When candidates start turning up for speeches in barns, surrounded by large vegetables and cute kids, you can be sure the U.S. primary season is upon us. “Oh boy, this is great!” Hillary Clinton exclaimed as she took to the stage at a New Hampshire “barn party” on Thursday. “We should be having a barn dance.” New Hampshire voters could be forgiven for being jaded from the campaign bandwagons that role through the state every four years — over the next three months, they will face a barrage of baby-kissing politicians seeking an early edge in the 2008 race. But they hid any early fatigue well at the barn party, where a bluesgrass band and wagon wheels hanging from the rafters completed the carefully crafted rustic image. “It’s so much fun the way it builds through December — it’s like spring break for political junkies,” said John Goldman, a 62-year-old engineer visiting from California.
See the following video for a taste of bluegrass at Clinton’s rally.
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