The polls for the New Hampshire primary closed days ago. The winners are decided. Another candidate dropped out of the race. Those still running have moved on to other states.

Over the past 15 months this blog been home to 900 blog posts documenting what some are suggesting is the greatest New Hampshire primary ever. The interest in the primary and this blog was measured in the hundreds of thousands of views this blog received in the first week of January alone.

But this is the last Primary Source blog post. As the campaign moves so will I with another project.

I had the time of my life attending literally hundreds of presidential primary events and responding to your emails. I am indebted to those who read often and to the Globe for conceptualizing the blog in the first place. This endeavor was more successful than we could have ever imagined.

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is calling for a recount of the New Hampshire primary, not because he believes it will show him the winner, but for the integrity of the process.

Kucinich received just 1.4 percent of the vote in Tuesday's primary that was won by Hillary Clinton.

The New Hampshire Secretary of State's office said Kucinich can have a recount but he will have to pay for it. Under state law if a candidate loses by less than 3 percent they can pay a flat $2,000 for the recount. If they lose by more than 3 percent they have to pay the entire cost.

Kucinich asked for a recount after hearing about reports that Barack Obama did better in places where votes were hand counted versus larger cities where votes are tabulated electronically. In truth, polling had suggested that Clinton was doing better in the larger cities prior to the vote.

In 2004 a Michigan activist demanded a recount of the presidential race on behalf of the Ralph Nader campaign. As The Nation reported they were satisfied of the integrity of the New Hampshire process after the recount.

In New Hampshire today life is returning to normal. Much of the campaign staff of candidates still in the race will get on a plane today for later primary and caucus states. I even overheard a conversation bookstore in Portsmouth talking about the Patriots. (Remember them?)

In fact the New Hampshire papers returned covering state Senators like Bob Odell, a Lempster Republican, who had an aide arrested for stealing money from his campaign account. There is also coverage of Medicaid and nursing homes and the governor's support of a carbon tax.

Seacoast supporters of Hillary Clinton and John McCain are pleased with the outcome of Tuesday's election.

With Bill Richardson dropping out yesterday, one of his high-profile supporters in the state, former Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand tells the Portsmouth Herald that Richardson would make a good vice presidential pick.

A new piece of legislation filed in the New Hampshire Legislature would allow 17-year-old the right to participate in the New Hampshire presidential primary as long as they were 18-years-old by the general election.

Portsmouth state Representative Jim Splaine, a Democrat, is the primary author of the bill. He is also the author of a legislation in the 1970s that required the state to hold the first-in-the-nation presidential primary.

The Globe's Susan Milligan gets the scoop over on our other blog, Political Intelligence.

In New Hampshire today there is still a lot of post-mortem of what happened on Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.

Presidential campaign moves on to Nevada where Hillary Clinton will campaign today and Barack Obama will visit tomorrow. Tonight the Republicans will face off in a South Carolina debate. Yesterday Mitt Romney and John McCain began their fight in Michigan, the Globe reports.

In terms of New Hampshire, Time Magazine snagged Hillary Clinton's state director Nick Clemons for an interview who told her his campaign strategy was targeting women and getting absentee ballots in before results in Iowa were known. The Concord Monitor has Clemons talking about how it was actually his candidate's ability to connect that made the difference.

The Monitor also discusses how the town hall meeting and a weak Republican field allowed John McCain to come back.

The Union Leader notes the record turnout. The Concord Monitor considers the good and bad of the primary.

The Globe looks at how pollsters were so wrong on the Democratic side. The Concord Monitor evens questions its own pollster.

The big loser, a Globe story suggests, were the pundits.

There is a lot of second guessing of the New Hampshire polls that showed Barack Obama handily beating Hillary Clinton. As is known, Clinton won. (Other polls were dead-on in the Republican race.)

Pollster.com has an interesting chart and analysis.

With a slideshow of newspaper front-pages.

The framework of change versus experience wasn't the proper dividing line, though it mattered. The difference of young people versus old didn't make the difference in New Hampshire that it did in Iowa, though they mattered.

The thing that really mattered, exit polls of voters suggest, was the gender gap.

Some 57 percent of women voted for Clinton.

The framework of change versus experience wasn't the proper dividing line, though it mattered. The difference of young people versus old didn't make the difference in New Hampshire that it did in Iowa, though they mattered.

The thing that really mattered, exit polls of voters suggest, was the gender gap.

Some 57 percent of women voted for Clinton.

