SIGNS OF THE SEASON: Other indications that it's primary season in New Hampshire:

• The cab driver saying "between you and me, I hope he wins" as he dropped a reporter off in front of the Ashooh house.

• More than a dozen John McCain supporters holding McCain signs in front of the Romney campaign headquarters in downtown Manchester.

• T-shirts in the airport gift shop specifically made just for primary season.

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ON THE ROAD: The most sought-after item on the dinner buffet for journalists on the presidential campaign trail: chicken soup.

With Many reporters here still on the trail from last Thursday's Iowa caucus, coughs and sniffles from cold weather and sheer exhaustion are common. And that buzzing sound next to you might not just be a Blackberry or cell phone.

At least two cordless razors came out of laptop cases for a quick touch-up on two different male scribes.

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