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Hello. I'm Julie Donnelly. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. The primary has come and gone - we'll have highlights from primary night. A visit of presidential proportions. and the state of the state - preserving New Hampshire's uniqueness. |
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We'll talk about all that in a minute - but first - let's introduce this week's guests. Joining us this week from the state house in Concord - Colin Manning of Foster's Daily Democrat. And here in Durham we have Dan Tuohy of the Eagle Tribune and our very own Richard Ager. Thank you all for joining us. |
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We'll talk about who won, who lost, and how the media scored in covering the primary. That's coming up in little while but first, here are some speech highlights from the candidates who have now moved on to compete in other states. |
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WE HAVE ALL HAD QUITE A WEEK. THE PRIMARY HAS COME AND GOWN AND WE HAVE SURVIVED AND RECOVERED A LITTLE BIT. SO MUCH HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT WHO WON, WHO LOST AND WHY. AND I'M WONDERING HOW DID WE DO IN THE MEDIA IN TERMS OF COVERING THIS MA'AM MOUTH EVENT. YOU THROW THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM OUT OF WINDOW AS FAR AS THE POLLS GO. IT WAS A HORSE RACE AND IT ALWAYS WILL BE BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE POLLS. YOU LOOK AT JOHN KERRY WHO CALLS HIMSELF COMEBACK KERRY. WITH A BIG WIN. HE DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO. HE WON SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. I THINK IT'S 13-12 POINT MARGIN. JUST TREMENDOUS UPSURGE OVER HOWARD DEAN WHO A MONTH AGO WAS INHE INEVITABLE AS THE WINNER. COLIN, HOW DO YOU THINK WE DID? NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR BETTER COVERAGE. BEAUTIFUL SHOTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. ABC NEWS BROADCASTING LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN MANCHESTER, FOX NEWS AT ST. A'S COLLEGE. SO THE IMMEDIATE YAFS DEFINITELY HERE. AS FAR AS COVERING THE RACE THE ONLY THING I SAW WRONG WAS THE MEDIA MADE WAY TOO MUCH OF I HAVE A SCREAM SPEECH OUT IN IOWA BY HOWARD DEAN. AS FAR AS PEOPLE SAYING THAT LED TO DEAN'S DOWNFALL HERE I DON'T BUY IT. I GIVE VOTERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MORE CREDIT THAN THAT. 24E WON'T VOTE ON ONE INCIDENT. DO WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO A CANDIDATE'S DOWNFALL? FOLLOWING THE I HAVE A SCREAM SPEECH, AND THE COVERAGE OF THAT AND A REVELATIONS NOW IN A REPORT YESTERDAY THAT IT WAS A THUNDEROUS NOISE IN THAT ARENA IN WHICH HOWARD DEAN WAS A DRESSING AND TRYING TO EXCITE HIS FOLLOWERS FOLLOWING A DEFEAT IN IOWA, CAMERAS THAT WERE THERE CAUGHT THE FACT THAT IT WAS SO LOUD THAT HIS SCREAMING WAS PROBABLY A NATURAL REACTION TO BEING SURROUNDED BY SO MUCH NOISE. THAT COMES OUT AFTER THE FACT. AFTER THE 14 POINT DROP IN THE POLLS. THIS ORGANIZATION, THE HEADS OF NEWS ORGANIZATIONS WERE ASKED WOULD YOU CHANGE WHAT YOU DID? YOU KNOW SOME EXPRESSED REGRET THAT THIS ASPECT OF STORY HAD NOT COME OUT IN TIME FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE A FULLY INFORMED JUDGMENT. BUT MOST NEWS ORGANIZATIONS WILL ALWAYS GO WITH THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PIECE OF VIDEO. THE MOST SENSATIONALIST STORY. THAT'S AN ASPECT OF HOW NEWS HAS EVOLVED IN MODERN TIMES. DAN, DID WE PLAY THAT CLIP TOO MUCH? I WOULD YES SAY IMMEDIATELY BUT PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT SO IT WAS NEWS. IF WE DID NOT FOLLOW UP WITH THE CLIPS AND THE STORIES WE WOULDN'T BE DOING OUR JOB. IT DID LEAD INTO THAT SENSATION