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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. It's been a big political week -- with the state primary front and center. We've seen some high profile visits on the presidential front -- with more to come -- and, controversy over the white mountain national forest plan. Joining us this week from Concord: James Pindell from PoliticsNH.com & Kevin Landrigan of the Telegraph and here in Durham, Dan Tuohy from the Eagle Tribune, and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. |
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We begin with the Primary -- where voter turnout was light. Only 18% of the state's registered voters cast ballots. The Governor's Race was the big draw -- where Incumbent Craig Benson and Democrat John Lynch won their respective primaries and will face off in November. Both have come out swinging as we countdown to the general election. Both candidates claim to be standing up for "the ordinary people". Q KEVIN: You have to wonder what political insiders the governor could be referring to since Republicans run state govt.??! Q JAMES: Lynch talks about restoring Integrity -- and in his words: " Benson's promises are worth about as much as his former company's stock -- not much" Just this week a 4th ENTERASYS executive plead guilty to fraud. Enterasys, the SPIN=OFF of Cabletron Systems, which Craig Benson co-founded BEFORE he was elected. DOES this kind of news bolster Lynch's rhetoric? Q DAN: As for write in votes -- Rochester State Senator Dick Green, a vocal BENSON critic, got 1420 PROTEST VOTES. Suprised by that showing?? Q EDITH: We have a matchup of 2 Millionaire Businessman -- some say there's not much difference between the 2. Lynch -- who talks about "consenus building" has been criticized for NOT having clear stands on the issue Has that been the case in the NORTH country???? Q DAN: What about ED Funding, Benson and Lynch seem to be on the same page? I'm confused IS there a difference.? Q JAMES: Paul McEachern got 24% of the vote -- clearly due to his INCOME tax Stand -- Says he will CAMPAIGN for Lynch -- would he be an asset or liability for Lynch?? Q Kevin: DEBATES: Both candidates say they're ready to debate -- any sense on what we can expect. Q Voter turnout pretty dismal. Any theories? |
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Let's talk about the state's Congressional primaries. In the First District: Justin Nadeau topped a field of four Democrats with 53-percent of the vote. The win pits him against Republican incumbent Congressman Jeb Bradley who easily won his primary race againt Bob Bevill with 90-percent of the vote. In the Second District-- Paul Hodes won the Democratic primary over Chris Owen with 60-percent of the vote. He'll face Incumbent Republican Congressman Charles Bass in November. Bass won renomination with 71-percent of the vote over Mark Brady. Q KEVIN: The END result was expected with Incumbents winning against political newcomers. Anything that was UNEXPECTED in the 1st or 2nd district? Q JAMES: In 1st District, Peter Duffy had a strong showing.which seemed to suprise pundits who thought Bob Bruce would fare better Q EDITH: In 2nd District Charles Bass trounced Mark Brady -- some have suggested that Brady, a freshman state rep, might have been better off waiting until he had a little more experience under his belt. Q ON the STATE LEVEL: 2 Republicans in the NH State SENATE were turned out of office. Derry's Frank Sapareto and Milford's Andrew Peterson.lost their GOP primaries. What was in play in those races that lead to that outcome? Peter Bragdon beat Incumbent Andrew Peterson in District 11. But, grassroot campaign by former state sen Mark Fernald may put him on the ballot. |
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Senator Judd Gregg --"cruised" into victory with 90% of the vote. He faces Doris "Granny D" Haddock in November. The 94-year-old grandmother, known for walking, hit the ground running this week. On Thursday alone, she made stops in several communities-- including Dover-- to greet voters. But, with a huge lead in the polls, Senator Judd Gregg is clearly following a strategy of ignoring, not attacking his opponent. So, at Thursday's Republican Unity breakfast, he took shots at Democrats in general - and referred to the difficult task of helping President Bush prepare for the debates-- by playing the role of John Kerry. Q DAN: Senator Gregg -- is coaching the President -- to prepare him for upcoming debates. Clearly -- a confidant of President Bush. How would Gregg stack up as John Kerry? Q KEVIN: By not having a "Serious" Challenger -- in effect, democrats allowed Gregg to focus all his energies on the national scene and the presidential election? Wasn't this a major GAFF on their part. Q EDITH: Is there a danger at all in Sen Gregg ignoring his opponent --making her a non-entity? |
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As for Presidential Politics -- there's been some high profile visits this week and there's more to come next week. But, the President's appearance at this weekends Nascar event in Loudin has been cancelled. But there's talk he WILL be in NH next week. Q JAMES: Certainly seeing a lot of George Bush and a little less of John Kerry? Does the Kerry campaign believe they've got the momentum in NH -- and are concentrating elsewhere? Q KEVIN: POLLS.all over. The latest GALLUP Poll gives President Bush a 14-point lead over Kerry. Contrast that with the PEW RESEARCH CENTER Poll which shows the race again neck and neck . The HARRIS poll also shows the the race EVEN. Q White House Chief of Staff Andy Card in NH today touring manuf facilities with Cong Jeb Bradley. A lot attention on NH? Any sense on where NH voters stand Q EDITH/DAN: Any sense of a shift in allegience. Q What about Ralph Nadar? Dems challenged signatures collected to get Ralph Nader on the presidential ballot --say signatures were forged. |
