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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (246)	12/11/2006 9:26:49 AM
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N.H. pundits: Obama a tough act to follow By Jessica Fargen Boston Herald Health & Medical Reporter Monday, December 11, 2006 - Updated: 06:32 AM EST Infected by Obama-mania in the wake of a visit by the Illinois senator and Democratic sensation, New Hampshire pundits have a message: Watch out, Hillary! “Any visit she makes will be compared to the impressions made by Obama,” said Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand, who spent 30 minutes with Sen. Barack Obama during his frenzied visit to the Granite State, home of the first presidential primary. “In the long run, it may have zero effect, but in the short run, it’s always better to get here first.” Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are considered prospective front-runners in the 2008 Democratic presidential race. Clinton has not yet begun campaigning in New Hampshire, and yesterday Obama said he still hasn’t decided whether to run.“This is an office you can’t run for just on the basis of ambition,” he said. “You have to feel deep in your gut that you have a vision for the country that is sufficiently important that it needs to be out there.” But at every turn in New Hampshire, Obama got encouragement. Gov. John Lynch joked that the Rolling Stones were originally the headliners at a state party fund-raiser, “But we canceled them when we realized Sen. Obama would sell more tickets.” Organizers turned throngs away at the 1,500-person sold-out event in Manchester. It will be tough for Clinton to top that, said Dante Scala, associate political science professor at St. Anselm College in Manchester. “It’s hard to imagine her doing better than Obama has this past weekend as far as buzz goes. Of all the candidates who have come up so far, Obama so far has gotten the most buzz,” he said. “He’s the new face for 2008. I don’t think anyone else has matched him yet.” But Wayne Semprini, chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party, said Obama is still a neophyte at the hardball game of national presidential politics. “He seems like a really nice guy who is not really battle-tested,” Semprini said. “Once he starts to develop some scars in combat then we’ll have a better idea of what his real fabric is.” Either way, Semprini said, the national GOP has plenty of worthy White House hopefuls. “We’ve got six or eight, maybe even 10 candidates, candidates who I think will stack up very well against Hillary or Obama,” he said. news.bostonherald.com