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Page 2
THE BATTALION
Wednesday!"
Primary
Continued from Page 1
McCain credited his agenda of political
and campaign finance reform for his victory.
“The Republican Party recovered its heritage
of reform. And it's the beginning of the end of
the truth-twisting politics of Bill Clinton and
A1 Gore,” he said.
Voter interviews showed McCain winning
in every demographic and income group. As
expected, he was well ahead among indepen
dents in a state that allows its non-partisan
voters to cast ballots in either primary . And he
defeated Bush among Republican voters, a
constituency that Bush had expected to dom
inate. McCain advantage over Bush among
GOP voters bodes well for their next con
frontation in South Carolina, a state that tends
to back establishment candidates like Bush.
Social conservative Gary Bauer barely
registered in the returns and was struggling to
survive. “I'm a fighter but I'm not delusion
al,” Bauer said, before flying home to Virginia
to take stock of his candidacy.
Forbes had to be disappointed, too, linish-
ing little better than he did in the 1996, after
investing four years and millions of dollars for
a second GOP bid. Yet Forbes said he would
stay and fight for conservative voters w ho
might be tempted to peel away from the sud
denly vulnerable Bush.
“I make this appeal to those who may have
backed others because of inevitability, I plead
with you. please come home,” he said.
“I will congratulate John McCain on his
victory,” said Keyes, “but I cannot agree w ith
the stands he has portrayed on the issues in
this election.” Specifically, he claimed, "His
heart is not pro-life,” though McCain says his
voting record has been exactly that.
McCain’s gargantuan victory' was certain
to raise questions about Bush's strategy, rely
ing on photo opportunities and scripted
speeches w hile McCain held dozens of free
wheeling town hall meetings, appealing to
finicky New Ihimpshire voters who expect a
personal touch.
Bush aired TV ads that said he was the
most likely candidate to be elected president,
but voter interviews showed that less than 10
percent of GOP voters in New Hampshire said
they considered a candidates’ ability to get
elected a top factor in their decision. Voter in
terviews showed that the top quality sought
by Tuesday’s GOP voters was a candidate
who “stands up for what he believes in.”
Nearly as many voters were looking for a
"strong and decisive leader.”
Alter New Hampshire. Democrats turn
their attention to an unprecedented mountain
of primaries from New York to California on
March 7. Republicans will compete in sever
al states before March 7, including Delaware
on Feb. 8, South Carolina on Feb. 19 and Ari
zona and Michigan on Feb. 22.
Bush has held a w ide lead in South Otr-
olina polls, but McCain has more than two
weeks to chip away at the lead and hoped to
marshall support from military veterans
among Republican voters.
The Arizonan invested most of his pre-pri
mary time and money in New Hampshire,
gambling that the state’s independent-mind
ed voters would be drawn to his reform agen
da. Though his campaign is more national in
scope. Bush also invested millions of dollars
in hopes of winning New Hampshire and
stopping McCain’s insurgent candidacy.
Bush brought in his parents, former White
I louse residents George and Barbara, for a sen
timental rally that apparently did not resonate.
The tangible primary yield was 22 dele
gates to the Democratic convention and 17
delegates to the GOP convention, a tiny frac
tion of the totals needed to win the nomina
tions. The true rewards ofNew Hampshire are
momentum or simply validation of a candi
date’s campaign.
Voters seemed to be looking for character
more than policy pronouncements.
Charles Baron, 51, an accountant from
Manchester, accountant, said he typically votes
Democratic but went for McCain. “I have the
sense he’s telling the truth,” Baron said.
In the past two weeks, the Democrats
shed almost any talk of issues to exchange
bitter personal attacks. Bradley accused the
vice president of stretching'the truth on abor
tion. Gore, a hard-knuckle campaigner him
self, indignantly accused the former New
Jersey senator of breaking his promise to run
a clean campaign.
One personal note had political impli
cations: Bradley acknow ledged just before
the primary that his irregular heartbeat had
required more treatment than he had previ
ously said.
Wetlni'il
Eight ball
Nickie Espinoza, a freshman biology major, unwinds by playing a game of eight-ta
her friend Sara Rangel (not pictured) at the MSC on Tuesday.
CIA chief defends handling of probe predecesso
"The bottom line is
that a complete inves-
WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA director George Tene
insisted Tuesday he took
“decisive action" when
faced with an investiga
tion’s finding that former
director John Deutch vio
lated security by working fixation WOS (Unie ...
on secret material at ^
home.
His decision to strip his
former boss of his securi
ty clearances proved that
he acted properly, Tenet
said. He*denied that the
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investigation was deliberately delayed, despite a
CIA inquiry that suggested he and other top agency
officials acted to slow down the process.
said the CIA c
into the handling
at work. Harlow said.
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plete investigation was®’
sive action was taken,?
have been implemented'.;
our security process,'Te v
CIA spokesman B
;tablished a special par:
of the case. The part
Fire
mandated by the State Fire Mar
shal,” Dennis Davenport, corps area
coordinator, said.
“We have had quite a bit more
fire drills,” Matt Oliver, a senior in
formation management major, said.
“To me it really seems like whatev
er precautions haven’t been taken in
the past, the University is taking a se
rious look into making sure it does
n't happen again.”
At the time of the Dorm 9 fire,
fire extinguishers were not in res
idence halls. Extinguishers have
since been installed, and hall
staff have been trained in using
them.
“We were ready in the fact of
looking out for each other,” Daven-
Senate
Continued from Page I
port said. “But, we were not | ready |
in some fire codes.”
Davenport said directives given
by the State Fire Marshal have
helped them take a proactive posi
tion on fire safety. The University is
well ahead of schedule from when
Fire Marshal mandated the projects
be done.
“We are much more ready, we are
in code and we are in compliance,”
Davenport said.
Morefleld agrees that more pre
cautions should have been taken.
“1 was upset by the way adminis
tration treated it as no big deal,” he
said. “Personally, I didn’t feel that
the proper foresight to the issue had
been given before the lire.”
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Kessler said.
Welch lefi his positionasf
student activities to accept a
director of the Center for fowl
velopment in the Lowry May;
of Business.
Wednesday's meeting#
elude discussion of a bill infof
library usage fee increasepr^
the Student Senate by Dr. Fre
dean of Sterling C. EvansLW
Jan. 19 meeting.
There are also plans for a lit
cate seats in the Student Sen#
“The number of scats will it
feeted, hut what those seatsif
will,” Minyard said.
The reallocation will allow!
scats to represent the differ#
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