Governor, meet the Granite State

From NBC/NJ's Matthew Berger LACONIA, N.H. – New Hampshire residents are used to seeing campaign buses wind their way down the state’s roads against the backdrop of multicolor foliage. But rarely do the vehicles sport the names of two candidates. Sarah Palin’s tour of New Hampshire Wednesday was a flashback for many of those traveling with her, ripe with stories of the primary battles a year ago. But not for Palin. She had never been to New Hampshire before she arrived at the Portsmouth airport Wednesday morning, and she is an unknown commodity in a state that prides itself on meeting presidential candidates up-close and personal before voting in their “first-in-the-nation” primary. New Hampshire voters like to get to know their candidates, and they spent a lot of time with John McCain , Barack Obama and even Joe Biden during the primary season. But they are meeting Palin for the first time. She immediately tried to link herself to them, likening the state’s ... (link)