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JEFFERSONLIAM
CLINTON HAS A JOB FOR FOUR
MORE YEARS.
>> HE BECOMES THE FIRST
DEMOCRAT SINCE FRANKLIN
ROOSEVELT TO WIN RE-ELECTION
TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
WELL, HE HAS FOUR MORE YEARS
BUT THAT'S ONLY PART OF THE
STORY THIS ELECTION NIGHT
BUT IT'S CLEARLY THE LEAD
THIS HOUR.
>> HE'S WON THE PRESIDENCY,
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF
MANDATE HE HAS, IT DEPENDS
WHAT HAPPENS IN CONGRESS AND
WHETHER HE GETS OVER 50
PERCENT.
TWO YEARS AGO BILL CLINTON
S TOAST.
NO ONE WOULD HAVE BET ON HIS
REELECTION.
HE WAS FINISHED.
HE LOST BOTH HOUSES OF
CONGRESS FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN 40 YEARS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT
COMEBACKS IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
>> THE BIG QUESTION IS ONE
YOU ALLUDED TO HOWEVER, THAT
IS DOES HE WIN THE HOUSE AND
THE SENATE?
DOES CLINTON HAVE ANY
COATTAILS BECAUSE IF HE
DOESN'T HE MIGHT NOT BE
TOAST BUT HE'S CERTAINLY
GOING TO BE WARMED OVER BY
THE TIME D'AMATO AND NEWT
GINGRICH GET THROUGH WITH
HIM.
>> ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE
INVESTIGATIONS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO
OUR MAN WHO HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THE WHITE HOUSE
OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS
WOLF BLITZER IS IN LITTLE
ROCK ARKANSAS.
WOLF I KNOW YOU AND THEY ARE
WATCHING THESE NUMBERS WITH
GREAT EAGERNESS SHALL WE
SAY?
>> THERE'S A HUGE CROWD HERE
IN LITTLE ROCK.
THEY'RE ALREADY VERY
EXCITED.
THEY HAVE JUST SEEN ON THESE
BIG TV SCREENS THAT HAVE
JUST BEEN PLACED OUTSIDE THE
STATE HOUSE THAT BILL
CLINTON IS RE-ELECTED.
THIS CROWD IS GETTING
EXCITED.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THE
PRESIDENT WILL MAKE AN
APPEARANCE FOR AN HOUR, TWO
HOURS, OF COURSE FIRST WILL
HAVE TO BE THE TRADITIONAL
PHONE CALL FROM THE
CHALLENGER BOB DOLE TO THE
PRESIDENT.
ONCE THE PRESIDENT DOES
EXPECT HIM TO
REACH OUT ON A
BIPARTISAN NOTE TO
REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS
AND TRY TO PROMOTE HIS
CENTRIST THEME THE THEME
THAT GOT HIM RE-ELECTED IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
THAT THEME WILL ALSO INCLUDE
PERHAPS TALKING ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING SOME
REPUBLICANS INTO A NEW
CABINET.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
CHANGES IN THE CAB NET.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
CHANGES IN THE WHITE HOUSE
STAFF AND THE PRESIDENT IS
GOING TO HAVE TO QUICKLY
START MAKING DECISIONS.
WE'RE TOLD BY HIS AIDES HE
DIDN'T WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT
TOO MUCH.
HE WAS AFRAID -- A LITTLE
BIT OF A JINX HE WAS AFRAID
OF SOMETHING GOING FORWARD
TO IN THE END HE'S GOING
MOVE FORWARD ON THIS
BIPARTISAN VOTE AND THIS
CROWD IN LITTLE ROCK WILL BE
VERY EXCITED.
BACK TO THE INTERNATIONAL
DESK.
>> THANK YOU WOLF BLITZER.
MEANWHILE LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THE PICTURES IN
WASHINGTON, D.C..
THIS IS DOLE HEADQUARTERS
WHERE PRESUMABLY THEY'RE
ALSO WATCHING TELEVISION AND
SEEING WHAT THE CALLS ARE.
>> THEY'RE WATCHING CNN
THERE TOO.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'LL HAVE TO PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO THAT.
ONE OF THE MAIN REASON, IN
FACT THE MAIN REASON WE'RE
ABLE TO CALL BILL CLINTON
THE WINNER AT THIS HOUR IS
NEW YORK, IT HAS THE SECOND
ELECTORAL PRIZE.
