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Hello. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to this first in the nation primary edtion of NH Outlook. |
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The big story tonight Massachusetts Senator John Kerry has won the democratic presidential primary here in New Hasmphire. Here are the numbers we have from the Associated Press. With percent of the votes counted |
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HELLO I'M ALLY McNAIR. WE WELCOME YOU TO THIS "FIRST IN THE NATION" PRIMARY EDITION OF "NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK." THE BIG STORY TONIGHT, MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR JOHN KERRY HAS WON THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. HERE IS A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. WITH 73% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING JOHN KERRY HAS 38%, HOWARD DEAN IS IN SECOND. FORMER GOVERNOR HOWARD DEAN OF VERMONT AT 26%. RETIRED GENERAL WESLEY CLARK 13%. AND SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS JUST BEHIND AT 12%. THEN IF WE LOOK AT FURTHER RESULTS, WE SEE SENATOR JOE LIEBERMAN OF CONNECTICUT IS AT 9% WITH DENNIS KUCINICH AT 1%. SPEAKING JUST MINUTES AGO, JOHN KERRY SPOKE TO THOUSANDS OF HIS SUPPORTERS CLAIMING VICTORY. HE SAID HE HAD A CLEAR MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH: BRING IT ON. |
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\AI\ KERRY! KERRY! KERRY! KERRY! WELL, I LOVE NEW HAMPSHIRE. \AI\ WE LOVE YOU. AND I LOVE IOWA TOO. \AI\ AND I HOPE, WITH YOUR HELP, TO HAVE THE BLESSINGS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOVE A LOT OF OTHER STATES IN THE DAYS TO COME. \AI\ THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR LIFTING UP THIS CAMPAIGN AND THE CAUSE OF AN AMERICA THAT BELONGS NOT TO THE PRIVILEGED, NOT TO THE FEW, THAT BELONGS TO ALL AMERICANS. \AI\ |
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MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR JOHN KERRY SPEAKING EARLIER TONIGHT. THE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND OUR POLITICAL ANALYST FOR THE EVENING. GREAT TO SEE YOU, MARK. WAS THIS A SURPRISE? THE POLLS WERE ALL INDICATING THIS WOULD BE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TONIGHT AND IT DID. WELL, I THINK SENATOR KERRY CERTAINLY MET EXPECTATIONS HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. I THINK THE OTHER CANDIDATES DID PLACE WHERE I THINK THE POLLS PUT THEM. I THINK THERE'S AN INTERESTING BATTLE DOWN THE STANDINGS PARTICULARLY FOR THIRD PLACE BETWEEN GENERAL CLARK AND SENATOR EDWARDS. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A STORY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TOMORROW AS WELL. WHEN WE LOOK AT SENATOR JOHN KERRY AND WE THINK BACK MAYBE A MONTH OR SO AGO, PEOPLE WERE SAYING THIS WAS OVER FOR HIM. WHAT CHANGED? WELL, I THINK THE CHANGE BEGAN BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUSES. THE KERRY CAMPAIGN CHANGED THE CAMPAIGN TACTICS, AND PARTICULARLY THE THEMES OF THE CAMPAIGN CHANGED BEFORE IOWA. THEY BECAME THEMES OF TENOR, DE AMERICAN, ELECTABILITY CREEPED IN. AND THE FOLKS IN IOWA RESPONDED POSITIVELY TO THAT, AND THEN WE HAD THE MUCH REPORTED SPEECH BY GOVERNOR DEAN IN IOWA. I THINK THAT FOR SOME IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AMPLIFIED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT GOVERNOR DEAN BUT I THINK. IN WHAT WAY THOUGH, MARK? I THINK PARTICULARLY AS FAR AS TENOR AND DE AMERICAN. I THINK SOME FOLKS WHO WERE MOVING TOWARD DEAN AT THAT POINT DECIDED TO TAKE MAYBE A THIRD OR FOURTH LOOK AT SENATOR KERRY. I THINK SOME OF THEM FOUND IN SENATOR KERRY A PERSON MAYBE WITH A BETTER DEMEANOR THAN THEY THOUGHT GOVERNOR DEAN HAD. BUT SOMEONE WHO ALSO SHARED THEIR POLITICAL BELIEF. HOW MUCH RESPONSIBILITY CAN THE MEDIA TAKE IN THE SENSE THAT, BOY, WE SAW THAT CLIP OF HOWARD DEAN IN IOWA OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IF YOU WATCHED ANY OF THE SUNDAY NEWS PROGRAMS, IT WAS ON EVERYWHERE. IF THAT HAD NOT BEEN THE CASE, WOULD THINGS HAVE TURNED OUT DIFFERENTLY DO YOU THINK? WELL, I THINK IF WE WERE TALKING 50 YEARS AGO, IT WOULD NOT CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN AS WIDELY REPORTED BUT I THINK ALSO THE DEAN CAMPAIGN WAS CHALLENGED IN THE FIRST COUPLE DAYS AFTERWARDS TO RESPOND AND I THINK THEY USED THEIR OWN MEDIA SAVVY. THEY SENT THE CANDIDATE TO VARIOUS TALK SHOWS, MOST NOTABLY LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS AND HE WAS ABLE TO SORT OF LAUGH AT HIMSELF ALONG WITH THE REST OF US. I THINK THAT HELPED CHANGE THE