New Hampshire voters shook things up in both parties on Tuesday with new winners for Republicans and Democrats, compared with the results from last week's Iowa caucus.
Sen. Hillary Clinton narrowly beat out Sen. Barack Obama in the Democrats, and Sen. John McCain bested former Gov. Mitt Romney for the Republican vote. Nobody at the Clinton, Obama and McCain campaign offices could be reached for comment on Tuesday night after the polls in New Hampshire closed.
The only certainty one can draw from New Hampshire now is that the next month will be a whirlwind of intense campaigning by all the major candidates.
New Hampshire is only the second state to have a primary in the race for political parties to choose a delegate to their national conventions in August and September. This year, it followed close on the heels of the Iowa caucus, which declared Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee victorious.
The media has been accused of seeking to brand one Republican and one Democrat as the inevitable nominees despite the fact that the "Tsunami Tuesday" primaries are still almost a month away. Tsunami Tuesday is the nickname given to the biggest day of primary voting that will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 5, during which California, New York, and at least 22 other states will set a historical record for the most primaries in one day in the United States.
In the wake of the Iowa and New Hampshire voting, some candidates will drop out, and some will stay in the race but be largely sidelined. The main survivors will hit the road hard to campaign across the country with all eyes focused on Feb. 5.
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