Republican candidates are packing into New Hampshire.
It is easy to see them, live, in person, and up close.
Part of what makes political tourism fun is that so few people are interested in doing it. It is easy to see the candidates up close.
In early primary states candidates are trying to see voters, not raise money, so most events are free. Many supply food and drink, too. My starting point is to look at news articles about upcoming appearances by candidates. Then I contact the candidates' NH campaign websites where I get more details and sign up for free tickets.
Here is an example of news articles for events this week:
Another news article gave me a head's up on a big cluster of candidates coming to the First in the Nation New Hampshire Leadership Summit, on Friday and Saturday October 13 and 14. I expect all of the candidates to attend, except Trump.
I expect to attend.
It is an unusual event, since there is a charge for it. The crowds at the Summit will be highly engaged partisans, not curious political shoppers, looking over the candidates.
It is also fall foliage season in New Hampshire, a time of bright sun in the daytimes, crisp temperatures after dark. New Hampshire makes it easy to know where to go for the best sightseeing day-trips.
The Leadership Summit coincides with high season for fall foliage in the areas around Manchester, NH, the largest city and the site of the convention, and Concord to its north, the state capital.
Political tourism in October in New Hampshire is easy and beautiful. December is harder. It will be cold and the roads may be slick then.
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8 comments:
I’d go to the Chris Christie one for the joy of listening he say honest things about Trump. The rest of them will just lie won’t they? I do think it’s great you provide a service for us readers to your blog to be informed voters. Too bad republicans aren’t informed voters.
A GOP leadership summit sounds like an oxymoron. Republicans’ concept of leadership is to condemn an attempted coup on the day it threatened their lives and then go beg forgiveness from its leader.
Republican leadership is Kevin McCarthy opening an impeachment investigation with no evidence of any wrongdoing because the whackos told him to, and Mitch McConnel standing there staring blankly into the distance.
Go VIP.
Here’s hoping that someone like Doug Burgum, or Tim Scott or Nikki Haley starts to break through.
OK, Pollyanna; Would you like to buy some Oceanfront in Arizona? The three you mention have about as much of a chance with the MAGA base as does Barack Hussein Obama.
All kinds of things are possible. God could express his love of this country by taking both Biden and Trump to their final rewards tomorrow.
I personally don't believe in God; If Inmate 1135809 assumed room temperature tonight, I'd probably thank his apparent personal Deity, Big Mac.
"both" and "and" are required.
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