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Sunday Morning News

Bush and Forbes Battle it Out in Iowa

Aired January 23, 2000 - 9:02 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Among likely GOP caucus goers, Bush has a 43 to 20 percent lead over his closest challenger, Steve Forbes.

CNN's Jonathan Karl has the latest on the Republican battle.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED PRESENTER: ... the next president of the United States...

JONATHAN KARL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Thunder on the right.

STEVE FORBES (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This is the 27th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and we will settle for nothing less than the overturn of this misbegotten, murderous decision. We will make it happen.

KARL: Steve Forbes is making an 11th hour bid to raise doubts about the front-runner, George W. Bush's conservative credentials. Bush is fighting back by reassuring Iowa's social conservatives he supports a ban on abortion.

GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I -- yes, I -- I've been on record for that for a long time. I think that the Republican Party ought to keep its pro-life plank.

KARL: That plank calls for an amendment to the Constitution that would ban abortion.

Bush had a chance to affirm his support for that plank during a debate almost two weeks ago.

FORBES: One, will you pledge to preserve the Ronald Reagan plank on life in the Republican platform?

KARL: Back then, Bush did not take the pledge, although his campaign literature has long expressed support for the antiabortion platform.

Bush also made a speech via satellite to the conservative group CPAC.

BUSH: The current president pledged the most ethical administration in American history. As it turned out, he fell about 41 presidents short.

KARL (on camera): For Republicans, the Iowa caucuses have traditionally been a battle on the right. Caucus goers are considered the die-hard, activist party members, more conservative than Republicans generally in Iowa and in the rest of the country.

(voice-over): Hitting three corners of the state, Forbes was joined by conservative stalwarts Phyllis Schlafly and Congressman Bob Barr. Forbes aides acknowledged they need a stronger than expected showing in Monday's caucuses in order to emerge not just as a conservative alternative, but as a candidate with a chance of winning.

Jonathan Karl, CNN, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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