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New Hampshire Primary

Aired January 27, 2004 - 07:05   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.


BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Back here in New Hampshire now, most, if not all, of the polls are open already in the first-in-the-nation primary here in New Hampshire. Only 22 delegates for the Democratic National Convention are up for grabs, but the momentum that the winner takes out of this very small state can be worth a whole lot more than that.
Bob Franken knows that well, our national correspondent here in Manchester.

Good morning -- Bob. Nice to see you.

BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning. Nice to see you.

And you pointed out that the polls did open -- most of the polls opened just about an hour ago, but some of them opened seven hours ago.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

FRANKEN (voice-over): Every four years, the tiny hamlet of Dixville Notch has its moment in the sun in the pitch-black of nighttime.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And Wesley Clark received eight votes.

FRANKEN: That's the opening of the second act in this Democratic presidential melodrama.

SEN. JOHN KERRY (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The hours are going down here.

FRANKEN: John Kerry must worry about being toppled from the top. Just ask Howard Dean about the incessant reminders of his disaster.

HOWARD DEAN (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Yeahhhhhh!

WOLF BLITZER, CNN HOST: We didn't create your concession speech. You did that.

DEAN: Well, but you chose to play it 673 times in one week.

FRANKEN: In the battle for third place, Wesley Clark often battles himself.

WESLEY CLARK (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I didn't go to Yale. My parents couldn't have afforded to send me there. I went to West Point. I paid my own way through college.

FRANKEN: West Point cadets gets a fully-paid college education.

And anyway, John Edwards has tried to be the man from the wrong side of the tracks.

SEN. JOHN EDWARDS (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We live in a country where there are really two different Americas.

FRANKEN: Joe Lieberman is pinning his hopes on the huge chunks of Independents.

SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I have been ready to say no to special interest groups or ideological extremists or even my own party.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

FRANKEN: Well, the candidates know full well that New Hampshire can surprise, and some are counting on that. Others, Bill, are quite apprehensive about it.

HEMMER: Yes, Bob, thanks. Bob Franken here in Manchester.

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Aired January 27, 2004 - 07:05   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Back here in New Hampshire now, most, if not all, of the polls are open already in the first-in-the-nation primary here in New Hampshire. Only 22 delegates for the Democratic National Convention are up for grabs, but the momentum that the winner takes out of this very small state can be worth a whole lot more than that.
Bob Franken knows that well, our national correspondent here in Manchester.

Good morning -- Bob. Nice to see you.

BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning. Nice to see you.

And you pointed out that the polls did open -- most of the polls opened just about an hour ago, but some of them opened seven hours ago.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

FRANKEN (voice-over): Every four years, the tiny hamlet of Dixville Notch has its moment in the sun in the pitch-black of nighttime.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And Wesley Clark received eight votes.

FRANKEN: That's the opening of the second act in this Democratic presidential melodrama.

SEN. JOHN KERRY (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The hours are going down here.

FRANKEN: John Kerry must worry about being toppled from the top. Just ask Howard Dean about the incessant reminders of his disaster.

HOWARD DEAN (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Yeahhhhhh!

WOLF BLITZER, CNN HOST: We didn't create your concession speech. You did that.

DEAN: Well, but you chose to play it 673 times in one week.

FRANKEN: In the battle for third place, Wesley Clark often battles himself.

WESLEY CLARK (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I didn't go to Yale. My parents couldn't have afforded to send me there. I went to West Point. I paid my own way through college.

FRANKEN: West Point cadets gets a fully-paid college education.

And anyway, John Edwards has tried to be the man from the wrong side of the tracks.

SEN. JOHN EDWARDS (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We live in a country where there are really two different Americas.

FRANKEN: Joe Lieberman is pinning his hopes on the huge chunks of Independents.

SEN. JOE LIEBERMAN (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I have been ready to say no to special interest groups or ideological extremists or even my own party.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

FRANKEN: Well, the candidates know full well that New Hampshire can surprise, and some are counting on that. Others, Bill, are quite apprehensive about it.

HEMMER: Yes, Bob, thanks. Bob Franken here in Manchester.

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