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Talk of CNN: Look at Elections in Massachusetts

Aired November 05, 2002 - 05:15   ET

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CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: On this election day, what's the hot race they're talking about in Boston? One big guess.
Let's check in with Ralphie and Karen's Morning Show at Star 93.7, WQSX.

Good morning, guys.

RALPHIE MARINO, WQSX RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Well, hello there. How are you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hi.

CALLAWAY: Doing well. You have quite a race going on there, a governor's race going on.

MARINO: And now we'll have nothing to talk about tomorrow.

CALLAWAY: I know. Well, you might. It may be still going on tomorrow.

MARINO: Well, Mitt Romney and Shannon O'Brien, it's all done now, their final campaigning. They brought in the heavy hitters. Mitt brought in Rudy Giuliani last night and Shannon O'Brien brought in...

KAREN BLAKE, WQSX RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Bill Clinton. And they're saying it is so tight it could come down to 100 votes either way.

CALLAWAY: A hundred votes?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

BLAKE: I hope there are no pregnant chads, hanging chads. I don't want to deal with it this time.

CALLAWAY: Like I said, they may still be recounting this time tomorrow.

MORINO: Well, it's, I mean thank goodness it's over. This, they spent $50 million on this campaign between the two of them, $50 million.

CALLAWAY: Now, she, Shannon O'Brien was with the former President Clinton. That was an interesting rally. MORINO: Well, they brought him into New Bedford yesterday. It seems that the candidates, they covered actually every major city in the state yesterday. And of course they brought Clinton in and, you know, not to be outdone, Mitt Romney brings in Rudolph Giuliani to have this big parade in the North End, which is the big Italian- American community here in Boston.

But the negative campaigning, they've never seen anything like this. And even in the first election when it was Mitt Romney versus Kennedy for the Senate about four or five years ago, it wasn't as ugly as this. I mean, Karen, it's been terrible, hasn't it?

BLAKE: Well, you know what it is, too? They want to take those votes from the Green Party candidate, Jill Stein. Those are the votes they're worried about because that could swing the election either way. So that's important.

MORINO: It just seems like that we might have a sore loser here come tomorrow morning. I'm not sure which one yet, because it's so close. But someone's going to be upset.

CALLAWAY: Yes, that was some negative campaigning there. A lot of people are going to be glad to see that over with.

BLAKE: Yes.

MORINO: Oh, I mean every commercial for the last four or five days, do not do this or call this one and tell them what you really think. I wanted to call and tell them to leave me alone, I'm just trying to have supper.

CALLAWAY: Well, we will soon know, in a few hours, right?

MORINO: Oh, the polls open up at 7:00 a.m. here in Massachusetts and close at 9:00. So by 9:01, you know, the bickering will begin.

CALLAWAY: All right, Ralphie and Karen, thank you very much.

MORINO: Thank you.

BLAKE: Thank you.

CALLAWAY: Go out and vote.

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Aired November 5, 2002 - 05:15   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: On this election day, what's the hot race they're talking about in Boston? One big guess.
Let's check in with Ralphie and Karen's Morning Show at Star 93.7, WQSX.

Good morning, guys.

RALPHIE MARINO, WQSX RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Well, hello there. How are you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hi.

CALLAWAY: Doing well. You have quite a race going on there, a governor's race going on.

MARINO: And now we'll have nothing to talk about tomorrow.

CALLAWAY: I know. Well, you might. It may be still going on tomorrow.

MARINO: Well, Mitt Romney and Shannon O'Brien, it's all done now, their final campaigning. They brought in the heavy hitters. Mitt brought in Rudy Giuliani last night and Shannon O'Brien brought in...

KAREN BLAKE, WQSX RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Bill Clinton. And they're saying it is so tight it could come down to 100 votes either way.

CALLAWAY: A hundred votes?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

BLAKE: I hope there are no pregnant chads, hanging chads. I don't want to deal with it this time.

CALLAWAY: Like I said, they may still be recounting this time tomorrow.

MORINO: Well, it's, I mean thank goodness it's over. This, they spent $50 million on this campaign between the two of them, $50 million.

CALLAWAY: Now, she, Shannon O'Brien was with the former President Clinton. That was an interesting rally. MORINO: Well, they brought him into New Bedford yesterday. It seems that the candidates, they covered actually every major city in the state yesterday. And of course they brought Clinton in and, you know, not to be outdone, Mitt Romney brings in Rudolph Giuliani to have this big parade in the North End, which is the big Italian- American community here in Boston.

But the negative campaigning, they've never seen anything like this. And even in the first election when it was Mitt Romney versus Kennedy for the Senate about four or five years ago, it wasn't as ugly as this. I mean, Karen, it's been terrible, hasn't it?

BLAKE: Well, you know what it is, too? They want to take those votes from the Green Party candidate, Jill Stein. Those are the votes they're worried about because that could swing the election either way. So that's important.

MORINO: It just seems like that we might have a sore loser here come tomorrow morning. I'm not sure which one yet, because it's so close. But someone's going to be upset.

CALLAWAY: Yes, that was some negative campaigning there. A lot of people are going to be glad to see that over with.

BLAKE: Yes.

MORINO: Oh, I mean every commercial for the last four or five days, do not do this or call this one and tell them what you really think. I wanted to call and tell them to leave me alone, I'm just trying to have supper.

CALLAWAY: Well, we will soon know, in a few hours, right?

MORINO: Oh, the polls open up at 7:00 a.m. here in Massachusetts and close at 9:00. So by 9:01, you know, the bickering will begin.

CALLAWAY: All right, Ralphie and Karen, thank you very much.

MORINO: Thank you.

BLAKE: Thank you.

CALLAWAY: Go out and vote.

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