TREND FOR HIM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, BUT IN THE END IT WASN'T ENOUGH AND SENATOR KERRY PREVAILED. HOWARD DEAN DIFFERENTIATED HIMSELF FROM THE OTHER CANDIDATES WITH HIS POSITION ON THE WAR IN IRAQ. THAT IS WHAT HE HAMMERED AWAY AT FROM THE BEGINNING. HAVE WE LOST INTEREST IN THE WAR IN IRAQ TO THE SENSE PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO OTHER MATTERS? I THINK THAT IS THE CASE. IF YOU LOOK IN THE INTERNAL POLLING DATA FROM THIS WEEK IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, YOU SEE THAT THE WAR IN IRAQ REALLY DROPPED AS AN ISSUE OF IMPORT TO LIKELY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS. WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT HEALTH CARE COMING IN AT ABOUT 27-30% AND THE ECONOMY AT A CLOSE SECOND, AROUND 20-25% AMONG LIKELY DEMOCRATIC VOTERS BECAME IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT MAY HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO SOME FOLKS WHO WERE SOFTLY COMMITTED TO DEAN LOOKING AT OTHER CANDIDATES. I THINK IT ALSO MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO GENERAL CLARK'S DIP THIS WEEK IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. |
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WE ARE GOING TO GO NOW TO FORMER GOVERNOR HOWARD DEAN LIVE AS HE SPEAKS TO HIS SUPPORTERS. |
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\AI\ YOU KNOW. \AI\ THANK YOU. WELL, THAT WAS. MICHAEL. WE REALLY ARE GOING TO WIN THIS NOMINATION, AREN'T WE? YEAH. \AI\ YOU ARE AMAZING. YOU ARE AMAZING. FIRST, LET ME JUST SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU ARE UNBELIEVABLE. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO ARE YOU. FIRST, LET ME THANK THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. \AI\ YOU TOOK US INTO YOUR HOMES, INTO YOUR LIVING ROOMS, MEET US AT THE MERRIMACK RESTAURANT. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HAVE ALLOWED OUR CAMPAIGN TO REGAIN ITS MOMENTUM AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL. \AI\ THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HAVE ALLOWED ALL OF YOU TO HOPE AGAIN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE REAL CHANGE IN AMERICA. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE THAT AMERICA NEEDS REAL CHANGE AND SOMEONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHO HAS REALLY DELIVERED CHANGE, WE'RE ALL TOGETHER IN THIS. STAND WITH US TO THE VERY END, WHICH IS JANUARY 20, 2005. \AI\ TO THOSE OF YOU. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK THAT AMERICA NEEDS A PRESIDENT WHO IS WILLING TO STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT NOT JUST WHAT'S POPULAR, WE ARE ALL TOGETHER AGAIN, STAND TOGETHER, ALL OF US. TO THOSE OF YOU WHO BELIEVE THE BEST WAY TO BEAT GEORGE BUSH, IN FACT, THE ONLY WAY TO BEAT GEORGE BUSH IS TO STAND UP TO HIM ALL THE TIME NOT JUST WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT, NOT JUST SOME OF THE TIME. \AI\ TONIGHT THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE HAVE ASKED FOR CHANGE, A REAL CHANGE. WE CAN CHANGE AMERICA AND WE WILL. WE CAN HAVE. WE CAN HAVE JOBS AGAIN IN AMERICA AND WE WILL. WE CAN JOIN EVERY OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED NATION ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE FOR ALL AMERICANS AND WE WILL. \AI\ WE CAN INVEST IN FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN AND HAVE THOSE KIDS GROW UP TO GO TO COLLEGE INSTEAD OF PRISON AND WE WILL. \AI\ WE CAN DEMAND FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE A BETTER FUTURE, A SOLUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING, GETTING US OFF FOREIGN OIL BY INVESTING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY AND WE WILL. \AI\ WE CAN REGAIN THE MORAL LEADERSHIP THIS COUNTRY HAS HELD FROM THE END OF WORLD WAR I UNTIL THE TIME OF THE IRAQ INVASION BY HAVING A FOREIGN POLICY BASED ON COOPERATION NOT CONFRONTATION. AND WE WILL. \AI\ WE CAN RETURN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO THE CONTROL OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS, FULLY FUND SPECIAL EDUCATION AND GET RID OF THE FEDERAL MANDATES OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. AND WE WILL. \AI\ WE CAN GET RID OF THE PRESIDENT'S PHARMACEUTICAL BILL AND INSTEAD HAVE A PHARMACEUTICAL BILL THAT HELPS SENIORS INSTEAD OF INSURANCE COMPANIES AND DRUG COMPANIES. AND WE WILL. \AI\ WE CAN GIVE THE 50% OF AMERICANS WHO QUIT VOTING IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE WE DON'T GIVE THEM A REASON TO VOTE AGAIN. AND WE WILL. \AI\ |
