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Article: US presidential trail; New Hampshire next crucial voting state.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- January 3, 2008
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Byline: DAVID ESPO Associated Press
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - More than geography changes when the 2008 presidential campaign leaves Iowa for New Hampshire.
The two early voting states are considered crucial to the election because candidates who do well in Iowa and in the New Hampshire primary five days later, can gain momentum and media attention, establishing themselves as front-runners. Those who do poorly often decide to drop out of the race.
But the electorate is different, and the blend of issues.
Which may be why former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's made-for-Iowa television ad tagline, "Christian leader," has yet to make the ...