OF WHO IS HOWARD DEAN. WHAT IS HIS TEMPERAMENT. SO HE UNDID HIMSELF TO SOME DEGREE. DID THE MEDIA GO OVERBOARD OR OVER THE TOP AS HOWARD DEAN ALLEGEDLY DID, I DON'T THINK SO. THERE'S ANOTHER ASPECT TO THIS, TOO. AND THAT IS WHEN WE SAY THE MEDIA YOU CAN'T LUMP IT TOGETHER. NEWSPAPERS CAN'T PLAY A RECORDING OF THE PIECE OF VIDEO. RADIO STATIONS DID PLAY WITH IT A LITTLE BIT. BUT IT'S -- I THINK IT'S JUST ANOTHER INDICATION OF HOW MUCH THE SOUND BYTE, THE -- WHAT ANDY WAR HOL FOR SAW AS 15 MINUTES NOW 15 SECONDS OF FAME HAS RULED SO MANY ASPECTS OF OW LIVES INCLUDING THE IMPRESSIONS WE GET OF OUR POLITICAL CANDIDATES AND HOW WE END UP CHOOSING THEM. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DEAN'S STORY AND HOW THAT IS EVOLVING. WHAT THE ABOUT THE KERRY STORY. BOTH CAN DAN AND COLIN WERE AT KERRY HEADQUARTERS AFTER HIS BIG WIN. WHAT HAVE YOU NOTICED ABOUT KERRY AS A CANDIDATE AND HOW HE HAS EVOLVED. HE IS MORE POLISHED. HE SAYS HE STUCK TO THE MESSAGE BUT HE WAIVED A BY THE DOWN IN THE POLLS. HE WAS TRYING TO SEE WHAT CLICKS FOR HIM. HE GOT BACK IN THE MESSAGE SAYING HE IS THE CANDIDATE THAT COULD BE ELECTABLE. HE GAVE HIS WHOLE MESSAGE ON PRIMARY NIGHT. IT WENT ON AND ON. IT WASN'T THAT BAD. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HECK OF A LOT LONGER IF YOU LISTENED TO HIM ON THE STUMP. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HOW PERSONABLE HOW KERRY IS? HAS THAT BECOME A BETTER PART OF HIM AS A CAMPAIGNER? THE JOHN KERRY WE SAW AT THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN DIFFERED FROM WHAT WE SAW IN NOVEMBER. A LOT OF REPORTERS IN ITS STATEHOUSE WERE HERE IN THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE WHEN HE CAME IN TO PUT HIS NAME ON THE BALLOT. USUALLY HE COMES IN AND MEETS WITH REPORTERS AND GIVE A LITTLE SPEECH AND TAKE QUESTIONS. KERRY SEEMED TIRED. I DON'T WANT TO SAY OUT OF IT BUT HE WOULDN'T GIVE A SPEECH. HE SAID ANY QUESTIONS. THEN I THINK WE SAW -- AS HE GOT BACK ON A MESSAGE LIKE DAN SAID HE BECAME A LITTLE MORE PERSONABLE AND POLISHED AND MORE FOCUSED. THAT'S WHY WE SAW HIS NUMBERS TURN AROUND. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TIMING OF HIS SPEECH. DO ALL OF YOU THINK THAT HE WENT ON TOO EARLY. HE DIDN'T WAIT FOR OTHERS TO CONCEDE FIRST? I WAS SITTING IN MANCHESTER THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY GOING AROUND DIFFERENT PLACES. THE NUMBERS THAT I SAW ALL DAY WERE VERY CONSISTENT THAT HAD HIM IN THE LEAD. IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE GOT IT, GO FOR IT. DON'T WAIT FOR OTHERS TO CONCEDE. THIS WAS JOHN KERRY'S STATE TO WIN FROM THE BEGINNING. THAT WASN'T THE WAY OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR BUT IN THE END HE ENDED UP WINNING. I DON'T SEE TOUCH A PROBLEM WITH THAT. DO YOU THINK, RICHARD, THAT PART OF THAT EARLY SPEECH WAS WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE AND GO TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND MISSOURI? I'M NOT SURE THAT HE ACTUALLY WENT THAT NIGHT BUT CLEARLY IT WAS ONE MORE WAY TO UPSTAGE THE OTHER CONTENDERS HOWARD DEAN WENT ON LAST IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YOU KNOW, JUST ANOTHER WAY TO ECLIPSE THEIR VISIBILITY WHILE THE NETWORKS WERE STILL PAYING ATTENTION. NETWORKS LIKE ABC WERE CUTTING OUT AT 10:00 TO GO BACK TO LAW AND ORDER OR WHATEVER IT WAS. SO CLEARLY -- HE WAS SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY AND GOT IT. I DON'T THINK IT WAS -- AS I UNDERSTAND IT P HE DID RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM HOWARD DEAN. HE DIDN'T RUSH OUT THERE AND SAY THE HECK WITH GOVERNOR DEAN. THEY DID WAIT TO GET THE CONCESSION CALL. BUT NOT A CONCESSION SPEECH. DEAN DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE AND GET HIS MOMENTS OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SHAPING THE PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT THE NIGHT REALLY MEANT. I MEAN THE CLAIM THAT HE MADE THAT THIS WAS IN FACT A COMEBACK VICTORY FOR HIMSELF THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE GAVE HIS CAMPAIGN WHAT HE NEEDED DIDN'T GET NEARLY AS MUCH EXPOSURE BECAUSE OF TIMING OF HOW THE SPEECHES WERE LINED UP THAT NIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE STATE IN TERMS OF STATE POLITICS -- AND ALSO OF COURSE THE PRESIDENT BUSH VISIT NOT TO BE OUTDONE BY THE DEMOCRATS PRESIDENT BUSH DECIDED THE GRANITE STATE WAS THE PLACE TO BE ON THURSDAY. |
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Not to be outdone by the Democrats, President Bush decided the Granite state was the place to be on Thursday. He stopped briefly at Fidelity Investments in Merrimack to talk about some key campaign issues. |
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LET'S MOVE ON A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE STATE IN TERMS OF STATE POLITICS -- AND ALSO OF COURSE THE PRESIDENT BUSH VISIT NOT TO BE OUTDONE BY THE DEMOCRATS PRESIDENT BUSH DECIDED THE GRANITE STATE WAS THE PLACE TO BE ON THURSDAY. HE STOPPED BRIEFLY AT FIDELITY INVESTMENTS TO TALK ABOUT CAMPAIGN ISSUES RJ I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE. I THINK AFTER YOU HEAR THIS DISCUSSION, I THINK YOU'LL BE OPTIMISTIC. AT LEAST IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU HEAR. BUT I'M OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH AND I WANT TO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH. FREE AND PEACEFUL IRAQ IN THE HEART OF MIDDLE EAST. IN OUR NATION'S LONG TERM SECURITY INTERESTS. NOMINATE CHILDREN CAN GROW UP IN A MORE SECURE AND PEACEFUL WORLD. I WANT YOU TO KNOW STRONGLY THAT I BELIEVE FREEDOM IS NOT AMERICA'S GIFT TO THE WORLD. FREEDOM IS THE ALMIGHTY'S GIFT TO EACH PERSON IN THIS WORLD. WHEN WE SEE SUFFERING AND TIERNEY AND STARVATION AND BRUTALIZATION THIS NAILTION WILL ACT. I'M CONVINCED THAT IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TRY IT'S RUN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IT WILL FOUL IT UP. PEOPLE WILL LOUSY CARE AND THE COST OF MEDICINE WILL GO UP. I BELIEVE IN -- I BELIEVE IN ALLOWING SMALL BUSINESSES TO POOL RISK ACROSS ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS IN ORDER TO CONTROL COSTS. I BELIEVE IN EXPANDING HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS FOR AMERICANS WILL CREATE SOFT SAVINGS IN THE SYSTEM. I BELIEVE WE NEED MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM ACROSS AMERICA TO GET RID OF JUNK LAWSUITS. PRESIDENT BUSH COMES TO NEW HAMPSHIRE TWO DAYS AFTER THE PRIMARY. WHY IS HE COMING NOW COLIN, YOU WERE THERE? I THINK WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. WE KNOW THE ANSWER. THE DEMOCRATS HAD THE STAGE FOR OVER A YEAR. THIS WAS HIS TURN. I WAS AT BUSH CHENEY HEADQUARTERS TUESDAY NIGHT AND THERE WAS NOTHING GOING ON. WHY WOULD THERE BE? I WAS THE ONLY SAP WHO SHOWED UP THERE. BUT PERFECT TIMING COME IN TWO DAYS AFTERWARDS AND GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS TO A FRIENDLY CROWD WHICH IT WAS. DAN, IT WAS A BRIEF VISIT BUT WAS IT LONG ON POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR HIM? HE GOT GREAT APPLAUSE FROM PLEAEES AND REPUBLICAN FRIENDS. TALKED ABOUT MAKING THE TAX CUTS PERMANENT WHICH IS COUNTERING WHAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SAYING ALL YEAR THEY WANT TO REPEAL ALL OF THEM BUT MOST OF THEM TARGETED TO THE RICH. THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE, ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO SAID HEY, I HAVE GOTTEN $1,000 OR $2,000 THAT I'M USING TO PAY FOR MY GROWING