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[0:02] Manic Monday before Super Tuesday, a

[0:04] scramble for hundreds of delegates in 11

[0:06] states and the field of presidential

[0:08] candidates shrinks again. The federal

[0:11] government warns a major cigarette maker

[0:13] to tone down ads aimed at children. And

[0:17] eye on America. Not everyone is frowning

[0:20] about the economy. Tonight, you'll meet

[0:23] the repo man. This is the CBS Evening

[0:26] News.

[0:32] Good evening, Dan Rather reporting. It's

[0:35] the eve of Super Tuesday, biggest day of

[0:38] the presidential primary campaign.

[0:40] Hundreds of delegates are up for grabs

[0:42] in primaries and caucuses in 11 states,

[0:44] most of them in the South and Northeast.

[0:47] Republican Pat Buchanan campaigned in

[0:49] both regions today, trying to keep his

[0:52] momentum going. President Bush was off

[0:55] the campaign trail. Among Democrats

[0:57] today, Bill Clinton campaigned in

[0:58] Florida, second biggest delegate prize

[1:00] tomorrow, second only to Texas. So did

[1:03] Paul Sonis. Sus considers Florida his

[1:06] best shot for a win in what is otherwise

[1:08] expected to be a southern sweep for

[1:10] Clinton, the governor of Arkansas. Jerry

[1:13] Brown is coming off a weekend win in the

[1:15] Nevada caucuses. Brown says he will stay

[1:17] in the race no matter how badly he has

[1:19] beaten in how many places tomorrow. And

[1:21] the Democratic field narrowed to three

[1:23] today. Clinton Susan Brown as Senator

[1:26] Tom Harkin pulled out. Harkin said he

[1:28] will support the party's nominee,

[1:30] whoever he may be,

[1:31] >> that I'll pay any price, bear any

[1:34] burden, learn to speak Greek,

[1:46] develop a southern accent,

[1:51] or learn to wear a turtleneck.

[1:59] to ensure that a Democrat is elected

[2:01] president in 1992.

[2:05] >> So with Harkin out of the running, how

[2:06] do Democratic front runners Clinton and

[2:08] Songs come across to southern voters

[2:10] heading into Super Tuesday?

[2:12] Correspondent Richard Thrillt has been

[2:13] working on that.

[2:15] >> Hello, good to see you. Thanks. The

[2:16] Democratic establishment thinks they're

[2:18] just part of the B team. A governor from

[2:21] a small state bedeled by questions about

[2:23] his character and a Greek American from

[2:25] Massachusetts who's had cancer and

[2:27] projects all the charisma of a certified

[2:30] public accountant.

[2:31] >> Beautiful baby.

[2:32] >> But wait a minute, this is the sort of

[2:35] candidate the Democrats said they

[2:36] wanted. A middle-of the road scholar

[2:39] who's popular with blacks and

[2:40] disaffected bluecollar Democrats,

[2:42] especially in the South. And he is.

[2:45] Martha Johnson is a nurse in Austin,

[2:47] Texas.

[2:48] >> Bill Clinton has a message. He's His

[2:51] message is much clearer than the others.

[2:54] >> Patrick Terry is a Democrat who wants a

[2:57] Democrat in the White House.

[2:58] >> I'm looking for electability. I'm

[3:00] looking for a guy who's going to who's

[3:02] going to be able to beat up on on George

[3:04] Bush.

[3:05] >> Pat Pessik just lost his job. America

[3:07] was about opportunity, and that's a word

[3:10] he kept using. Um, and that's all I ask.

[3:14] That's all I want is the chance.

[3:18] >> And this too is the sort of candidate

[3:20] the Democrats claimed they were seeking.

[3:23] A political liberal with conservative

[3:25] economic ideas who could attract

[3:27] Republicans and independence and he has.

[3:30] Rachel Lunt is a Miami school teacher

[3:32] and an independent.

[3:33] >> I think the economy is in a mess and

[3:35] we're just going to have to go with

[3:37] someone who has I think a good policy.

