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War, terrorism are key issues in divided New Hampshire
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| Contributor | FreedomDemocrat |
| Last Edited | FreedomDemocrat Oct 15, 2004 02:25pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - St. Louis Post Dispatch |
| News Date | Friday, October 15, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | EXETER, N.H. - Todd and Jessica Caswell have a magnetic "Support Our Troops" yellow ribbon tacked to the back of their SUV, like so many others in this town and this state.
"President Bush has got a lot to deal with, with the war," says Todd Caswell, 25, whose father and most of his brothers served or serve now in the military. He supports President George W. Bush full bore. "I think what he's doing with the war and how he's handling it is the proper way."
In the small central New Hampshire town of Sandwich, the war in Iraq is also weighing heavily on Jim Vernon's presidential choice. He's voting for Democratic nominee John Kerry: "I think the war was, for sure, premature, and probably unnecessary. I think Saddam is a bad guy, but I don't think he posed a threat to the United States. I think Bush had made up his mind he was going to take him out and used the weapons-of-mass-destruction thing to convince others."
The closely divided electorate in New Hampshire is prompting repeated appearances in the state by both candidates, their wives, children and vice presidential picks - in a battle over four electoral votes that could be crucial in a close election. |
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