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Senator Max Cleland campaigned in the state this week, making the case for John Kerry. Cleland lost both legs and an arm while serving in Vietnam. He went on to become a U.S. Senator from Georgia and Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Clinton Administration. Cleland talked about how difficult it often is for veterans to talk about their service in combat. Q KEVIN: Any references to the controversy over the 60-Minutes report on MEMOS that showed Pres Bush shirked his National Guard service. Q DAN: What were your impressions? Q EDITH: some critics say --these hi-level campaign visits -- do nothing to sway NH Voters who are used to house parties and one-on-one contact with the CANDIDATES themselves. TRUE? Q JAMES: Military Service 30-years ago and the Vietnam War -- continue to be issues on the campaign trail. WHY??? |
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Now to the future of New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service wants input on its draft plan to manage the Forest which was released this week. It touches on timber harvesting levels, ATVs, Wilderness and roadless -- which guarantees controversy. Q EDITH: what can you tell us? Q What are you hearing from folk in North Country Q Been some controversy over INPUT on this draft? Public 90 days to comment. When can we expect the FINAL decision on this? |
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My thanks to KEVIN LANDRIGAN, JAMES PINDELL IN CONCORD DAN TUOHY AND EDITH TUCKER IN DURHAM. Thank you for watching. I'm Beth Carroll. We'll see you next time. |
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Monday on New Hampshire Outlook: Charter schools in New Hamsphire. We'll explore the pros and cons. Join us Monday at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Public Television. ==================== Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook: Charter schools in New Hamsphire. We'll explore the pros and cons. Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Public Television. |
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Campaign poll of 2nd CD shows good numbers for Kerry, Lynch, and Bass. A recent poll taken for the Paul Hodes congressional campaign shows John Kerry, John Lynch, and Charlie Bass holding comfortable leads in the state's more Democratic leaning district. Unfortunately for Hodes, the likely Democratic nominee in this district, the poll he supposedly paid Global Strategies Group to take, showed him behind Bass 52 to 38 percentage points. The poll results found it's way onto some Democratic leaning websites Thursday. It was taken Aug. 24-26 and had a margin of error of 4.9 percent. No other details were given. In the governor's race, Lynch is said to lead Gov. Craig Benson 48-35 in this half of the state. Kerry was ahead of President Bush 52 percent to 38 percent. In 2000, this district was favorable to Al Gore while Bush did better in the First Distrct. |
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Here is the latest New Hampshire news from The Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. - It's the last day for New Hampshire Democrats to challenge signatures collected to get Ralph Nader on the presidential ballot. Democrats already filed a complain with the state Ballot Law Commission, charging that some signatures were forged. |
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A new Gallup poll being released today gives President Bush a huge 14-point lead over challenger John Kerry. But that's sharply different from a Pew Research Center poll released just yesterday. It shows Bush losing his convention bounce, with the race once again neck and neck. Pew director Andrew Kohut says after months of deadlock, voter opinion is now unsettled. He says that's going to mean more variation in the polls. A Harris poll out yesterday also shows the race even. But the Gallup survey gives Bush a 54-to-40 percent lead over Kerry in a three-way matchup in which Ralph Nader gets three percent. The Pew poll had also given Bush a big bump coming out of the New York convention, but Kohut says the closeness now underscores Bush's vulnerability on Iraq and the economy. |