>> 33 ELECTORAL VOTES, IT'S
NOT THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING A
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE ON THE
TICKET TO WIN HIS STATE --
>> HE DID WIN.
>> GOING TO THE DAIRY STATE,
THAT DIDN'T STOP CLINTON
WISCONSIN'S
ELECTORAL VOTES.
>> IT DID WENT FOR CLINTON
IN 92, DUKAKIS AND CARTER
TWICE, IT'S A STRONG
CATHOLIC STATE.
>> ANOTHER STATE CLINTON
FELT CONFIDENT ABOUT,
MINNESOTA IT'S THE ONLY
STATE TO VOTE DEMOCRATIC IN
ELECTIONS.LAST
>> THAT'S RIGHT TEN
ELECTORAL VOTES THE ONLY
DEMOCRAT TO LOSE THIS STATE
IN MODERN TIMES WAS McGOVERN
IN 72.
>> POLLS JUST CLOSED IN
LOUISIANA WE'RE STILL SAYING
AT THIS MOMENT THIS IS
UNDECIDED.
>> THIS IS A SOUTHERN STATE
THAT WENT FOR CLINTON IN 92.
MOST STATES ARE VOTING AS
THEY DID BACK THEN.
IT'S HEAVILY BLACK AND MOST
CATHOLIC IN THE SOUTH.
>> IN ARIZONA, THE LONGEST
STRING OF CONSECUTIVE
DEMOCRATIC VOTES, VOTED SO
IN 88 UNDECIDED AT THIS
HOUR.
HE BROUGHT HIS AARP CARD
OUT AND TALKED TO SENIORS
ABOUT MEDICARE TRIED HARD TO
PUT THIS STATE INTO PLAY AND
APPARENTLY SUCCEEDED.
>> NOW LET'S GO TO COLORADO
FIRST, THAT IS UNDECIDED AT
THIS HOUR.
WHICH IS COMING
UP NEXT, WE'LL COME BACK TO
THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
LET'S GO TO NEW MEXICO.
CNN DECLARES THAT PRESIDENT
CLINTON HAS WON NEW MEXICO'S
FIVE ELECTORAL VOTES AND HE
DITTO IN RHODE
.SLAND
ALSO A WINNER TONIGHT FOR
THE PRESIDENT FOUR ELECTORAL
VOTES THERE.
>> NORTH DAKOTA UNDECIDED
THE POLLS HAVE JUST CLOSED
IN THIS STATE WITH THREE
ELECTORAL VOTES BUT STILL NO
WINNER.
NEIGHBORING THE
STATE TO THE SOUTH OF COURSE,
THREE ELECTORAL VOTES
UNDECIDED AT THIS HOUR.
BUT WE CAN CALL BOB DOLE THE
WINNER IN THE STATE OF
WYOMING.
AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
ELECTORAL MAP AT THIS HOUR.
VOTES ELECTORAL VOTES,
WE CAN CALL IN BILL
CLINTON'S CORNER TO 92 FOR
BOB DOLE.
AND WE JUST SAW PICTURES A
MOMENT AGO OF THE DOLE
HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON
BERNIE.
>> WHERE CANDY CROWLEY IS
SOME RESTHAD
AFTER THAT MARATHON.
WHAT'S HAPPENING WHERE YOU
ARE AT DOLE H.Q.?
>> RIGHT NOW THEY ARE
PARTYING ON.
WHEN THEY SEE THE TV FLASH
UP A STATE FOR DOLE THEY
CHEER.
OTHERWISE THEY'RE SORT OF
DROWNED OUT BY THE MUSIC
HERE.
LOSE -- GOOD TO BE AT
A CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS THAT
DIDN'T HAVE LOUD MUSIC AND
THIS ONE'S NO EXCEPTION.
I DOUBT WE'LL SEE SENATOR
DOLE UNTIL AROUND 11:00 P.M.
EASTERN TIME AFTER THE POLLS
CLOSE IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT TAMPING DOWN
ESPECIALLY WHEN
THERE ARE A LOT OF
CONGRESSAL RACES AND KEY
BALLOT ISSUES GOING ON.
IN ANY CASE THEY'RE WILLING
TO WAIT FOR HIM AND WE WILL
DO.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH CANDY
CROWLEY, WE'LL BE BACK TO
YOU SHORTLY.
