Category Archives: NH Senate race

7 AM–Polls open: Vote Early, vote often?

This tried and true maxim of the Democrat party comes alive as the polls spring to life at the opening bell.  It’s a lot easier to vote more than once when you have already sent in your absentee ballot, and can use the day … Continue reading

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Mike ‘Kato’ Kaelin part II

Rep Mike “Kato” Kaelin wants’ to sell himself as better than sitting state senator Sheila Roberge based almost entirely on the notion that he’ll actually do something.  So while in part one  I reviewed what Kato wants to do (or … Continue reading

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Shaheen, Hypocrite for senate.

Jeanne Shaheen’s team has been making a campaign issue of out-of-state funding, but I wonder if they are ever going to bring up the fact that candidate Shaheen gets 75% of her own campaign money from out of state?  SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT!!  There’s … Continue reading

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You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!

  Shaheen has launched a four person committee whose sole purpose is to combat what PR gal Kate Bedingfield calls “distortions of Sununu’s record coming from the Republican side.”    But her Truth team for justice and the Non-Republican Way™ is … Continue reading

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Rubbing off some of the Shaheen

Shaheen wants to distract us from the cold hard truth about her dark Blue roots by arguing that her opponent, Senator Sununu, is less capable than she simply because he voted with Bush 85% of the time.   But a quick look at her policy and … Continue reading

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Shaheen helps us Refine the term “Alternative” energy

Jeanne Shaheen latest gripe is that Oil refineries are only running at 85% efficiency, and this is more proof that the Oil companies are milking  “The Middle Class™” for profits.  It’s a sad tale Jeanne, but did you know it’s … Continue reading

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Lock-Step or Goose Step?

Shaheen’s lawyers are after the Free Enterprise Alliance, the political arm of Associated Building and Contractors’ for a radio spot they are airing that attacks Jeanne’s energy policy, something near and dear to my heart.  The rub it seems is … Continue reading

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Jeanne Shaheen on the economy

Jeanne Shaheen on the economy (from jeanneshaheen.org) It’s time our economy worked for middle class families again. For the past seven years, wages have remained stagnant while the price of everything else – from a gallon of gas to a … Continue reading

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Kathy Sullivan get’s dizzy from the spin.

Front page, Sunday Union Leader, in an article assessing Sununu’s ability to shake “The Bush effect,” NH State DHC (Democrat High Council) senior adviser Kathy Sullivan sees Sununu as “a big part of the problem.”  So what problem is she … Continue reading

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Sununu Rising

I’m on a tight schedule this week so free time is at a premium, but this from the Concord Monitor was promising news for John Sununu.  He is a statistical dead-heat with challenger Shaheen.   This is great because it really brings … Continue reading

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