- an inevitable event -- the stars aligned this year. Q JAMES/COLIN: Surpisingly -- the celebrations, on the whole, were somewhat orderly. a STRONG police presence kept seemed to keep the Peace. Even at UNH -- police were out in force -- to keep fans from getting out of control. St Louis Fans -- very civil -- a nice surpise. Q Anti-climactic -- after Yankees series. Games -- no real competition-- not even close. FAVORITE MOMENT. JAMES PINDELL, COLIN MANNING, MIKE POMP AND EDITH TUCKER. |
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For the past month on Outlook, 6 New Hampshire residents have been sharing their thoughts about issues raised during the campaign period. Today, they talk about their impressions - good or bad, of the gubernatorial candidates. |
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To re-visit any of the voter journal comments head to our website NHPTV-dot-org- slash-outlook -- just click on the Voter Journals banner and connect with our video blog. |
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On November 2nd -- We invite you to tune in to New Hampshire Outlook for election night results and analysis. Tuesday night we'll be LIVE at a special time from 9:30 to 10:00. We hope you can join us. |
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I'm Beth Carroll. Thanks for watching. We'll see you next time. |
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The Berlin City Council wants to see more timber harvested and more snowmobile or A-T-V use in the White Mountain National Forest. The council is responding to a call for comments on the Forest Service's proposal for forest management. City officials worry that reducing logging levels and continuing to ban A-T-Vs would hurt the region's economy. |
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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Lawmakers and candidates from New Hampshire's Seacoast area will ask the Legislature to donate 100 thousand dollars to help keep the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard open. Yard supporters are worried it will be on the Pentagon's next list of bases to close. The Legislature returns to Concord in December, and the yard supporters hope lawmakers will be able to vote on the request as early as January. They would use the money to help lobby for the yard. The group says the yard is important for the area, for homeland security and national defense. |
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New Hampshire expects record turnout; clerks seek extra ballots dewfn CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire election officials expect so many voters to turn out on Tuesday that some plan to photocopy extra ballots in advance. Portsmouth City Clerk Kellie Barnaby says so many new voters have registered that they outnumber the supply of ballots sent by the state. Barnaby has asked the state for more. She says if she runs out of those, she'll use leftover absentee ballots, then photocopies. Keene election officials also have asked for extra ballots, fearing a crush of election day registrations by Keene State College students. Nashua City Clerk Paul Bergeron said he plans to copy an extra 15 hundred ballots in advance for each of the city's nine wards. Secretary of State Bill Gardner expects a record 600 thousand votes to be cast. AP-NY-10-28-04 0638EDT |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/29/04 HOST: Beth Carroll LENGTH: 15:00 Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. With only days to the election we'll talk politics. Presidential Candidates do last minute stumping in NH, Gubernatorial candidates do last minute spending, and the Boston Red Sox reverse the curse. Here to talk about all this from Concord: James Pindell from PoliticsNH.com, and Colin Manning from Fosters Daily Democrat. And, here in Durham, EdithTucker from the Coos County Democrat, and Mike Pomp, NewsDirector at WTSN-1270. We Begin with Presidential Politics as George Bush pays another call to NH. His democratic Challenger John Kerry was in the state on Monday and is expected again on Sunday. The last minute push is another indication of just how close the race is in NH. Speaking in Manchester Friday morning, Mr. Bush touted his economic record and said the United States would NOT relent in the war on terrorism. He also talked about the situation in Iraq. John Kerry will return to New Hampshire on Sunday for the third time this month. On Monday he attended a rally at Dover High School where he continued to hammer at the Bush administration and slammed the president over missing Iraqi explosives that were supposed to be guarded by the U-S military after March 2003. