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Wrapping New Hampshire
Aired January 28, 2004 - 06:34 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: The dust has barely settled in New Hampshire, and already the candidates are moving on to the next primary challenges.
For more on New Hampshire, we head to Manchester and CNN national correspondent Bob Franken, probably one of the last journalists still in town.
Good morning -- Bob.
BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: And soon will be joining the road show that is striking the set and moving on to the seven states that constitute the next primary.
And the difference, Carol, will be that in New Hampshire and Iowa, they were fairly manageable single-state contests. They were opening acts. But now you get into campaigns that require strategy, allocation of resources and, in the case of next week, seven states with different political philosophies, much more conservative than you might expect up here in the northern part of the country.
And this is going to be why it becomes an issue for John Kerry. You heard his response to it.
Howard Dean may run into some problems because his anti- establishment philosophies and anti-war philosophies dont play that well necessarily in the southern part of the country. So, he has problems, too -- excuse me.
And Wesley Clark will be heading to an area that would be considered fertile ground for his record and his style of campaigning and his beliefs. So, that is going to perhaps change the dynamic of the race.
John Edwards has his own advantage, which could be also his own high expectation; that being that he's from the Carolinas. He's the senator from North Carolina, born in South Carolina. And, of course, he is expected as a result to show very well. Anything but a strong showing in South Carolina in particular is going to be very damaging to his campaign.
Joe Lieberman is talking about being the moderate Democrat who also will appeal in that part of the country. He'd better appeal somewhere. He only got a 9 percent vote here in New Hampshire, disappointing, although he's not really admitting that. He is saying that he's ready to stay in the ring and is going to resist any efforts to get him to pull out. So, now the plot thickens. It thickens with many more states in the weeks ahead, many more delegates. That's for real. This is when the real test of political organization begins -- Carol.
LIN: And too many more opportunities to lose your voice, Bob. Take care, all right? I know it's a grind and a big primary coming up in seven states. We'll be looking forward to your coverage.
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Aired January 28, 2004 - 06:34 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: The dust has barely settled in New Hampshire, and already the candidates are moving on to the next primary challenges.
For more on New Hampshire, we head to Manchester and CNN national correspondent Bob Franken, probably one of the last journalists still in town.
Good morning -- Bob.
BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: And soon will be joining the road show that is striking the set and moving on to the seven states that constitute the next primary.
And the difference, Carol, will be that in New Hampshire and Iowa, they were fairly manageable single-state contests. They were opening acts. But now you get into campaigns that require strategy, allocation of resources and, in the case of next week, seven states with different political philosophies, much more conservative than you might expect up here in the northern part of the country.
And this is going to be why it becomes an issue for John Kerry. You heard his response to it.
Howard Dean may run into some problems because his anti- establishment philosophies and anti-war philosophies dont play that well necessarily in the southern part of the country. So, he has problems, too -- excuse me.
And Wesley Clark will be heading to an area that would be considered fertile ground for his record and his style of campaigning and his beliefs. So, that is going to perhaps change the dynamic of the race.
John Edwards has his own advantage, which could be also his own high expectation; that being that he's from the Carolinas. He's the senator from North Carolina, born in South Carolina. And, of course, he is expected as a result to show very well. Anything but a strong showing in South Carolina in particular is going to be very damaging to his campaign.
Joe Lieberman is talking about being the moderate Democrat who also will appeal in that part of the country. He'd better appeal somewhere. He only got a 9 percent vote here in New Hampshire, disappointing, although he's not really admitting that. He is saying that he's ready to stay in the ring and is going to resist any efforts to get him to pull out. So, now the plot thickens. It thickens with many more states in the weeks ahead, many more delegates. That's for real. This is when the real test of political organization begins -- Carol.
LIN: And too many more opportunities to lose your voice, Bob. Take care, all right? I know it's a grind and a big primary coming up in seven states. We'll be looking forward to your coverage.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
