As Democrats debate the future of New Hampshire's Primary, we look back on the life of a man who knew it well. Former Senator Eugene McCarthy died this weekend. We'll look back at his unsuccessful bid for the presidency and what it said about New Hampshire politics. Dean Spiliotes joins us to put McCarthy's 1968 run into perspective. Spiliotes is Director of Research at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College.
Later in the show we'll get to know Seacoast playwright Scarlett Ridgway Savage. She got an impressive jumpstart in eighth grade when E.B. White wrote to congratulate her for her play adaptation of his book Charlotte's Web. Since then the Maine native has been writing prolificly. Her play "Dear Daddy, Love, Cassie" has played on the Seacoast and in Boston; a publisher is behind her effort to make it a novel, and Miramax and Samuel Goldwyn are knocking at her door. We'll talk with Scarlett about her work, theater in New Hampshire, and the use of humor in raw dramatic material.
This edition of The Front Porch was awarded an 2005 Honorable Mention for Public Affairs Programs by the New Hampshire Associated Press Broadcasters Association.