Stores like Target and Bed, Bath and Bodyworks are going to be very busy today. There will be a rush for pillows after many folks shook their heads all night in disbelief over Hillary Clinton's upset last night over Barack Obama.

There are worldwide headlines on what happened in the Granite State yesterday.

Locally here are the headlines:

Globe: Clinton edges Obama in N.H.; McCain topples Romney

Union Leader: HILLARY CLINTON UPSETS OBAMA, and McCAIN WINS

Concord Monitor: Two early favorites are unlikely champs

Nashua Telegraph: Clinton, McCain reign

Stores like Target and Bed, Bath and Bodyworks are going to be very busy today. There will be a rush for pillows after many folks shook their heads all night in disbelief over Hillary Clinton's upset last night over Barack Obama.

There are worldwide headlines on what happened in the Granite State yesterday.

Locally here are the headlines:

Globe: Clinton edges Obama in N.H.; McCain topples Romney

Union Leader: HILLARY CLINTON UPSETS OBAMA, and McCAIN WINS

Concord Monitor: Two early favorites are unlikely champs

Nashua Telegraph: Clinton, McCain reign

Hillary Clinton was not supposed to win tonight. But she did.

She took the lead in early returns because of friendly big cities and everyone, even the Clinton campaign, crunching numbers said that towns in the Upper Valley, Cheshire County and college towns would come in big time for Obama.

As as the night progressed and the returns came in and Obama didn't not clean up in Hanover the way he needed to win. He only won liberal enclaves Durham and Portsmouth by 500 votes each when he needed to win by 1,500.

The tone in e-mails and phone calls to Clinton aides and supporters began to change. On Monday there was serious discussion that Clinton could get third by looking at their data from phone calls around the state. On Election Day there was a lot of discussion about what went wrong among Clinton supporters. Cable news channels buzzed about campaign staff shake-ups and new a new strategy. As a record voter turnout began showing up one Clinton aide asked a reporter "seriously, how bad is this going to be?" New Hampshire Democratic campaign chairs and prominent Democratic activists began pondering how an Obama blow-out tonight would re-shape state politics.

But all of that is irrelevant now.

Hillary Clinton stood in the same gym tonight where Howard Dean stood four years ago. But Clinton, of course, gave a different speech.

"I listened to you and in the process I found my own voice," Clinton said.

It will be a while until New Hampshire hears that voice again.

While the Associated Press is the only media organization to call it, the fact is that Barack Obama would have to have huge wins in the remaining college towns to come even close.

Obama towns still not in

Exeter
Durham
Hanover
Plymouth
All towns in Cheshire County
Salem

Clinton towns not in

Claremont
Berlin (and all of Coos County)

Republican town by town

Democratic town by town

From CNN, ABC, and NBC.

... the early returns are almost always from Manchester, a city favorable to Clinton.

Wait for the later returns.

And Rochester is a must-win for Hillary Clinton is she to do well because he her base is the working class that populates Rochester.

Very, very tight. Mitt Romney still has a chance given that many of the polls that close at 8pm are in Romney's strongest towns.

Campaign volunteers for the Barack Obama and Ron Paul have been kicked out of precincts from Concord to Swanzey for not having the proper credentials, several unrelated sources have witnessed.

In general elections it is standard practice to have poll workers sitting behind the registration table and scratching off names as people sign in. Periodically they take those lists and the campaign gets in contact with those who have voted yet.

But, that is for general elections and everyone who does this a) has to live reasonably nearby (read: state residents) and b.) have letters from the state party to be an "observer".

Apparently many of these Obama and Paul observers did not have this letter. These same sources say that it is the Clinton campaign that has called foul

New Hampshire Senate President Sylvia Larsen, a Concord Democrat who supports Hillary Clinton, said she saw the Obama observers.

"I knew who they were and what they were doing," Larsen said.

Neither the Clinton nor Obama campaigns would comment.

The New Hampshire Secretary of State's office is fielding requests for Democratic ballots in Portsmouth, Keene, Hudson and Pelham.

This is not good news for Hillary Clinton.

What I am hearing are lines out the door in some precincts in Portsmouth, Bow, Peterborough and New Castle.

High turnout is also being reported in Nashua and New Boston.

After three years of about 1,000 campaign events, a few million phone calls, and thousands of volunteers, the voters in New Hampshire get to decide.

Weather: High of 57 degrees, partly cloudy

Turnout model: The New Hampshire Secretary of State estimates 500,000 voters today, blowing away the previous record in 1992 of just under 400,000. Of those voters, 260,000 are expected to vote in the Democratic Primary, and 240,000 in the Republican Primary, the Secretary of State says. (For what it is worth, I believe turnout will be even higher with more Democratic voters.)

