Lesser Known Candidates Forum

Democratic Presidential hopeful Michael Skok waits for his turn to speak during the New Hampshire Political Library's traditional Lesser Known Candidates Forum at the Manchester Community Access Media station in Manchester. Photo by Lori Duff

More Lesser Knowns

During the Lesser Known Candidate Forum, Richard "Mad Dog" Caligiuri, center, presidential candidate and operator of an ice cream and hamburger stand said, "I don't know who talked us into 'Give us your tired, your poor, your wretched excess.' I say, 'Give us your rich, your smart, your good-looking, tall, blond women!" Photo by Lori Duff

Pick a card

Barack Obama's photo peers out from a box of campaign cards at the Verizon Wireless Center where he attended an event with Oprah Winfrey. December 9, 2007 Photo by Preston Gannaway

O and O

Oprah Winfrey giggles with Michelle Obama as Barack Obama addresses the crowd at a rally at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH. Photo by Preston Gannaway

Edwards takes a Question

John Edwards makes a campaign stop at the Grappone Center in Concord. Photo by Lori Duff

McCain and Mtv

John McCain speaks to an audience at Southern New Hampshire University during the filming of an MTV sponsored "meet the candidates" town meeting. Photo by Kari Collins

College Convention

Judy Johnson, Trudy the Christmas Elf, greets College Convention bystanders on her way to a Christmas Party next door during the New England College event at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester. Students from around the country congregated for the event which featured seminars on current campaign issues and presentations by presidential hopefuls. Photo by Lori Duff

Obama's My Man

Prospect Mountain High School freshman Marcos Pagan, 14, shows his Barack Obama pride during a visit from the Presidential hopeful at his school in Alton. Pagan, who is Puerto Rican, says that as a minority it inspires him to see a black candidate running for office. "It shows that anyone can have power in the government," Pagan said. He and his two sisters made t-shirts for Obama's visit. Pagan also applauds Obama's ideas about healthcare and the removal of troops from Iraq. "He supports everything I believe in," Pagan says. Photo by Lori Duff

Hope

Campaign workers at Barack Obama's Concord, NH, office. Photo by Lori Duff

Edwards is in the House

Former U.S. Senator John Edwards of North Carolina holds a campaign event at the Old Bow Town Hall on Bow Center Road. Photo by Dan Habib