Article: REFLECTIONS ON VOTERS' DECISIONS Delegating duty key to Merrill style

MANCHESTER -- As part of the preparations for Stephen E. Merrill's first press conference as governor-elect, campaign aide Signe McQuaid looked at the lectern and the blackboard behind it containing final election returns.

"Those numbers, that's a good visual," said McQuaid. A visual is TV lingo for an attractive background.

After his news conference Wednesday, Merrill went off to visit two small businesses near the Manchester airport, KRL/Bantry Components Inc. and Unicare. And then to Hampton, where he attended the funeral of long-time state Rep. Ednapearl Parr, his former den mother in Cub Scouts. Photo opportunities all; it was 3 p.m. before Merrill held a substantive meeting with House ...

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