48 Hours (CBS) - New Hampshire primary - 1988-02-16
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[0:00] And who loses in New Hampshire tonight
[0:01] at 10:00?
[0:15] New Hampshire is what America was.
[0:18] In Iowa, they vote. In New Hampshire, we
[0:20] elect presidents.
[1:20] Good evening. Dan Rather reporting for
[1:22] 48 Hours from CBS News primary election
[1:25] headquarters here in New Hampshire.
[1:26] Tonight, 48 Hours takes you inside the
[1:29] battle for the presidency. A battle that
[1:31] has heated up like the open hearth of a
[1:33] New England farmhouse. For many of the
[1:35] candidates, tonight's primary here is
[1:37] make or break. Before we take you behind
[1:39] the scenes inside campaign '88, here's
[1:42] how the candidates are doing. Our CBS
[1:44] News estimate is that on the Republican
[1:46] side, George Bush, Ronald Reagan's
[1:48] number two for the last 7 and 1/2 years,
[1:50] has finished number one in New
[1:52] Hampshire. A solid win for Bush. In
[1:54] second place, Bob Dole, who says he's
[1:56] running on his record, not on his
[1:57] resume. Dole finished first in Iowa. He
[2:00] is second in New Hampshire. Now, our CBS
[2:02] News estimate is that it is a very tight
[2:05] race between Pierre Pete du Pont, Jack
[2:09] Kemp, and Pat Robertson for third place.
[2:11] These are in alphabetical order. We
[2:12] don't know who's going to be third,
[2:14] fourth, or fifth at this hour. That's a
[2:16] still developing story. As for the rest
[2:19] of the Republican slate, as you know, Al
[2:20] Haig dropped out last week. So, among
[2:22] the Republicans, Bush wins, Dole
[2:24] finishes second. The rest of it is
[2:26] pretty much up for grabs. Now, let's
[2:27] look them over on the Democratic side.
[2:30] As you know, the Michael Dukakis, the
[2:32] governor of Massachusetts, was expected
[2:33] to win big here i