Fred Thompson will not be making any more visits to New Hampshire between now and the end of the year. While the campaign says they are doing this in order to focus on Iowa, it might also be a sign that they are effectively giving up on New Hampshire — where Thompson has failed to break out of the low single digits in recent polls.

"Obviously, Iowa comes first," deputy communications director Karen Hanretty told the Union Leader. "Iowa is first in the nation, so we'll spend our time in Iowa and then be spending our time in the states that come after it."