Parting Thoughts from the Pen Pals

The completion of the New Hampshire primary brings to an end an experiment that we conducted with public radio station KUNI in Iowa. Months before the caucuses, we paired five voters in Iowa with five voters here at home and let them share their observations through a weblog called Primary Frontline Pen Pals.

We reached five of our bloggers and asked them to evaluate the conduct of the candidates and the overall tenor of the campaigns. Their views thoroughly reflect the trademark retail politics of the early presidential contests.