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Presidential Debate Recap

By Laura Knoy on Friday, January 23, 2004.

The remaining Democratic candidates for president squared off for the last time at St. Anselm College before the New Hampshire Primary. We'll recap the issues, the exchanges, and the notable moments. Laura's guests are Jon Greenberg, Executive Editor at NHPR, and Dante Scala, Associate Professor of Politics at St. Anselm College and author of "Stormy Weather: The New Hampshire Primary and Presidential Politics".

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Celebrity Endorsements

By Lisa Peakes on Friday, January 23, 2004.

Lots of celebrities are supporting candidates in the Democratic presidential primary. Will their support make any difference? Lisa Peakes talks with Professor Philip Klinkner at Hamilton College to find out.

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The New Hampshire Primary -- After Iowa

By Doug MacPherson on Friday, January 23, 2004.

New Hampshire voters are weighing their choices in the wake of the Iowa caucuses.

Conversations on the street show an electorate that knows what it cares about - health care, jobs, the war in Iraq.

Some voters have made up their minds, but many are unsure of whom to support.

We sent four reporters around the state to sample where people stand five days before the primary.

In a moment, we will hear from Doug MacPherson, Dan Gorenstein, and Josh Rogers.

We begin in Berlin, where a powerful labor union had backed Missouri Congressman Dick Gephardt.

Gephardt dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, and as NHPR's Trish Anderton reports, his supporters are now shopping for a new candidate.

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New Hampshire's Not So Different After All

By Mark Bevis on Friday, January 23, 2004.

The criticism seems to arise every four years.

Why does little New Hampshire have so much say in who gets elected president.

But a new report from the University of Pennsylvania's Annenburg Center shows the views of New Hampshire voters are not so different than the rest of the nation.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Mark Bevis has details.

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