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Democrats Avoid Attack Ads in New Hampshire

By John McChesney

Published January 24, 2004 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 20 years ago.

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Some candidates paid a price in Iowa for going negative. So the five leading Democrats in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary are treading softly on the airwaves. Their ads target the president, not each other. NPR's John McChesney reports.

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Since 1979 senior correspondent John McChesney has been with NPR, where he has served as national editor (responsible for domestic news) and senior foreign editor. Over the course of his career with NPR, McChesney covered a variety of beats and traveled extensively throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. His reports can be heard on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and newscasts.