FAMILY OR REMODEL THE BATHROOM. THERE WAS THE OTHER SIDE OF STORY THAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE STARTING TO TELL ABOUT THE TAX CUTS AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE WORKING. IT'S INTERESTING THAT HE COMES TO, YOU KNOW KIND OF TELLS HIS OWN ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER BUT OF COURSE JUST THIS WEEK WE'RE HEARING NOW THAT THE $400 BILLION PRESCRIPTION DRUG BILL THAT HE SIGNED TO MUCH FANFARE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THAT HE REALLY PRESSURED CONGRESS TO PASS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO COST A THIRD MORE. IT'S GOING TO COST $535 BILLION INSTEAD OF $400 BILLION. WE'RE LOOKING AT A HUGE INCREASE. A LOT OF LIEWM LAWMAKERS ARE UPSET AND THE LATEST FIGURES, THE REESTIMATION ARE WHITE HOUSE FIGURES. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE ONGOING PREPARATION FOR THE ELECTION. YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING THAT IN HIS SPEECH HE MENTIONED THE WAY TO GO IN TERMS OF HELPING IMPROVE HEALTH CARE IS TORT REEVE FORM TO GET RID OF HIGH MALPRACTICE SUITS. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, COLIN? THAT'S A MESSAGE WE'RE HEARING AT THE STATEHOUSE, TOO. THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T MENTION ABOUT THE HIGHER COST FOR THE MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION BILL. IT WAS A GOOD EVENT FOR THE PRESIDENT. HE WASN'T BEHIND THE PODIUM. THIS WAS A VERY LOOSE, VERY LIGHT EVENT. WHEN HE MENTIONED THE TORT REFORM HE GOT LARGE APPLAUSE. SO, RICHARD, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT BUSH WAS TRYING TO DO IN HIS VISIT AND DID HE ACCOMPLISH IT? WELL, I GUESS IT WAS THE CAP TO WHAT COLIN WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER WHICH WAS A LONG STRING OF VISITS THAT WERE INTERSPERSED WITH THE VISITS OF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. WE HAVE SEEN THE VICE PRESIDENT IN FOR A FUND RAISER. THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF A COUPLE MONTHS BACK. WE SAW ALMOST EVERY MEMBER OF HIS CAB THE NET IF NOT EVERY MEMBER IN THAT TIME. RUDY GULIANI WAS HERE LAST WEEKEND. GEORGE PATAKI, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK WAS IN. THEY ALL CAME AND SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN WHOM BUSH BEAT THE LAST TIME ALL HERE TO SING THE PRAISES OF THE PRESIDENT. SO CLEARLY THAT TH HAS BEEN A VERY ORCHESTRATED EFFORT ON PART OF REPUBLICAN PARTY PLOIG REALLY A WIDE RANGE AS YOU CAN SEE OF REPUBLICANS WHO DO NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT THE PRESIDENT PROPOSES BUT THEY ARE HERE FOR THE GREATER CAUSE OF THE PARTY AND ON WARD TO NOVEMBER, RIGHT. |
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Now onto state politics. Governor Craig Benson became the first Governor to give his state of the state address outside the state house - also the first to use a powerpoint presentation to assist him. He encouraged legislators and the people of New Hampshire to embrace change. Let's take a listen. |
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WE'LL HAVE TO GET TO THAT LATER. FIRST I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER REPUBLICAN WHO IS IMPORTANT IN THE STATE. THE GOVERNOR. GOVERNOR CRAIG BENSON BECAME THE FIRST GOVERNOR GIVE THE STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS OUTSIDE THE STATEHOUSE. THE FIRST TO USE A POWER POINT PRESENTATION TO ASSIST HIM. HE ENCOURAGES LEGISLATURES AND THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO EMBRACE CHANGE. LET'S LISTEN. BY EMBRACING CHANGE NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO RETAIN ITS UNIQUENESS FOR THE LONG TERM. I HAVE TRIED TO INSTILL FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, ASKED