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Colin Manning\Fosters Daily Democrat, Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat, Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSN1270 |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/29/04 HOST: Beth Carroll LENGTH: 15:00 Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. With only days to the election we'll talk politics. Presidential Candidates do last minute stumping in NH, Gubernatorial candidates do last minute spending, and the Boston Red Sox reverse the curse. Here to talk about all this from Concord: James Pindell from PoliticsNH.com, and Colin Manning from Fosters Daily Democrat. And, here in Durham, EdithTucker from the Coos County Democrat, and Mike Pomp, NewsDirector at WTSN-1270. Let's talk about the Governor's Race. This week we saw the Last of four debates held on Tuesday in Nashua. It's being called the most fiery of the four. The exchange taking place before the chamber of commerce. The two candidates traded one liners aimed at each others character. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Colin Manning\Fosters Daily Democrat, Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat, Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSN1270 |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/29/04 HOST: Beth Carroll LENGTH: 03:00 Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. With only days to the election we'll talk politics. Presidential Candidates do last minute stumping in NH, Gubernatorial candidates do last minute spending, and the Boston Red Sox reverse the curse. Here to talk about all this from Concord: James Pindell from PoliticsNH.com, and Colin Manning from Fosters Daily Democrat. And, here in Durham, EdithTucker from the Coos County Democrat, and Mike Pomp, NewsDirector at WTSN-1270. Gene Chandler and his Friends back in the News. This week the head of a legislative ethics committee called on the House Speaker to "resign" his leadership position. Hudson Republican Shawn Jasper says Chandler used extremely poor judgment in not reporting 64-thousand dollars in gifts PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Colin Manning\Fosters Daily Democrat, Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat, Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSN1270 |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/29/04 HOST: Beth Carroll LENGTH: 03:00 Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. With only days to the election we'll talk politics. Presidential Candidates do last minute stumping in NH, Gubernatorial candidates do last minute spending, and the Boston Red Sox reverse the curse. Here to talk about all this from Concord: James Pindell from PoliticsNH.com, and Colin Manning from Fosters Daily Democrat. And, here in Durham, EdithTucker from the Coos County Democrat, and Mike Pomp, NewsDirector at WTSN-1270. The big story this week. The Curse is Finally Reversed. The Red Sox Parade is set for Saturday and Boston is bracing for record breaking crowds. The World Series Victory celebration has been 86 years in the making. Generations have been waiting for this moment which came Wednesday night in St Louis against the Cardinals. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Colin Manning\Fosters Daily Democrat, Edith Tucker\Coos County Democrat, Mike Pomp\News Director, WTSN1270 |
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CONCORD, N.H. - Governor Craig Benson and challenger John Lynch continue pouring chunks of their personal fortunes into their campaigns for governor. According to the latest campaign finance report, Benson loaned his campaign one-point-six million dollars in the last two weeks. Lynch loaned his campaign 800 thousand. So far in the campaign, Benson has chipped in more than three million dollars of his own money. Lynch has spent more than two million of his own money. If you had asked me sometime over the last month, I would have guessed that Benson would do the worst on Election Day among the five top GOP candidates. Perhaps he still will, but right now Benson is polling three points better than the President, who leads 47-46, according to ARG. What's raising Benson's numbers? The most surprising thing about the ARG poll internals is that Benson is running at least as well among Republicans as Lynch is among Democrats. 