Reply #14: they're smart [View All]

[ccpup]

and the voters in New Hampshire aren't as easily swayed by rhetoric as those in Iowa might have been. They tend to like facts and plans on how things will be fixed rather than a nice speech without serious substance. And don't try and charm 'em. Look 'em in the eye and tell them what you're going to DO in twenty words or less.

I remember a story of an elderly woman in a town hall meeting years ago asking a question of a politician and ending it with " ... and spare me the bullshit". The politician laughed thinking it was a joke until he realized the entire audience was calmly waiting for his answer, without the bullshit.

I don't know that she'll win NH, but I suspect she'll place a much, much stronger Second than many are expecting, therefore shaving off a bit of Obama's current "inevitability". In any case, she's in the race until late-Spring, at least. And will keep fighting no matter what the Polls say.