First Look: Independents' Day

By: Christine Lagorio
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First Look: Independents' Day

The votes of Independents may determine the outcome in the New Hampshire primary — and presidential candidates are fighting to secure them.

Katie Couric previews tonight's broadcast from our nerve center in New Hampshire. Plus: a cameo from politics guru Bob Schieffer and an awkward hello from our political writers.

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by petersemkiw January 10, 2008 3:00 PM EST: "It is an event sociologique!!!"; Reply to this comment


by petersemkiw January 9, 2008 9:00 PM EST: Dear Katie,and Friends,

You did a great job covering the exciting New Hampshire Primaries!
But you know, although maybe you and none of the candidates saw any UFOs in New Hampshire, maybe Representative Dennis Kucinich has a point.

To see some fascinating NASA video footage of UFO''s shot from one of the more recent space shuttle missions, Google "NASA UFO Encounter Part 1" and "NASA UFO Encounter Part 2!!" Watch both two parts to see the whole experience, and see NASA''s Briefing on the phenomena as well.

I don''t think it''s Mars the astronauts see and are commenting on there! Maybe Dennis Kucinich has a point.

But what are those "things"? I''d be interested in knowing your opinions.

Peter; Reply to this comment


by kup_47 January 9, 2008 12:43 PM EST: I am continualy amazed at the dialog by your fellow staff in the way Hillary is referenced which degrades her actions, for example the bald guy on the Early Show this morning on Hillary''s win in New Hamphire as ,"clawing," a come back. If a man staged a win, his win would be, "performance." To use such vocabulary shows sexism is alive and well.; Reply to this comment


by petersemkiw January 9, 2008 3:08 AM EST: Dear Katie,

It''s the surprising night of the Comeback Kids! What an interesting and exciting Presidential Primary!And the weather really cooperated, too!

Senator Hillary Clinton fought a tough campaign in New Hampshire, and became the Democratic Winner, in a stunning come from behind upset victory, maybe using some of those independent votes! As one of our US Senators, who has done a lot for New York, we know her quite well, and it''s great to see her get this important close win! It''s always great to see President Bill Clinton and Chelsea with her on the campaign trail as well! And Barack Obama deserves a lot of credit for his efforts in this hard fought campaign, and so do John Edwards and the other candidates,too.

And it''s just great to see John McCain as the Republican Winner in New Hampshire again! Another Comeback Kid!
And Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee and the other Republican candidates deserve a lot of credit as well!

All the campaigns in New Hampshire were well run, as was your CBS Evening News Coverage, despite your cold, and New Hampshire can be proud of its exciting Presidential Primary,and you and the CBS staff can be proud of your coverage of it as well!

And not one of the candidates reported seeing a Flying Saucer or UFO in the starry, starry night skies of New Hampshire either!
Did you?

Peter; Reply to this comment


by jotenheim January 9, 2008 2:26 AM EST: Okay, maybe the polls were right. My contacts inform me that Obama supporters were so confident of victory that some switched to McCain going to the poll. I didn''t understand it until I was reminded that McCain and Obama are seen as less divisive than the rest of the field. Of course, it would require about 1 in 30/35 of Obama supporters to do that same thing, but it is interesting that Obama went from a near 10% lead in polls and McCain a virtual deadheat to what actually happened.; Reply to this comment


by jotenheim January 9, 2008 1:52 AM EST: Yeah, "oh what a surprise that the women of New Hampshire voted in large numbers for Hillary".
C''mon... You talked at length of Iowa''s "evangelicals". Evangelical women, typically do not support the idea of a woman president, particulary Hillary. That vote would have gone, more than likely, to John Edwards. That is difference between Iowa and N.H.
So why the difference in the polls? The demographics of the random polling, DID NOT reflect the demographics of who voted. In South Carolina, expect Hillary to, again, struggle with the evangelical women vote. (Do not make the assumption that all evangelicals are republicans. That would be a huge mistake in judjement in the south.); Reply to this comment


by annonvoteraz January 8, 2008 11:44 PM EST: CBS (and other news organizations) is declaring winners when only 15% of the precincts have reported. How do you declare a winner when so many precints have not reported. There is not enough statistical data to support your claim. And you cant use exit polls to justify your reasoning as the data is different sampling. PROVE YOUR DATA! Otherwise you''re just a fool with numbers.; Reply to this comment


by fan5100 January 8, 2008 10:00 PM EST: By the Way Did you know that Court tv was no more. But replaced by time warner''s new done with animated graphics called tru tv a beatiful logo with This new logo for two courtroom newscasts and reality stories. So why do they called it tru t? After that, Talk to me about Noggin and The N splitting apart with my channel 74 and 183 and their first 24/7 I missed deeply with 2 comments. Finally What is CBS Television Distribution. It seems to me Paramount Television one of the viacom family is no more. Where is Paramount Television?; Reply to this comment


by fan5100 January 8, 2008 9:54 PM EST: Now how does it feel to have your newsroom back after harry, julie, maggie and stewart left the CBS Newsroom and step into the new set. I hadn''t see the begining of the early show''s new set.
yesterday. Now, with these graphics and animated tittles, the CBS eye in 3-d is in front of the early show logo tittle As it did with the CBS Evening News tittle. Now beside the Saturday Early Show, A New set is coming with the all new sunday morning tittles so charles osgood could have the pleasure with the new set. Can you show and tell us on a tour?; Reply to this comment

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