Oh, do me a bloody favor. She’s going to India, and this guy is going to give us the cranky-baby face because she hasn’t been up to New Hampshire? Dude, the candidate who actually owns a place in Boston, who can barnstorm your state whenever he’s in town, has trouble breaking forty percent up there, let alone fifty, let alone dominating the field. That’s a bigger story than Sarah Palin not having come up there yet.
This guy really needs to wash the sand out of his perineum.
The reason why the Romneybots at the Union Leader are scared of her is that they’ve been told that Palin is the best retailer out there.
She will be phenomenal. Right now, she’s no better than third place in NH. That’s perfect for her now.
I’d MUCH RATHER be in her position now than in Romney’s. Mittens has nowhere to go but down.
BTW, it’s a shame about what has happened to the Union Leader since Nackey Loeb died. A damn shame!
Best,
Chris
NH is a weird little state and the Republicans there are way past clueless en route to brain dead. The last three Republican primaries have gone for John McCain twice and Pat (the loose) Buchanan. When people drive that erratically they get their license revoked. When they vote that erratically (and irrationally) nobody should pay any attention to them. New Hampshire long since forfeited the right to be taken seriously so it is hardly surprising that it isn't at the top of Palin’s list of must visit places.
That said, Palin will break double digits in NH, which is all she needs to do. It won't even be a speed bump on her road to the nomination. NH will probably nurse a grievance about that. It never forgave GWB for having the temerity to flatten McCain in defiance of the holy first primary. But Bush got to serve two terms anyway. You can do just fine in Republican politics without getting any love from NH.