Dan Rather Reports to Provide Live Coverage of the New Hampshire Primary on HDNet."Dan Rather Reports on Politics" to Debut with Live Coverage of the New Hampshire Primary The New Hampshire primary is the first of a number of statewide political party primary elections held in the United States every four years, as part of the process of the Democratic and Republican parties choosing their candidate for the presidential elections on the subsequent - Tuesday, January 8 at 8:00 P.M. ET DALLAS -- Continuing in his celebrated tradition of providing the most comprehensive Election Night coverage, Dan Rather will host a live broadcast of the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, January 8 at 8:00 p.m. ET. "Dan Rather Reports On Politics: The New Hampshire Primary" will take place in front of a live audience at the historic Palace Theatre in Manchester, NH. "I'm very excited to be involved in this coverage," said Dan Rather, Global Correspondent for HDNet. "In all my years of covering elections, this will be my first in front of a live audience, and I'm looking forward to the challenge." Rather will be joined on the broadcast by veteran campaign strategists Republican Mike Murphy and Democrat Donnie Fowler - both providing additional analysis and commentary on the primary results as they come in. Mike Murphy is one of the Republican Party's most successful political media consultants. He has handled strategy and advertising for more than 26 successful senatorial and gubernatorial campaigns including those of Jeb Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He also worked for two of the Republican presidential hopefuls as senior media strategist - in 2000 on Senator John McCain's presidential campaign and in 2002 for Mitt Romney's gubernatorial run. Donnie Fowler has achieved leading roles in both national Democratic politics and the high-tech industry. Over the last fifteen years, he has served as a senior policy advisor in Silicon Valley and worked on five presidential campaigns including those of Bill Clinton, Al Gore and John Kerry. He was also a presidential appointee to the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. under President Clinton where he dealt with cable and satellite television and broadband Internet issues. He currently runs a Silicon Valley mobile technology firm (Cherry Tree Mobile Media) and a political consulting group in California. This coverage of the New Hampshire primary will be the first in a series of special reports from the campaign trail. "Dan Rather Reports on Politics" will travel the country, bringing viewers five consecutive weeks of political campaign news and information. The program will cover the 2008 primary season with scheduled live broadcasts on Tuesday nights beginning with the New Hampshire primary and running through "Super Tuesday" on February 5, 2008. "Dan Rather Reports on Politics: The New Hampshire Primary" will premiere live on HDNet on Tuesday, January 8 at 8:00 p.m. ET with a re-air 11:00 p.m. ET to accommodate West Coast Prime Time. About HDNet HDNet (www.hd.net) provides viewers with the best in original comedy, drama, news, sports and music programming. HDNet is your exclusive, high definition home for popular, critically acclaimed original programming, including television's only HD news feature programs "HDNet World Report", "Dan Rather Reports" featuring legendary journalist Dan Rather and "NASA on HDNet" (presenting live shuttle launches through 2010). HDNet presents championship sports coverage featuring the National Hockey League National Hockey League (NHL) Organization of professional North American ice-hockey teams. 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