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How Kerry Won: Behind the Scenes in N.H.
Aired January 28, 2004 - 05:01 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: John Kerry is not resting right now. Just hours after a big win in the New Hampshire primary, Kerry is leaving for Missouri to begin a seven-states-in-seven-days campaign swing.
Kerry won New Hampshire with 39 percent of the vote. Howard Dean finished second with 26 percent. Wesley Clark and John Edwards tied for third with 12 percent. And Joe Lieberman 9 percent.
It was a record turnout for the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
Now, exit polls showed John Kerry had wide support. Voters who described themselves as moderate or somewhat liberal and those dissatisfied or angry with President Bush all went for Kerry.
CNN's Kelly Wallace has more on the win.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
KELLY WALLACE, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPODENT: Aides are using the words historic to describe what happened here: how John Kerry, from neighboring Massachusetts, was more than 30 points behind Howard Dean back in December; 17 points behind 10 days ago - how he threw all his resources into Iowa and ended up winning there, and then winning handily here in New Hampshire.
Taking you a bit behind the scenes, an adviser said that John Kerry was working the phones up until the polls closed and that he just couldn't believe it when his wife Teresa told him the race had been called for him.
The senator coming out and delivering a rousing speech, thanking his family, volunteers and New Hampshire, and saying he has just begun to fight. And Kerry got to work on that fight right away, doing a series of interviews with stations in some of the seven states holding contests one week from today. Aides say that beginning on Wednesday, he will be running television advertisements in all of those states.
For now, though, the senator will be heading to Boston. Aides hope he will get some rest before getting back on a plane on Wednesday heading to Missouri and South Carolina and the five other states that will now be taking center stage.
With the Kerry campaign, Kelly Wallace, CNN, Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Aired January 28, 2004 - 05:01 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: John Kerry is not resting right now. Just hours after a big win in the New Hampshire primary, Kerry is leaving for Missouri to begin a seven-states-in-seven-days campaign swing.
Kerry won New Hampshire with 39 percent of the vote. Howard Dean finished second with 26 percent. Wesley Clark and John Edwards tied for third with 12 percent. And Joe Lieberman 9 percent.
It was a record turnout for the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
Now, exit polls showed John Kerry had wide support. Voters who described themselves as moderate or somewhat liberal and those dissatisfied or angry with President Bush all went for Kerry.
CNN's Kelly Wallace has more on the win.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
KELLY WALLACE, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPODENT: Aides are using the words historic to describe what happened here: how John Kerry, from neighboring Massachusetts, was more than 30 points behind Howard Dean back in December; 17 points behind 10 days ago - how he threw all his resources into Iowa and ended up winning there, and then winning handily here in New Hampshire.
Taking you a bit behind the scenes, an adviser said that John Kerry was working the phones up until the polls closed and that he just couldn't believe it when his wife Teresa told him the race had been called for him.
The senator coming out and delivering a rousing speech, thanking his family, volunteers and New Hampshire, and saying he has just begun to fight. And Kerry got to work on that fight right away, doing a series of interviews with stations in some of the seven states holding contests one week from today. Aides say that beginning on Wednesday, he will be running television advertisements in all of those states.
For now, though, the senator will be heading to Boston. Aides hope he will get some rest before getting back on a plane on Wednesday heading to Missouri and South Carolina and the five other states that will now be taking center stage.
With the Kerry campaign, Kelly Wallace, CNN, Manchester, New Hampshire.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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