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> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:26:54 -0800
> Subject: Third Party Candidates & Polls
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> I've already done my part for this election season. I voted last
Saturday.
> Since we expect things to be pretty crazy on election day, we've been
> encouraging everyone at "Nightline" to vote absentee. That way they're
sure
> to be able to vote. I know of one journalist who made the point that
> journalists shouldn't vote at all. This person felt that just the act of
> voting would jeopardize their objectivity, and make it more difficult for
> them to cover the election impartially. An interesting thought, but I
> disagree. And I digress.
>
> I'm sure it will come as no surprise that we're going to be focusing on
> politics tonight. We've been devoting Monday nights to politics for some
> time now anyway, but with the election just one week away, this seems
like
> an obvious call. I expect that we will, in some way, be covering the
> election each night this week. Unless, of course, there is breaking news
of
> some sort. Those of you who can't stand to hear another word about
politics
> are probably hoping for that breaking news.
>
> Tonight we'll be trying to cover a number of bases. We'll hear from
ABCNEWS
> correspondents Terry Moran, with the Gore campaign, and Dean Reynolds
> covering Bush. And we'll be interviewing a man most of you never see,
> although you see his work on a regular basis: Gary Langer, the director
of
> polling for ABCNEWS. He's going to try to help us make sense of the polls
> this year, many of which have been swinging wildly. I don't remember an
> election where the polls have been so different from each other, and
we're
> hoping Gary can help explain why. We know a lot of voters don't like
polls,
> they think that we, the media, focus on them too much, and that the
> candidates can let the polls dictate their actions and programs. We
always
> wonder if people out there are being a little dishonest with the
pollsters,
> just to make things more interesting.
>
> Tomorrow night, Ted Koppel will anchor a town meeting from Minneapolis
with
> Jesse Ventura and Ralph Nader. When this was first planned, the focus was
> intended to be a look at third-party candidates in general. But with the
> increased focus on Nader by the Gore campaign, and their fear that he is
> siphoning off votes that might otherwise go to their candidate, it seems
> like a perfect time to hear from him. Tonight, we're going to have three
> other third-party candidates on the broadcast. I'm going to be a little
> coy, or obnoxious, depending on your point of view, and not tell you who
> those three are. I wonder how many of you will be able to identify them.
I
> know that I had trouble naming them.
>
> Gary Langer, the polling director I mentioned above, just called to say
> that today's ABCNEWS poll shows a dead heat between Gore and Bush. Things
> are probably going to get pretty heated in the next few days as both
> candidates try to break out.
>
> Oct. 30, 2000
>
> Leroy Sievers
> Executive Producer
> "Nightline" Office
> Washington, D.C.
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