NH is Romney's to lose, and I strongly doubt that he will, with Gingrich declining he's lost his primary challenge to supremacy here. I think Mitt is a guaranteed win in New Hampshire unless Huntsman takes off in the next week. So far, there are no indications of that. The question in New Hampshire is who gets 2nd and 3rd place? New Hampshire is a proportional primary, so 2nd and possibly 3rd might score a few delegates. The cuttoff in NH is 10% so sorry MB, RS and RP, ya'll get no delegates from this state.
Clearly the Huntsmentum is on! Extrapolating forwards, Huntsman might overtake Ron Paul in the next week or so, but still he's unlikely to score a win in NH.
On election night, (January 10), I think the primary ends as such:
Romney first, Huntsman and Paul (possibly Gingrich) fighting over 2nd, 3rd and 4th and Bachmann, Perry and Santorum along with all the other minor NH contenders (see here)
New Hampshire is far more representative of the nation as a whole than Iowa is. A win in NH provides a boost going into Florida and South Carolina. While Iowa is fun to watch (especially this year), it tends to pick the most conservative candidates (It went for Huckabee in '08 and look where that ended up...on FOX news). New Hampshire is where the primaries really get going and Romney looks set for a win here
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