DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 4@ CANDIDATES BEFORE NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTERS GET THEIR SAY.
NEWS CENTER MAINE'S PAT
CALLAGHAN IS IN MANCHESTER
TONIGHT WITH THE LATEST.
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4@ BERNIE
4@ BERNIE SANDERS AND PETE BUTTIGIEG CONTINUE TO HOLD4@
THE TOP TWO SPOTS IN POLLING FOR
TUESDAY'S NEW HAMPSHIRE
PRIMARY.
BOTH APPEARED THIS MORNING ON
NBC'S MEET THE PRESS. 4@
NBC NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR
CHUCK TODD SAYS
DEMOCRATS SEEM TO BE WRINGING
THEIR HANDS LOOKING FOR THE
PERFECT CANDIDATE-- AND THAT
PERSON DOESN'T EXIST,
BECAUSE EVERY CANDIDATE HAS
FLAWS.
FOLLOWING TODAY'S BROADCAST, I
TALKED WITH TODD4@
ABOUT THE POLITICAL FORTUNES OF
A COUPLE OF
CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN
STRUGGLING IN TH4@E POLLS,
INCLUDING JOE BIDEN.
I BROUGHT UP W4@ORKING CLASS
MANCHESTER. IRISH CATHOLIC4@ VOTE, TRADITIONALLY SOMETHING 4@
THAT BIDEN HIMSELF, A
SON OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA--
AND MANCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE,
THESE ARE SISTER CITIES. I THINK
IT'S A BIG BLOW IF YOU CAN'T,
TWICE
TWICE IN
TWICE IN A ROW. YOU KNOW, THIS ELECTION HAS INDEPENDENT VOTERS, FORMER4@
REPUBLICANS WHO CAN JUMP INTO
THIS THING. SO IT SHOULD BE
TAILOR-MADE FOR THE BIDEN
MESSAGE OF 'I'M THE ELECTABLE 4@
GU4@Y.' WELL TWO FOURTH PLACE
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4@ FINISHES IN A ROW WOULD REALLY UNDERCUT THAT MESS4@AGE.
AND ELIZABETH WARREN, IF SHE
CAN'T DO WELL HERE CAN SHE BE
STRONG ANYWHERE?"
SOT FULL4@
SOT FULL4@ AND BUTIGIEG WERE THE STORIES
OUT OF IOWA, JOE BIDENS FALL WAS A STORY, HERE'S ELIZABETH 4@
WARREN SORT OF STUCK IN THE
MIDDLE OF THAT STORY, SHE
FINISHED A SOLID THIRD. SHE DID
ACTUALLY IMPROVE DURING THE 4@
SECOND REALIGNMENT IN IOWA. I
TELL YOU THIS THOUGH,
BEING A NEIGHBORING SENATOR AND
NOT FINISHING SECOND4@
HERE, THAT DOES INTRODUCE, 'WHY
DID THE SUBURBAN BOSTON VOTER 4@
PICK THE MAYOR FROM SOUTH BEND
AND NOT YOU?' THAT IN
PARTICULAR, THE FORMER
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4@ MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS DOWN THERE IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE,
THAT'S WHERE PETE IS
DOING WELL.
DOING WELL. IF THE NUMBERS