[3:39] So,

[3:40] >> and who tells the truth.

[3:41] >> And who tells the truth. Mitch Mestl is

[3:43] a Republican.

[3:44] >> He's talking about being able to free up

[3:46] capital so a small businessman like

[3:47] myself can get some.

[3:49] >> Caroline Leakin, a law student, is also

[3:52] a Republican just like her boyfriend

[3:54] Neil Olsen.

[3:55] >> It's good to see a candidate who who

[3:56] says, you know, there's got to take the

[3:57] good with the bad and there's some pain

[3:59] to to be had.

[4:00] >> Though Caroline's a little worried about

[4:02] Songa's staying power.

[4:04] >> My concern is that because he lacks the

[4:07] charisma that he is not electable.

[4:10] >> So it's a paradox. Bill Clinton's

[4:12] getting the voters the Democrats can't

[4:13] afford to lose. Paul Sonis is getting

[4:15] the voters they'll need to win. The

[4:18] danger is if their rivalry gets any

[4:19] meaner, whoever wins the nomination will

[4:22] face the Republicans in November with a

[4:24] house divided. Richard Thrrell, CBS

[4:26] News, Miami. On the Republican side

[4:29] tomorrow, President Bush is facing two

[4:31] challengers in some states that could

[4:33] work to the Bush Quail team's advantage.

[4:35] As correspondent Eric Gingberg reports

[4:37] tonight from the Byways and Bios,

[4:39] Louisiana.

[4:41] In Louisiana, where David Duke's success

[4:43] in sliding from KKK to GOP has

[4:46] embarrassed and frustrated the White

[4:48] House, George Bush has finally found an

[4:50] ally who may forcibly drive Duke from

[4:52] the national arena. The ally, none other

[4:55] than Pat Buchanan, who is pulling so

[4:57] many votes away from Duke's presidential

[4:59] effort, it could collapse right in his

[5:01] home state. Louisiana's Bayou country

[5:03] has always been one of David Duke's most

[5:05] reliable strongholds. But this year

[5:07] among Republicans, the talk is all

[5:09] Buchanan.

[5:10] >> Conservatives who organized Terabone

[5:12] Parish for Duke's state races have now

[5:14] jumped to Buchanan, convinced that

[5:16] Duke's clan past forever limits his

[5:18] future.

[5:19] >> I don't think he can get enough vote to

[5:21] to get Bush out. Bush got to go.

[5:25] >> I think Buchanan has a definite message.

[5:27] I think uh basically his ideas are

[5:30] basically the same as Dukes. If Buchanan

[5:32] beats Duke convincingly in his own

[5:34] backyard, as he did in South Carolina

[5:36] Saturday, Duke will be finished as a

[5:39] national candidate. The president, who

[5:41] made one Louisiana trip, is relying

[5:43] heavily on GOP women who showed a strong

[5:46] dislike for Buchanan in earlier

[5:48] primaries. When the top surrogate

[5:50] campaigned here, one woman, Julie Huber,

[5:53] decked out in special Republican togs,

[5:55] got the thrill of a lifetime. Later, she

[5:58] outlined her reasons for backing the

[6:00] incumbent. I feel to a great extent he

[6:02] is strictly a victim of circumstances.

[6:05] No matter what president we would have

[6:07] in office now, I think would have the

[6:09] same problems. At this time last year,

[6:12] we needed a president who was very

[6:14] strong in foreign policy. And I think we

[6:16] we got that from George.

[6:18] >> Harold Patton, a small businessman who

[6:20] also went out to welcome the first lady,

[6:22] thinks the Buchanan vote is fading.

[6:24] >> People like to hear somebody talk tough

[6:26] and gutsy.

[6:28] Tell the president, "Come on out. You

[6:29] know, I'll punch your nose in the

[6:30] parking lot. People like to hear that

[6:32] kind of tough talk. Do we want to be

[6:34] isolationists?

[6:36] It's good to be America first, but you

[6:38] can't punch the rest of the world in the

[6:40] mouth.

