MANCHESTER, N.H. – Light snow is falling here in the largest city in the Granite State. It had been falling for about twelve hours when my flight from Washington landed on a strikingly-unplowed runway, and is expected to continue until tomorrow. So I may be soaking up cold campaign trail atmosphere for a little longer than I intended…

It’s a winter wonderland for John McCain, who is on the trail here, basking in the glow of the Manchester Union-Leader’s endorsement. As many have noted, in 2000, the paper derided McCain as the liberal of the field; this time, they’ve labeled him “the most trustworthy, competent, and conservative of all those seeking the nomination.”

Tonight I’ll be covering a MySpace candidate forum with John McCain. This one ought to be a bit more interesting than the one with John Edwards that I covered, as that one was basically a love-fest between Edwards and the assembled college students. McCain usually thrives with the usual back-and-forth with questioners, but with another college-age crowd tonight, there’s always a chance for one of those ”thanks for the question, you little jerk. You’re drafted” moments.

DISCLOSURE: Since a former colleague decided that my disclosure on the last one was insufficient enough to declare that I was “bought,” here it is, and in every New Hampshire post: MySpace.com, the sponsor of tonight’s forum with McCain, covered the costs of this trip, including my plane ticket and hotel stay. Feel free to take any grains of salt in this coverage that you deem appropriate. In fact, you should take grains of salt with all of my coverage, and just about anybody else’s, too…