But contrary to stereotype, not all New Hampshire residents expressed an enthusiasm for politics.

When given a flier, the proprietor of a shoe repair store in Laconia, a man calling himself Armondi told the students, "I'm nobody's supporter - I'm my own supporter."

After a morning's work in the freezing temperatures, the four volunteers drove an hour to Plymouth, where they would regroup with other McCain stumpers.

At Biederman's, a clean, cozy pub and deli, they relaxed with Kolmeister to watch McCain in that night's Republican candidate debate in Iowa.

Soon, the pub's small television room was filled with men, most of them advanced in age, all white-haired, wearing winter coats. Many coats bore the pin of a POW or of a military division.

The men--McCain's supporters and members of the New Hampshire's Veteran's Coalition---travel throughout New Hampshire to, in the words of McCain's deputy campaign manager Jimmy Martin, "tell stories about [McCain's]character, service, and how they shape and guide him."

One of the veterans, Orson Swindle, tells voters of the two years he spent sleeping next to John McCain in a Vietnam POW camp.