In last night’s New Hampshire debate, Hillary Clinton says words are nice but that she knows how to get things done.
Obama says words inspire and lead to action.
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Skip says Obama “speaks honestly from the heart at all times.”
This couple says John Edwards “speaks more to the people” and “won them over.”
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John McCain reminds New Hampshire voters that they gave him a victory in the 2000 Republican primary: “You turned convention on its head because you didn’t care what the experts or the media said.”
American Reformer
“Since I’ve been in Washington, I’ve made a lot of people angry,” says John McCain in this 30-second spot that courts New Hampshire independents by emphasizing the candidate’s maverick image.
In this 30-second spot running in New Hampshire, John Edwards says he’s “never taken a dime from a Washington lobbyist.”
Sound Bite: “Corporate greed has infiltrated everything that is happening in this democracy.”
John McCain bagged the most newspaper endorsements among Republican candidates for the New Hampshire primary and he brags about it in this 30-second spot.
This New Hampshire Edwards volunteer says she knocked on 620 doors in 11 days.
Sound Bite: “When I would get to a door and I’d be tired and the hill would be really high, I’d think, all right, if I knock on this door, this might be one less person that has to go without healthcare.”
With thousands of campaign volunteers from a dozen-plus candidates trolling for votes, living in New Hampshire means telephone hell. Here are a few “phonebank” war stories from John Edwards volunteers.
This nice woman converts a Republican:
Another nice woman converts an independent voter:
He used to work in a mill but now he’s calling New Hampshire residents:
Curt Schilling, pitching ace for the world champion Boston Red Sox, speaks at a town hall meeting in Manchester, NH in support of Senator John McCain.
Sound Bite: “We are at a point in time when integrity, honor, loyalty and respect stop being punchlines. They have to be the core components to the character and the makeup of the person we put in the White House.”
There are a whole lot of unhappy people in New Hampshire. They’re unhappy for a lot of different reasons. All these unhappy people support John Edwards. He’s not happy either — although he says he was the first member of his family to graduate college.
Hillary Clinton visited a diner and then filed for the New Hampshire Primary. Supporters cheered. She shook hands. She signed autographs. She made a speech. She went to a coffee shop. An older voter said Hillary has charisma and is sincere. Hillary posed for pictures. She made small talk with a dentist.
Sound Bite: “Denistry is not just about your mouth. It’s about your whole body.”
Mired in third place in most polls, John Edwards knows it’s critical for him to make a strong showing in the New Hampshire primary. He’s ramped up his ad buys and he’s making an appeal for campaign foot soldiers.
Heroes: In this 60-second ad Edwards delivers his populist message intercut with images of, uh, populist-type folks.
Edwards makes a “personal request” for volunteers.
Mitt Romney picks up an endorsement from New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg.
Sound Bite: “We have an individual in Mitt Romney who approaches issues from a fiscally conservative manner. Someone who understands that it’s your money, not the government’s money, that’s being spent in Washington.”
The formal filing of papers for the New Hampshire Primary presents a nice photo op for candidates (as if they needed one), so as the deadline approaches we’ve seen a lot of speechifying outside Concord’s capitol building. Here, Barack Obama files his papers (and leaves a little message next to his signature), then hits the capitol steps and does his high school football coach bit.
Sound Bite: “So my question to you, ‘cuz I’m fired up, is whether you’re fired up? Are you fired up? Are you ready to go? Are you fired up? Are you ready to go?”
In New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton continues courting middle-class voters with a host of family-oriented proposals: paid family leave, extending the family and medical leave act, 7 sick days a year for every American, etc. And how to pay for it? By closing those pesky tax loopholes.
Sound Bite: “Too many Americans today feel trapped between being there for their kids and being there for their employer.”
After Ralph Stanley II and the Bluegrass Brothers finish up “Man of Constant Sorrrow,” a blue-jeaned John Edwards talks about “economic fairness” at a town meeting in Conway, NH.
Sound Bite: “We should have a national capital fund to make money — capital — available to new businesses that will operate and start in smaller towns and smaller communities. Right now all the capital stays in big cities. We’ve got to get it out into the rural areas.”
