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Behind the scenes at the Democratic debate
DURHAM, N.H. – In the final moments before they took the stage, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders each wanted a moment alone to get centered for their first one-on-one debate encounter.
They did not speak to each other and strode silently to their marks offstage before walking out to their respective podiums. Within minutes, sparks were flying.
We’re not in Iowa anymore…
New Hampshire sure isn’t Iowa.
Let’s just say the folks out here have a different style to them – a more brash, direct, we-mean-business attitude. Don’t take this wrong, New Hampshire – it’s just quite a different feel for this reporter, who spent the last six months out in the open skies of Iowa.
Ted Cruz’s charter plane flew into New England overnight following Monday’s caucus. Cruz has had ten events since. And the New Hampshire voter is a little more blunt in their assessments of candidates.
“Trump needs to go away. Trump needs to go away,” Jan Forsberg, a Republican, told me on Thursday night. “We don’t need a bully in the White House. No. He will lose.”
You ask for an opinion – you’re going to get one in New Hampshire.
Then on Friday morning, after a pit stop at the downtown Manchester post office, I happened to walk by some young high school students standing amidst the more than seven inches of snow already fallen in the Granite State that morning.
With the snow continuing to fall, the students began making snowballs. They were standing outside the windows of Donald Trump’s state headquarters, where about two dozen folks were hurriedly involved in tasks inside.
It was clear where the direction of their snowballs were headed – I pulled out my phone for the moment.
While walking by pic.twitter.com/vLCaXFJTvo
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) February 5, 2016
— Vaughn Hillyard covering the Cruz campaign









