Jan 6, 2008 - New Hampshire's ornery voters relish the supersized impact of their presidential primary on Tuesday. They plan to head to the polls with little deference to Thursday's Iowa caucus results, especially Republicans, and with a history to prove it. That means the candidates who fell short in Iowa have some hope of resurrection in the Granite State.
Sen. John McCain, who finished fourth among Republicans in Iowa, already is trying to tap into New Hampshire voters' maverick instincts. He reminds them in a new television ad that in 2000, they chose him over President Bush, the winner of that year's Iowa caucus. 
The trend applies to both parties, but Democratic candidates in some years have scored back-to-back victories. Republicans, on the other hand, have never awarded Iowa and New Hampshire to the same candidate in an open nomination race since Iowa took on its crucial early role in 1972.
This is where Ronald Reagan won after losing Iowa, and Bill Clinton scored a surprise second place after he and other Democrats were swept aside in the Iowa caucus by one of that state's own U.S. senators. In both cases, New Hampshire salvaged their campaigns.
"It's the Yankee attitude that we don't care what happens anywhere else," said Debbie Nita, 44, owner of the Village Roaster coffee shop in Peterborough and an undecided voter.
Instead of taking their cues from Iowa, New Hampshire's voters are focused on the same issues that ring familiar across the country: jobs, Iraq, illegal immigration and health care costs.  By Mark Johnson
Read State's voters often turn political convention on its head