Stephen Swears Off Pork

In an Op-Ed in today’s New Hampshire Union Leader, Republican Congressional candidate John Stephen denounced the practice of Congressional earmarking, promising “not to place earmarks in budgets if elected” and pledging to make the federal budgeting process for transparent.

Curiosities in New Shaheen, Sununu Poll

Fuelled by a big margin of support among New Hampshire’s famous “Undeclared” voters, former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen enjoys a large lead over Sen. John Sununu in a hypothetical rematch of their 2002 Senate contest, according to a new poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire.

Source: Expect another Dem in Senate Race

Former “First Hunk” Billy Shaheen’s bank-shot attack on Barack Obama before the New Hampshire Democratic primary is still reverberating within Democratic circles and could imperil former-Governor Jeanne Shaheen’s unfettered prance to the Senate nomination, a high-level Democratic source told Now! Hampshire.

Gore May Broker Obama, Clinton Deal

According to CNN sources, former vice president and 2000 Democratic nominee for president Al Gore will endorse neither Sen. Hillary Clinton nor Sen. Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential nominating contest.