Nightline (ABC) - The Vote '96 primaries coverage - 1996-03-05
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[0:00] Bobular
[0:03] March 5th 1996
[0:08] voting in 10 states across the country
[0:11] from New England
[0:12] >> Robert Doe because I think he's
[0:14] experienced
[0:15] >> to the south I kind of like Steve Forbes
[0:17] actually we need more businessmen and
[0:19] less lawyers
[0:20] >> and in the west
[0:22] >> we got to get our own act straightened
[0:23] out first and I think Buchanan can do
[0:26] that
[0:26] >> with more than 250 delegates at stake
[0:29] It's the biggest primary day so far and
[0:33] the clear frontr runner for the
[0:34] Republican presidential nomination.
[0:37] >> Well, I know they call this a junior
[0:39] Tuesday, but it seems pretty super to us
[0:42] and we're very proud it's here tonight.
[0:45] Tonight, Bob Dole moving into high gear.
[0:53] >> This is an ABC News Night Line special.
[0:58] The 96 votes reporting from Washington,
[1:02] Ted CP.
[1:04] >> Perhaps there is a special little corner
[1:06] of hell reserved for journalists where
[1:09] those of us from the electronic media
[1:11] will be forced to watch and listen to an
[1:13] endless loop of our own inaccurate
[1:16] analyses and projections. To our
[1:18] colleagues from the print media, it will
[1:20] look something like this. The recent
[1:23] parade of gloomy headlines about Bob
[1:25] Dole, doubts about Dole, dead man
[1:27] walking. Dole has dug himself a hole.
[1:30] Can he climb out? The point being that
[1:32] Bob Dole tonight is a political Lazarus.
[1:35] ABC political director Hal Bruno reports
[1:38] tonight that Lamar Alexander has decided
[1:40] to bow out of the race and will make the
[1:42] announcement tomorrow. ABC News has also
[1:45] learned that Senator Dick Luger has
[1:47] already made the same decision and will
[1:49] tomorrow officially become another
[1:51] f