WE CAN DECLARE A RACE IN
MINNESOTA THE
SENATE RACE, THE INCUMBENT
PAUL WELLSTONE SOME SAY ONE
OF THE MOST LIBERAL MEN IN
THE UNITED STATES SENATE HAS
BEAT BACK BOSCHWITZ.
>> HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW
DEMOCRATS THAT VOTED AGAINST
PRESIDENT CLINTON'S WELFARE
REFORM BILL.
THEY ATTACKED HIM AS A
DOESN'T SEEM TO
HAVE HURT HIM.
>> FRANK SESNO HAS SO MUCH
TO SAY FROM THE NATIONAL
CONGRESSIONAL DESK.
LET'S HEAR THE LATEST.
>> WITH A LEAD IN LIKE THAT
I SUPPOSE I AM IN SOME
TROUBLE BUT LET'S START WITH
WYOMING WHERE WE HAVE
THELTS AS WELL TO FILL
SEAT, ENZI WINS.
HE GETS A RATING FROM THE
NRA.
>> IN RHODE ISLAND A
DEMOCRAT REPLACES A
REPUBLICAN, JACK REED
REPLACING PELL.
>> AND IN NEW MEXICO,
DOMENICI WINS, LAST TIME
WON 73% OF
THE VOTE, THEY LOVE HIM IN
NEW MEXICO.
THE SENATE, UNITED STATES
SENATE CAME INTO THIS
EVENING IN REPUBLICAN HANDS,
53 REPUBLICAN SEATS, THE
SEATS IN RED THERE TO 47 FOR
THE DEMOCRATS SO THE
DEMOCRATS NEEDED THREE FOR
TIE.AST A
34 SEATS AT STAKE THIS
EVENING MANY OF THEM NOW
HAVE BEEN DETERMINED.
SO FAR THE REPUBLICANS
TAKING 13 OF THE SEATS
TONIGHT, DEMOCRATS JUST TEN
SO WHERE IT STANDS RIGHT NOW
IF YOU FACTOR IN THE
INCUMBENTS TOO, THE
REPUBLICANS HOLDING 47, THE
CANCRATS 42 BUT AS YOU
SEE THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE
TO BE DETERMINED.
DEMOCRATS BY PICKED UP A
SEAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
DEMOCRATS IN ALABAMA.
THE HOUSE 236 REPUBLICANS
COMING IN THE 104th CONGRESS
THE CONGRESS NEWT BUILT TO
198 FOR DEMOCRATS, AN
INDEPENDENT TO BE THROWN IN
THERE AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW REPUBLICANS
SITTING ON 90 SEATS, THE
DEMOCRATS 59 WITH THE WHOLE
BUNCH IN THE MIDDLE THERE
YET TO BE DETERMINED AS
POLLS CLOSE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
WE WANT TOLL YOU RIGHT HERE,
COMING INTO TONIGHT 70 ODD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN FRESHMEN
BEING TIED TO NEWT GINGRICH
SO FAR WE CAN TELL YOU THERE
HAVE BEEN 16 WINNERS AMONG
THE REPUBLICAN FRESHMEN
CLASS NO LOSERS, VERY GOOD
NEWS FOR REPUBLICANS.
NOT VERY MANY SURPRISES OR
CLOSE RACES THERE BUT WE'RE
WATCHING CLOSELY.
PICKUP FOR
REPUBLICANS AS WELL IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
THAT SEAT HAD BEEN A
RETIRING DEMOCRAT.
IT'S NOW IN REPUBLICAN HANDS
AND 19 OPEN DEMOCRATIC SEATS
WE'RE WATCHING SO FAR THE
ONES WE CAN CALL THERE HAVE
ALL GONE BACK TO DEMOCRATS,
THTHE OR FOUR SO FAR.
IT NOW.HE LOOK AT
A LOT TO COME IN THE VEPING
IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES,
BACK TO THE DESK.
>> THERE IS A LOT.
>> THANKS!
>> IN FACT WE HAVE ALL OF
THESE CHARTS YOU SHOULD SEE
THEM.
BERNIE HAS HIS CHART, I HAVE
MINE.
LOOK AT KEN AND BILL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE VIEWERS
ARE KEEPING UP.
THEY'RE A LOT SMARTER THAN
WE ARE THAT'S HOW.
>> WE'LL BE REPETITIVE AND
COME BACK.
