NO.... New Hamshire is merely a Dog and Pony Show..
It really tweaks some people’s sensitivities when you don’t buy into their game plan. I don’t have anything against the fine people of New Hampshire, but we are talking about a very small state’s primary as if it really meant anything at all. It really doesn’t.
We live in a new age. Everyone realizes this, but if a candidate tries to maximize his impact based on that fact, he is taken to task for it.
If Fred wasn’t forward leaning, he’d be trashed for it. And if he is and wants to shake things up a little, he’s trashed for it.
On Leno the other night he had a great comment along these lines. It went something like this. “You know, that Fred Thompson is exactly what this nation needs right now. It sure is too bad he didn’t start his campaign earlier.”
When it gets down to it, I don’t think too many people are going to cast their vote for someone else, just because Fred didn’t opt to play pick up sticks in New Hampshire.