Summary of the Paul family walk in New Hampshire:

• Manchester had more bums than I had expected. One guy who walked around in circles picking up random trash and throwing it away. Without a shirt on and lots of facial hair. A woman who walked up and down Elm Street with a Dunkin Donuts plastic cup who would stop every block or so and sip the nothing that was in it. There seemed to be a 50/50 split of drunks and possibly mental defectives.
• NH is surely more politically inclined than NJ and NY. Lots of stores had Cox|Dodd|Richardson|etc for president signs. Ron Paul and other candidate stickers all over Manchester. Ron Paul signs on route 93 exits. Private homes had a higher percentage of political signs.
• Stayed at the Fairfield Inn which happened to be the same hotel that the Paul’s were staying in. We ended up kindof hanging out with Ron’s wife Carol, his children and grandchildren.
• It was interesting to see who was at the hotel and rally. In the hotel I met a nice older woman by herself. Probably in her mid to late 60’s. A middle aged man who claimed Bill Clinton made him move from a liberal Democrat to a conservative Republican and George W. Bush made him move into the libertarian realm.
• The rally was filled with people of all ages. Whole families showed up with babies and dogs in tow. People with large NH flags and even a guy dressed up in late 1700’s clothing. Ron Paul t-shirts being sold by a Pennsylvania meetup group. Other people selling car magnets and stickers.
• Laur and I got a chance to briefly meet Ron Paul and got a photo (will post photos later).
• We figured the Manhattan Meetup group already had a full group of people for the canvassing so Laur and I stood in line to be matched up with a driver. We were paired with two Free Staters, Dale and Phil.
• Our canvassing packet gave us a bunch of people to visit in condos. Those people had mostly moved since the last primary so Dale called to get a new list. The canvassing headquarters was at Murphy’s Taproom which I had forgotten was in Manchester.
• When we showed up we went to the second floor and saw a guy hunched over a laptop editing a video of the 9:30AM rally. Turned out to be Dave Ridley. We only talked briefly but it was nice to meet him after reading and hearing so much about him.
• After canvassing (which was a wash, a lot of people had moved, a lot didn’t answer the door, those that did weren’t interested) we went to Murphy’s and hung out with some other Free Staters who are part of the 9/11 Truth movement and we argued 9/11, Ron Paul and other random topics till about 5:45PM when we decided to head home.

It was really enjoyable. It feels great to be around people who have similar beliefs and are willing do something with them. Pairing up with Dale and Phil was great to get a better feel of how that community works. I’m looking forward to visiting NH again. It’s a beautiful area too… like South Jersey with more hills, less fields and less animals.