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WELL, THIS WAS A MORE SUBDUED HOWARD DEAN THAT WE HEARD FROM JUST NOW THAN WHAT WE SAW IN IOWA WHEN HE CAME IN IN THIRD PLACE. OF COURSE TONIGHT HE'S ABOUT 12 POINTS AT THIS POINT, 12 PERCENTAGE POINTS BEHIND THE WINNER SENATOR JOHN KERRY OF MASSACHUSETTS. WHAT DO YOU THINK AS FAR AS HIS BEING MEASURED WITH HOW HE RESPONDS TONIGHT, HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO HIS CAMPAIGN? WELL, I THINK AFTER LAST WEEK IN IOWA I THINK THE DEAN CAMPAIGN IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS FAR AS THE TONE AND TENOR OF THEIR CANDIDATE TONIGHT AND CERTAINLY THOSE REMARKS REFLECT THAT. LAST WEEK, OF COURSE, WE GOT AN ITINERARY FROM GOVERNOR DEAN. THIS WEEK WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN WHERE HE'S GOING. I THINK THE CANDIDATES ARE GOING TO BE PICKING AND CHOOSING THEIR STATES VERY CAREFULLY NOW THAT SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM ARE NOW IN PLAY OVER THE NEXT WEEK. AND THEY'RE GOING TO SCATTER THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND GO WHERE THEY THINK THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SHOT OF GETTING SOME GOOD RESULTS. HOWARD DEAN IS SOMEONE THAT WAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE CAMPAIGNING FAIRLY EARLY ON, WAS DRAWING BIG CROWDS. WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, I THINK FOR SOME VOTERS LAST WEEK DID CRYSTALIZE SOME LINGERING ISSUES THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD WITH TONE AND DEMEANOR AND PRESIDENTIALITY AND ELECTABILITY. WE'RE HEARING A LOT FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATS AND I THINK DEMOCRATS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED WITH UNSEATING GEORGE W. BUSH. TO DO THAT, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A CANDIDATE WHO CAN DO THAT AND IS ELECTABLE AND HAS THE DEMEANOR OF A PRESIDENT. I THINK THAT'S BEING FACTORED IN AT THE MOMENT BY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS. HOWARD DEAN HAS PORTRAYED HIMSELF AS THE OUTSIDER THAT'S GOING TO GO TO WASHINGTON AND CHANGE THINGS. WILL THAT WORK FOR HIM, DO YOU THINK, AS HE MOVES ON? WELL, I THINK IT IS SOMEWHAT OF A POPULOUS MESSAGE. THERE ARE THOSE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THEIR PARTY AND THE DIRECTION THAT PARTY IS GOING, BUT IN THE END, WHAT'S GOING TO TRUMP ALL OF THAT, I THINK, IS THE PERSON THAT THEY BELIEVE IS BEST SUITED TO GO UP AGAINST GEORGE W. BUSH IN THOSE DEBATES THAT ARE COMING NEXT YEAR OR LATER THIS YEAR AND HOPEFULLY FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE WIN. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AGAIN SO PEOPLE WILL SEE WHAT WE HAVE UP UNTIL THIS POINT. YOU SEE WITH 73% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING, SENATOR JOHN KERRY 38% OF THE DEMOCRATIC VOTE. DEAN 26%. STILL RETIRED GENERAL WESLEY CLARK IS AT 13%. CLOSE BEHIND IS SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS WITH THE 12%. WE ARE GOING TO IN A MOMENT HEAR FROM THE RETIRED GENERAL. AS YOU SEE JOE LIEBERMAN WHO SPENT THE PAST MONTH HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SAID IOWA I'M GOING TO FOREGO YOU TO PUT ALL MY EFFORTS INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE GOT 9% OF THE VOTE. DENNIS KUCINICH WITH 1%. |
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THE FORMER GENERAL WESLEY CLARK WAS A LATE ARRIVAL TO THE CAMPAIGN AS WE MENTIONED BUT HE CAME IN IN A DISTANT THIRD, SOMETHING THAT HIS SUPPORTERS ARE ACTUALLY CELEBRATING. |
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OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN LOST THEIR LIVES IN AN UNNECESSARY WAR IN IRAQ. \AI\ SO I DIDN'T STAND BY. I STEPPED FORWARD. \AI\ I STEPPED FORWARD, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE HIGHER HOPES FOR AMERICA. I SEE AN AMERICA THAT'S DETERMINED TO BE GOOD AND THAT DARES TO BE GREAT. I RESPONDED TO A CALL FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU, PEOPLE WHO LONG FOR A BETTER AMERICA. AN AMERICA THAT VALUES OLD-FASHIONED LEADERSHIP, NOT OLD-STYLE POLITICIANS. \AI\ GO, WES, GO! GO, WES, GO! GO, WES, GO! I RESPONDED TO A CALL FOR CHANGE. CHANGE TO AN ADMINISTRATION THAT PUTS THE PRIVILEGED ABOVE THE PEOPLE. CHANGE TO AN ADMINISTRATION THAT PLAYS POLITICS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY. CHANGE TO AN ADMINISTRATION THAT HOLDS THEMSELVES ABOVE AND APART FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE. CHANGE FOR AN ADMINISTRATION THAT PUTS POLITICS ABOVE PRINCIPLE AND SPECIAL INTERESTS ABOVE NATIONAL INTERESTS. THAT WE MUST CHANGE. \AI\ AND THAT IS FROM WESLEY CLARK WHO RIGHT NOW IS REALLY IN A HEAD-TO-HEAD RACE AS FAR AS THE VOTES THAT HAVE BEEN TABULATED FOR THE THIRD POSITION ALONG WITH SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS. |