What to watch for:

1. How Mitt Romney performs in his base of the hard core Republican towns on the "golden triangle" from, but not including, Nashua to Manchester to Salem.

2. If Manchester trends to Obama it is all over for Clinton

3. How well Edwards plays in the Seacoast and Upper Valley.

4. As always, where do independent voters go?

ROCHESTER, N.H. -- At Barack Obama's last town hall meeting he was briefly interrupted by a large group of anti-abortion protesters that shouted "abortion is abomination".

Obama calmed the group telling them that he respected them but that "we aren't going to solve this right now".

After about two minutes the incident was over.

The event took place at the Rochester Opera House. The building was full with about 1,000 people and another 200 people weren't allowed in for lack of space.

ROCHESTER, N.H. -- In course of one year 17,167 television ads aired from presidential campaigns in the Boston/New Hampshire television market, a report from Nielson Company shows.

In this period former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney aired 4,040 ads from January 2007 through yesterday, far more than any other candidate.

McCain's rival, John McCain, aired 2,554 ads and Rudy Giuliani 1,649 ads.

On the Democratic side Barack Obama aired 2,961 ads, 300 more than Hillary Clinton.

Read the full report here.

ROCHESTER, N.H. -- Who needs Obama girl when you can have an Obama goat?

Better yet, an Obama goat from New Hampshire.

Binx the goat has become something of a charming mascot of the presidential primary on the Seacoast.

And tonight he outside of a Barack Obama event in Rochester wearing a red blanket with an Obama sign.

ROCHESTER, N.H. -- WMUR-TV, the dominant media organization of New Hampshire, will flex some muscle tonight when they air back to back live interviews with all major presidential candidates during their 5pm news tonight.

DOVER, N.H. -- Dixville Notch, the small New Hampshire resort community a few miles from the Canadian border returns to it's world-wide prominence it gets once every four years when all of the town's dozen residents vote at midnight.

Check out this very cool piece from the talented folks at Boston.com

STRATHAM, N.H. -- New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson spoke to employees at Timberland, the outdoor sportswear company, for about an hour about education, the environment and immigration policy.

But he ended with this pitch:

"Look, I need you to vote for me," he said. "I need the votes more than the other guys."

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- As polls show her support sagging just one day before the New Hampshire primary, Senator Hillary Clinton welled up with tears in her eyes when responding to a personal question from an undecided voter.

Marianne Pernold, 64, a freelance photographer, asked Clinton: "As a woman I know it is hard to get out of the house. And my question is very personal. How do you keep upbeat and look so good all the time?"

Clinton paused, said that "special" days she has some "help" with her make-up. But then her voice broke and tears welled up in her eyes.

"It's not easy. It's not easy," she said. "This is very personal for me. It is not just political. It is not just public. I see what's happening. We have to reverse it. And some people think elections are a game; think like who is up who is down. It's about our country.

"Some of us are right and some of us are wrong. Some of us are ready and some of us are not. Some us know what we will do on day one and some of us haven't thought it through enough," she said.

The question took place toward the end of an hour long conversation with 14 undecided voters at a coffee shop.

The response to her emotion was very positive.

"She definitely teared up. I believe her," said Elizabeth Holcomb, from Exeter, who sat close to Clinton. "I believe that what she says comes from her heart."

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- It is one day before the most interesting New Hampshire presidential primary ever, but somehow the state's hot US Senate race found its way on the trail.

First, there as a quote in the Boston Herald this morning quoting longshot Democratic US Senate candidate Jay Buckey as saying he was leaning toward a vote for Barack Obama.

At an event in Portsmouth Hillary Clinton said she hopes that Buckey's rival, former Govenor Jeanne Shaheen, wins.

Both Shaheen and Buckey are hoping to take on Republican US Senator John E. Sununu.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- As many readers of this blog have pointed out even if Barack Obama's campaign did send automated calls to people on the national Do Not Call registry it is not illegal under state law.

Yesterday the Clinton campaign said one of their supporters on the Do Not Call List received an automated call yesterday for Obama. National law allows political calls to be made to those on the list. New Hampshire law does not. In 2006, this became a big issue on a Congressional race here with the Republican National Congressional Committee placed several thousand calls.

BUT the state law is very clear that this rule does not apply to the state's presidential primary making these calls completely legal, however annoying.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- John McCain announced a number of new local endorsements today as his campaign appears to have a lot of momentum.

