Nightline (ABC) - 2000 Michigan & Arizona primaries
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[0:03] February 22nd, 2000.
[0:08] Once again, John McCain has snatched
[0:11] victory from the jaws of defeat.
[0:14] >> Today, Michigan sent a powerful message
[0:18] across America. A message that our party
[0:21] wants real reform from the real
[0:25] reformer.
[0:28] He did it with Michigan Democrats and
[0:31] independents.
[0:33] >> Al Gore's liberal supporters are voting
[0:35] in record numbers to try to take over
[0:36] our primary.
[0:37] >> It's clear you didn't put away John
[0:39] McCain. How disappointed are you?
[0:41] >> I'm pleased with the Republican vote,
[0:43] Todd. This is a long process. This is a
[0:46] marathon.
[0:47] >> But how can John McCain win the
[0:49] Republican nomination without a majority
[0:52] of Republican voters? Don't fear this
[0:55] campaign, my fellow Republicans. Join
[0:58] it. Join it.
[1:02] >> Tonight, ABC 2000, the Michigan and
[1:06] Arizona primaries. And joining us live
[1:09] tonight will be John McCain
[1:12] [Music]
[1:16] from ABC News.
[1:19] [Music]
[1:21] This is Night Line
[1:24] reporting from Washington. Ted Cppell.
[1:28] >> As an exuberant John McCain put it this
[1:30] evening, what a difference a couple of
[1:32] days make. Actually, it was 3 days ago
[1:35] that McCain swallowed the bitter pill of
[1:37] a pasting in South Carolina. But who's
[1:39] counting? All of that was forgotten this
[1:41] evening in the sweet encouragement of a
[1:44] wide, convincing, if expected victory in
[1:46] Arizona and a far less predictable and
[1:49] more significant victory in Michigan.
[1:52] There, McCain appears to have 51% of the
[1:55] vote to Bush's 43%.
[1:58] It's a big win and a bizarre one, too.
[2:01] McCain has won the Republican primary in
[2:04] Michigan, but the majority of those who
[2:06] voted were not Republicans. It w