Colleges in Iowa and New Hampshire have teamed together to offer students a rare blend of instruction and experience in the political process.
Marlin Fitzwater, former presidential press secretary, came up with the idea of a partnership with a college in Iowa known as “Engaging Students: First in the Nation.’’Fitzwater is founder of Franklin Pierce College [...]

New Mexico Gov. and Democratic Governors Association Chairman Bill Richardson will bring his 2008 ambition brigade back to the state Monday for state candidates.
The day ends with a reception for House Democrats at the Nashua home of House Democratic Whip Bette and Dr. Elliot Lasky.
Earlier, Richardson will host a fund-raiser for Barrington DemocraticSenate candidate Jacalyn [...]

Gov. John Lynch couldn’t resist elevating who he considers to be the real defenders of the primary like 2008 Democratic wannabee, Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd.
“Many say they are friends of the primary but I’m here to tell youSenator Dodd is the real deal,’’ Lynch told a crowd of 200 activists atManchester party headquarters last Friday.
Still, [...]

Victory New Hampshire organizers are celebrating ex-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s second visit to New Hampshire to promote the first primary at a Manchester stop this week.
“Getting Rudy is a big score for us and he’s a big fan of the primary.You don’t get any bigger,’’ said Victory organizer Harry Levine.
Naturally, plenty of GOP fund-raisers [...]

NASCAR’s finest weren’t the only ones zooming across New Hampshire last Sunday.
Grand Marshal and 2008 likely, Republican presidential frontrunnerJohn McCain was in rare form according to his New Hampshireaide-de-camp.
“I can’t remember him any more fired up than he was. We dragged him out of Loudon after three hours at New Hampshire International Speedway. At [...]

Delaware Senator Joe Biden will get to fully recover from an ill-timed remark when he returns to New Hampshire Friday night.
The potential, 2008 presidential candidate hit the first pothole of the campaign in July when he made what sounded like an ethnically-insensitive remark regarding the career goals of Indian Americans.
I’ve had a great relationship. In [...]

2004 Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry returns this weekend to help out an old friend.
Kerry will attend a campaign rally at the home of Molly Kelly, a Democratic candidate for State Senate who served in a leadership role in Kerry’s 2004 New Hampshire primary campaign.
After the event, Kerry will do some voter canvassing with Kelly [...]

The New Hampshire Political Library is home to an on-location talk show this weekend.
New Hampshire Public Television’s “Outlook’’ program returns from a summer hiatus with its twice-a-week format coming from the New Ham
Beth Carroll continues to host the weekly talk show that will air on Sunday mornings at 9 and be rebroadcast Monday nights at [...]

If the Democratic National Committee is hoping to dilute New Hampshire’s influence in 2008, the candidates are slow to getting the word.
Over the next week few weeks, three them will be stumping here.
On the Democratic side, former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner has a heavy schedule Friday and Saturday that includes attending theMerrimack County pig roast [...]

Many presidential campaign operatives work one cycle in New Hampshire and move with the winning administration or, failing that, work either on Capitol Hill or in the field of political consulting.
But Democratic media strategist Kathleen Strand got the New Hampshirepolitical bug in 2004 and she’s back for a return performance. She’sbecome press secretary for the [...]