Donald Trump's Stealth New Hampshire Visit

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PRobably because they could not get enough people to go out and see him.
NO ONE IN NH CARES ABOUT TRUMP.
He's a progressive .

NH of NH 10:01AM April 30, 2011

now we can get back to important matters, like asking, "when will the inbred birthers realize that trump is playing them and go back to tending their backwoods meth labs?"

reagan's failures of ND 4:40PM April 27, 2011

At least Ross had something meaningful to say and, in retrospect, a much better haircut.

Carol Newman of TX 4:27AM April 27, 2011

To New Hampshire The Donald goes
In stealth to make the riff raff guess.
The three letters "U M P" shows
On a torn sign, but no address.
The Donald yells at his p.r.
"Go fix that sign or you are fired."
The Donald then struts from his car
To make the poor folk feel inspired.
But there is no folk anywhere,
Just lots of junk and rusty stuff.
Rage bristles from The Donald's hair,
Firing The Donald in a huff.
So where at is The Donald Trump? -
An undisclosed New Hampshire dump.

Ima Ryma of IL 4:06AM April 27, 2011

Obama on a campaign visit has to kiss as many hands and shake as many babies as possible, and announce well in advance so as many hands and babies as possible will be cued and queued there for him to kiss and shake. Obama can't take any risk of empty seats in the audience, not even once. A day after any cuts on the hand-kissing and baby-shaking, Plouffe knows that Obama's perceived value would go down, just like sales of Big Macs would go down if Mickey Dee's cuts back on the advertising. As a result, Obama is overexposed. Oversupply of anything drops the perceived value of that anything.
Trump already has so much buzz that he doesn't even have to announce exactly where and when he'll be far in advance. Trump showing up anywhere, even on short (public) notice will make a big splash, and that splash will continue longer in the news cycle after the appearance.
Expect that limited-supply/short-notice tactic of campaigning to continue in some form in a Trump bid for the republican nomination.
Businessman versus community organizer: The distinction between the two flies under Bo Tai's radar, hence Bo Tai's misperception of 'stealth.'

dom youngross of OH 2:53AM April 27, 2011

"What do you call a party whose base consists of dunces ?"
Democrats. (Come on, don't make it so easy.)
A Trump stealth visit to New Hampshire is a little unnerving, though. It sort of takes the air out of my hopes that he was talking about a run to satisfy his ego, rather than thinking of actually DOING it.
I don't think he can win the Republican primary - just check how much money he's given to Democrats. The man isn't an ideologue, but a practical businessman; I'm sure he gave to many Dems. But with his money, name recognition and circus ringmaster style, he can do a lot of damage to other candidates.

Rich of CO 9:35PM April 26, 2011

"Our little Dan Rather".
Fired and disgraced for pushing his agenda and lying about Bush.
I know robby would do the same to keep barry in office....

Bill Hedges of MO 7:07PM April 26, 2011

Comparing Obama to Trump is like comparing smoke and mirrors to a builder of hotels,casinos,and condos. But a man that offers hope can get the larger following, while the builder is limited to the hard world of bricks and cement.

morris wise of NY 6:25PM April 26, 2011