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WESLEY CLARK IS SOMEONE WHO ENTERED THIS RACE VERY LATE. I REMEMBER BEFORE HE DID, THE RUMORS THAT HE HAD GOTTEN TOGETHER WITH GOVERNOR HOWARD DEAN. THERE WERE RUMORS THAT WESLEY CLARK WAS GOING TO BE HIS RUNNING MATE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OR THE NUMBER OF VOTES THAT HE DID GET AND YOU THINK, WELL, WHERE WOULD THAT 11 OR 12% HAVE GONE WERE HE NOT IN THE RACE, THINGS COULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, COULDN'T THEY? CERTAINLY. CERTAINLY WHEN HE DID ENTER THE RACE BACK IN SEPTEMBER THERE WAS I THINK A BIG SURGE FOR HIM SORT OF THE NOVELTY FACTOR. I HAD A LOT OF STUDENTS ASKING ME, WILL THIS LAST? I SAID LET'S WAIT FOR THE NOVELTY TO WEAR OFF AND SEE WHERE HE WINDS UP. CERTAINLY I THINK FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATS AND MAYBE DEMOCRATS AROUND THE NATION, THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME LINGERING ISSUES WITH THE CLARK CAMPAIGN. SUCH AS? I THINK CERTAINLY HIS PARTISANSHIP WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO DEMOCRATS. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SELECTING A DEMOCRAT TO BE THEIR NOMINEE. THERE CONTINUES TO BE THE LINGERING QUESTIONS ABOUT SUPPORT FOR REPUBLICANS IN THE PAST AND REPUBLICAN PARTISANSHIP IN THE PAST. THE GENERAL IS REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE HEAD ON TO SQUARE IT WITH VOTERS DOWN THE PROCESS. IS THAT ANYTHING THAT HE CAN GIVE A FINAL ANSWER TO AND MOVE ON? I THINK THAT'S UP TO THE GENERAL TO DECIDE, BUT I THINK THE CAMPAIGN HAS TO PUT IT TO REST VERY QUICKLY AS DEMOCRATS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE VERY VERY GUARDING OF THEIR LABEL AND THEY REALLY WANT A DEMOCRAT. I THINK IF HE CAN DO THAT, HE'LL DO BETTER. THERE'S ALSO I THINK THE LINGERING ISSUE OF THE WAR PARTICULARLY AS IT DROPS IN IMPORTANCE CERTAINLY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IT DID AND HE'S REALLY TIED A LOT OF HIS CAMPAIGN TO NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES WHEN WE'RE SEEING AT LEAST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAYBE AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT HEALTH CARE AND THE ECONOMY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND UPPERMOST ON DEMOCRATS' MINDS. HE REALLY NEEDS TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES HEAD ON AS WELL. WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT UPDATED NUMBERS, MARK, AND GET YOU TO COMMENT ON THAT AND WE'LL HEAR FROM SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS. THERE YOU SEE WITH 79% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING, AGAIN THERE'S THAT 12 PERCENTAGE POINT SPREAD BETWEEN JOHN KERRY, MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR JOHN KERRY, WHO HAS 38% OF THE VOTE, FORMER VERMONT GOVERNOR HOWARD DEAN AT 26%. NOW WE ARE SEEING WESLEY CLARK AT 13% AND SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS AT 12%. CONNECTICUT SENATOR JOE LIEBERMAN AT 9%. AGAIN THAT'S WITH 79% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING. WES CLARK, WILL HE STAY IN THE RACE? WILL JOHN EDWARDS STAY IN THE RACE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE NUMBER THREE OR NUMBER FOUR WHEN ALL THE VOTES ARE COUNTED? I THINK THEY WILL. I THINK WE HAVE AT LEAST FOUR VIABLE CANDIDATES COMING OUT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TONIGHT. CERTAINLY WE DO SEE A VERY TIGHT RACE FOR THIRD. THE POLLING DATA HAVE TOLD US THAT ALL WEEK THAT IT WOULD BE PROBABLY A VERY TIGHT RACE FOR THIRD. I THINK EVEN IF SENATOR EDWARDS FINISHES FOURTH I THINK WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH A SOMEWHAT SURPRISING SECOND PLACE FINISH IN IOWA THAT THE PRE-SOUTH CAROLINA EXPECTATIONS FOR THE EDWARDS CAMPAIGN REALLY HAS I THINK STILL BEEN EXCEEDED BY THE EDWARDS CAMPAIGN EVEN IF THEY COME IN FOURTH BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 900 VOTES. |
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WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD NOW AND LISTEN TO WHAT SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS HAD TO SAY WHEN HE SPOKE TO HIS SUPPORTERS SOON AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT JOHN KERRY HAD WON. |