>> WE WILL BE.
>> WHAT FRANK IS REPORTING
AND WHAT SOMEONE ELSE IS
REPORTING --
>> IT LOOKS LIKE -- WE WANT
TO CLARIFY BECAUSE A MOMENT
AGO I SAID THE 267 AND THE
275, YOUUMBER
HAVE TO HAVE 270 TO WIN THE
ELECTION, TO BE PRESIDENT
AND BILL CLINTON HAS IT.
275 TO 96 FOR BOB DOLE AND
WE'LL KEEP COUNTING.
WE'RE IN ATLANTA.
IT'S 9:00 A LITTLE AFTER
9:00 AND IT MUST BE TIME FOR
LARRY KING.
LARRY.
>> THANK YOU JUDY!
WE'RE HERE WITH "LARRY KING
LIVE."
WHAT A NIGHT WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE BOB WOODWARD IS MY
COHOST THE PULITZER PRIZE
WINNER FROM THE "WASHINGTON
POST" HE'LL BE WITH US FOR
THE REST OF THE HOUR JOINING
US ELSEWHERE WILL BE FOLKS
FROM EVERYWHERE WE'LL BE
GOINGTO LITTLE ROCK,
TO DOLE HEADQUARTERS WE'LL
BE MEETING OTHER PEOPLE AS
WELL AND RESULTS WILL BE
FLASHING ON THE BOTTOM OF
THE SCREEN.
ANY SURPRISE TONIGHT.
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY,
WHY DID CLINTON WIN?
HE WENT TO THE CENTER WHERE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ARE
CONTESTED HE OCCUPIED THE
CENTER.
REALLY GETNEVER
THERE.
THE ECONOMY WAS GOOD.
I THINK AGE, THE UNSPOKEN IN
THE CAMPAIGN WAS A BIG
FACTOR PEOPLE LOOKED AT DOLE,
AGE 73, YOU CAN'T BECOME
HEAD OF A COMPANY IN THE
UNITED STATES AT THAT AGE.
WHY WOULD YOU BECOME
PRESIDENT?
UNLIKE YOGI BERRA THIS
WAS OVER BEFORE IT WAS OVER.
>> WELL --
>> IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING IN A SENSE?
>> IT'S ALWAYS VOLATILE BUT
NOW THAT IT REALLY HAPPENED
YOU HAVE TO LOOK.
>> LET'S GET DOWN TO LITTLE
ROCK AND TALK TO MIKE
McCURRY WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARYRY CAN YOU HEAR US.
YOU LOUD AND
CLEAR.
>> I JUST FOUND OUT YOU WERE
THERE.
>> I AM HERE!
>> BOB WOODWARD IS ME.
WHAT'S YOUR FIRST COMMENT ON
THIS PROJECTION.
>> IT'S GOT TO BE A VERY
GRATIFYING NIGHT FOR ALL OF
US HERE IN LITTLE ROCK BUT
SAY ONEWANT TO
THING I THINK IS VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT.
POLLS ARE OPEN ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
YOU'RE ALREADY REPORTING HOW
CLOSE SOME OF THE RACES ARE
TONIGHT AND WE HOPE FOLKS IN
CALIFORNIA IN THE WEST HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE, GET
OUT AND VOTE BECAUSE THERE
ARE A LOT OF ISSUES STILL TO
BE DECIDED ONE OF THEM WHAT
KIND OF CONGRESS AREE WE
GOING TO HAVE TO WORK FOR,
TONIGHT THOSE WHO
ARE MODERATES WHO APPEAL TO
THE CENTER OF THE AMERICAN
POLITICAL SPECTRUM BOB JOUST
TALKED ABOUT ARE DOING WELL
NIGHT DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS AND THAT
PRESENTS A POSSIBILITY OF
HAVING A REAL BIPARTISAN
MAJORITY IN CONGRESS THE
PRESIDENT CAN WORK WITH.
>> WHEN DID YOU LAST SPEAK
PRESIDENT MIKE?
JUST BEFORE COMING DOWN HERE
I VISITED HIM UP IN HIS
SUITE HE'S HAVING A GREAT
TIME.
