Generic WP article on campaigning to be President in NH

[karynnj]

Worth noting in that its JK example is the JK we have seen, not the media stereotype. In fact, he comes out best of the examples - as a compassionate human being. Guiliani seems disinterested and Romney comes off as a complete jerk.

Tears, tomatoes and teasing — the staff at Mary Ann’s Diner has seen it all from the presidential candidates who have turned the restaurant into a must-not-miss stop during the primary campaign.

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry’s eyes brimmed with tears as he listened to a woman describe losing her job in 2003. Four years later, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani hustled through, shook a few hands then sat down to an egg white omelet, tomatoes on the side.

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Teasing was on the menu when Mitt Romney stopped by in June. The former Massachusetts governor posed for a picture in front of the jukebox, told several waitresses to squeeze in closer and then pretended that one of them had grabbed his behind.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/campaigns/diners-gun-shops-a-state-fair-gop-candidates-hit-perennial-hot-spots-in-early-voting-states/2011/11/07/gIQAH6EauM_story.html