New Hampshire Primary Day

Today is the day New Hampshire goes to the polls for their presidential primary. Lots of interesting newspaper front pages today, but this one stood out for me. It's the Valley News, and it features four full color photos above the fold. The largest one is of Barack Obama, his back to the camera, clearly the crowd is the message here. Look at the crowd. Not only is it pretty darn big, but it's almost exclusively white. The yellow tape between the crowd and the candidate emphasizes the distinction.




Beneath the Obama image is one of Bill Clinton campaigning on behalf of Hillary. Interesting that on a day when one of the big stories was Hillary getting a little emotional, they chose a picture of her husband. Reinforcing the weak woman? (And the darkness behind Bill is in stark contrast to the Obama image above it.)

Now look at the two pictures of the Republicans Romney and McCain. Both are looking down, in closely cropped photos that both telegraph the same message: dejection. My guess is this is a heavily Democratic region!!