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\AI\ WE ALSO LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT STILL TODAY IN FAR TOO MANY WAYS IS DIVIDED BY RACE. THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE LIVED WITH MY ENTIRE LIFE. FROM THE TIME I WAS VERY YOUNG, I SAW THE UGLY FACE OF DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION. I SAW YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN KIDS SENT UPSTAIRS IN MOVIE THEATERS. "WHITE ONLY" SIGNS ON RESTAURANTS AND LUNCHEON COUNTERS. I REMEMBER IN THE SIXTH GRADE MY TEACHER ANNOUNCING TO THE CLASS THAT HE WOULD NO LONGER TEACH BECAUSE THE SCHOOL WAS ABOUT TO BE INTEGRATED AND HE WOULDN'T TEACH IN AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL. I FEEL AN ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO EQUALITY, CIVIL RIGHTS AND RACE. WE HAVE WORK TO DO. FOR ECONOMIC EQUALITY, EDUCATIONAL QUALITY. MAKING SURE WE STAND UP FOR JUDGES THAT WE KNOW WILL ENFORCE OUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS. WE HAVE SEEN HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. \AI\ AND I'VE HEARD SOME DISCUSSION AMONG PUNDITS ON TELEVISION AND CANDIDATES ABOUT WHERE IN AMERICA WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT RACE, EQUALITY AND CIVIL RIGHTS? IN FRONT OF WHAT AUDIENCES WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT. I'LL TELL YOU WHERE WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT. EVERY PLACE IN AMERICA. \AI\ THIS IS NOT AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN ISSUE OR AN HISPANIC-AMERICAN ISSUE. THIS IS AN AMERICAN ISSUE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF WORLD WE WANT TO LIVE IN, WHAT KIND OF WORLD WE WANT OUR KIDS TO GROW UP IN. \AI\ AND I WANT TO TAKE JUST A MINUTE AND FIRST THANK THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR WELCOMING ME INTO THEIR HOMES, ON TO THEIR MAIN STREETS, TO ALL THOSE HUNDRED TOWN HALL MEETINGS I'VE HAD HERE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY EXTRAORDINARY STAFF WHO HAS WORKED SO HARD HERE IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. \AI\ |
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THIS IS A CANDIDATE WHO WAS CARRIED BY THE MOMENTUM OF WHAT HAPPENED IN IOWA. WE STARTED HEARING REPORTS THAT HE WAS GATHERING. LARGER CROWDS WERE GOING TO HEAR HIM SPEAK. DOES THAT MOMENTUM NOW REMAIN FOR HIM WHETHER HE COMES IN THIRD OR FOURTH HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE? WELL, I THINK SO. I THINK LISTENING TO THE REMARKS THAT HE GAVE THIS EVENING, I THINK HE MAY HAVE BEEN STANDING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE BUT I THINK THE REMARKS WERE AIMED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH OF HERE TO AN AUDIENCE THAT MAY BE SITTING AT HOME IN CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. CERTAINLY THE EXPECTATIONS FOR SENATOR EDWARDS ON FEBRUARY 3 DO FOCUS SQUARELY ON SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE OTHER SOUTHERN STATES THAT ARE IN PLAY ON THAT DAY. CERTAINLY THERE ARE PLACES ON THE MAP THAT HE CAN DO WELL AND IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO DO WELL. SO HE'S IN THE RACE ALONG WITH THE OTHER THREE. LET'S TALK ABOUT ENDORSEMENTS OR SUPPORTERS HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. JEANNE SHAHEEN WHO IS RUNNING JOHN KERRY'S NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY THE FORMER GOVERNOR'S FRAME HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SENATOR LOU DALESANDRO OF MANCHESTER LENDING HIS SUPPORT TO JOHN EDWARDS. HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE DOES THAT SUPPORT MAKE? I THINK ENDORSEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE A BE-ALL AND END-ALL. I DON'T THINK THERE ARE VOTERS OUT THERE WAITING FOR A GOVERNOR SHAHEEN TO MAKE AN ENDORSEMENT AND GO ALONG SIMPLY BECAUSE GOVERNOR SHAHEEN MAKES THAT ENDORSEMENT BUT THESE FOLKS ARE OPINION LEADERS IN THE STATE. GOVERNOR SHAHEEN IN PARTICULAR IS STILL A POWERFUL OPINION LEADER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND DOES COMMAND SOME ATTENTION SO I THINK THE KERRY CAMPAIGN PROBABLY MADE A PRETTY GOOD MOVE WHEN THEY ENLISTED HER HELP AS NATIONAL CO-CHAIR AND I THINK IN PARTICULAR IN ADDITION HER HUSBAND BILL SHAHEEN WHO IS A SEASONED POLITICAL VETERAN HIMSELF HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, BOTH HELPED ENGINEER TONIGHT'S WIN. |
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LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT-- AND WE WILL IN A SECOND-- ABOUT CONNECTICUT SENATOR JOE LIEBERMAN RIGHT NOW WITH 79% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING COMING IN FIFTH. THE SENATOR SAID TONIGHT THAT ACTUALLY HE DID BETTER THAN EXPECTATIONS AND GOOD ENOUGH OR WELL ENOUGH TO CONTINUE HIS CAMPAIGN. FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. |
