N.H. slower to take to Edwards

[Freddie Stubbs]

It's not as warm as Iowa, but he's `a lot of people's 2nd choice'
MARK JOHNSON
Staff Writer

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Less than a week before the Iowa caucuses, U.S. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., dashed across the country to New Hampshire on Tuesday for a half-day of speeches and handshakes in hopes the rising support his presidential campaign has enjoyed in Iowa turns contagious.

"What's working in Iowa will work in New Hampshire," Edwards declared after talking health-care policy at a local children's health services center. "I've never changed what I'm about in this campaign, and I'm not about to."

Iowa has pork chops, Herbert Hoover and cornfields that stretch to the horizon, while New Hampshire claims maple syrup, Daniel Webster and snow-draped mountains. The two states' reactions to Edwards differ just as sharply.

So far, he hasn't duplicated his Iowa surge in New Hampshire. Buoyed by endorsements and rising poll numbers, he has a shot at a better-than-expected third place in Iowa but lingers in the back of the pack in the Granite State.

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[AP]

1. Prediction: good showing in IA will cause surge in NH.

Slow and steady, with the right trajectory, and being perceived as having overcome great odds wins the race.

[BobbyJay]

2. That's the big question.

I'm personally hoping for an Edwards upset in Iowa. That would shake things up a bit.

[Kahuna]

3. It could happen, AP..

Edwards is very classy and likeable.

[bearfartinthewoods]

4. and positive and consistent