EMPLOYEES TO MAKE DECISIONS AND TAKE RISKS, AND AGAIN, THINKING BACK TO PRESIDENT REAGAN'S CALL TO TEAR DOWN THIS WALL, I'M ASKING THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TO DEMAND THE WALL OF THE STATUS QUO BE TORN DOWN PERMANENTLY. NO LONGER CAN WE ACCEPT EXCUSES OR COUNTLESS CRITICISMS ABOUT MAKING CHANGE AND TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE. FAILURE TO PRESERVE NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIQUENESS IS A FAILURE TO OURSELVES BUT MORE ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN. IT'S TIME TO SET AN EXAMPLE AND GIVE THE CITIZENS OF THIS STATE A GOVERNMENT THEY WILL ALWAYS BE PROUD OF. THE GOVERNOR BROUGHT THE SPEECH TO THE PEOPLE. HE WENT TO PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY TO GIVE THE SPEECH. COLIN S, WHO WAS THE SPEECH REALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS? WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD CALL IT THE STATE OF THE STATE I WOULD CALL IT THE STATE OF BENSON'S ADMINISTRATION. HE TALKED ABOUT CHANGE AND BRING UNIQUENESS WHICH WAS ABOUT HIM. HE IS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BRING ABOUT CHAIN. HE IS SEEING RESISTANCE IN THE LEGISLATURE. A LOT OF THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIRECTED AT THE FEW LAWMAKERS WHO DID MAKE THE TRIP UP THERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST TYPICAL GOVERNOR BENSON I GUESS. RICHARD, I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE BIT INSIDE BASEBALL BUT IT IS TELL BEING WHAT IS GOING ON IN STATE GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHO WAS THERE, WHO WASN'T THERE, WHO WAS THERE GRUDGINGLY. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? THERE WERE SOME MEMBERS OF REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP, SENATE PRESIDENT TOM EATON WAS THERE. ABOUT HALF THE SENATE WAS ACTUALLY THERE. MUCH LESS REPRESENTATION FROM THE HOUSE. DEPARTMENT AT THIS SPEAKER MIKE WALLY WAS THERE IN THE SAID IT OF HOUSE SPEAKER CHANDLER. I SAW ONE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. I COULDN'T GET QUITE CLOSE ENOUGH. THEY WERE DOWN AT THE FRONT AND THE MEDIA TYPES WERE AT THE VERY BACK. I THINK THE TOTAL WAS LESS THAN 8-1-00 OF THE 242 LEGISLATE TOURS. CLEARLY A MUCH LESS REPRESENTATION FROM THE LAWMAKERS THAN YOU WOULD GET IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF EVENTS BECAUSE EVERY OTHER STATE OF THE STATE IS IN REPRESENTATIVE'S HALL AT THE STATEHOUSE. THE GOVERNOR DID MENTION A NEW KNEW MISH INITIATIVES. ONE OF THEM WAS THE LIMITLESS LEARNING TASK FORCE WHICH WOULD BE FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT. THERE WEREN'T -- WERE THERE NECESSITY VERY MANY DETAILS ABOUT THE INITIATIVES? NOT AT ALL. IT WAS A 20-MINUTE SPEECH FIRST OF ALL SO HE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO GO OFF AND SCPOND UPON ANYTHING. THIS WAS CRAIG BENSON'S THE ERA OF BIG GOVERNMENT IS OVER SPEECH. HE ANNOUNCES A NEW OFFICE, A DRA OFFICE IN GOREHAM. HE TALKS ABOUT THREE NEW DRUG CHIEFS. I'M SURE THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE $60,000 A PIECE IF THEY ARE TO BE HIGHLY QUALIFIED P.M. HE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDING WITH VOUCHERS AND COMPETITION AND HE HAS GOTTEN GREAT RESPONSE FOR. THAT I THINK HE NEEDS TO LOOK AT WHAT IS HE IS GOING TO DO TO SOLVE THE TRATD DIG AL SOLVE FUNDING PROBLEM HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE HIGH PROPERTY TAXES WHICH I DON'T THINK HE MENTIONED LAST NIGHT AT ALL. I THINK, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH CAN YOU TALK ABOUT IN 20 MINUTES? WE'LL SEE. THERE'S SORT OF A CONTRADICTION AT THE CENTER AT THE KIND OF THESIS WAS BRINGING FORWARD LAST NIGHT. THAT IS THAT EVERYTHING IS GREAT. NEW