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Hello. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to NH Outlook. |
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Incumbent Senator Bob Smith and US Representative John Sununu faced each other in a televised debate Thursday night. The primary is September 10th and the two Republicans are vying for a seat in the U-S Senate. The debate was produced by WMURTV and the Union Leader newspaper and also broadcast here on New Hampshire public television. We'll have analysis in a moment. But first, some highlights. |
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Selected clips from the Senate debate between Senator Smith and Representative Sununu, broadcast on WMUR and simulcast on NHPTV. |
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Joining us to discuss the Republican US Senate Debate Andy Smith of the UNH Survey Center and NH Outlook political editor Richard Ager. |
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All summer long Chip Neal has been crisscrossing the state, listening to voices of voters. Here's an encore presentation from Keene in the Monadnock region. |
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Scenic Shot Keene Chip OC - Keene is a very attractive mixture of quaint new England town and worldly sophistication. With a number of international businesses and Keene State College it also has developed a distinctive political feel. MOS - there's a lot of homeless people in town, you wouldn't guess it, but if you live here you see it. People need to worry more about community and stuff and less about other things. MOS - I'm hoping that the people elected will have the residents of NH's mental health issues and substance abuse issues in mind. MOS - I would like to see some help with property taxes and a tax that seems very fair to me is a sales tax with certain things exempt. MOS - for this election to be talked about so early and for so long, I don't think it's necessary. TITLE ANIMATION with music. NH Votes 2002 Chip OC In order to get a sense of the political landscape here in the Monadnock region we visited the Keene Sentinel's editorial page editer, Guy McMillen. Guy - this part of the state has historically been a little bit more democrat, a little bit more liberal than most of the rest of the state. There is a mixture here of republicans and democrats. The city of Keene has more democratic representatives in the legislature by far than the republicans. In the towns it tends to be a mixture. And as many people remember we had for a couple of decades probably the biggest liberal democrat in the state senate as our state senator, Junie Blaisdell, who died a few years ago. So, this is a section of the state that's up for grabs I would say - not certainly in the pocket of the republicans. Chip VO - So, all of the candidates are busy trying to establish their ground. They are telling us what they think about various issues. Or at least what they think we want them to think. But, what do the voters have to say to the candidates? MOS try to be correct. Don't try to use the people for your means you know. Work for the people not for yourself. MOS - I'm a little sick of the inner belt politicians in Washington not listening to us. I think there are a lot of people who have a lot to say, and they are not listening, they're doing politics as usual. MOS - maybe be real. I think people appreciate honesty and being genuine. And speaking from the heart. Chip VO we also visited with Keene resident Molly Kelly, who is a retirement financial advisor, chair of the NH Commission on the Status of Women, a mother of 4 children, and a long-time democrat. Molly - I'm really concerned about education. I'm concerned about the right of woman to choose. We are all concerned about foreign policy. Health care is an issue. And the environment, and everything just has sort of one effect on another. So, if you pick one issue it's really hard to isolate that. Problem for me to say that education is primary is because I see education as the real tool to be able to solve many of the other problems. When I talk about education I'm not looking at that from specifically funding. I'm also looking at where are we going with education. What are our beliefs about education, what do we want from it? Chip VO and we visited with Clark Anderson, owner of this frame shop in downtown Keene, and a long-time republican. Clark - my main concern is affordable health care for everybody. It's a situation right now where an independent businessman like myself just cannot afford health care as we know it in the insurance world. I personally think that health insurance shouldn't cost you any more than what your automobile insurance costs you a year. Molly - on a personal level my mother had a stroke two weeks ago. And I have seen that progression with her of hospitalization, health care, rehab. I think that if someone is running for election, they need to go to a rehab, a nursing home, a hospital and really see what's happening. Because I think the elderly are really getting hurt by what's happening in health care. Clark - my other concern of course is the funding for the schooling. I don't believe that raising taxes, property taxes, state funding, stare property taxes - is the way to go. My personal opinion is gambling. I think this is the only way to raise the money without hurting people. The retired people today that do own homes are having a terrible problem right now and it's getting increasingly worse. Molly - What problems are here today and you solve them may not be what that particular candidate is going to end up having to work with or solve when they're elected. Never seems to be. So, more I would say like what are your values what are you beliefs, what are your motives. Why do you want to do this? MOS I'm interested in domestic violence issues. MOS - I'd like to see a high priority being put on roads into Keene MOS - I'm very curious to see if we are going to be looking at a sales tax. I think we are coming closer to that and it seems like more and more people are dancing around it and I'm curious to see how that's dealt with this year. MOS - I think that the engine that drives the whole country is the economy and the belief that you can invest money and get your money back and plus some interest. So, when you see the stock market taking a hit, it makes you want to pull in and not be so free to buy things - so the whole business climate changes. Guy - the governor's race is a unique race in my opinion because we are definitely going to have in the fall a democrat who believes in an income tax and a republican who thinks that an income tax is just about the worse thing imaginable. I don't know which democrat or which republican but that's what's going to happen and there is going to be a very strong debate that I don't think can be defined to a 30 sec television commercials. I think people are going to actually come out and talk about it. Chip VO In Keene NH for NH Outlook I'm Chip Neal |
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That's all for this edition of Outlook.Thank you for joining us. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook The campaigning countdown is on, we bring you reports on three of the republican candidates for governor. Tonight at 10 on New Hampshire Public Television. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:8/29/02 / 2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 18:00 In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included segments and discussion on the televised debates for the Governor's office. PRODUCER/REPORTER:Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Andy Smith\UNH Survey Center Mark Wrighton\UNH Political Science |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:8/29/02 / 2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: |