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Subscribe to RSSNew Hampshire gubernatorial nominee John Stephen is getting rock-star treatment from national Republicans.
In the next week, he has campaign events and fundraisers with 2012 potential candidates Mitt Romney, Haley Barbour, and Tim Pawlenty.
On Saturday, Romney is keynoting the state party convention and doing a fundraiser for Stephen. On Monday, Barbour, who is the Republican Governors Association chairman, is heading to the Granite State, for a fundraiser for Stephen in the morning and then will tour a factory in Londonderry. On the 30th, Pawlenty will headline an event with Stephen as well.
The New Hampshire Republican Party is bullish about Stephen's chances against the popular Gov. John Lynch. There hasn't been any reliable polling in the state thus far (there was a robo-poll showing the race tight), but even Democratic Gov. John Lynch's campaign is acting like they're in a fight. Yesterday, the campaign went up with an attack ad, criticizing Stephen's record as state Health and Human Services commisioner. He held the post under Lynch and former Gov. Craig Benson.
“Stephen won’t tell you but he raised fees 162 times, left a trail of mismanagement we’re still paying for,” an announcer says in Lynch's ad. “John Stephen. If you can’t trust his numbers, how can you trust him?”
Lynch is trying for an unprecedented fourth term. (In New Hampshire, governors serve two-year terms.) That hasn't happened since Colonial times, the New Hampshire Republican Party notes.
"John Stephen is an excellent nominee," said Ryan Williams, spokesman for the New Hampshire Republican Party. "We have the best shot in years of taking back the corner office." He adds that voters, channeling much of the frustration highlighted by the Tea Party movement, are "rallying around [Stephen's] fiscally conservative message."
Stephen's is currently a consultant with the Lucas Group in Boston, where he advises state governments on achieving "efficiencies," Williams said. He's worked including Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri (R) and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) on how to get savings, particularly in health care. Stephen's father is a former Democratic state Senator from Manchester.
In the Senate race... There's a debate tomorrow between Republican front-runner Kelly Ayotte and Rep. Paul Hodes. And how much have things possibly turned there? Hodes, who once touted the Dem party line, is now on TV calling himself a "fiscal conservative." (That's something Karl Rove's American Crossroads derided in this ad.)
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Can't they find a candidate for NH governor who has a "fully funcional human brain"? Why do they want a Republican?
See how this works? This is republicans pushing their candidate forward ( as they should ) And the pundit spinning it like it is news ( as he should not ) We all know what push polling is, this is what I like to call push journalism.
Maybe Christine O'Donnell misspoke about "mice with fully functioning brains", she meant "rats", like this guy John Stephen.
Wouldn't that mean finding a candidate without a party-line agenda to push, Democrat or Republican?
How can there be an "UPSET" when...
"There hasn't been any reliable polling in the state thus far (there was a robo-poll showing the race tight),"???
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Can't they find a candidate for NH governor who has a "fully funcional human brain"? Why do they want a Republican?
Perhaps, they should consult Tea Bagger candidate Cristine O'Donnell. After all she knows a lot about research, brains, humans, and mice. however, i digress if her consultation will have enough for her pinky finger.
It's just too funny. The right wing talk show folks keep saying of the mouse-brain lady; goofy 'she did that years ago' or 'she said that years ago'- then whine because people don't focus on the issues, but focus on this stuff.
I think these are the same talk show people that couldn't let go of the fact that a guy used a teleprompter!
Think Progress:
Yesterday, NewsMax posted an interview with Tony Perkins, the leader of FRC and a frequent contributor to CNN. Asked why so many Americans question Obama's Christian faith, Perkins said myths and conspiracy theories about the President's faith are not his "problem." Perkins then furthered the myth that Obama is a Muslim by saying that Obama "claims to be a Christian," but is actually "advancing the idea of the Islamic religion"-
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You know what? Vote for the Republicans. Just vote for them. There isn't an honest one among them but so what. Republicans and Independents don't seem to care. I have a co-worker who voted for Scott Brown. You know why?
Because he was tired of the Coakley calls asking him to vote for her. This co-worker has tons of education. Yet this is how people vote nowadays who have no principles. The GOP go on tv and lie right to your face. And except for a very few, the pundits don't care. The voters don't care. The viewers don't care. Especially over on Fox Republican Propaganda News. President Obama shouldn't use a teleprompter. Of all the things to be concerned about, this is important enough to talk about. How petty and shallow can you get?
President Obama didn't do enough. For them. That's all they care about. If I were President Obama, I would ignore the GOP completely and help out the inner cities as much as possible. Just concentrate on them. The heck with everybody else, including most of the pundits. They have very comfortable lives inside the beltway.
They make big big bucks. Whoever wins is not going to affect their lives. Unless of course they have to pay taxes. Finally.
President Obama please. Concentrate on the inner cities. They voted for you. They admire you. They've been waiting for you.
The wealthy can stuff it. They caused this nightmare because of greed. Isn't it always about greed? They respect no one.