DATELINE: Boston, Massachusetts
That’s how it seemed when we saw the southern preacher-man speak in Winnacunnet High School, in Hampton, NH on Monday. Officially, of course, he’s not a socialist. No-one is. The western hemisphere’s few remaining socialists were tragically wiped out at some point in the mid 1990s, when Bill Clinton and Tony Blair jumped [...]

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DATELINE: Boston, Massachusetts

Well, Hillary won New Hampshire then. That surprised everyone. We spent last night at a wonderful Dennis Kucinich (kinda-not-really) victory party, having spent an exhausting day with every journalist in the entire frickin’ world in Manchester, NH. Here’s the story of the media circus as I told it for the UK’s New Statesman.

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DATELINE: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
When we return to the main intersection on Congress Street, the McCain and Kucinich sign-holders, five or so each of them, are sharing sidewalk space with the Richardson folks. We stroll out to do some sightseeing, hoping to view some ancient (in American terms) New England homes and a bit of the [...]

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DATELINE: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
By the time we make it out onto Congress Street, Portsmouth’s delightful restaurant and cafe-heavy main commercial street, there are already ten banner waving supporters for Dennis Kucinich and John Edwards lined up on either side of the main intersection. Michael Niederman, a struggling playwright from Manhattan, is propping up a seven [...]

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DATELINE: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
“Growing up in New Hampshire, you learn that every four years you disconnect your phone, or at the very least you screen every call – because otherwise you will never be able to stop talking politics. Politics is what we do out here, but it turns into overload at this time of [...]

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