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A different perspective on the American political process - the presidential Primary in New Hampshire as seen by an Australian journalist.

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• Hillary's hissy fit

  Posted on Tuesday August 14th, 2007 at 17:40 in campaign, howard dean, lead paint, nashua, poisons, toxins, toys

  Hillary was angry about the China scandal."I don't want to eat bad food from China or have my children having toys that are going to get them sick," she exploded. You could almost see the steam coming...

• Calling for Hillary

  Posted on Wednesday July 18th, 2007 at 19:23 in campaign, John Edwards, nashua, phone bank, presidential primary, republican, volunteers

  Behind the scenes, there is the hard grind of campaigning - none of it harder than working the phone bank.I was among the few brave hearts of the Hillary campaign out there working through Nashua and ...

• The Hill and Bill show

  Posted on Friday July 13th, 2007 at 17:13 in bill clinton, campaign, nashua, presidential primary

  Ready for Change, Ready to Lead is the Hillary Clinton campaign motto - and it was her husband, the former president, that Hillary led to Nashua today. Quite a change for Bill Clinton.As she told the ...

• Hillary's campaign knotches up

  Posted on Thursday July 12th, 2007 at 15:20 in bill clinton, campaign, Candidates, change, elm street, nashua, new hampshire, office, presidential, presidential primary, telegraph, tour

  ACTION.Not only are Bill and Hillary hitting Nashua tomorrow but also Hillary's Nashua campaign office has been born - almost.It was still full of builders and paraphernalia when I arrived at midday t...

• Hillary eyes her voters

  Posted on Tuesday May 29th, 2007 at 14:38 in economic policy, martha's exchange, nashua, new hampshire, presidential primary, town walk, voters

  Hillary's convoy of big black SUVs purred up so quietly that the awaiting crowd was taken by surprise, despite having been waiting for 20 minutes or so. Even more surprising was the presidential candi...

• Hillary's quiet lunch

  Posted on Tuesday May 29th, 2007 at 13:40 in martha's exchange, nashua, new hampshire, one campaign, pignatelli, presidential primary, town walk

  It was suppposed to be a quiet lunch with some core VIP supporters - or so they thought, said New Hampshire Executive Councilor Debora Pignatelli as the crowd grew and grew around Martha's Exchange in...

• On being a small fish...

  Posted on Thursday May 24th, 2007 at 14:01 in cnn, democrat debate, nashua, new hampshire, primary, union leader, wmur

  So much for depending on my own kind to get things done here.As requested by its editor, I made application through the Union Leader for tickets to the June 3 Democratic Debate up the road in Manches...

• Doorknocking for Hillary

  Posted on Saturday May 12th, 2007 at 21:42 in campaign, canvassing, door knock, health care, nashua, outsourcing jobs, pharmaceuticals, primary

  A fat folder full of names and addresses, a map, an instruction sheet complete with "script" and "tips and tricks", a stack of postable Hillary support cards and a "Hillary for President" lapel sticke...