If we're going to win the general election, we're going to have to get independents. This is another in a long series of examples of me being much more attractive to independent voters, ... Larry King Live.
I think it's important for Iowa and New Hampshire to maintain their status because having lived through this, I know how important the grass-roots campaigning is in both places to strengthening candidates and making them better for the general election.
absolutely critical to us winning the general election.
They're interested in a candidate who they know could win some Southern states, which we have to do to win the general election. I'm the only candidate in the race, certainly now, who has any kind of record of being able to win a general election in a Southern state.