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NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the results of the New Hampshire Primary seem to indicate that Lamar Alexander may be the strongest mainstream Republican candidate.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that Pat Buchanan's first place finish in New Hampsire raises some intersting questions for the Republican Party. Republicans, who have built their economic policies around free markets and free trade, have seen a decidedly non-free trade candidate take the first primary of the 1996 elections.

about 40 citizens of Sanford, Maine participated in a forum to discuss what they want this year's campaign to be about. The citizens will be interviewed throughout the course of the political season on various issues.

NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports that a federal judge has moved the trail of Oklahoma City bombing defendants Timothy McVeigh, and Terry Nichols has been moved to Denver. Judge Richard Matsch ruled that the defendents couldn't get a fair trial in the same state where the terrorist attack which killed 169 people had occured. The government wanted the trial in Tulsa, about a hundred miles from Oklahoma City.

in the New Hampshire primary yesterday. In a record voter turnout Buchanan received 27 percent of the vote, compared to 26 percent for Senator Bob Dole.

to institute changes in the state's welfare system while not draining more money from the state's coffers to achieve that. One plan involves going to the private sector for help in getting some welfare recipients out of the dependency cycle.

After Saturday's South Carolina primary, the candidates will face voters in a number of New England states on Tuesday, as well as in Colorado and Georgia. One of the states where Republicans will be voting is Connecticut, where economic insecurity and taxes are major issues. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

A federal judge has thrown out a suit against GOPAC, House Speaker Newt Gingrich's former political action committee. The judge has rejected Federal Election Commission arguments that the group assisted federal candidates, when it was registered only to help state and local candidates. The FEC had hoped for court help in getting the names of GOPAC's donors, how much they contributed and how the money was used. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

Linda talks with W.D. Wetherall about his novel, "The Wisest Man in America." It tells the story of a New Hampshire farmer named Ferris who has the unusual ability to predict the winner of the state primary, and who has come to be regarded as a political sage.

Phillips in New Hampshire about the implications of yesterday's primary, and what it means for the rest of the race to the Republican convention in San Diego.