Among the new endorsements include:

State Senator Sheila Roberge of Bedford
Peter Batula, Merrimack State Representative
Liz Chamberlain, Press Secretary to United States Senator John Sununu
Dick Green, Former Senator from Rochester
Saggy Tahir, State Representative, Manchester

DERRY, N.H. - Mitt Romney returned to Mary Ann's Diner here on Broadway shaking hands for one last time with diners here, a day before the New Hampshire Primary.

Romney is currently in a fight with John McCain for the top spot here. McCain and Romney are largely campaigning in different areas today. Romney is firmly in Southern New Hampshire while McCain isn't touching any areas below Manchester. (McCain did have a huge town hall yesterday in Salem.)

If Romney is to do well in tomorrow's primary he is going to need to do well in a town like Derry. Derry is chock full of independents and Republicans and a lot of commuters to Massachusetts. He has good local support from some in the establishment like state Senator Bob Letourneau and former Derry Republican Chair Chris Wolfe.

In New Hampshire Today there are, get this, 47 different campaign events in the state with every candidate except Ron Paul and Fred Thompson. Paul canceled his events so he could attend the Jay Leno show in California. Thompson is in South Carolina

Days to primary: 1

Candidates make their final pitches today and, unless something dramatic happens there will be no changing the dynamic of this race.

Polls are all over the place, but generally they show Barack Obama exploding to double digit leads and John McCain holding a much slimmer lead in the Republican race.

In the Globe there are stories about the two candidates on the ropes: Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton

Yet there is still Globe coverage about Obama, the problems with polling, and John Edwards

Romney tells the Politico he is thinking he'll get second place in New Hampshire.

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The Clinton campaign is accusing the Obama campaign of violating state law by placing automated phone calls to numbers on the Do Not Call list. An Obama official said the accusation is just "11th-hour false attacks".

A poll out tonight shows Obama leading Clinton by 10 points.

Former State Rep. Sandy Keans, a Clinton supporter from Rochester, said she received a call.

“This afternoon, I received a pre-recorded phone message from the Obama campaign attacking Senator Clinton even though I am on the Do-Not-Call List," Keans said.

The Clinton campaign quickly called a press conference call on the issue.

Former state Democratic party chair Kathy Sullivan, a Clinton supporter, said she was "disappointed" in the Obama campaign.

The ad itself was not a negative message and identified itself as being paid for by Obama.

In response the Obama called the move desperate.

"Every hour since Hillary Clinton lost in Iowa, her attacks have become more and more desperate. This call was in direct response to one of many 11th-hour false attacks Clinton has made at the end of the New Hampshire campaign. Our disclaimer absolutely complies with the federal law and our vendor has assured us that he scrubbed the list for people on the Do Not Call registry. However, if this call went to someone who should not have received it, we will make sure the vendor takes every step to make sure this doesn’t happen again," said New Hampshire Obama campaign co-chair Ned Helms.

If the Clinton campaign wondered aloud last night where Barack Obama's bounce out of Iowa was in a poll last night (Clinton and Obama were tied even though Obama went up 12 points), well the bounce is evident tonight.

Obama jumped out to a 10 point lead over Clinton. In the Republican race, John McCain maintained his 6 point lead from yesterday, but interesting Mike Huckabee just passed Rudy Giuliani for third place.

The breakdown

Democrats:
Obama 39
Clinton 29
Edwards 16

Republicans:
McCain 32
Romney 26
Huckabee 14
Giuliani 11

The margin of error is +/-5 percent.

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Security is tight around the site for tonight's Fox News Channel Republican forum at St. Anselm College.

The forum will feature five Republicans, but Ron Paul was not invited.

There are several security officers at every entrance to the college checking IDs. Two hours before the forum is scheduled to start there are already about 30 Paul supporters protesting on the sidewalk. There have also been unconfirmed reports about a small aircraft flying a banner reading "Ron Paul Revolution" around Manchester.

One of Barack Obama's four New Hampshire co-chairs, who is also one of the state's most prominent lobbyists, entered the conversation of the Democratic presidential race last night with this phrase from Hillary Clinton at the debate:

"When it comes to lobbyists, you know that Senator Obama's chair in New Hampshire is a lobbyist. He lobbies for the drug companies."

"Not true," said Obama.

But it is true.

And while the lobbyist, named Jim Demers, is usually a staple of the spin room circuit, he was nowhere to be found last night. (He also has not returned a call to the Globe.)

Who is Demers?