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YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT THE NATIONAL PUNDITS DIDN'T EXPECT THIS. DID THEY? NO. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS MORNING, THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PUT FOUR OF THE CANDIDATES ON THEIR FRONT PAGE, NOT ME. BOO! BUT TODAY THE PEOPLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE PUT ME IN THE RING, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STAY. \AI\ LET'S GO, JOE! LET'S GO, JOE! LET'S GO, JOE! TODAY NEW HAMPSHIRE'S NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR CANDIDATES JOHN DEAN AND. NO, THAT'S HOWARD DEAN. HOWARD DEAN AND JOHN KERRY RECEIVED MOST OF THE VOTE. BUT THE REST WAS SPLIT WITH NO CLEAR DECISION REACHED. LET ME PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY. FOR US, THIS IS MORE THAN A CAMPAIGN, ISN'T IT? YES. IT IS A CAUSE. AND WE'RE READY TO TAKE THAT CAUSE NOW TO THE REST OF AMERICA. \AI\ |
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IN THE BACKGROUND THERE WE SAW FORMER U.S. SENATOR DICK SWEAT AND HIS WIFE KATRINA THERE IN THE BACKGROUND. WE HEARD FROM SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN OF CONNECTICUT WHOSE PHRASE WAS "WE'VE GOT A LITTLE JOE-MENTUM GOING." HE WAS ON THE RADIO TODAY AND SAID, "I'VE GOT THE PLANE READY TO GO ON TO THE NEXT STOP REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS." ALSO SAYING THERE THAT HE DID BETTER THAN HE THOUGHT. ACTING VERY PLEASED. WHAT DO YOU THINK? CANDIDATES ON ELECTION NIGHT ARE ALWAYS VERY PLEASED WITH HOW THEY DID. I THINK IN PARTICULAR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IF WE LOOK AT SENATOR LIEBERMAN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ALONE, I THINK THERE'S A DISCONNECT PARTICULARLY WITH HIS BELIEF AND WITH THOSE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTORATE. WHEN YOU THINK OF SENATOR LIEBERMAN YOU TEND TO THINK OF A FAIRLY MODERATE MAYBE JUST LEFT OF CENTER PERSON. HE'S A VERY PRINCIPLED MAN, STICKS TO THOSE BELIEFS AND ESPOUSES THEM. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE THOUGH, THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTORATE HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE FAIRLY LEFT OF CENTER AND HAS GOTTEN MORE SO RECENTLY AS PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO THE STATE. I THINK SIMPLY THE NUMBERS TONIGHT REFLECT THAT DISCONNECT TO SOME EXTENT. HE'S LIKELY TO STAY IN THE RACE BUT I THINK IN ORDER TO SEE WHO ACTUALLY HAS THE MOMENTUM DOWN THE LINE, YOU SHOULD LOOK TO SEE WHERE THE DONATIONS ARE GOING AND WHO IS GETTING THE MEDIA COVERAGE. |
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MARK, RIGHT NOW WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A LINK OVER WITH NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO. LAURA IS HOSTING THE COVERAGE THERE ALONG WITH DANTE. SHE IS SPEAKING WITH JANE MILLERIC WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. THEY SAY THE RACE WILL BE MUCH FAIRER WHEN THEY COME TO THE SOUTH ON JOHN EDWARDS TURF. YOU EXPECTED BETTER RESULTS FROM EDWARDS TONIGHT, LEE, SOUNDS LIKE? OH, YES. I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE DISCOURAGED HERE. THEY STILL ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY CAN TURN IT AROUND HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA NEXT TUESDAY. NOW JOHN EDWARDS TOLD ME LAST WEEK, LEE, THAT HE HAS TO WIN SOUTH CAROLINA. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT? I AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT. TONIGHT HE EVEN SAID HE HAS TO WIN SOUTH CAROLINA SO IT'S MAKE OR BREAK FOR JOHN EDWARDS. POLITICAL ANALYST DANTE. HOW MUCH DO YOU EXPECT JOHN KERRY TO TRY AND COMPETE IN SOUTH CAROLINA? HE'S LEAVING NEW HAMPSHIRE TO GO TO MISSOURI FIRST. DO YOU THINK HE'LL MAKE MUCH OF A STAND DOWN? WELL, HE SAYS HE IS. ALTHOUGH JOHN EDWARDS IS TRYING TO MAKE AN ISSUE OUT OF JOHN KERRY'S DECISION NOT TO PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO SOUTH CAROLINA. AS YOU KNOW, KERRY KICKED OFF HIS CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THEN SEEMED TO FORGET THE STATE. THEY'RE MAKING THAT AN ISSUE. THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY THAT JOHN KERRY HAS WRITTEN OFF THE SOUTH. