A New Hampshire consultant, talking to me this morning, said, “Everything dramatic that we remember in previous election cycles in places like Iowa and New Hampshire happened in the final two weeks before people went to the polls. I still contend that nothing has changed much in the dynamics of this race in a while, and nothing that really defines the race will happen until we’re two weeks out.”

Yes, but we’ve never had an Iowa Caucus two days after New Year’s Day, and a New Hampshire primary a week after New Year’s (maybe). (It’s still allegedly possible that New Hampshire votes in mid-December. I’m a skeptic.)

Nobody really knows how much voters will tune in to the political scene during the holiday season, or whether they’ll appreciate attack ads during A Charlie Brown Christmas. Maybe the window for those defining moments has shrunk to the final 48 hours before the polls open.

I’ll be on the road for much of the afternoon, so if the political world could refrain from having any breaking news during that period, I’d appreciate it.