Hey Rudy, want fries with your dwindling numbers?

The small crowd waited for nearly an hour in the windowless basement. When Rudolph W. Giuliani finally arrived, immaculate in a dark suit that showed no trace of the deep snow and slush outside, he spoke for 10 minutes and answered questions for 10 minutes more. And that was it -- the Gateway Family Restaurant on Route 108 had had its glimpse of America's Mayor.

Just days before the New Hampshire primary, Giuliani's less-than-intense focus on the state -- one political observer here called it a "drive-through campaign" -- has him lagging far behind former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) in recent polls.

Hold the visits, hold the turnout, extra cheesy.

But rival campaigns say something else is at work in Giuliani's decision to pull back in a state for which he is seemingly suited: his reluctance to engage in the intensive voter-to-voter campaigning that the New Hampshire primary demands, preferring a more national-style campaign dominated by television advertising and airport tarmac interviews.

"He doesn't like to work, and it requires work," said Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), who is supporting Romney

Right you are, Judd. It takes work to supply first responders with equipment, to make a marriage work, clean up your own city and to be half the man you say you are. 

But Rudy prefers short-order campaigning. Good. The shorter his campaign, the better off we are.

The video is a fast-food version of his entire campaign.