NPR: McCain's Crowds Growing in New Hampshire

McCain's Crowds Growing in New Hampshire

It was a very good weekend for Republican Senator John McCain in New Hampshire. As NPR's Josh Rogers reports, his rallies are attracting larger and larger crowds.

Many of those in attendance had previously written him off because his campaign seemed out-of-steam, or because he was too "soft" on immigration. But last week's assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan has given voters in the state a reason to reconsider McCain.

In his speeches in the Granite State, McCain lists off the world leaders that he's already met and why he is the right man for the job, particularly against "radical Islamic jihadism." He's quick to point out the lack of experience his main competitor, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, has in this area.

An American Research Group poll from Dec. 30 shows Romney and McCain tied at 30 percent each in New Hampshire. (A month ago the same poll shows McCain at 11 percent.) Perhaps sensing that he's not going to win Iowa (most polls show him in third or fourth place), McCain is spending almost the entire week in New Hampshire in search of the upset that looks increasingly in his grasp.

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Your coverage is excellent, as usual, and this isn't meant to disparage that in any way. But is it just me, or has the "horse race" aspect of politics become a real bore because of the fact that if you've been of voting age for the past 30 years or so, you can't help but notice that politicians will say anything to get votes but have demonstrated time after time that they feel under no obligation to keep their promises to citizens.

When campaigns are financed by USA Inc., you get what you'd expect: elected officials highly responsive to big business and engaged in the systematic gutting of regulations that once made for a balance of power between the people and the "captains of industry."

Paul - originalfaith.com

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