81 percent of Republicans say they will vote for Benson, 12 percent say they will not. 79 percent of Democrats say they will vote for Lynch, 15 percent say they will not. One would think that Lynch needs to do significantly better among Republicans than Benson does among Democrats AND do much better among undeclareds in order to dethrone the incumbent. In their last and most fiery debate the two candidates governor traded one liners aimed at each others character in front of a partisan audience that, like the rest of the state, will not change their minds based on either candidate’s performance. ***** In their last of four debates over the past three weeks Republican Gov. Craig Benson and his Democratic challenger John Lynch will likely change any of the dynamics in this hotly contested race. Unless, major news were to somehow find it’s way into this campaign ,Wednesday’s coverage of this debate could be the last big coverage of this race as the focus turns more to the presidential race and the Red Sox. The hour-long debate, sponsored by the Nashua Chamber of Commerce, featured some of the best lines of the entire five-month campaign. After repeated attempts by Benson to paint Lynch as out of the mainstream for supporting long shot U.S. Senate candidate Doris “Granny D” Haddock, a fellow Democrat, Lynch said directly to Benson, “I know Judd Gregg and Craig Benson you are no Judd Gregg.” Not to be outdone Benson responded directly to Lynch, who is attempting to make the race entirely about Benson that “You know John if we had a penny for every time you mention the name Craig Benson we’d have enough money to pay for your spending increases.” Topics during the debate ranged from rail service in Nashua to property taxes to integrity – issues that have been greatly discussed already in this race. In prepared press materials it became easily clear the campaigns had their own goals in mind. The Benson campaign wanted headlines to be about Lynch’s tenure as the head of a furniture manufacturer. The Benson folks contended it said something about Lynch that the company’s environmental awards were from the parent company and for holding an art contest. In tribute the campaign had 64-packs of crayons in the hallway. They also wanted to reporters to focus on the fact that while at Knoll Lynch didn’t extend benefits and met salary for those in the National Guard serving overseas. This didn’t get much play in the press corps because Lynch served as CEO of Knoll from 1994 through May 2001 when the country was not in wartime. The Lynch campaign tried to paint Benson in a corner about plans to change Medicaid and children’s health care in the state, but that too didn’t appear to be picking up much legs. -NH--Gov's Race Benson, Lynch continue loaning their campaigns money dewman CONCORD, N.H. - Governor Craig Benson and challenger John Lynch continue pouring chunks of their personal fortunes into their campaigns for governor. According to the latest campaign finance report, Benson loaned his campaign one-point-six million dollars in the last two weeks. Lynch loaned his campaign 800 thousand. So far in the campaign, Benson has chipped in more than three million dollars of his own money. Lynch has spent more than two million of his own money. . Perhaps he still will, but right now Benson is polling three points better than the President, who leads 47-46, according to ARG. What's raising Benson's numbers? The most surprising thing about the ARG poll internals is that Benson is running at least as well among Republicans as Lynch is among Democrats. 81 percent of Republicans say they will vote for Benson, 12 percent say they will not. 79 percent of Democrats say they will vote for Lynch, 15 percent say they will not. One would think that Lynch needs to do significantly better among Republicans than Benson does among Democrats AND do much better among undeclareds in order to dethrone the incumbent. In their last and most fiery debate the two candidates governor traded one liners aimed at each others character in front of a partisan audience that, like the rest of the state, will not change their minds based on either candidate’s performance. ***** In their last of four debates over the past three weeks Republican Gov. Craig Benson and his Democratic challenger John Lynch will likely change any of the dynamics in this hotly contested race. Unless, major news were to somehow find it’s way into this campaign ,Wednesday’s coverage of this debate could be the last big coverage of this race as the focus turns more to the presidential race and the Red Sox. The hour-long debate, sponsored by the Nashua Chamber of Commerce, featured some of the best lines of the entire five-month campaign. After repeated attempts by Benson to paint Lynch as out of the mainstream for supporting long shot U.S. Senate candidate Doris “Granny D” Haddock, a fellow Democrat, Lynch said directly to Benson, Not to be outdone Benson responded directly to Lynch, who is attempting to make the race entirely about Benson that “You know John if we had a penny for every time you mention the name Craig Benson we’d have enough money to pay for your spending increases.” Topics during the debate ranged from rail service in Nashua to property taxes to integrity – issues that have been greatly discussed already in this race. In prepared press materials it became easily clear the campaigns had their own goals in mind. The Benson campaign wanted headlines to be about Lynch’s tenure as the head of a furniture manufacturer. The Benson folks contended it said something