Saturday morning in NH, 3 days before the primary

What is it like? Well, for one thing, there aren't any campaign ads to speak of. I sat through almost an entire Hannity show (a personal first) and bopped around CNN and MSNBC, intending to soak in the political ads, but didn't see one.

The Romney event this a.m. was well-attended (by past Romney standards) and relatively enthusiastic (ditto). Gov. Nikki Haley persuasively auditioned for the role of presidential candidate, giving an effective warm-up for a candidate who (the reporters tell me) is notoriously hard to warm up to.

The most interesting moment happened off stage. As Romney was pressing the flesh, Mother Jones' David Corn asked Romney if he really meant to say that there is more poverty in Europe than in the U.S. (Yes, he actually said that, in a new flourish on his Obama = Europe = not American riff). Mitt responded that he was really talking about Cuba & North Korea. Guess that counts as "Europe" now? (Keep an eye on Corn, who'll be writing about the exchange with Romney soon).