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Pivotal Senate Race
Aired November 04, 2002 - 07:04 ET
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PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Four hours from now, candidates in the hottest Senate races will get their only opportunity to demonstrate their real differences. Although as many as 10 Senate races could be nail-biters on election night, the one in Minnesota is getting very close attention.
Our own Bob Franken is there, and joins us now live from St. Paul.
Good morning -- Bob.
BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Paula. And well, it should get attention.
First of all, the idea of a debate on the day before the election is remarkable, but of course, the circumstances here in the aftermath of the death of the Democratic candidate, incumbent Senator Paul Wellstone.
Walter Mondale is going to be one of the debaters here this morning. He, 74 years old, a man who has not engaged in a political debate like this since 1984 when he ran and lost so convincingly to President Ronald Reagan, he was out on the campaign trail yesterday.
As a matter of fact, an interesting thing, he had to wait on the ground when he was trying to fly back from Fargo, North Dakota, because President Bush was on the ground -- Air Force One was on the ground, and the airport here was closed while the president was in town campaigning for the Republican candidate, Norman Coleman.
Now, a little bit of a primer on the debate that's coming up here. First of all, look for the 53-year-old Norm Coleman to use the word "future" a lot. That's his code word for the word "age."
Look for Walter Mondale to use the word "experienced" a lot. That's his code word for the word "age."
And then, of course, look for the spin and analysis afterwards. That's the sage wisdom by those of us who report these things, and we're usually wrong -- Paula.
ZAHN: All right, thanks, Bob. Sorry about the little delay there, a little satellite hookup issue. Appreciate it.
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Aired November 4, 2002 - 07:04 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Four hours from now, candidates in the hottest Senate races will get their only opportunity to demonstrate their real differences. Although as many as 10 Senate races could be nail-biters on election night, the one in Minnesota is getting very close attention.
Our own Bob Franken is there, and joins us now live from St. Paul.
Good morning -- Bob.
BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Paula. And well, it should get attention.
First of all, the idea of a debate on the day before the election is remarkable, but of course, the circumstances here in the aftermath of the death of the Democratic candidate, incumbent Senator Paul Wellstone.
Walter Mondale is going to be one of the debaters here this morning. He, 74 years old, a man who has not engaged in a political debate like this since 1984 when he ran and lost so convincingly to President Ronald Reagan, he was out on the campaign trail yesterday.
As a matter of fact, an interesting thing, he had to wait on the ground when he was trying to fly back from Fargo, North Dakota, because President Bush was on the ground -- Air Force One was on the ground, and the airport here was closed while the president was in town campaigning for the Republican candidate, Norman Coleman.
Now, a little bit of a primer on the debate that's coming up here. First of all, look for the 53-year-old Norm Coleman to use the word "future" a lot. That's his code word for the word "age."
Look for Walter Mondale to use the word "experienced" a lot. That's his code word for the word "age."
And then, of course, look for the spin and analysis afterwards. That's the sage wisdom by those of us who report these things, and we're usually wrong -- Paula.
ZAHN: All right, thanks, Bob. Sorry about the little delay there, a little satellite hookup issue. Appreciate it.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
