Obama Fever Hits New Hampshire

"The spectacle that is 'Obama-mania' swept New Hampshire yesterday as Sen. Barack Obama introduced himself to Democratic voters in the first-in-the-nation primary state," the New Hampshire Union-Leader reports.

"The junior senator from Illinois made a whirlwind debut that included a book signing in Portsmouth and an afternoon speech before a crowd of 1,500 at the Radisson hotel in downtown Manchester... His visit had most of the markings of a presidential campaign stop, though Obama assured reporters he has not yet decided whether he will enter the race. The senator has said he plans to announce his decision around the start of the new year."

The Concord Monitor called it a "rapturous reception" for Obama "drawing the kinds of crowds and news media attention usually reserved for a sitting president or a presidential nominee."

Said New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch (D): "We originally scheduled the Rolling Stones for this party. But we cancelled them when we realized that Senator Obama would sell more tickets."


December 11, 2006




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