6,000 turn out for Obama at rally in Manchester, NH today
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — President Barack Obama told supporters in swing state New Hampshire Thursday that rival Mitt Romney ‘‘took another swing’’ and ‘‘whiffed’’ when asked during a debate how he'd pay for his tax cut plan.
Surrounded by brilliant fall foliage and a crowd of about 6,000 fans in Manchester’s Veterans Park, the president stuck to the same energized line of attack he’s taken since the debate Tuesday night. He accused Romney of failing to explain how he would pay for the cuts without adding to the deficit or shifting the tax burden to the middle class and of trying to sell voters on a ‘‘sketchy deal.’’
"He took another swing at it, and he whiffed,’’ Obama said. ‘‘Instead of telling us how he'd pay for it, he said, ‘I'll let you know after the election.’ And then when I asked him about it, he said, ‘I'm a business man, I know the numbers will work.’
‘‘I'm gonna let you in on a little tip — when a politician tells you that he’s going to wait until after the election, it’s not because their plan is so good, they don’t want to spoil the secret,’’ Obama said.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new-hampshire/2012/10/18/obama-speaks-manchester/30ZaeVukwwbv1yEfsp3r7J/story.html
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I love NH and visit there almost every summer. My husband's father lives in Lyman, a very small town.
Coos County, the top half of NH, is literally woods with moose. I once stayed at a cabin in Randolph for a week in Coos County. It was beautiful and the White Mountains were really cool to look at every morning. But it was pretty desolate up there. The bottom part of NH has more population. But the further up you go, the less people you get. I love the White Mountains area the best and Franconia Notch. Have spent lots of time in Lincoln as well.
VT, NH, and Maine are pretty sparsely populated. The majority of New England's population (a little over 14 million) have shoved themselves mostly into Mass and CT and traffic in both states can be really bad. RI is just small.
And that ends my mini lesson on New England. 
