The first primary in the nation - by state law - New Hampshire may be small but its pole position makes it important in the quadrennial run for the White House.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorWed, 03 Dec 2008 21:30:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40253/meghan-mccain-ill-get-nh-tattoo-if-dad-wins.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIf John McCain takes the White House and wins New Hampshire, Meghan McCain says she'll get a tattoo of the state’s motto, the Union Leader reports. "New Hampshire is so important to me and my family," the younger McCain told supporters in the state where her dad turned his presidential prospects around. So important that she's having her wrist measured for some “Live Free or Die” body art.http://www.newser.com/story/40253/meghan-mccain-ill-get-nh-tattoo-if-dad-wins.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 17 Oct 2008 16:07:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20997/mccains-men-the-team-behind-the-turnaround.html?refid=rss_all_defaultJohn McCain's back-from-the-dead presidential bid can attribute its triumph to a number of factors: the successes of the Iraq surge, the rise of Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani's concession in New Hampshire. But before any of those game-changing events, the McCain comeback was engineered by a small, crack team of loyalists who remained with the candidate when his organization bled employees and money, reports the Los Angeles Times .http://www.newser.com/story/20997/mccains-men-the-team-behind-the-turnaround.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 07 Mar 2008 4:28:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/17699/why-rudy-fell-so-far-so-fast.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHow did the man who took summer polls by storm fall so precipitously in the esteem of GOP voters that he was finished by Florida, the state he chose for his first big victory? It could be the hubris, the inexperienced campaign team, the strategic mistakes—or it could be that "the more Republican voters saw of Mr. Giuliani, the less they wanted to vote for him," conclude Michael Powell and Michael Cooper in the New York Times .http://www.newser.com/story/17699/why-rudy-fell-so-far-so-fast.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 29 Jan 2008 22:56:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16110/did-race-cost-obama-nh.html?refid=rss_all_defaultPolls predicting a Barack Obama win in New Hampshire were way off, and the head of the Pew Research Center thinks race and class were part of the reason. In his years as a pollster, he has found that poorer, less-educated white people are less likely to agree to answer poll questions—and more likely to vote against black candidates.http://www.newser.com/story/16110/did-race-cost-obama-nh.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 10 Jan 2008 20:06:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16121/count-em-again-says-kucinich.html?refid=rss_all_defaultLongshot Democratic hopeful Dennis Kucinich wants the ballots recounted in the New Hampshire primary, The Hill reports. While he's not under any illusions that a recount would boost his own number—less than 2%—significantly, he says in a letter to the NH secretary of state there are “serious and credible reports, allegations, and rumors" about the vote's integrity.http://www.newser.com/story/16121/count-em-again-says-kucinich.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 10 Jan 2008 22:58:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16070/she-got-out-of-jail-free.html?refid=rss_all_defaultHillary Clinton had a “horrendous week” in the lead-up to Tuesday's New Hampshire primary—and won not on merit, but on a “sympathy vote” from women who saw themselves in her, exhausted and “overdosed on multitasking.” The New York Times ’ Gail Collins argues that women recognized the sensation of being made to feel like failures by “the men in their lives.”http://www.newser.com/story/16070/she-got-out-of-jail-free.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 10 Jan 2008 14:36:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/16066/bookies-pay-out-on-longshot-clinton-bets.html?refid=rss_all_defaultClinton supporters of an apolitical kind had reason to celebrate after her surprise win in New Hampshire: bettors on a Hillary victory reaped huge payoffs after her odds dropped to a low of 100-to-1. Bloomberg reports that the Dublin-based Intrade had made an Obama result a near certainty, leaving contrarians who bet $100 holding a bag of $10,000.http://www.newser.com/story/16066/bookies-pay-out-on-longshot-clinton-bets.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 10 Jan 2008 7:17:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/15997/4-takes-on-the-clinton-win.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWhat's the take on the Clinton upset, the morning after? Four responses from across the spectrum: Obama-supporting rightie Andrew Sullivan says a media pile-on on Hillary Clinton sparked “voter backlash.” He’s partly “crushed,” but also excited that the candidates will now fight “a long slog” that will bring out their real strengths.http://www.newser.com/story/15997/4-takes-on-the-clinton-win.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 09 Jan 2008 11:34:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/15976/are-pollsters-the-biggest-losers-in-nh.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe New Hampshire primary was the biggest high-profile poll upset in memory, says Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall—but don’t jump too far down pollsters’ throats. Marshall has a hunch the polls weren’t “wrong,” but rather couldn’t capture a “late swing,” a last-minute “transcendent moment.” Pundits my have been pulling for Obama, but collusion with pollsters doesn't track, he argues. “Polls are usually right.”http://www.newser.com/story/15976/are-pollsters-the-biggest-losers-in-nh.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 09 Jan 2008 2:22:55 CST