BEDFORD, N.H. — We’re 5 days out from the New Hampshire primary and every campaign event and every rally counts. Candidates are fanned all across the state, hosting town hall meetings and getting face-to-face time with voters hoping to spread their messages and sway those still undecided.
Politicians are in the Granite State making their way from town to town, some hosting multiple town hall meetings each day leading to the primary, on Tuesday.
Boston 25 News Anchor Kerry Kavanaugh got a chance to speak one-on-one with a couple of candidates and their spouses to see how they’re feeling about the election as a whole, the chaos at the Iowa caucus and the acquittal of President Trump this week by the U.S. Senate.
Tom Steyer (D), presidential candidate
Steyer, a billionaire entrepreneur, believes he’s the Dems best chance at beating President Donald Trump in the 2020 elections as he’s likely the only one who can go toe-to-toe with him on economic issues.
He says he wants to beat expectations, saying he’s looking forward to primaries in New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina.
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Bill Weld (R), Former Massachusetts Governor
Weld is one of the few Republicans running against President Trump. He believes he has to “defy expectations” to be able to challenge the president.
Weld says he’s talked to voters who are exhausted and want politicians to tackle “substantive” issues as they’re tired of politics in D.C., which he says is a euphemism for Donald Trump and his administration.
He wants people to know there’s an economic conservative in the race and that it’s him, and Weld believes he can be the Republican alternative to Trump that they can consider if they are exhausted and confused as “a lot of people seem to be”.
When it comes to President Trump receiving his highest approval rating since he took office, Weld believes its because people feel sorry for him after going through the impeachment trial in which he was not convicted.
As Thursday wraps up, Weld is onto Super Tuesday, looking ahead to the primary.
When it comes to the Democratic nominee, Weld believes that anyone too far left might give Trump too much power in his ability to swing around a metaphorical sword where he can toss the word socialist around to cause a stir.
Weld believes the DNC doesn’t want Sanders and thinks they purposefully messed up the Iowa caucus results in fear that he would win.
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Michael Bennet (D) Colorado Senator
Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, while he didn’t go all-in for the Iowa caucus, says he’s spent the most time in N.H., hosting 33 town hall meetings and wants to do another 50 this Saturday.
Casting his guilty vote for the impeachment trial, Bennet believes the Senate bent “to a president instead of defending the constitution.”
He knows he’s a “long shot”, and with that in mind he believes he needs to come in the top 3 or 4 in the primaries to give himself more exposure.
Bennet launched what he called a “Real Deal” agenda which addresses everything from infrastructure to healthcare to education, hoping that will get New Hampshire voters to resonate with him.
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Dr. Jill Biden, Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s spouse
Dr. Biden, the spouse of former Vice President Joe Biden and current Democratic candidate in the 2020 presidential race, spoke with Boston 25 News about her thoughts on the impeachment trial and what the future brings, not only for the country but also for the campaign trail.
As a marathon runner herself, Biden compared the NH primary to mile 1 in the 26.1 mile race, saying they started off slow but are “slowly picking up steam.”
Biden believes that the impeachment trial was a distraction from everything else and that President Trump was “disgraceful” in having Ukraine officials “pick up dirt” on her husband.
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