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Here are the top stories in New Hampshire at this hour NASCAR Bush bywmanfls LOUDON, N.H. - Nascar fans will have a chance to see the race -- and the President -- next weekend in Loudon. President Bush is expected to make a campaign stop to court valuable "NASCAR dad" votes at the New Hampshire International Speedway during the Sylvania three-hundred. The presidential campaigns are paying close attention to New Hampshire voters -- President Bush visited Nashua on August 30th. Last week Vice President Dick Cheney and First Lady Laura Bush visited the state. Democratic Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards also visited last week, and his running mate, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, was in Derry last month. Voter Turnout bywman CONCORD, N.H. - With numerous visits to New Hampshire from presidential candidates dominating press coverage, several smaller races for state Senate have gone under the radar this primary season. But with voter turnout expected to be lower than usual this September, several of these races could be much closer than expected. Republicans have six state Senate primaries and one for Democrats tomorrow. One of them is in District 21, where three Republicans are facing off for the seat held by Democrat Iris Estabrook. A tight race has developed between Jim Boynton and Dover residents Matt Mayberry and Daniel Philbrik. Victory in District Twelve's Republican race -- where Harry Haytaytan, Paul LaFlamme and Joseph DuBois Junior are on the ballot -- is also expected to be determined by a thin margin of votes. Campaign Roundup bywflman CONCORD, N.H. - Secretary of State Bill Gardner is predicting a much lower Republican turnout for tomorrow's primaries -- just 95-thousand compared to 156-thousand two years ago. He expects Democratic voter turnout to be a little higher this year -- 75-thousand to 69-thousand two years ago. Gardner says competition and media attention drive voter turnout, and there hasn't been much of either one this year. There are no major Republican challengers to the incumbents for governor, Congress or the U-S Senate. As of March, there were nearly 715-thousand registered voters in New Hampshire. That figure is expected to rise because of recent registrations as well as new registrations at polling places tomorrow. Bush to attend NHIS race, latest in high profile campaign stops for NH bywman LOUDON, N.H. - Nascar fans will have a chance to see the race -- and the President -- next weekend in Loudon. President Bush is expected to make a campaign stop to court valuable "NASCAR dad" votes at the New Hampshire International Speedway during the Sylvania three-hundred. The presidential campaigns are paying close attention to New Hampshire voters -- President Bush visited Nashua on August 30th. Last week Vice President Dick Cheney and First Lady Laura Bush visited the state. Democratic Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards also visited last week, and his running mate, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, was in Derry last month. |
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AP-MA--Kerry-Kennedy Kennedy hits the campaign trail for Kerry WASHINGTON - Senator Edward Kennedy is launching a seven-week election drive for John Kerry. The effort will couple fund-raising and travel with a constant barrage of Capitol Hill speeches condemning President Bush's policies. Kennedy is often credited with boosting Kerry's foundering campaign before the primaries. Kennedy will make two campaign stops in Pennsylvania Friday and plans to travel nearly every weekend as a surrogate for the Kerry camp around the country. And while the Senate is still in session, he plans to issue almost daily rebukes of Bush's policies, ranging from the war in Iraq to health care and education. Aides would not release a list of places where Kennedy is expected to campaign, but say he'll be in battleground states across all regions of the country. |
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AP-NH--Enterasys Plea Enterasys ex-chief pleads guilty to conspiracy charges CONCORD, N.H. - The former chief executive of Enterasys Networks pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge today in U-S District Court. Prosecutors say Enrique "Henry" Fiallo was part of a scheme that cost the company at least 20--million dollars. The Andover, Massachusetts firm was based in Rochester at the time of the fraud. Authorities say it inflated company revenues to meet Wall Street projections. Fiallo is due to be sentenced December 17th. He could receive up to five years in prison and be fined a-quarter-of-a--million-dollars. He's the fourth former company executive to plead guilty this year. Two others have pleaded innocent and are due to be tried next month. Enterasys was the chief spin-off of Cabletron Systems Incorporated. Governor Craig Benson co-founded Cabletron before he was elected. He has not been named in any charges. AP-NY-09-15-04 1800EDT |
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Democrat John Lynch says Governor Craig Benson's promises are worth about as much as his former company's stock -- not much. Lynch also called Benson's adminstration the most scandal-ridden administration in New Hampshire history. Lynch said Benson appointed cronies without qualifications to important state positions -- such as overseeing the state's homeland security operations. Angela Blaisdell was Benson's de facto chief of staff and his liaison on homeland security issues until she resigned to become treasurer of his Political Action Committee. She worked for Benson at his technology company, Cabletron Systems, before he became governor. The company no longer exists. |