Demers heads up a lobby firm of his own name, The Demers Group. He was also a Democratic nominee for Congress in 1986. He is respected by legislative leaders from both parties and is relied on by reporters to be very knowledgeable with the latest statehouse rumor or how pieces of legislation are moving. He is also a frequent Democratic analyst for WMUR-TV.

He gives thousands in contributions to the state Democratic Party and Democratic campaigns. In 2004, he headed up campaign for Dick Gephardt in the state. And to aid in that effort Demers purchased an RV from eBay that he then drove around the state with Gephardt to campaign events.

In December 2003 Bill Bradley visited Manchester to endorse Howard Dean.

On Monday he will be in New Hampshire for Barack Obama.

Bradley, the former New Jersey Senator and 2000 presidential candidate, said in a statement that Obama "will once again making idealism a central focus of our politics”.

In New Hampshire Today, we'll steal a line from buzz candidate Barack Obama that the scene in the state reflects "the urgency of now".

Hours until Dixville Notch votes: 36 hours.

Candidates in the state: everyone in the race

The stakes: huge.

Local coverage is dominated by new New Hampshire polls and last night's debate.

There is the Concord Monitor poll (McCain up 6, Obama up 1), the McClatchy poll (Obama 2, McCain up 8), CSPAN/ZOGBY/REUTERS (Romney up 1, Clinton up 1), CNN/WMUR/UNH (McCain up 6, Obama-Clinton tied), Suffolk/WHDH (Clinton up 2, Romney up 3).

Then there is the debate coverage. The Globe coverage is here.

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, who dropped his presidential bid last month, said for a moment he wished he were still in the race. It was the lengthy immigration debate.

"I have to be honest. I felt great about no longer being a candidate every moment until the immigration debate came up tonight," said Tancredo who was in the debate spin room for Mitt Romney. "John McCain is the most dangerous candidate out there."

Of course it is likely that Tancredo wouldn't even be invited to the debate because of his low poll numbers before he left the race.

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A new CNN/WMUR poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire shows the Democratic race tied and John McCain leading Mitt Romney.

The UNH poll, conducted entirely after the outcome of the Iowa Caucuses, is the gold standard of polls in the Granite State. It predicted the exact numbers of the 2000 and 2004 primaries and general elections.

Tonight's could not be more important.

Here are the numbers

Democrats
Obama 33
Clinton 33
Edwards 20
Richardson 4

Republicans
McCain 33
Romney 27
Giuliani 14
Huckabee 11

A new Concord Monitor poll shows John McCain surging in the Republican race and now leading Mitt Romney by six percentage points.

More interesting in the poll was that Mike Huckabee was ahead of Rudy Giuliani 13 percent to 8 percent.

The poll as a margin of error of 5 percent.

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Former supporters of Joe Biden and Chris Dodd's now ended campaign announced their support for Barack Obama this afternoon, including two of Dodd's New Hampshire chairman.

Former party chair and Democratic Congressional nominee Joe Keefe as well as former House Democratic Leader Jim Craig, both of Manchester, endorsed Obama.

Others include:

Dan Calegari, Deerfield – Former NH Field Director for Gary Hart '84; Veteran of five NH Presidential Primaries; Small Business Owner; Member of Senator Dodd's Steering Committee

Pat Clark, Tilton – Democratic Activist

Representative Mike Farley, Manchester – Former John Kerry '04 NH Steering Committee Member, Secretary of Manchester City Democratic Party, Democratic Activist, Member of Dodd's Steering Committe

Quentin Keefe, Manchester – Owner of Commercial Street Fishery; President, Regency Mortgage Company

Chris Kennedy, Manchester – NH State Senate Legislative Aide, veteran of the 2006 NH Senate Democratic Caucus Field Operation for the Lakes Region

Joe Sullivan, Manchester – Manchester Ward 12 Democratic Committee, Retired Teacher

Anna Tilton, Marlborough – Co-Chair of Cheshire County for Dodd; Cheshire County Register of Probate; 2nd Vice Chair (and former Chair) of Cheshire County Democrats

New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg said Mitt Romney does not have to win the New Hampshire Primary to capture the Republican nomination.

In an interview Gregg, who is backing Romney, repeated that while he believes Iowa and New Hampshire are more important than before the fluid nature of the Republican race means a winner will be decided later in the month.

"[Romney] does have to do well here and I think he will do well," Gregg said. "But he doesn't have to win to get the nomination."

Gregg acknowledged that Romney rival John McCain has a solid campaign in the state and joked about the how pro-McCain the Union Leader newspaper has been.

"They are on like DEFCON 5 for McCain," Gregg said.

