Alexander (WMUR-TV News):
Received by NH-Primary from Carl Cameron of WMUR-TV.
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TO: NH PRIMARY  FROM:CARL CAMERON WMUR-TV    DATE: 7/25/95
  2 PARTS TONIGHT:
           A) LAMAR BLASTS GRAMM AND WILSON IN LIVE INTERVIEW 
           B) LAMAR JABS DOLE BUT DOESN'T IMPRESS NH ABORTION ACTIVISTS

LAMAR ALEXANDER TONIGHT BLASTED CALIFORNIA'S PETE WILSON AS A "FAILED
GOVERNOR UNDESERVING OF ANY PROMOTION TO HIGHER OFFICE."  IN A LIVE 
INTERVIEW FOR CABLE TELEVISION WITH WMUR POLITICAL REPORTER CARL CAMERON 
ALEXANDER SAID,  "NEXT TO WASHINGTON, CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT IS THE BEST 
EXAMPLE THIS COUNTRY HAS OF A TAX AND SPEND DISASTER."

ALEXANDER SAID VOTERS SHOULD "STEER CLEAR OF ANY CANDIDATE WHO'S RECORD 
IN OFFICE IS NEARLY AS BAD AS THE GUY IN THE WHITEHOUSE NOW."
   
ALEXANDER ALSO ATTACKED SENATOR PHIL GRAMM'S WELFARE
REFORM PROPOSAL, CALLING IT "A HORNETS NEST OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION THAT
WOULD IMPOSE ALL MANNER OF UNREASONABLE REGULATIONS ON STATES. IT'S 
TYPICAL OF A SENATOR FROM WASHINGTON TO PROPOSE RULES AND RED TAPE ON 
STATES WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO DOWNSIZE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SENATOR 
GRAMMS IS APPARENTLY MORE INTERESTED IN GROWING IT IN HIS WELFARE 
PLAN."   ALEXANDER PLANS A NEWS CONF WEDNESDAY TO ATTACK GRAMM'S WELFARE
PLAN AGAIN.
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ANCHOR  >> NH'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TRAIL STRETCHED SEVEN   MILES FOR
REPUBLICAN  LAMAR ALEXANDER TODAY.WMUR'S CARL CAMERON COVERED THE  CANDIDATE
AND THE ISSUES AS LAMAR ALEXANDER WALKED THE  POLITICAL MINE FIELD BETWEEN
 MANCHESTER & MERRIMACK.

CAMERON >> THE SECOND LEG OF ALEXANDER'S TRANS NH TRACK AND THE GOVERNOR IS
STILL STRIDING FOR NAME RECOGNITION.

ALEXANDER >> GOOD MRNING.  HAVING A GOOD BREAKFST? I'M LAMAR ALEXANDER & I'D 
LIKE TO BE YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT.

CAMERON >> COVERING 80 MILES BY SPRING, THE MEDIA CRAMS IN A RESTAURANT FOYER
FOR A RADIO INTERVIEW BY PHONE FROM THE ROAD IN WHICH ALEXANDER LUMPS HIMSELF
IN WITH THE FRONTRUNNERS.

ALEXANDER>> DOLE AND GRAMM AND I ARE FAR  AHEAD.             

CAMERON>> STAFF ORCHESTRATES EVERY STEP, EVEN A STOP AT GRAMM HQ FOR A BATTLE
OF THE BANNERS THOUGH ALEXANDER'S PREFERRED TARGET LATELY HAS BEEN BOB 
DOLES AGE.

ALEXANDER >> WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF  A GENERATIONAL CHANGE IN OUR LEADERSHIP.
 '96 IS GOING TO SETTLE WHETHER WE GO FORWARD OR BACK, BOB DOLE'S FROM OUR
PAST.

CAMERON >>"TIME MAGAZINE" ASKS IF DOLE'S TOO OLD? WHAT'S YOUR OPINION?

ALEXANDER>> IT'S UP TO THE VOTERS TO DECIDE IF SENATOR DOLE IS TOO OLD. THIS
IS ABOUT THE FUTURE.  HE MAY BE THE BEST MAJORITY LEADER BUT HE MAY NOT BE
THE BEST PRESIDENT.

CAMERON>> THE '96 CAMPAIGN HAS SO FAR HAS FOCUSED FREQUENTLY ON THE SOCIAL
AGENDA.  ON THE CONTROVERSIAL ABORTION ISSUE, ALEXANDER IS HUGGING  THE
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. A POSITION THAT LEAVES BOTH SIDES OF THE DIVISIVE DEBATE
UNSATISFIED IN THE FIRST IN THE NATION STATE

JUDY REARDON, NH PLANNED PARENTHOOD.>> FOR PEOPLE WHO VOTE & THINK ABOUT
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND CHOICE ALEXANDER'S POSITION IS TOO VAGUE, HE'S TRYING
TO ACCOMADATE BOTH SIDES TO REDUCE POLITICAL HEAT AND IN THE PROCESS GIVING
NEITHER SIDE SATISFACTION.

ALEXANDER >> I'M PRO-LIFE.  I'M PROLIFE BECAUSE I BELIEVE ABORTION IS WRONG.
1.5 ABORTION'S A YEAR IS A  TRAGEDY,    I BELIEVE STATES HAVE THE RIGHT TO
RESTRICT ABORTIONS. THEY SHOULD RESTRICT ABORTIONS BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS IN
THIS SORT OF AN ISSUE AT ALL

BARBARA HAGAN, NH RIGHT TO LIFE >> ALEXANDER IS FAILING TO SHOW LEADERSHIP,
HOW CAN WE EXPECT HIM TO BE PRESIDENT WHEN HE CANT STAND UP AND BE COUNTED ON
THE MURDER OF UNBORN CHILDREN ? YOU CAN'T HOLD THE MIDDLE GROUND  BECAUSE YOU
WILL END UP BEINGE SQUASHED IN THE MIDDLE BY THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE LIVES--
THAT'S WHERE HE IS & HE'S GOING TO SELF DESTRUCT.

CAMERON >> AND THOUGH ALEXANDER DEFENDS HIS  POSITION, SAYING PRESIDNETS ARE
CHOSEN BY VOTERS AND NOT BY SPECIAL INTERESTS, HE'LL WALK EVERY MILE HE CAN
BETWEEN NOW  AND NEW HAMPSHIRE'S PRIMARY JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. 
CARL CAMERON, WMUR'S NEWS 9.