This weekend, I went up to New Hampshire to attend a few town hall meetings and ride on the Straight Talk Express. 

What I found was a candidate with unlimited energy who made himself available to the press.  I also found a guy with a pretty good sense of humor:

(If you're interested in the campaign finance reform issue, National Journal's Marc Ambinder has some info about our trip here.)  Perhaps the most important thing I learned is that nobody in New Hampshire cares about this issue -- or the "gang of 14."

You can read my column about the trip here.