Sen. Lou D'Allesandro (D-Manchester) is the go-to guy for candidates learning the lay of the land in the N.H. primary. Students met with him in the House chambers of the state capitol building early Monday morning.
He discussed his own involvement with the primaries, including an event that students thought seemed almost too crazy to be true: shut out of an event (due to capacity) including Sen. John F. Kennedy at Dartmouth college, he snuck around and climbed through a window, jumped in and found, as he was crouching, an outstretched hand.
That hand belonged to John F. Kennedy.
D'Allesandro has served five terms in the N.H. senate. He has endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) for President, but said that Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) was the best candidate in the field, before he dropped out.
He spoke about the importance of retail politics in N.H., where candidates meet voters face-to-face in families' living rooms, or at restaurants, and have to prove the worth of a vote for them.
However, "85 percent of the state's population lives within 35 miles of Manchester," so candidates are less likely to campaign in the northern parts of the state, he said.
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