HAMPSHIRE RAVENS NEAR THE -- RANGES NEAR THE TOP IN THE CATEGORIES BUT WE'RE IN GREAT DANGER AND WE MUST CHANGE. RICHARD MAKES A GREAT POINT. CERTAINLY THE LEGISLATORS THAT THE SPOKE WITH SAID HOW DO YOU SQUARE THAT CIRCLE. I'M SURE YOU GOT THE SAME REACTION. EVERYONE YOU TALK TO SAYS CONTRADICTORY. YOU WANTS IT BRING OUT CHANGE BUT HE SAID EVERYTHING WAS GREAT. ALSO, I GUESS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THE SPEECH YOU HAVE YOUR BAKED POTATO AND AIVE 1 SAUCE BUT YOU ARE MISSING THE STEAK. HE OFFERED A FIVE-YEAR ROAD MAP TO LET CITIES AND TOWNS KNOW HOW MUCH HE WAS GETTING IN FUNDING. THERE WERE NO SPECIFICS THERE. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HE MEANS BY THAT. A LOT OF QUESTIONS LEFT TO BE ANSWERED. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT WAS THE REFERENCE NOT JUST TO THE DRUG CZARS ABOUT WHICH THERE WERE NO DETAILS AVAILABLE --. NOT JUST ONE, THREE. HOW SHOULD WE SPLIT THE JOBS UP? . BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, HE REFERRED AGAIN TO STRIKING THE FIRST BLOW FOR THE REIMPORTATION OF DRUGS FROM CANADA BUT THE FACT IS THAT HIS ORIGINAL PLAN TO SET UP A WEB SITE TO UNABLE THAT HAD TO BE SHELLED BECAUSE THE F.D.A. HAS REPEATEDLY STATED THAT'S ILLEGAL. SO THERE'S NO DETAIL. THERE'S NO PLAN THAT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED OF HOW DO YOU MAKE IT SO? SO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A FIRST STEP, FIRST BLOW OR WHATEVER BUT I DON'T SEE US ANY CLOSER. DAN YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OFFICE THAT IS GOING IN BE IN GOREHAM. CLEARLY HE TOOK THE SPEECH OUT OF CONCORD. WHAT SCIEND OF STATEMENT IS HE MAKE BEING THE PARTS OF STATE FORGOTTEN ABOUT LAWMAKERS IN THE PAST. I THINK THAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT THE SPEECH THAT HE IS IN THE NORTH COUNTRY IF YOU CALL PLYMOUTH THE NORTH WHICH MANY DO NOT. GO NORTH OF NOTCHES AND YOU WON'T. THIS IS GREAT FOR PLYMOUTH AND THIS IS PART OF A STATE THAT THERE'S A DIF INDIVIDUAL BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE KNOW. THAT THEY NEED BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE UP THERE AND IT'S A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO. GROWING UP THERE NOT JUST HIM BUT THE LEGISLATURE. IT'S NOT JUST THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO FOR THE NORTH COUNTRY, AND PLYMOUTH. PLYMOUTH AS WE KNOW WAS PART OF UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. IT GETS A GOOD SHARE OF FUNDING FROM THE LEGISLATURE. THEY WERE CLEARLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS EVENT THERE. IT WAS A BUSY BUSTLING DOWNTOWN. THERE WAS A TRAFFIC JAM WHEN THERE USUALLY ISN'T. CLEARLY THE PEOPLE WERE TAKING PRIDE IN HAVING THIS IN THEIR MIDST. HENCE THE STANDING OVATION ON THE REMARKS THAT I BROUGHT IT HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BRINGING OUT THE LEGISLATURE. THAT GETS TO A POINT TOO, NO MANY HOW MANY LEGISLATORS FEEL BRUISED IN TERMS OF EGGO AND TRADITION THE GOVERNOR SEEMS TO BE PLAYING OVER THEIR HEADS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE POPULARITY RATINGS THAT THE GOVERNOR RECEIVES ON ISSUES LIKE THAT, PEOPLE SEEM TO LIKE THAT HE IS KIND FLAWING TRADITION AND AT LEAST SPEAKING ABOUT CHANGE. HOW MUCH DID DOES THE MAN ON THE STREET REALLY CARE ABOUT THE STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS? TALKING ABOUT THE MAN ON THE STREET IN THE NORTH COUNTRY AND TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONE THING THAT HAS COME OUT THIS WEEK, BIG NEWS FOR THE NORTH COUNTRY FRIDAY SENATOR JUDD GREG MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT A FEDERAL PRISON WILL BE BUILT IN BERLIN. THE FACILITY WILL BRING 300 JOBS. DAN, THIS SOUNDS LIKE WELCOME NEWS FOR PEOPLE NORTH OF NOTCHES. DO YOU THINK SO? |
