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.
LOL! So true, but the "Union Leader" doesn't seem to have figured that out, yet.