As you say, he lost New Hampshire to McCain, an inferior retail politician in 2008 by 5.5%.
If you are saying McCain was an inferior retail politician I’d disagree. McCain spent much of the year prior to the primary in NH roaming the state meeting one on one with the locals. He held over 100 town hall meetings during that year and pretty much spent his spare time there.
NH requires that of their candidates and the ones that spend the effort will come out best. I’m not sure just yet who will spend that kind of time in NH come 2011. It’s harder on Palin just because of her AK home base which I”m sure she would alter if she became a candidate.
JMO and yours may differ. Take care.
When I pointed out Mitt lost to McCain by 5.5% in NH my focus was not on McCain or how he came about winning NH but on Romney and how he did not live to expectations.
Frankly I don’t know how good a retail politician Mitt is, we see so little of him, but I do know how good Sarah is when she gets down to business.