The New Hampshire 'Results' We Already Know
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- For most of America, Super Bowl Sunday was a day to relax. For presidential candidates and New Hampshire voters, it was the day before the day before the famous primary.
Elm Street, the main thoroughfare in this small, post-industrial city on the Merrimack River, was crowded on Sunday with candidates, Secret Service vans, surrogates, handlers, reporters and shouting volunteers carrying signs.
Everyone already knows at least one thing about Tuesday’s results: In one way or another, they will be a shocking surprise. Some 40 percent of New Hampshire voters say they are undecided even now. More than that, they are fully aware that their state primary "brand" depends on doing something unexpected.
They will.
But even before Tuesday night, we can offer some takeaways from New Hampshire that are relevant both in the state and elsewhere.
Some results, so to speak, are already in. Here they are.