[6:40] >> If Buchanan takes the small towns and

[6:43] rural areas where David Duke was once

[6:45] the right-wing messenger, he still won't

[6:47] have enough votes to win Louisiana. But

[6:49] he will be able to claim that the

[6:51] Republicans owe him a big favor for

[6:53] knocking off one of their most poisonous

[6:55] problems. Eric Hangberg, CBS News,

[6:58] Caribone Parish, Louisiana.

[7:01] >> Stay with CBS News tomorrow, Super

[7:03] Tuesday, for the latest returns and

[7:05] analysis of what they mean. On this CBS

[7:08] station, you will have updates

[7:09] throughout the evening. And CBS News

[7:12] will have a special hour-long Super

[7:14] Tuesday sum up live coast to coast

[7:17] tomorrow night at 9:00 in the East, 6 in

[7:19] the West. One other note about politics.

[7:22] The movement to limit the terms of

[7:23] elected officials got a boost today from

[7:26] the US Supreme Court. The court let

[7:28] stand California's new term limits for

[7:31] state legislators. Term limit proposals

[7:33] will be on ballots in more than a dozen

[7:35] states this November. One of the most

[7:37] successful ad campaigns for a cigarette

[7:40] is getting a lot of notice today from

[7:42] the government and from the doctors. The

[7:44] physicians lobby. They want the ads for

[7:47] the cigarettes pulled because they say

[7:49] the target of the message is America's

[7:52] children. CBS News health correspondent

[7:54] Edie Magnus has our report.

[7:57] >> He stares out over Time Square and the

[7:59] thousands of people who cross it every

[8:01] day. But who is looking back? Many

[8:03] experts believe the answer is children.

[8:06] Studies show they find the camel

[8:08] cigarette cartoon character shown on

[8:09] billboards and in magazines more

[8:11] appealing than adults do. Now the

[8:14] government is hot to snuff out old Joe.

[8:16] Today the surgeon general asked R.J.

[8:18] Reynolds Tobacco to voluntarily withdraw

[8:20] the ad campaign.

[8:22] >> It's time for the tobacco industry and

[8:23] their higher guns, the advertising

[8:25] agencies, to take responsibility and

[8:27] stop marketing practices that entice an

[8:29] age that is extremely impressionable.

[8:32] >> While there's no conclusive evidence

[8:34] tobacco advertising causes children to

[8:36] smoke, studies have shown a profound

[8:38] recognition of Old Joe among America's

[8:40] youngsters. In one, 91% of six-year-olds

[8:43] knew the camel, almost as many as

[8:45] recognized Mickey Mouse. Another

[8:47] estimated that during the first three

[8:49] years of the ad campaign, illegal Camel

[8:51] cigarette sales to children jumped from

[8:54] $6 million to $476

[8:56] million per year.

[8:58] >> Even if RJR did not intend for their

[9:00] campaign to influence the consumption

[9:02] patterns of youth and adolescence,

[9:05] that's the group that's changed their

[9:06] purchasing pattern, their smoking

[9:07] patterns, it's not the adult population.

[9:10] R.J. Reynolds says it will not withdraw

[9:12] its ads. The tobacco giant released a

[9:14] statement today saying, "We reject the

[9:16] notion that advertising leads to

[9:18] initiation of smoking, and we are as

[9:20] concerned as the AMA and others about

[9:22] the issue of underage smoking." Company

[9:25] officials say Old Joe is misunderstood,

[9:27] that he's really a fun-loving character

[9:29] designed to encourage adult smokers to

[9:31] switch brands. Several medical

[9:33] organizations have asked the Federal

[9:35] Trade Commission to ban the cartoon

[9:37] Camel ads. The agency won't comment

[9:39] except to say the petition is being

[9:41] reviewed. Edie Magnus, CBS News, New

[9:43] York.

[9:44] >> Still ahead on tonight's CBS Evening

[9:46] News, a whopper of a snowstorm slams the

[9:49] nation's midsection. And correspondent

[9:52] Bob Simon with the story of war and

[9:53] peace. The death and life of Monakam

[9:56] Bean.