Manchester Primary, New Hampshire

It was privilege to see a momentous event like the New Hampshire primary. The 2009 presidential election will certainly be a first in American politics. The democratic presidential contender will either be a woman or a black man. I have not written off John Edwards yet but he is fighting an uphill battle.
There were hundreds and maybe even thousands of television, radio, and print reporters, not to mention bloggers, plying their trade on the streets of New Hampshire, in unseasonably warm weather for this part of the States. The lucky ones got to crisscross the state following the presidential campaign buses as the candidates spoke at numerous town halls, local schools and veteran’s halls.
The rest of the media pack ran from primary district, to primary district taking the voters pulse as they begun the process of electing the next president of the free world.
In Manchester, N.H., outside the main network television headquarters (ABC, NBC and CBS) there were elaborate tents set up with multiple cameras lined up in a row, so affiliates from around the nation and international stations could feed their stories live from the New Hampshire primary.
There was a definite buzz in the air during the primaries in New Hampshire.. Along the Interstate were billboards filled with the candidates smiling faces. Television stations served up candidate advertisements in between sitcoms and game shows. Campaign workers trudged through snow banks asking residents to vote for their candidate. Pedestrians walked down the street wearing buttons with the face of their favorite candidate.
The primaries also attracted all kinds of special interest groups looking to promote their cause anyway they can. For example, there were religious conservatives standing strategically outside television headquarters with huge anti-abortion signs in an attempt to get their cause on television. There was a pink pick-up truck in the shape of a pig, snout and all, driving the streets of Manchester denouncing pork barrel spending. (politicians pet projects funded by government tax dollars).
The day after the New Hampshire primary was called, the concession speeches given and the confetti swept off the floor, the candidates board their campaign buses and head out to the next state on their long road to becoming the next President of the United States.