CNN - New Hampshire primary - 2000-02-01

Name: CNN - New Hampshire primary - 2000-02-01
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[0:00] [Music]

[0:07] Welcome back. Joining us now at our

[0:08] primary headquarters here in Manchester,

[0:10] New Hampshire, New Hampshire, CNN

[0:12] political analyst, former Clinton White

[0:14] House press secretary Mike Mccur and

[0:16] former Gingrich press secretary Tony

[0:17] Blankley. Mike, you've been with

[0:19] winners, you've been with losers over

[0:21] your your your career.

[0:23] >> I prefer the former.

[0:24] >> It's better to be with winners. If if if

[0:27] you're giving some advice to George W.

[0:28] Bush tonight and if our tracking poll

[0:31] from last night and all the other

[0:32] tracking polls that will really show

[0:34] that he possibly could lose to John

[0:36] McCain, what advice would you give to

[0:38] someone like George W. Bush tonight if

[0:39] in fact he winds up losing?

[0:41] >> Well, you know, sometimes losing is not

[0:43] a bad thing if you're a candidate that

[0:45] needs to establish who you are with the

[0:47] American people. Remember, we're going

[0:48] into a period now where people are

[0:50] finally going to pay attention to this

[0:51] campaign. After New Hampshire, really

[0:53] the window opens and people begin to

[0:54] take this race seriously. This is a

[0:57] moment for George Bush to demonstrate

[0:58] some gravitas. Uh if he gets knocked off

[1:01] the horse tonight and you know he's got

[1:03] to get himself up, dust himself off and

[1:05] ride on and it's a in a way an

[1:07] opportunity if he takes a knocking from

[1:09] McCain. Of course, the problem is it's a

[1:11] great opportunity for John McCain,

[1:12] right?

[1:13] >> It it's the it's an opportunity, but the

[1:15] next several days are going to be the

[1:17] critical days in in the Bush campaign.

[1:19] They have to decide. They have to pi