United front

There was lots of “divided we fail” paraphernalia in Unity, NH today. Along with a fair sprinkling of Hillary signs as well.

These folks must have had the second-most popular photo op of the day, after the dynamic duo’s appearance on stage.

Finally getting around to add this on Sunday morning, 6/29.

On the way up to the Unity event, I stopped in Manchester to meet Dante Scala. He teaches politics at the University of New Hampshire, avoids endorsing anyone publicly and is very much up on what’s doing in state and national politics. We had breakfast at a French Canadian (many of the patrons were chatting in French) diner on Kelley Street in downtown Manchester called Chez Vachon. I mention this because it’s my goal to go back there and try the poutine. It’s pile of french fries smothered in cheese and gravy, described by the waitress to me as “a heart attack on the plate.” I didn’t have the fortitude to order it for breakfast… but I’ll be back. Alrighty then, enough about food and back to the interview with Scala. I asked him about how national security and the Iraq war issues are playing in New Hampshire. I started off asking him what the state of New Hampshire means to the McCain campaign, and Scala told me that it’s the one state in the northeast that the GOP thinks it can take in November. Listen to our conversation here, it runs about 8 minutes.

Here’s the story I put on the air on Friday afternoon.