In addition to catching flak from Democrats for his ugly racial history, Virginia Senator George Allen’s recent pre-presidential trip to New Hampshire reportedly also managed to annoy Republicans, as Robert Novak reports:

Sen. George Allen of Virginia, the hottest early prospect for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, blundered on his visit to New Hampshire May 3 by conducting two fund-raisers there.

GOP insiders in the nation’s earliest primary state did not want to criticize him publicly, but called Allen’s New Hampshire performance “odd.” That’s because presidential candidates are supposed to spend funds in the state, not take money out. Allen was raising money for his 2006 Senate re-election campaign.