The New Hampshire Republican Party dropped their affiliation with a Republican debate sponsored by Fox News tomorrow night because they have limited the number of candidates that can participate.

“The first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary serves a national purpose by giving all candidates an equal opportunity on a level playing field," said Republican chair Fergus Cullen. "Only in New Hampshire do lesser known, lesser funded underdogs have a fighting chance to establish themselves as national figures."

The Fox debate is excluding Texas Congressman Ron Paul even though he polls higher in New Hampshire and has raised significantly more money, and is campaigning more in New Hampshire than Fred Thompson who is invited.

"We look forward to presenting a substantive forum which will serve as the first program of its kind this election season," David Rhodes, vice president of Fox News, said in a statement.

Responding to a Globe inquiry, the leader of the effort to write-in Al Gore's name to the Democratic primary ballot says the organization is being terminated and may endorse another candidate.

Farrell S. Seiler, the chair of Draft Gore New Hampshire, said that the organization may endorse a candidate based on "who most closely shares the values and global vision" of Gore in tonight's debate.

The organization claims to have 2,000 members.

The former chair of Joe Biden's New Hampshire campaign endorsed Hillary Clinton this morning.

State Representative Jim Ryan, a Frankliin Democrat, headed up the most successful recruiting effort for Democrats in the 2006 cycle.

In truth, this is the third presidential candidate this cycle Ryan has backed. Before Biden he was heading up efforts informally for former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack.

In New Hampshire, on the campus of St. Anselm College will be the most important debates this cycle. The format allows and the intensity of the calendar demands it. Republicans first on ABC News at 7pm followed by the Democrats at 9pm.

Days to primary day: 3

Candidates in the state: Every major candidate is in the state today

There, of course, is plenty of coverage of New Hampshire.

The Globe, of course, has comprehensive coverage unmatched by any other local media outlet. (Though WMUR's remarkable coverage is probably the most important to New Hampshire voters. Note how many candidates take time out for the state's dominant television station.)

The Globe's Michael Kranish takes wraps up field reports from Globe staff at nearly every New Hampshire event yesterday (including his own reporting). The conclusion: up against the ropes, Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney are going on the attack.

The Globe's Peter Canellos has a very smart analysis story on the role that working class Republicans are shaping their race.

The Globe also notices that Mike Huckabee will also do the David Letterman Show.

The Globe also sees similar audiences in the crowds of Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee.

The Washington Post examines if Huckabee is already looking past New Hampshire.

The New York Times examines the Republican race in New Hampshire after Romney's loss in Iowa. The Chicago Tribune looks at how rhetoric changes.

MILFORD, N.H. -- Tonight over 3,000 Democrats are meeting for a fund-raiser that is the largest in state party history.

Barack Obama will be there. So will Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson, and Dennis Kucinch. John Edwards sent his wife and decided to campaign at a town all event.

While there is a lot of attention to this fund-raising dinner -- broadcast nationally on C-SPAN -- it is important to contrast this night with what will happen later this weekend.

The state Republican Party wanted to have a blow out fund-raiser themselves. They do need the money. Until its current chairman the party was in debt and hardly could hire more than a few staff.

At this blow-out fund-raiser John McCain is not scheduled to attend. Nor are Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee or Rudy Giuliani. Nope. Just Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter.

At a time when many in the national media are focusing on the difference in caucus turnout in the parties in Iowa, there are differences in New Hampshire as well.

Hillary Clinton will have at least one new ad coming out tonight and tomorrow in New Hampshire, according to her national campaign chairman.

Terry McAuliffe, the national chair, said on a conference call with reporters this afternoon that there would be a new ad out, but he didn't describe them or say anything more.

HENNIKER, N.H. -- Former Governor Mike Huckabee spoke to the largest New Hampshire audience he has ever seen turn out for him.

He entertained them with his band. He brought actor Chuck Norris. He made jokes.

In his first remarks since arriving in New Hampshire, he said he was grateful to Iowa voters for giving him a first place finish in the Republican caucuses there.

"I left very grateful that those people in the state proved money in politics cannot beat message in politics," he said. "They proved they weren't for sale, they even proved that they were not for rent."

Over 500 people and over a dozen press video cameras attended the event at New England College.

"There is a fresh new wind that blows in America," Huckabee said. "It is a wind that blows for change and new America."

When he was introducing Huckabee, Norris said he would never want to run for president.

Huckabee said he was glad because he would likely lose to Norris.

"But how about this," Huckabee said. "Chuck Norris for Secretary of Defense."

