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_Nation & World PRIMARY from page A4 gling to survive. “I’m a fighter but I’m not delusional,” Bauer said, before fly ing home to Virginia to take stock of his candidacy. Forbes had to be disappointed, too, finishing little better than he did in the 1996, after investing four years and mil lions of dollars for a second GOP bid. Yet Forbes said he would stay and fight for conservative voters who might be'tempt ed to peel away from the suddenly vul nerable Bush. “I make this appeal to those who may have backed others because of inevitability, I plead with you, please come home,” he said. Voter interviews showed McCain winning in every demographic and in come group. As expected, he was well ahead among independents in a state that allows its non-partisan voters to cast bal lots in either Drimarv. And he defeated Bush among Re publican voters, a constiuency that Bush had expected to dominate. McCain ad vantage over Bush among Republican . voters bodes well for their next con frontation in South Carolina, a state that tends to back establishment candidates like Bush. McCain’s gargantuan victory was cer tain to raise questions about Bush’s strat egy, relying on photo opportunities and scripted speeches while McCain held dozens of free-wheeling town hall meet ings, appealing to finicky New Hamp shire voters who expect a personal touch. Bush aired TV ads that said he was the most likely candidate to be elected president, but voter interviews showed that less than 10 percent of GOP voters in New Hamphire said they considered a candidates’ ability to get elected a top factor in their decision. \bter interviews showed that the top quality sought by Tuesday’s GOP vot ers was a candidate who “stands up for what he believes in.” Nearly as many vot ers were looking for a “strong and deci sive leader.” After calling McCain to congratulate his rival, a chastened Bush told sup porters, “I am a better candidate for hav ing come to New Hampshire and waging this campaign and because of this com pettion.” Bush told AP in a post-primary in terview, “New Hampshire has long been known as a bump in the road for front runners and this year will be no excep tion.” After New Hampshire, Democrats turn their attention to an unprecedented mountain of primaries from New York to California on March 7. Republicans will compete in sever al states before March 7, including Delaware on Feb. 8, South Carolina on Feb. 19 and Arizona and Michigan on Feb. 22. Bush has held a wide lead in South Carolina pons, out Mccain nas more tnan two weeks to chip away at the lead and hoped to marshall support from military veterans among Republican voters. The Arizonan invested most of his pre-primary time and money in New Hampshire, gambling that the state’s in dependent-minded voters would be drawn to his reform agenda. Though his campaign is more national in scope, Bush also invested millions of dollars in hopes of winning New Hampshire and stopping McCain’s in surgent candidacy. Bush brought in his parents, former White House residents George and Barbara, for a sentimental rally that ap prently did not resonate. The tangible primary yield was 22 delegates to the Democratic convention and 17 delegates to the GOP convention, a tiny fraction of the totals needed to win the nominations. The true rewards of New Hampshire are momentum or simply validation of a candidate’s campaign. ‘I am a better candidate for having come to New Hampshire and waging this campaign and because of this competi tion.’ George W. Bush GOP presidential hopeful \bters seemed to be looking for char acter more than policy pronouncements. Charles Baron, 51, an accountant from Manchester, accountant, said he typically votes Democratic but went for McCain. “I have the sense he’s telling the truth,” Bar-on said. Bradley sought to recover his foot ing gainst Gore. Advisers said he planned to challenge Gore to weekly debates through March 7, after refusing for weeks the vice president’s long-standing request for more frequent debates. In the past two weeks, the Democ rats shed almost any talk of issues to ex change bitter personal attacks. Bradley accused the vice president of stretching the truth on abortion. Gore, a hard-knuckle campaigner himself, indignantly accused the former New Jersey senator of breaking his promise to run a clean campaign. One personal note had political im plications: Bradley acknowledged just before the primary ta his irregular heart beat had required more treatment than he had previously said. Republicans dueled over taxes, with Bush accusing McCain of offering a tax cut plan that resembled President Clin ton’s. The Arizona senator defended his program and said Bush was practicing Clinton’s brand of “spin politics.” Neighbors from page A4 tions — the rude ones, such as: Mrs. Clin ton, what are you doing with that guy? And, Mrs. Clinton, about the hand-hold ing —is that for real? (Where is the sup posedly brutal New York press corps when you need it?) Deeper questions, too, go unasked: What are you doing here? What are you about? What's motivating this run for office? They are not the questions to pose in a firehouse driveway. They would take too long to answer. A woman in an orange hard hat gets in a plea on behalf of single working par ents. “Single working parents. Absolute ly!” Mrs. Clinton chimes back, nodding as she heads back toward the Suburban. A few more waves and goodbyes, then she's off with the president to the \\festch ester Airport. The next morning, a ban ner headline in the Westchester County newspaper, the Journal News, reads, “Here...and gone.” Gone, but the reverberations linger. All day, the village buzzes with talk of the new neighbors. In municipal of fices, restaurants, shops, and on any street, people have opinions and questions — and also some practical concerns. Is all this Clinton commotion going to “louse up 117,” a main truck route through town? Wally Luhman, 56, who lives in nearby Bedford Hills and runs a gas heating service, fears the local authorities will “goof it up, like when they did the golf course over.” But oh, well — “People have a right to five where they want to five, I guess.” , Chappaqua (pronounced CHAP-puh quah), in affluent Westchester County, is part of the town of New Castle, 35 miles north of Manhattan, between the Hud son River on the west and Connecticut's Gold Coast on the east. It's an upscale, sedate village, home to 11,238 people, as of the latest census. Every day, says Metro North Railroad, more than 2,000 people board trains at the Chappaqua station in the heart of downtown for a 48-minute ride to Grand Central Station. By 7 p.m., most of them have come home again, for supper and sleep. In interviews, residents seem eager to point out that, as small-town-Ameri ca as Chappaqua appears, the populace is not made up of yokels, but of “smart, successful people”—CEOs and the like. Judging from the price tags in the bou tiques and gourmet shops of the small downtown, which is similar in size and feel to Wickford, that must be true. Real estate in Chappaqua is expen sive. In 1999,16 houses in town — in cluding the Clintons’ — sold for a mil lion-plus, says Harmony Stem, manager of the local Coldwell Banker real estate office. The average sale price of a more typ ical home is half a million dollars, she says. For that, you get 2,600 square-feet of house — not new, but built in the 1970s, with four bedrooms, two-and-a half baths, and a family room over a two car garage, on an acre of land. In Rhode Island, a comparable house — even newer, though, and on slightly more land, would cost half that. The av erage property tax bill in Chappaqua is $16,000. This high cost of living means that many people who work in Chap paqua live between 45 minutes to an hour north, where costs are lower. “Nobody lives here. I mean, we don't live here,” says Chappaaua Police Lt. 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