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IT'S GREAT NEWS. THEY WELCOMED IT AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THE STATE BUILT A NEW PRISON FOR $30 MILLION. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS IT'S HALF THE SIZE OF PROPOSED FEDERAL PEN UP THERE AND YET IN THE FEDERAL PEN IT'S GOING TO GOVERNMENT $ $130 MILLION. CLUB FED. THAT WON'T BE STATE MONEY, RIGHT? IT'S TAXPAYER MONEY. YOU WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE LET'S BE CONSERVATIVE. IT'S TAXPAYER DOLLARS HOW CAN IT BE FIVE TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE TO HAVE A PRISON HALF AS BIG? IT'S GREAT FOR THE NORTH COUNTRY. I DON'T MEAN TO -- THE CITY. THEY HAD A REFERENDUM IN 2002 AND THEY OVERWHELMING IN THE REFERENDUM SUPPORTED THIS NOTION SO. CLEARLY, YOU KNOW WITH THE MILLS ALTHOUGH THEY ARE BACK IN OPERATION, THEY ARE STILL NOT EMPLOYING AS MANY AS THEY DID. SO CLEARLY THE ECONOMY IS BEING BOD BY -- PRISONS ARE IF NOTHING ELSE A CONSTANT THAT YOU CAN COUNT ON. THEY ARE NOT CYCLICAL LIKE THE MILLS. UNLESS OF COURSE CRIME GOES WAY DOWN. IT SHOWS HOW DIFFERENT NORTH AND SOUTH IS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. IF PROPOSED A PRISON SOUTH OF MANCHESTER YOU WOULD HAVE A FIGHT ON YOUR HANDS NO MATTER WHERE YOU PUT IT. THIS WAS A FACTOR WHEN THEY PROPOSED LIMITED EXPANSION OF GAMBLING -- CASINO GAMBLING IN BERLIN OR ANYWHERE UP THERE WAS IT WAS A MATTER OF LOOK WE NEED THE REVENUE. THIS IS A FEATHER IN THE CAP FOR JUDD GREG. HE IS COMING INTO AN ELECTION YEAR HIMSELF. HE FACES THE TOUGH 07 07 OPPOSITION FROM SENATOR COHEN. HE WILL PUT ON A CHALLENGE. BURT HAS MONEY IN HIS BANK AND WE'LL SEE. Dan - This sounds like welcome news for the people North of the notches. Is it? |
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I WANTED TO TURN VERY QUICKLY TO ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE SAME KIND OF AREA ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT IS THE SURPRISING AND SOMBER NEWS THAT WE COULD HAVE THE FIRST EXECUTION IN 65 YEARS IN THIS STATE. THURSDAY A FEDERAL JUDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS SENTENCED CONVICTED MURDERER GARY SAMPSON TO DEATH. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO KILLING THREE MEN IN 2001. ONE OF THE MEN FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE EXECUTION IS ORDERED TO TAKE PLACE HERE. WHY DID THE JUDGE MAKE THAT DECISION TO HOLD THE EXECUTION HERE? NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS A DEATH PENALTY AND MASSACHUSETTS DOES NOT. BUT YOU LOOK ALSO IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ONE OF VICTIM'S FAMILIES IS FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. SO IT'S A MATTER OF HAVING THE FAMILY -- THE FAMILIES NOT HAVING TO TRAVEL BUT IT'S A FRIENDLY STATE IN THAT FEDERAL DISTRICT. IT IS AMAZING THAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE HASN'T USED THE DEATH PENALTY SINCE 1939. FORMER GOVERNOR SHAHEEN, A DEMOCRAT, VETOED LEGISLATION -- POSED LEDGE STHRIETION ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY. THEY PASSED IT AND SHE STREET VETOED IT. SHE WON PRAISE FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. NEXT MONTH WE HAVE A BILL COMING FROM THE LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY FOR PEOPLE 17 AND YOUNGER. THE DEBATE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IS GOING TO BE HUGE NEXT MONTH AS FAR AS TRYING TO RID THE STATE OF THAT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. IT'S A HUGE AND EMOTIONAL DEBATE EVERY TIME AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THIS STORY WILL GET BIGGER. |
