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Thursday, April 10, 2008
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1. GIFT LIMITS FOR LAWMAKERS.........................VO/SOT
2. AIR TRAVEL/TICKET RULES FOR LAWMAKERS..........VO/SOT
3. DENHAM FIRES BACK........................................VO/SOT
4. GLOBAL COOLING?............................................VO/SOT
5. DELEGATE PURGE..............................................VO/SOT
5. DELEGATE PURGE VO/SOT
LIVE: MORE THAN 800 POTENTIAL DELEGATES FOR BARAK OBAMA ARE MIFFED THAT THEY WERE PURGED FROM THE LIST BY THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL'S CAMPAIGN, WHILE HILLARY CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN NIXED ONLY 36. THE CAMPAIGNS HAVE DISCRETION TO ELIMINATE POTENTIAL DELEGATES BEFORE PARTY MEMBERS ELECT THEM ON SUNDAY.
SUPER: FILE
VO: (:20) THERE ARE 1500 PEOPLE VYING FOR 241 DELEGATE SLOTS TO CAST VOTES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN DENVER THIS AUGUST. 134 WILL BE CLINTON DELEGATES AND 107 OBAMA DELEGATES AS SHE RECEIVED A MAJORITY OF THE PARTY'S VOTES DURING THE FEBRUARY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. ANTI WAR DEMOCRATS ACCUSE THE STATE AND NATIONAL PARTY OF TRYING TO ELIMINATE THEIR PRESENCE AT THE CONVENTION.
SUPER: BOB MULHOLLAND/CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
SOT: (:16)
SAYS: "NO, WE HAVE TWO CANDIDATES ... SOME OF THEM FEEL REALLY STRONGLY."
VO TAG: EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WILL CHOOSE BETWEEN THREE AND SIX DELEGATES SUNDAY, IN SOME INSTANCES FROM A FIELD OF NEARLY 100.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
ALL REGISTERED DEMOCRATS CAN VOTE
FOR THE DELEGATES IN THEIR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. FOR INFORMATION ON WHERE THEIR RESPECTIVE CAUCUS IS OCCURRING CONSULT THE STATE WEBSITE AT WWW.CADEM.ORG.
EXTRA BITES:
SUPER: BOB MULHOLLAND/CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
SOT: (:19)
SAYS: "IS OBAMA SELLING OUT? ... TO BE AN AT LARGE AND THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN WILL PICK THEM LATER."
SOT:(:12)
SAYS: "THE CAMPAIGNS HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM A BALANCED POINT OF VIEW ... NOT THE WAY THESE CAUCUSES CAN BE RUN."
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