The crowd roared.

Former six-term New Hampshire Congressman Charlie Bass endorsed John McCain today just as he had during McCain's race for president in 2000.

Bass is a Peterborough Republican and the son of a former governor. He is not beloved by the Republican base, but his moderate politics allowed his to survive re-election in his Democratic-leaning district.

He was defeated in 2006 by Democrat Paul Hodes in the Democratic wave that year.

"Our nation needs a leader with the strength, experience, and character to lead as commander in chief from day one and John McCain is that leader," said Bass in a statement. "John McCain is the only candidate with the proven national security experience vital to confronting the challenges facing our nation, and that's why I am proud to support him for president."

Yesterday McCain picked up the endorsement of New Hampshire Senate Republican Leader Ted Gatsas.

CONCORD, N.H. -- Barack Obama is directly making the appeal to younger voters in New Hampshire as he rides on the momentum of his victory last night in the Iowa Caucuses.

In front of about 1,000 people inside the gym at Concord High School, Obama mentioned the role of younger voters at least a half dozen times telling them they have "the power to vote for change".

Early numbers out of Iowa show that voters aged 18-30, a group that usually less engaged in politics, voted at the same percentage as those who are older.

"That never happens," Obama explained. "But it happened last night because young people believe in the power of change."

Before he began his remarks he brought up two 20-something volunteers and praised them. Half of the audience was easily under 25 even though Concord High School was still on winter break.

CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire president of the International Association of Fire Fighters said it's unlikely his union will endorse another presidential candidate after their preferred candidate, Chris Dodd, dropped out last night.

The development is important because the fire fighters are viewed as the most politically powerful union in the state. (This blog named them one of the most influential players in the presidential primary.) John Kerry credits the union as one of the biggest reasons he won the nomination last time. On election night during the primary, the IAFF president was standing right next to Kerry.

"We are going to take a breather," said David Lang, the state chapter president said in an interview. "But, yes, I was a very popular guy this morning with other campaigns calling to see what we would do."

He said that finding another candidate to back before Tuesday just "wasn't in their nature".

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- John Edwards, in his first rally since the Iowa Caucuses, branded himself as the "people's candidate" as he struggles to fight for attention and supporters.

"I am not the money candidate. I am not the glitz candidate. I am not the glamerous candidate," Edwards said in brief remarks in Manchester's Millyard area. "I am the people's candidate."

Edwards is the only major candidate who plans to skip tonight's major Democratic Party fund-raising dinner in Milford. He says there are no independents in that audience (and he is probably right). Instead he will hold a town hall meeting in Portsmouth.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Barack Obama told a New Hampshire audience here that if they make him the winner of the state's presidential primary on Tuesday he will win the White House.

"If you give me the same chance Iowa did last night, I truly believe I will be the next president of the United States," Obama said to an audience in Portsmouth.

Obama will also have campaign stops in Concord and Milford.

NASHUA, N.H. -- At her first campaign speech since leaving Iowa, Hillary Clinton urged an audience in Nashua this morning not to make a "leap of faith" but to appreciate what she perceives as her advantage and knowledge of how to win general elections.

"No one wants to end the war more than I do, but you have to get out the right way," Clinton said.

In New Hampshire today every candidate left in the race and all the press converges on the Granite State as last five days of the state's primary begin.

Days to primary: 4

Candidates in the state: Mitt Romney, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel.

The local papers begin to look at what the Iowa wins of Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee mean in New Hampshire.

The Union Leader begins to set expectations (apparently written before the Iowa results were known.)

The Globe looks at what Obama momentum may look like.

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- It is the longest, most expensive, most competitive, and most documented presidential race. It contains the most diverse group candidates competing in the most complicated primary calendar. It is all now coming to an 87-year-old tradition that is New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary.

And if you can't wait until the sun comes up drive to Portsmouth. Mitt Romney holds his first event at 2 AM.

The first campaign stop here took place just two weeks after the 2004 election. There were dozens of candidates who just tested the waters -- names like Evan Bayh, Mark Warner, George Allen and Bill Frist. Then there were those who entered the race and dropped out -- names like Tom Tancredo, Sam Brownback, Tom Vilsack, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd. Then, then there are those who entered the race and are about experience the most surreal, the most competitive, the most fascinating and the most grueling five days in American politics.

Welcome to the 2008 New Hampshire primary.

This humble blogger has attended over 300 campaign events in the past three years and has interviewed every presidential candidate more than three times. But now campaign rallies are national events and New Hampshire voters, who are expected to vote in record numbers, to get the final say.

