DERRY, N.H.—Tom Grodt, a Londonderry lawyer, took his 7-year-old daughter, Lilly, to see former Sen. John Edwards speak at Gilbert H. Hood middle school in nearby Derry Sunday night, an event that ran well past 8:30.
Thanks to democracy and the New Hampshire primary, Lilly was exempt from bedtime, Mark Johnson reports.
"It'll be tough to get her up for school tomorrow," Grodt said.
The middle school event was also the beginning of a dessert theme. Edwards described himself a couple days ago as the Seabiscuit of the race, referring to the champion racehorse that beat expectations. So Edwards workers passed out shortbread cookies: "Seabiscuits," they cheerfully suggested.
At the next stop at a Nashua restaurant, the campaign had a modest plate of desserts and coffee for the press riff-raff. (The press, by the way, pays for all the food.)
When Dome, bracing for the all night campaign tour, sought some sweetener for the coffee, state Sen. David Gottesman, a Democrat and Edwards supporter scoffed: "This is New Hampshire. We're tough. Break off some brownie and put it in there."
Dome was polite, but "tough"? Okay, yeah, lots of snow, but try a hurricane every three or four years and we'll see how you do.
Oh, and the brownie didn't help much.
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