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In Oklahoma, Edwards, Wesley Clark Battle for Lead

Aired February 04, 2004 - 05:32   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: In Oklahoma, Edwards and Wesley Clark battled for the lead. Still no official winner this morning. Clark's lead was less than one percent. State election officials will have to certify the final results next week.
Our Dan Lothian tells us that despite no official winner, Clark is celebrating.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DAN LOTHIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Retired General Wesley Clark had spent a lot of time and money in the Southwest, in particular here in Oklahoma. He had always said that it was important for him to win here and was confident that he would win.

While CNN is not yet ready to call him a winner until it is certified by the state, because of the razor thin margins, Clark himself is claiming victory.

WESLEY CLARK (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I want you to know that I leave Oklahoma even more full of hope and even more committed to building a better America than when we began this journey five months ago. And that's because of each of you and I can't thank you enough.

LOTHIAN: The Clark campaign is now gearing up for the next fight in the South, for next week's contests in Tennessee and Virginia. It all begins with a bus tour in Memphis Wednesday morning.

Dan Lothian, CNN, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: And the latest CNN/"USA Today"/Gallup poll shows John Kerry riding the wave of momentum past President Bush. Fifty-three percent of likely voters say they prefer Kerry to 46 percent for the president. And the poll shows a match up between the president and John Edwards is a statistical dead heat.

You can check out the complete results from Tuesday's contests in all seven states on our Web site. It is a political junkie's cookie jar. The address, cnn.com.

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Aired February 4, 2004 - 05:32   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: In Oklahoma, Edwards and Wesley Clark battled for the lead. Still no official winner this morning. Clark's lead was less than one percent. State election officials will have to certify the final results next week.
Our Dan Lothian tells us that despite no official winner, Clark is celebrating.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

DAN LOTHIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Retired General Wesley Clark had spent a lot of time and money in the Southwest, in particular here in Oklahoma. He had always said that it was important for him to win here and was confident that he would win.

While CNN is not yet ready to call him a winner until it is certified by the state, because of the razor thin margins, Clark himself is claiming victory.

WESLEY CLARK (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I want you to know that I leave Oklahoma even more full of hope and even more committed to building a better America than when we began this journey five months ago. And that's because of each of you and I can't thank you enough.

LOTHIAN: The Clark campaign is now gearing up for the next fight in the South, for next week's contests in Tennessee and Virginia. It all begins with a bus tour in Memphis Wednesday morning.

Dan Lothian, CNN, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COSTELLO: And the latest CNN/"USA Today"/Gallup poll shows John Kerry riding the wave of momentum past President Bush. Fifty-three percent of likely voters say they prefer Kerry to 46 percent for the president. And the poll shows a match up between the president and John Edwards is a statistical dead heat.

You can check out the complete results from Tuesday's contests in all seven states on our Web site. It is a political junkie's cookie jar. The address, cnn.com.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com