A Dash of Reality for the GOP

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New Hampshire is the first primary state.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2011101...CFQ80.html

LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) - Mitt Romney's grip on New Hampshire may be far less secure than it seems.

Beneath the conventional wisdom, the expectations game and the evolving dynamics of a newly settled GOP presidential field, there lies a stark reality here: Less than 100 days before the nation's first presidential primary election, the state's fickle voters haven't tuned into the race.

That reality was on display last week when 10 New Hampshire women, middle-class mothers with a strong voting history, shared their perspectives on the presidential contest with political researchers - and had trouble simply naming the candidates.