HE'S GOT HIS FAMILY SOME
FRIENDS UP THERE A LOT OF
FORMER GOVERNORS FRIENDS OF
HIS ARE BEGINNING TO TRICKLE
IN TONIGHT AS THEY WATCH
ELECTION RETURNS, HE'S HAPPY,
BUT HE'SAID,
CHECKING CONSTANTLY HOW OUR
GET OUT THE VOTE OPERATIONS
ARE DOING IN THE FAR WEST
AND HE'S SAYING GET ON THE
PHONES AND TELL FRIENDS TO
VOTE IN CALIFORNIA.
>> ARE YOU SURPRISED BOB
WOODWARD JUST POINTED OUT
THAT TO THIS MINUTE THERE
ARE NO SURPRISES.
CONTOURS OF THIS RACE
REALLY TOOK SHAPE VERY EARLY
IN THE SPRING AND I THINK
BOB IS RIGHT THE PRESIDENT
APPEALED TO THE CENTER OF
THE AMERICAN POLITICAL
SPECTRUM HE TALKED ABOUT THE
FUTURE.
AMERICAN ELECTIONS TURN ON
ISSUES OF PEACE AND
PROSPERITY.
AMERICA IS AT PEACE IN THE
WORLD.
THEWING,MY IS
PRESIDENT REALLY DEFINED A
SERIES OF THINGESS HE WANTS
TO DO TO STRENGTHEN THE
FUTURE BUT MOST IMPORTANT
THE PRESIDENT SAID I HAVE A
GOOD RECORD.
IDEAL I AM PROUD OF IT BUT I
AM NOT GOING TO SIT ON IT I
AM GOING TO BUILD ON IT
LITERALLY BUILD A BRIDGE TO
THE 21ST CENTURY AND I THINK
TALKED ABOUT THE
FUTURE DIDN'T TWEL ON THE
PAST FOUR YEARS HE MADE A
COMPELLING CASE AND THERE
WASN'T AN ALTERNATE OFFER.
>> BOB WANTS TO ASK YOU
SOMETHING.
>> MIKE WHAT IS THE
COMMUNICATION STRATEGY GOING
TO BE?
IS THE PRESIDENT GOING TO BE
AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS AND
MUCH MORE WILLING TO ANSWER
SEEMSONS NOW THAT HE
TO HAVE WON?
>> OF COURSE SO BOB.
YOU KNOW IN THE CLOSING DAYS
OF AN ELECTION IT REALLY IS
FOR IF AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
THE PRESIDENT WORKED VERY,
VERY HARD THESE PAST SEVERAL
DAYS HE DID LITERALLY CROWD
AFTER CROWD GIVING HIS
SPEECH MAKING HIS ARGUMENT
THEN GOING DOWN INTO THE
BY ONEO TALK
WITH AMERICAN VOTERS WHO HAD
QUESTIONS.
HE USED TO WORK THOSE ROPE
LINES AGGRESSIVELY AND
ANSWERING QUESTIONS,
RESPONDING TO CONCERNS OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WHEN THERE'S NOT A ELECTION
PERIOD REALLY THE PRESS
PLAYS THAT ROLE AS A
SURROGATE FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND THE PRESIDENT
CONSIDERS IT A VERY
IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY,
PART OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY
AS PRESIDENT TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS.
>> DOES HE THINK HE'S WON
NOW?
YOU SEEM TO SUGGEST THAT
HE'S NOT FULLY BOUGHT THE
VICTORY.
I PRESUME AT SOME POINT
SOMEBODY CAME IN AND SAID,
LOOK YOU REALLY HAVE WON AND
WHAT DID HE SAY?
>> WELL LOOK, WE ARE A
LITTLE BIT HUMBLE ABOUT
THIS.
THESE ELECTIONS ARE NOT
DECIDED BY THE AMERICAN
TELEVISION NETWORKS WHO HAVE
GOT EXIT POLLS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
IT'S REALLY DECIDED BY THE
PROCESS WE HAVE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
VOTERS VOTE.
ELECTIONSE;
RETURNS ARE ANNOUNCED.
SOMETIME LATER ON TONIGHT
SENATOR DOLE WILL HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY THEN THE
PRESIDENT WILL HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY.
THAT'S THE WAY THE PRESIDENT
WORKS, WE DON'T FAULT NEWS
ORGANIZATION FOR REPORTING
THE NEWS BUT AGAIN I SAY
POLLS ARE STILL OPEN AND ONE
OF THE PRECIOUS THINGS WE
HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY IS OUR
WE HOPETO VOTE AND