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IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS UNFOLDS. I WANT TO TURN TO SOMETHING LIGHTER, EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS SUPER BOWL SUNDAY AND THE PATE RATS DASH PATRIOTS ARE SCHEDULED TO PLAY THE PANTHERS. IF IF THE PATS WITHIN THIS IS WILL BE THEIR SECOND VICTIM IN THREE YEARS. I'M LOOKING FOR PREDICTIONS. THIS IS HARD FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR THREE YEARS. COLIN, WHO INJURE PICK? I USUALLY DON'T MAKE PREDICTIONS BUT I WANT TO REPORT THAT MY THREE-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW JACK IS EXCITED FOR THE PATRIOTS TO WIN ON SUNDAY. WHAT ABOUT A POINT SPREAD, COLIN? I DON'T KNOW. HOPING THAT BY AGE 5 JACK CAN DO POINT SPREADS, TOO. HOW BUT, -- HOW ABOUT YOU, DAN? PATS BY 10. THE TEAM THAT MAKES THE FEWEST MISTAKES. VERY DIPLOMATIC, RICHARD. OKAY, WELL, I GUESS YOU WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING IN THE POOL LATER. |
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Well that's it for this week's Friday edition. Dan Tuohy and Richard Ager thanks for being here. And up at the statehouse, Colin Manning thanks so much, for being with us. |
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Monday on the next New Hampshire Outlook. We'll be talking about the death penalty. A Federal Judge has ordered the execution convicted murderer Gary Sampson in New Hampshire. The state has not has had an execution since nineteen thirty nine and Granite state officials have been taken off guard by the news. |
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We'll see you next time. I'm Julie Donnelly. Thanks for joining us. |
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Monday on New Hampshire Outlook. We'll be talking about the decision to execute convicted murderer Gary Sampson in New Hampshire. Join us Monday at 10 only on New Hampshire Public Television. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. We'll be talking about the controversial decision to execute convicted murderer Gary Sampson in New Hampshire. Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 01/30/04 22:00 HOST: Julie Donnelly Length: 26:46 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, the primary has come and gone - we'll have highlights from primary night. A visit of presidential proportions. And the state of the state - preserving New Hampshire's uniqueness. Joining us this week from the state house in Concord - Colin Manning of Foster's Daily Democrat. And in Durham we have Dan Tuohy of the Eagle Tribune and Richard Ager. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Jennifer Vachon NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Dan Tuohy\Eagle Tribune, Colin Manning\Foster's Daily Democrat, Richard Ager\NH Outlook |
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NH--Super Bowl-Campus Security Campuses trying to prevent student outbursts on Super Bowl Sunday -- Officials at U-Mass and other New England schools are increasing security to prevent disruptions at their campuses on Super Bowl Sunday. They don't want a repeat of the student disturbances that broke out in October after the Red Sox won two games during the championship series. At U-Mass, more dormitory staff members will be on duty and extra security personnel will make sure that only U-Mass students enter the Southwest complex. More lighting will also be installed. At the University of New Hampshire, officials are warning students that any bad behavior will result in tough disciplinary action. U-N-H officials are running a full-page ad in the student paper advising students to have fun, but to act responsibly. University of Rhode Island spokeswoman Linda Acciardo says the campus will have additional security personnel on duty Sunday evening. AP-NY-01-29-04 1652EST |