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS. HOW ABOUT THE REV. AL SHARPTON AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE? DO YOU SEE ANY TENDENCIES THERE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? YES, I THINK AL SHARPTON COULD BE A SPOILER IN THIS RACE. HE IS NOW IN THIRD PLACE WITH 15% OF THE VOTE. HE COULD PULL ENOUGH AFRICAN-AMERICANS AWAY FROM THE OTHER CANDIDATES, AND THAT WOULD PUT EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WHITE VOTE. DOWN HERE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BLACK VOTE, IT IS IMPORTANT. BUT IF THAT VOTE SPLITS THEN SUDDENLY THE WHITE VOTE DOWN HERE BECOMES THE SWING VOTE. WHOEVER CAN GET THAT WILL WIN. HOW WILL SOUTH CAROLINA VOTERS, LEE, RECEIVE RETIRED GENERAL WESLEY CLARK? WELL, HE MADE SOME IN-ROADS HERE EARLY BUT HE HAS BEEN FADING IN THE POLLS DOWN HERE LATELY. HE IS NOT DOING AS WELL AS HE HAD HOPED. HOW ABOUT HOWARD DEAN WHO CAME IN SECOND TONIGHT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE? HOWARD DEAN LET IN THE LAST POLL THAT I SAW HERE BUT HE IS IN A FREE FALL SO TO SPEAK AND THE POLL THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY HAD HIM IN LAST PLACE. HOWARD DEAN IN LAST PLACE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. YES. WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT IS, LEE? I THINK THAT THE NIGHT THAT HE HAD THAT FAMOUS SPEECH, CONCESSION SPEECH, THE NIGHT HE IMPLODED GOT THE ATTENTION OF A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN HERE. THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT. THE WAR DOWN HERE IS NOT A DOMINANT ISSUE. SO THAT DOESN'T WORK IN HIS FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. LEE, I SURE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT IS LEE BANDY, POLITICAL REPORTER FOR THE STATE NEWSPAPER IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA TALKING TO US ABOUT HOW THE VARIOUS CANDIDATES MIGHT DO THERE. SOUTH CAROLINA IS A MAJOR STOP IN THE NEXT STEP OF THIS PRIMARY CAMPAIGN FOR THE DEMOCRATS. SOME OF THEM ARE FOCUSING MORE ON THE SOUTHERN STATES, LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA. OTHERS LIKE JOHN KERRY ARE HEADED TO MISSOURI AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS IS NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO. WE ARE GIVING YOU LIVE COVERAGE OF THE FIRST IN THE NATION PRIMARY TONIGHT AND IT'S TIME FOR AN UPDATE OF THE LATEST RESULTS FROM NHPR'S JOHN WALTERS. |
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I'M ALLISON McNAIR JOINED BY OUR POLITICAL ANALYST WHO IS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. I SAID WE WERE GOING TO HEAR FROM JANE. OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS NOT JANE. WE ARE BACK WITH YOU NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE LATEST NUMBERS WE DO HAVE HERE AT NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC TELEVISION. THERE YOU SEE WITH 83% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING JOHN KERRY HAS 39% OF THE VOTE. DEAN 26%. HEAD-TO-HEAD THERE. WESLEY CLARK AND JOHN EDWARDS. AND THEN TAKING A LOOK AT JOE LIEBERMAN'S NUMBERS WE HEARD FROM HIM A BIT EARLIER TONIGHT. 9%. DENNIS KUCINICH 1%. THIS IS AS OF 10:34 TONIGHT. THIS IS JUST THE LATEST NUMBERS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN HERE. DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHO GOT THAT THIRD PLACE TOMORROW THAN WE ARE ABOUT NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO IN THIS RACE? WELL, I THINK CERTAINLY NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO IS GOING TO BE A STORY BUT I THINK FOR A LONG TIME THERE'S BEEN AN EXPECTATION HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE THAT IT WOULD BE SOME COMBINATION OF KERRY AND DEAN COMING IN FIRST AND SECOND. SO THAT REALLY SORT OF BRINGS DOWN THE EMPHASIS ON THE FIRST AND SECOND PLACE FINISHES. I DO THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME HAY MADE OF THAT THIRD PLACE PHOTO FINISH WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE BETWEEN GENERAL CLARK AND SENATOR EDWARDS. WILL ANYONE DO YOU THINK DROP OUT AT THIS POINT? THAT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY. I THINK ALL THE CANDIDATES AFTER EACH PRIMARY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT HOW THEY'RE PERFORMING. |
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One of the people we've been consulting throughout the primary is James Pindell. He's the editor of politicsnh.com. James will be here in person tomorrow for our wrap-up show, but we couldn't wait to hear what he had to say about the evening's developments. Hi james. |
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Here's the way the associated press breaks down the delegate count. |
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Of course, we've been talking about the Democratics in the Primary. But there were a few challengers to the President. Here are the latest estimates from the Associated Press as of _________. |
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And here's how the delegates up up in the Republican primary as of _____________. |
