A quick hit from our friends at the New Hampshire Union Leader:
Our Bible said David actually defeated Goliath, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, among others, must read the same one. He told this newspaper earlier this week that underdogs can win in New Hampshire.
He said he knows the media’s “not taking me seriously right now. I know the pundits aren’t.’’ But he said he doesn’t want to “peak’’ right now anyway.
How about that? Someone who doesn’t think he should “peak’’ a year or so before the first primary and nearly two years before the general Presidential election!
This in response to Bayh’s dropping out and citing “too many Goliaths” in the field. Let me put some context around this story. New Hampshirites love their first primary, and they love it being relevant. They also love the idea that no one tells them who to vote for and that they’ll make up their own minds about everything. Many a Concordian has bristled at the idea that the Presidential race is already set and their primary is nothing but a rubber stamp.