KEENE, N.H. (Main Street, Coffee Shops, My Car)— What follows are some very rough notes from Granite State Primary Day. Sate slogan: “Live Free or Die!” Do the Republicans know that, I wonder. Does Mitt “the most basic civil liberty is the right to be kept alive” Romney know that?

2:00pm
I park my car on Main Street and am immediately swarmed by a group of rabid politicos. No, not volunteers from one of the campaigns nor from one of the get-out-the-vote local precinct groups. It’s a group of tweens from Keene Middle School conducting an experiment in civics or something, trying to find out why people choose to support one candidate over another.

Sample questions being hurled at me include: “What amazes you about a person?” “Who would you vote for if your favorite candidate wasn’t running?” “Who do you like least?” and of course “Who are you voting for?”

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