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The winner of the night - Senator John Kerry. There was widespread support for the Massachussetts Senator. Here is what he had to say earlier tonight. |
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Finally, if the candidates are tired now, they haven't seen anything yet. As CNN's Bill Schneider reports, the next big primary doesn't take place in one state, but seven. |
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Be sure to tune in Wednesday, when we bring you complete highlights and analysis of the primary season. We'll also look beyond New Hampshire to see who's still in the race. |
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We'll see you next time. Thanks for watching. |
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And it was last weekend that New Hampshire got its first look at Wesley Clark, the newest candidate into the Democratic race. Our Richard Ager was there. 2:37-2:46 |
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First, a look at retail politics, New Hampshire style. With 9 candidates vying for the Democratic party nomination, the field is wide open. Who are these candidates and why are they running? Over the next several months we'll follow them on the campaign trail. And bring you their stories, one by one. We begin with a day in the campaign life of Senator John Edwards. |
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First, Outlook is following all the candidates on the campaign trail to bring you their stories. Here is our look at Dennis Kucinich, Democratic candidate for president. |
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Joining us by phone now - someone who has watched these candidates since the beginning of the campaigning. From Politics-NH-Dot-com James Pindell - |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 01/27/04 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 56:46 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, we are live for the first in the nation primary edtion of NH Outlook. We'll bring you live coverage as the night unfolds. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair, Jennifer Vachon NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: |
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One celebrated part of New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary is where the first votes are cast. The people of Dixville Notch and Hart's location have that honor. General Wesley Clark won 14 of the 31 votes cast. He was the only candidate to campaign there and his efforts apparently paid off. Clark won Dixville with 8 votes. John Kerry had 3, John Edwards 2, and Howard Dean and Joe Lieberman 1 each. Clark received 6 votes in Hart's Location. Kerry had 5, Dean 3 and Edwards 2. There are no registered Democrats in Dixville Notch, population 33, and just five in Hart's Location, which has 39 residents. As you know, state law allows independents to register with a party at the polling place and vote in its primary. |
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Joining us now by phone from Manchester is Andrew Smith, Director of the UNH Survey Center. You conducted the tracking polls for WMUR-TV and others. What can we take away from all this? |
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The Democratic presidential candidates have collectively shelled out millions of dollars on campaign ads. Not only in New Hampshire, but throughout the United State. Is it worth it? Some perspective from CNN's Jennifer Coggiola. |
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The tracking polls and undeclared voters got a lot of attention in the runup to the primary. Joining us by phone right now is Linda Fowler, Director of the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College. Hello Ms. Fowler, what are your overall impressions of tonight's results? Did the undeclared voter meet expectations? Did the media reports of tracking polls help or hurt the campaigns? |
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Linda Fowler is the Director of the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College |
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That is it for this special primary night edition of our program. For more information connect with us on-line at nhptv.org. Join our online discussion and tell us what's on your mind. |
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Joining me this hour is our political analyst Mark Wrighton. Mark is with the UNH Political Science Department. Mark, what are your thoughts at this point? |