Of interest mostly to New Hampshirites, this morning's Union Leader ran an editorial by Charlie Arlinghaus, president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy. Here's the headline:

Let voters, not the pundits decide who becomes President.

Just a great job of taking the media to task (nicely):

In a vibrant democracy, we should be pleased by the large number of choices voters will have, but the establishment finds it inconvenient. In a recent debate, the few people who tuned in could see Wolf Blitzer's obvious annoyance with having to condescend to candidates he deemed superfluous. In the GOP debate, he grouped the three wealthiest candidates in the middle, made sure they answered each question, and patronized the others. Hardly a high point of open democracy...

And describing the real greatness of the NH Primary:

The advantage of something like a New Hampshire primary is that a wide assortment of candidates can run a real campaign on a relatively small amount of money. Because voters have a chance to meet everyone if they choose, they don't decide early or rely too heavily on small soundbites and national horse race descriptions. Local media cover candidates and what they say without regard to their status among the national chattering classes.