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WASHINGTON - President Bush is preparing for debates with John Kerry by sparring with New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg. Gregg and Bush have been meeting in the White House residence since July -- Gregg tries to knock Bush off balance with direct verbal challenges. In two-thousand, Gregg helped Bush prepare by playing Al Gore. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 09/17/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 02:01 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. It's been a big political week with the state primary front and center. We've seen some high profile visits on the presidential front with more to come and, controversy over the white mountain national forest plan. Joining us this week from Concord: James Pindell from PoliticsNH.com & Kevin Landrigan of the Telegraph and here in Durham, Dan Tuohy from the Eagle Tribune, and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. We begin with the Primary where voter turnout was light. Only 18% of the state's registered voters cast ballots. The Governor's Race was the big draw where Incumbent Craig Benson and Democrat John Lynch won their respective primaries and will face off in November. Both have come out swinging as we countdown to the general election. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: James Pindell\PoliticsNH.com, Kevin Landrigan\The Telegraph, Dan Tuohy\Eagle Tribune, Edith Tucker \Coos County Democrat, John Lynch\ Gubernatorial Candidate, Gov. Craig Benson\ Incumbent |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 09/17/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 01:34 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. It's been a big political week with the state primary front and center. We've seen some high profile visits on the presidential front with more to come and, controversy over the white mountain national forest plan. Joining us this week from Concord: James Pindell from PoliticsNH.com & Kevin Landrigan of the Telegraph and here in Durham, Dan Tuohy from the Eagle Tribune, and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. In the First District: Justin Nadeau topped a field of four Democrats with 53-percent of the vote. The win pits him against Republican incumbent Congressman Jeb Bradley who easily won his primary race againt Bob Bevill with 90-percent of the vote. In the Second District Paul Hodes won the Democratic primary over Chris Owen with 60-percent of the vote. He'll face Incumbent Republican Congressman Charles Bass in November. Bass won renomination with 71-percent of the vote over Mark Brady. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 09/17/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 01:44 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. It's been a big political week with the state primary front and center. We've seen some high profile visits on the presidential front with more to come and, controversy over the white mountain national forest plan. Joining us this week from Concord: James Pindell from PoliticsNH.com & Kevin Landrigan of the Telegraph and here in Durham, Dan Tuohy from the Eagle Tribune, and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. Senator Judd Gregg "cruised" into victory with 90% of the vote. He faces Doris "Granny D" Haddock in November. The 94-year-old grandmother, known for walking, hit the ground running this week. On Thursday alone, she made stops in several communities including Dover to greet voters. But, with a huge lead in the polls, Senator Judd Gregg is clearly following a strategy of ignoring, not attacking his opponent. So, at Thursday's Republican Unity breakfast, he took shots at Democrats in general and referred to the difficult task of helping President Bush prepare for the debates by playing the role of John Kerry. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 09/17/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 01:12 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. It's been a big political week with the state primary front and center. We've seen some high profile visits on the presidential front with more to come and, controversy over the white mountain national forest plan. Joining us this week from Concord: James Pindell from PoliticsNH.com & Kevin Landrigan of the Telegraph and here in Durham, Dan Tuohy from the Eagle Tribune, and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. As for Presidential Politics there's been some high profile visits this week and there's more to come next week. But, the President's appearance at this weekends Nascar event in Loudin has been cancelled. But there's talk he WILL be in NH next week. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 09/17/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 01:34 minutes Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to this Friday Edition of New Hampshire Outlook. It's been a big political week with the state primary front and center. We've seen some high profile visits on the presidential front with more to come and, controversy over the white mountain national forest plan. Joining us this week from Concord: James Pindell from PoliticsNH.com & Kevin Landrigan of the Telegraph and here in Durham, Dan Tuohy from the Eagle Tribune, and Edith Tucker from the Coos County Democrat. Senator Max Cleland campaigned in the state this week, making the case for John Kerry. Cleland lost both legs and an arm while serving in Vietnam. He went on to become a U.S. Senator from Georgia and Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Clinton Administration. Cleland talked about how difficult it often is for veterans to talk about their service in combat. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAMES OF PARTICIPANTS: Sen. Max Cleland\Co-chair, Kerry-Edwards Campaign |
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Friday, September 17, 2004: We started the show around 2:15pm and we finished just before 3pm with no problems. |