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GETS UNDERWAY. ADAM: FOR THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY, IT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED PREDICAMENT. >> IT CERTAINLY IS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION, BUT I THINK IT’S ONE WE’LL OVERCOME. ADAM: AMY KLOBUCHAR’S TOP SUPPORTERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE RALLYING AS THEIR CANDIDATE, AND THREE OTHERS IN THE SENATE, ARE EFFECTIVELY SIDELINED IN WASHINGTON BY THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. >> WE WERE ALL READY TO DO THE USUAL THINGS OF KNOCKING ON DOORS AND MAKING PHONE CALLS AND DOING ALL OF THAT. IF WE’RE CALLED UPON TO DO OTHER THINGS, THAT WE THINK WILL REACH MORE PEOPLE, I THINK ALL OF US FEEL WE HAVE TO STEP UP AND DO THAT. ADAM: WHILE THE CAMPAIGNS OF THE SENATORS WORK AROUND THIS UNIQUE OBSTACLE, MOST OF THE REST OF THE FIELD IS IN IOWA. WITH JUST TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE CAUCUS, JOE BIDEN, PETE BUTTIGIEG, JOHN DELANEY, TOM STEYER, AND ANDREW YANG ARE ON THE TRAIL IN THE HAWKEYE STATE. JUST TWO MAJOR CANDIDATES ARE BREAKING FROM THE PACK AND TERMS OF LOCATION. DEVAL PATRICK IS IN NEW YORK, AND TULSI GABBARD IS HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WITH THE GRANITE STATE ALL TO HERSELF. GABBARD SAYS MEETING PEOPLE IN PERSON IS KEY WITH SO MANY LIKELY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY VOTERS STILL MAKING UP THEIR MINDS. >> YOU KNOW, WHAT I’VE FOUND IS MOST PEOPLE HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY STILL HAVE NOT DECIDED WHO THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR. AND THERE’S NO WAY TO REPLICATE BEING ABLE TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH SOMEONE, TO STOP BY SOMEONE’S SHOP, SHAKE THEIR HAND AND REALLY TALK PERSON-TO-PERSON. ADAM: CAMPAIGNS THAT NO LONGER HAVE THAT ABILITY APPEAR TO BE AT A DISADVANTAGE. WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER INTERESTED VOTERS, THEY’RE TRYING NOT TO LET THEM SLIP AWAY. >> I HAVE THEIR NAMES AN TELEPHONE NUMBERS RIGHT HERE. [LAUGHTER] >> AND WHEN AMY’S IN TOWN OR WHEN THERE’S AN EVENT, MY HOPE IS TO CALL THEM AND IF I NEED TO GO AND PICK THEM UP MYSELF, I WILL. AD

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