Bernie Sanders held his final New Hampshire campaign rally on Monday night with a mini-concert from the Strokes, with a playlist that included a cover of “Burning Down the House.” Twent…
, the broadcast and cable networks are looking to the primary as a bigger deal, much more likely to shake out the race or harden the divisions within the Democratic Party. But there also is the very real possibility that the evening will end in a muddle, just as the presidential race has been throughout.
That is not to say that New Hampshire isn’t any less the media event it has been for generations. At the Doubletree Hotel, MSNBC has created a studio out of a restaurant tavern space. ABC News set up an Erector-set like tower platform near City Hall. About 15 minutes from downtown, Fox News took over the Bedford Village Inn as space for two studios and to house its talent and staff.
He added: “It is true, and they are correct when they make the argument that the demographics of the first two states don’t reflect the reality of the modern Democratic Party, and they are making the case — and I think it has some merit — that it would be really unfortunate if that essentially ended up acting as kind of a veto. That is a legit argument for them to make.
Over the past few days, MacCallum and other network news personalities have fanned out to events across the state, gathering anecdotal information in trying to get a sense of the mood of the electorate. That will be a daunting task. While there is no doubt that President Donald Trump will win the Republican primary, he might have succeeded in adding to the anxiety of Democrats by holding a rally in downtown Manchester, right in the midst of this media event. His supporters lined up throughout the day in front of the arena, and seemed to draw a Super Bowl-size number of campaign merchandise vendors.
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