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Edwards, Dean Not Giving Up
Aired February 12, 2004 - 11:08 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.
DARYN KAGAN, ANCHOR: We have politics just ahead.
Democrat John Kerry has racked up an impressive string of victories in his race for his party's presidential nomination. His challengers, though, insist this campaign is far from over.
With us now from Washington with more on the White House race, our Bob Franken.
Bob, good morning.
BOB FRANKEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn.
And next Tuesday's Wisconsin primary is now the focus of attention for the Democratic hopefuls.
John Edwards holds a rally early this hour in Racine. Earlier today, he said Wesley Clark's exit from the race is a huge boost for his campaign. Edwards said he thinks the race will become a two- person showdown between himself and John Kerry.
Howard Dean, of course, would disagree with that analysis. He's pouring all of his resources into Wisconsin and has multiple campaign stops today, planned today all around the state.
Meanwhile, John Kerry is taking another day off from the campaign trail, resting and working the phones from his Washington area home.
But the endorsements keep rolling in. A dozen of the 20 Democratic House members who were supporting Wesley Clark are now backing Kerry. They made the switch after Clark dropped out of the race yesterday.
Kerry returns to the stump tomorrow in advance of the Nevada and D.C. caucuses Saturday, and then that Wisconsin primary on Tuesday.
Well, for the 25th time since he was elected, President Bush is in Pennsylvania today, the nation's fifth largest electoral prize and the one that he lost in 2000.
He's discussing his educational policies at a Harrisburg high school, and ways to create jobs, a sensitive issue considering that 85,000 in the state have lost their jobs since he became president.
The Bush/Cheney campaign team will no doubt find plenty of reasons to criticize John Kerry if he's the Democratic nominee. But the way he dresses may not be one of them. The upcoming issue of "Esquire" magazine will single out the senator as the best-dressed candidate, as part of its annual best- dressed men poll in America.
This afternoon on "INSIDE POLITICS," former presidential candidate Wesley Clark joins Judy Woodruff from Arkansas to talk about what went wrong with his presidential campaign.
If you think presidential campaigns and political campaigns are like dog and pony shows, one, you're right; and two, you've got a friend in our Bill Schneider. So tune in and see which dogs in the Westminster Dog Show reminded Bill of current politicians and presidential politics.
Join us at 3:30 Eastern as Judy Woodruff goes "INSIDE POLITICS."
But for right now, it's back to the dog and pony show in Atlanta with Daryn Kagan.
KAGAN: Are you calling me a dog and a pony?
FRANKEN: We'll let that one go.
KAGAN: OK, Bob, thank you so much. Bob Franken, Washington, D.C.
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Aired February 12, 2004 - 11:08 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, ANCHOR: We have politics just ahead.
Democrat John Kerry has racked up an impressive string of victories in his race for his party's presidential nomination. His challengers, though, insist this campaign is far from over.
With us now from Washington with more on the White House race, our Bob Franken.
Bob, good morning.
BOB FRANKEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Daryn.
And next Tuesday's Wisconsin primary is now the focus of attention for the Democratic hopefuls.
John Edwards holds a rally early this hour in Racine. Earlier today, he said Wesley Clark's exit from the race is a huge boost for his campaign. Edwards said he thinks the race will become a two- person showdown between himself and John Kerry.
Howard Dean, of course, would disagree with that analysis. He's pouring all of his resources into Wisconsin and has multiple campaign stops today, planned today all around the state.
Meanwhile, John Kerry is taking another day off from the campaign trail, resting and working the phones from his Washington area home.
But the endorsements keep rolling in. A dozen of the 20 Democratic House members who were supporting Wesley Clark are now backing Kerry. They made the switch after Clark dropped out of the race yesterday.
Kerry returns to the stump tomorrow in advance of the Nevada and D.C. caucuses Saturday, and then that Wisconsin primary on Tuesday.
Well, for the 25th time since he was elected, President Bush is in Pennsylvania today, the nation's fifth largest electoral prize and the one that he lost in 2000.
He's discussing his educational policies at a Harrisburg high school, and ways to create jobs, a sensitive issue considering that 85,000 in the state have lost their jobs since he became president.
The Bush/Cheney campaign team will no doubt find plenty of reasons to criticize John Kerry if he's the Democratic nominee. But the way he dresses may not be one of them. The upcoming issue of "Esquire" magazine will single out the senator as the best-dressed candidate, as part of its annual best- dressed men poll in America.
This afternoon on "INSIDE POLITICS," former presidential candidate Wesley Clark joins Judy Woodruff from Arkansas to talk about what went wrong with his presidential campaign.
If you think presidential campaigns and political campaigns are like dog and pony shows, one, you're right; and two, you've got a friend in our Bill Schneider. So tune in and see which dogs in the Westminster Dog Show reminded Bill of current politicians and presidential politics.
Join us at 3:30 Eastern as Judy Woodruff goes "INSIDE POLITICS."
But for right now, it's back to the dog and pony show in Atlanta with Daryn Kagan.
KAGAN: Are you calling me a dog and a pony?
FRANKEN: We'll let that one go.
KAGAN: OK, Bob, thank you so much. Bob Franken, Washington, D.C.
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