POLL: Shea-Porter’s antics catching up to her
Voters appear to have soured on embattled New Hampshire Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter after a series of bizarre antics have made her the subject of widespread derision in Washington and New Hampshire. According to a new poll by the University of New Hampshire only 35% of likely voters approve of the job Shea-Porter is doing in Congress. 40% disapprove. 24% are neutral or don’t know for sure how they feel. Even worse, all potential Republican candidates for Congress – even the lesser-known candidates – would defeat her if the election were held today. Former Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta performs best against ...
Shea-Porter ongoing town hall drama takes new turn; effort to ban her from Epping
A Republican selectman from Epping wants to ban Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) from using that town’s offices for a public town hall meeting because she has refused to sign a letter objecting to prosecution of Navy SEALS who are embroiled in a legal battle. The New Hampshire Union Leader has the full story. The controversy is sure to add yet another dimension to Shea-Porter’s problematic history with town hall meetings. Before she was a member of Congress, Shea-Porter was removed from a President George W. Bush town hall meeting in Portsmouth by two police officers. Shea-Porter later denied to the media ...
Controversial polling firm raises eyebrows in Connecticut
Moore Information, a Portland, OR-based polling firm that was ensnared in one of the most peculiar side stories of New Hampshire’s 2008 Republican presidential primary, and which is still under investigation here in the Granite State, is now making news in Connecticut for producing surprising polling results. [caption id="attachment_3287" align="aligncenter" width="477" caption="WWE CEO Linda McMahon"][/caption] The poll, conducted on behalf of former-WWE CEO Linda McMahon, shows McMahon leading former Congressman Rob Simmons by two points in the Republican U.S. Senate primary. The poll raised eyebrows because it was the first to show McMahon in the lead. McMahon has been spending ...
Lamontagne requested meeting with party leaders he now criticizes
As he enters the race for U.S. Senate to replace the retiring Judd Gregg, Manchester attorney and 1996 Republican gubernatorial nominee Ovide Lamontagne is assuming a decidedly anti-establishment posture. He was the first Republican candidate in New Hampshire to back the third-party efforts of Doug Hoffman over the establishment party candidate in NY-23 (Kelly Ayotte also backed Hoffman). And he has been critical of party leaders for backing candidates in competitive primaries. Just this weekend, Lamontagne repeated those criticisms to the POLITICO’s Josh Kraushaar: “I’m the only candidate who’s running for this race who has run for office before. I know how to ...
State bails out Claremont Eagle Times with loan guarantee
Kevin Landrigan of the Nashua Telegraph reports on a decision this week by the state's Executive Council to guarantee a loan of $250,000 to a bankrupt newspaper that is now owned by an out-of-state media company. NowHampshire.com has inquired as to whether the newspaper will be covering Executive Council races in the 2010 election. We await a reply. Sign of the Times The council approved a state guarantee loan of up to $250,000 for the new publishers of the resurrected Claremont Eagle Times. The loan is for working capital for Eagle Printing and Publishing, the company linked to the Pennsylvania media group that ...
Can the Celtics Do It Again – Without Garnett?
The defending champion Boston Celtics might have to do without Kevin Garnett for the entire postseason according to coach Doc Rivers. “He’s not going to be ready. After watching him practice, there’s no way,” Celtics Coach Doc Rivers said on WEEI-AM Radio. “The way I saw him move today, I don’t know if he’ll be ready.” The Celtics begin their first round of the postseason this weekend at the Garden against the Chicago Bulls. They've met three times this year and the Celtics won the first two games by at least 16 points. The third game, the only game Garnett ...
Business
Source: Ashooh backed Lynch’s LLC Tax while on BIA boardA source close to the situation tells NowHampshire.com that defense industry lobbyist and Republican candidate for Congress Rich... ...
UPDATE: Almy wants “reasonable compensation” set as $50K per year, gave away more than that to “leftwing” causes
Hodes misrepresents his record to voter in Exeter
Controversial polling firm raises eyebrows in Connecticut
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Health
Number Two: Dem Congresswoman confirms Shea-Porter’s bathroom storyRep. Carol Shea-Porter now says she was just using “humor” when she accused men of holding up health care reform. But Florida... ...
Shea-Porter goes rogue on health reform
Shea-Porter sounding less bullish on health bill
Sentinel editor disappointed in process, but blames Republicans for C-SPAN flip
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Sports & Entertainment
Leftwing blog repeats ‘big lie’ about Breitbart UPDATE: Breitbart punches back at criticsAndrew Breitbart was in New Hampshire this weekend and the leftwing blog BlueHampshire.com could not help but smear him. Andrew... ...
Film Review: ‘Wild Things’ lacks warmth, whimsy
Brady admits to flirting with refs prior to games
Republicans whack Hodes, Biden in spoof vid
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Energy & Environment
Bald eagles returning to area skiesThe bald eagle population is rising across New Hampshire and Maine, a development that comes after the birds spent decades as... ...
Local participant in ‘Jobs Summit’ a major Democrat donor
Wolffish ugly, tasty but not endangered
‘Climate change’ mural on campus that doesn’t permit Old Glory
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News & Politics
Hodes Fundraiser Host Committee Heavy on LobbyistsIn addition to Robert Raben, the lobbyist for the adult entertainment industry that NowHampshire reported on earlier, Two lobbyists... ...
Skin-flick lobbyist pimps for Hodes (Warning: Graphic Content)
Bass announces for old seat, praises tea party movement
Woman who calls opponents ‘teabaggers,’ was tossed from town hall calls for civility
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State House
Van Jones, 9/11 ‘truther,’ to visit school tied to Dem state senator (Updated)HassanA disgraced former Obama administration official who once thought the U.S. government may have been responsible for the... ...
Boutin defeats Goley in bellwether state senate special election
Forsythe enters District 4 senate race
Ashooh: I supported the LLC Tax before I was against it
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