Mike Huckabee last night

We gathered at the Derryfield Country Club in Manchester (Side note: why isn’t the Derryfield Country Club in Derryfield? Wouldn’t that make more sense?) for the primary party for Gov. Mike Huckabee in NH.

Anyway … inside, of course, there was the usual press mob that accompanies such things. I spoke to a number of Huckabee supporters, and I’d like to tell you about some of them.

Primary Day in Rochester

My wife and I voted as the polls opened in Farmington, at 8am. Some places opened at 7am, but Farmington is kind of casual that way.

Interestingly, a great many more signs appeared overnight. Until yesterday, I hadn’t seen any signs for Giuliani in Farmington. Yesterday, Main Street was lined with “RUDY” signs. As we went to vote, the only person out holding a sign for a candidate was a Kucinich supporter. Farmington isn’t exactly a booming metropolis, and doesn’t necessarily attract that much attention.

After voting, I went off to be a poll-stander in Rochester. Eagle (my daughter — the nickname comes from her initials) and I were there for about three hours. That was very interesting.

To talk about the various characters who were there, I’ll start from the closest to the door and work out.

Praise for the US Navy

While I’ve been looking and thinking mostly about the primary, I want to take a moment to praise our men and women in harm’s way, because they deserve it. Mostly, I want to look at the incident with the Iranian “navy”. Basically, what we have here is an incident in which terrorists on boats — probably the best way to describe the Iranian naval force — dropped objects in front of three US warships, and broadcast the threat the American ships were about to explode. Given that Iran specializes in mine warfare, and the USS Cole attack can’t be far from anyone’s mind in this kind of a situation, the US Navy

NH Results

I actually have a lot to say about today, but it’s late and I’m wiped out.

So, instead, I’m going to comment on the results of the NH primary.

I had thought that tonight might cripple both Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton, because I don’t think that either of them could have survived a second crushing defeat. I was wrong. Sen. Clinton, of course, won the Democratic primary, and Gov. Romney came in close enough as second place that he’s still in the hunt.