Just five more days.

For candidate schedules check out Boston.com's comprehensive calendar. For coverage check this blog.

DERRY, N.H. -- The Senate Republican leader endorsed John McCain today at a rally in Derry minutes ago.

Senator Ted Gatsas, a Manchester Republican, served as Senate President for a year in 2005-2006.

Gatsas had been close to former New York Governor George Pataki when he was a considering a run for president. He also was responsible for bringing Fred Thompson to the state for his first trip last summer.

- Globe reporter Bryan Bender contributed to this report from Derry.

CONCORD, N.H. -- After being legally stalled in an investigation into illegal phone calls involving the presidential race, the New Hampshire attorney general called a press conference this afternoon asking the public to provide tips.

Just days five days before the state's presidential primary, Attorney General Kelly Ayotte wants anyone with information as to who employed Moore-Information of Portland, Oregon to conduct a poll in New Hampshire, in November to call her office. These calls were considered "push-polls" because, according to state law, they falsely claim to be for independent research when in fact they are linked to campaign activity. Push-polls are traditionally used to spread a negative message about an opponent, true or not.

These calls under investigation came to light on Nov. 16 when both the Mitt Romney campaign and John McCain campaign notified the attorney general's office about calls spreading a message about Romney meant to be damaging.

The investigation has involved law enforcement in Utah and Oregon, Ayotte's office said.

According to a press release from Ayotte, last month a New Hampshire Superior Court executed the out-of-state subpoenas for Moore-Information to produce the documents by this Saturday. Yesterday, Moore-Information's lawyer's challenged the subpoenas.

Ayotte said she wants the information out before the state's voters make up their minds.

Watch McCain here

And Romney here

In New Hampshire today the last breath of air before the coming craziness tomorrow morning.

Days to primary: 5

Candidates in the state: John McCain and Rudy Giuliani

In the local papers the Globe front pages the headline "All Eyes on Iowa". Even though he is in Iowa Mitt Romney was thinking about the race in New Hampshire, the Globe reports.

Here are six issues to watch tonight for Democrats and Republicans.

A new Franklin Pierce University/WBZ poll shows McCain ahead of Romney and Hillary Clinton ahead of Barack Obama.

SOMERSWORTH, N.H. -- Sounding like Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani told the audience that he wanted to "give the country hope".

In response to a question about how he can repair the country, Giuliani said as president he was going give the hope that things get better.

"I propose to give the country hope. The hope to get things better," Giuliani said.

Whatever that means.

SOMERSWORTH, N.H. -- Rudy Giuliani called for an additional 10,000 troops in Afghanistan because his own advisor said the small amount the Bush Administration is calling for was "insignificant".

Giuliani is in New Hampshire today and tomorrow morning campaigning in the Granite State as he sees his poll numbers slide. A CNN/WMUR poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire showed the former New York Mayor falling to just 10 percent well behind the 29-point tie between John McCain and Mitt Romney.

Giuliani told reporters the military will be able to recruit the additional troops by the additional advertising, even though the military has been struggling to meet current recruitment goals.

The event at the Gateway Family Restaurant lasted 20 minutes even though some of the audience of 40 people, like Rose Manes, a great-grandmother from Dover waited two hours for him to speak.

"The wait was worth it," she said.

Democrat Hillary Clinton regains the lead over Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney watches his New Hampshire firewall slip away in the latest CNN/WMUR New Hampshire poll out this morning.

With less than one week before the New Hampshire Primary Clinton went from two points down on Obama to up four in two polls taken by UNH. John Edwards ticked up to 17 percent and Bill Richardson slid to 5 percent.

The Republican race is tied with a surging John McCain tied with Rudy Giuliani at 29 percent. Rudy Giuliani continues to drop to 12 percent followed by Mike Huckabee at 10 percent.

In New Hampshire today the race gets serious on the air waves and in tone. Expect a new CNN/WMUR poll on New Hampshire today.

Day to primary: 6

Candidates in the state: Rudy Giuliani and Dennis Kucinich

With the Iowa Caucuses taking place tomorrow the Globe has John Kerry's 2004 campaign manager reflect on how important that state was last time.

There was a lot of discussion in local papers about this weekend's debates and who will and who won't be invited to take place.

The AP takes a moment to reflect on some of the fun times they had on the trail with candidates.

The Globe reports that Mitt Romney is pouring more of his own money into his campaign, but he isn't saying how much.

A new 7News/ Suffolk University poll gives John McCain and Hillary Clinton the lead in New Hampshire.