Reporter's notebook: New Hampshire Primary 2008

They're going for Mitt

Following Fox New's forum between five Republican candidates Sunday night, a majority of people in a focus group convened by the network thought Romney did the best job.

By show of hands only, most of the group came without allegiance to any candidate and by the end of the forum, also by show of hands, said they were going for Romney.

Stumpin' all over N.H.

With 24 hours before the New Hampshire primary, Romney was hitting the campaign trail early — and often.

Starting at 7 a.m. Monday in Nashua, the former Massachusetts governor greeted employees at defense contractor BAE Systems, New Hampshire's largest employer. Then it was on to Mary Ann's Diner in Derry, followed by a tour of the Timberland Corp. in Stratham. All that before 10:30 a.m.

Barry's take on Romney

Humorist Dave Barry on Romney's look: "I will say this about Mitt, he is the most clean-cut human I have ever seen. He makes Ken, of Ken and Barbie, look like Chewbacca."