about Lynch that the company’s environmental awards were from the parent company and for holding an art contest. In tribute the campaign had 64-packs of crayons in the hallway. They also wanted to reporters to focus on the fact that while at Knoll Lynch didn’t extend benefits and met salary for those in the National Guard serving overseas. This didn’t get much play in the press corps because Lynch served as CEO of Knoll from 1994 through May 2001 when the country was not in wartime. The Lynch campaign tried to paint Benson in a corner about plans to change Medicaid and children’s health care in the state, but that too didn’t appear to be picking up much legs. -NH--Gov's Race Benson, Lynch continue loaning their campaigns money dewman CONCORD, N.H. - Governor Craig Benson and challenger John Lynch continue pouring chunks of their personal fortunes into their campaigns for governor. According to the latest campaign finance report, Benson loaned his campaign one-point-six million dollars in the last two weeks. Lynch loaned his campaign 800 thousand. So far in the campaign, Benson has chipped in more than three million dollars of his own money. Lynch has spent more than two million of his own money. If you had asked me sometime over the last month, I would have guessed that Benson would do the worst on Election Day among the five top GOP candidates. Perhaps he still will, but right now Benson is polling three points better than the President, who leads 47-46, according to ARG. What's raising Benson's numbers? The most surprising thing about the ARG poll internals is that Benson is running at least as well among Republicans as Lynch is among Democrats. 81 percent of Republicans say they will vote for Benson, 12 percent say they will not. 79 percent of Democrats say they will vote for Lynch, 15 percent say they will not. One would think that Lynch needs to do significantly better among Republicans than Benson does among Democrats AND do much better among undeclareds in order to dethrone the incumbent. In their last and most fiery debate the two candidates governor traded one liners aimed at each others character in front of a partisan audience that, like the rest of the state, will not change their minds based on either candidate’s performance. ***** In their last of four debates over the past three weeks Republican Gov. Craig Benson and his Democratic challenger John Lynch will likely change any of the dynamics in this hotly contested race. Unless, major news were to somehow find it’s way into this campaign ,Wednesday’s coverage of this debate could be the last big coverage of this race as the focus turns more to the presidential race and the Red Sox. The hour-long debate, sponsored by the Nashua Chamber of Commerce, featured some of the best lines of the entire five-month campaign. After repeated attempts by Benson to paint Lynch as out of the mainstream for supporting long shot U.S. Senate candidate Doris “Granny D” Haddock, a fellow Democrat, Lynch said directly to Benson, Not to be outdone Benson responded directly to Lynch, who is attempting to make the race entirely about Benson that “You know John if we had a penny for every time you mention the name Craig Benson we’d have enough money to pay for your spending increases.” Topics during the debate ranged from rail service in Nashua to property taxes to integrity – issues that have been greatly discussed already in this race. In prepared press materials it became easily clear the campaigns had their own goals in mind. The Benson campaign wanted headlines to be about Lynch’s tenure as the head of a furniture manufacturer. The Benson folks contended it said something about Lynch that the company’s environmental awards were from the parent company and for holding an art contest. In tribute the campaign had 64-packs of crayons in the hallway. They also wanted to reporters to focus on the fact that while at Knoll Lynch didn’t extend benefits and met salary for those in the National Guard serving overseas. This didn’t get much play in the press corps because Lynch served as CEO of Knoll from 1994 through May 2001 when the country was not in wartime. The Lynch campaign tried to paint Benson in a corner about plans to change Medicaid and children’s health care in the state, but that too didn’t appear to be picking up much legs. -NH--Gov's Race Benson, Lynch continue loaning their campaigns money dewman CONCORD, N.H. - Governor Craig Benson and challenger John Lynch continue pouring chunks of their personal fortunes into their campaigns for governor. According to the latest campaign finance report, Benson loaned his campaign one-point-six million dollars in the last two weeks. Lynch loaned his campaign 800 thousand. So far in the campaign, Benson has chipped in more than three million dollars of his own money. Lynch has spent more than two million of his own money. |