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Morning NewsElection 2000: Bush Looking BeyondAired March 10, 2000 - 10:20 a.m. ETTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: George W. Bush and Al Gore now only have one major obstacle blocking the path to the White House: that is each other. CNN's Patty Davis looks at the mission now of rebuilding and refocusing post-Super Tuesday. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Weeks of rough-and- tumble campaigning gave way to words of praise as Arizona Senator John McCain left the Republican presidential race, Thursday. GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I want congratulate John for fighting a good fight. He campaigned hard on what he believed. DAVIS: Bush and McCain talked by phone, but sources say there was no talk of endorsement, no talk of a face-to-face meeting. Bush pressed on, hoping to spark voter interest, campaigning in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah ahead of today's GOP contests in those states. BUSH: I hope you go vote. I know that the -- I know that the decision for our party looks like it has been decided, but it's still important to go vote. And while you're in there, make sure you keep sending that signal that the right person to lead our party to victory is George W. Bush. DAVIS: Ninety-one GOP delegates are up for grabs in today's races. Bush is expected to do well. ANNOUNCER: Governor George W. Bush. DAVIS: Even though he is well on his way to becoming his party's nominee, he still has work to do healing the rifts in the Republican Party. He says he hopes to draw McCain supporters to his campaign with his big issues: education, tax relief and his upcoming health care proposal, issues, he says, differentiate him from Vice President Al Gore, his likely Democratic opponent in the general election. Heating up as another key issue: campaign finance. BUSH: On one day he stands up in front America and says, we need to get rid of soft money at the very time he's planning to go out and raise soft money. America's not going to be fooled by the difference between rhetoric and reality. We're not going to be fooled by somebody who says one thing and goes out and absolutely does something else. He must think we have amnesia. (END VIDEOTAPE) DAVIS: Governor Bush will await the results of the Mountain State contest here in the state of Texas. Earlier we were told that Governor Bush might hold a media availability after the polls closed in most states. However, we are now told that he will not. He is taking a much deserved day off -- Bill. HEMMER: Patty, one of the biggest moments of suspense still remaining there with the Bush camp is how and when Bush and McCain reconcile. There was talk of this yesterday. Is there any movement today? DAVIS: No movement on that so far. I spoke with a Bush campaign official today that said: An endorsement by McCain would be very important to the Bush campaign but they -- of course, that would help heal the rift in the Republican Party, as well as gain, perhaps, some of the supporters that McCain had, the independents, and the moderate Republicans. However, Governor Bush said yesterday that they both need some time off to think. He wants to give some space to John McCain. He says, yesterday, that when the time comes, he expects that there will be a good dialogue between the two -- Bill. HEMMER: Something to track. We will. Patty Davis live in Austin. Patty, thank you. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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