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...spectacle of fierce fighting around a dusty Afghan town, with well-armed Western troops, backed by helicopters and Afghan allies, bearing down on hundreds of dug-in Taliban fighters, would seem to date from late 2001. The fact that it's unfolding this weekend at Musa Qala in southeastern Afghanistan - a full six years after the Taliban was first routed by coalition forces - is a reminder of how difficult the war is proving for the the U.S. and its allies...
...Town halls entail risk, of course, especially if you're addressing a motley crew that's a long way from the scrubbed and polite Rotarians. The candidate could get ambushed by an activist, a conspiracy theorist, someone who just wants to argue or even someone who has mistaken the open forum for group therapy. At a town hall focused on global climate change in Portsmouth, McCain called on a severely disabled man who identified himself as Greg. He brought one of McCain's books to sign, but his rambling preamble took a dramatic turn: He asked McCain if he should...
...Things in New Hampshire are going better than McCain expected, but he doesn't quite seem to believe it. The morning after an especially crowded and ebullient town hall in Manchester, reporters pressed him for an assessment of his chances. He mentioned his bracing upset of George Bush here in 2000 with a degree of caution that verged on dread: "I'm sure it's wishful thinking, but we think we might kind of be sensing what we felt in December...
...Mitt Romney in the Granite State, McCain has picked up two coveted endorsements: from the New Hampshire Union-Leader, the state's largest newspaper, and from Curt Schilling, beloved pitcher for the World Series Champion Boston Red Sox. (Schilling's is arguably more important.) But it's the town hall meetings that give McCain and his staff the most hope. "Drawing 350 people on a Saturday night in December," says one staffer, "that's a good sign." Locals say Mitt Romney - leading McCain by 9 to 15 points in recent polls - attracts fewer visitors. Though Romney has been holding town...
...When it comes to town halls, atmosphere matters almost as much attendance. And it's here that the McCain campaign feels like it has the advantage. At a town hall that McCain and Curt Schilling held here on Wednesday, for example, 400 people packed in, and fire marshals turned latecomers away. The opening music was from Irish punk band the Dropkick Murphys. There were lots of children and questions about A-Rod in addition to the usual ones about Iraq...