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Political Strategists Calling Situation in Iowa Fluid
Aired January 16, 2004 - 09:05 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Political strategists calling the situation in Iowa fluid. This, as the final weekend now approaches before Monday's caucuses.
Bob Franken live in Davenport fills us in on everything that's moving today.
Good morning, Bob.
BOB FRANKEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning.
The love express, the love caravan, better known as the CNN campaign express, is in Davenport, Iowa. The state of course is just crawling with candidates and volunteers who are turning what had been a race for Howard Dean, was beginning to run away with it. It has now become more of a dead heat. It looks like the top four candidates are all bunched together, if one can believe the polls. The polls, of course, have so many variables that it's very hard to say how accurate they're going to be.
But right now, they're showing John Kerry has made a move that's probably the most significant part of the story in the polls. This is a man whose campaign started as the man who was designated the favorite, but then he slipped over the year. It looks like he's beginning to gain traction in Iowa again, and putting up quite a fight.
The man who has to win here is Richard Gephardt. Gephardt, a member of Congress in Missouri, this is considered his strong suit, Iowa. He has to show well here.
The man who also has to win here is Howard Dean. Howard Dean is the man who has moved up in the polls over the years, and is now the man called the favorite. Well, of course, that puts him in a position where he has to win or else he loses the expectation. The expectation is that the caucuses on Monday are going to draw very large crowds. It depends whose large crowds. That will probably be the main factor in deciding who's going to walk out of here with a victory and walk into New Hampshire and begin the second phase of this ritual we call a U.S. presidential campaign -- Bill.
HEMMER: Bob, thanks. Bob Franken there in Iowa.
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Aired January 16, 2004 - 09:05 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Political strategists calling the situation in Iowa fluid. This, as the final weekend now approaches before Monday's caucuses.
Bob Franken live in Davenport fills us in on everything that's moving today.
Good morning, Bob.
BOB FRANKEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning.
The love express, the love caravan, better known as the CNN campaign express, is in Davenport, Iowa. The state of course is just crawling with candidates and volunteers who are turning what had been a race for Howard Dean, was beginning to run away with it. It has now become more of a dead heat. It looks like the top four candidates are all bunched together, if one can believe the polls. The polls, of course, have so many variables that it's very hard to say how accurate they're going to be.
But right now, they're showing John Kerry has made a move that's probably the most significant part of the story in the polls. This is a man whose campaign started as the man who was designated the favorite, but then he slipped over the year. It looks like he's beginning to gain traction in Iowa again, and putting up quite a fight.
The man who has to win here is Richard Gephardt. Gephardt, a member of Congress in Missouri, this is considered his strong suit, Iowa. He has to show well here.
The man who also has to win here is Howard Dean. Howard Dean is the man who has moved up in the polls over the years, and is now the man called the favorite. Well, of course, that puts him in a position where he has to win or else he loses the expectation. The expectation is that the caucuses on Monday are going to draw very large crowds. It depends whose large crowds. That will probably be the main factor in deciding who's going to walk out of here with a victory and walk into New Hampshire and begin the second phase of this ritual we call a U.S. presidential campaign -- Bill.
HEMMER: Bob, thanks. Bob Franken there in Iowa.
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