Binnie defensive about his campaign spending
June 9, 2010 by Shawn Millerick
Filed under News & Politics
In a bizarre post that appeared on the website of country club owner-turned-senate candidate Bill Binnie, Binnie appears defensive about the personal millions he has dumped into his campaign. The post claims that it isn’t the millions of dollars of his wealth that he has spent on campaign ads that has boosted his poll numbers, [...]
Sean Mahoney wants you to vote for Carol Shea-Porter?
May 13, 2010 by Shawn Millerick
Filed under News & Politics
We’ll not exactly. But Republican Congressional hopeful Sean Mahoney does want people to go onto his website and vote for Democratic incumbent Carol Shea-Porter’s most “laugh out loud” comment. Mahoney’s homepage has been taken over by a poll called LOL Carol in which users are asked to pick the “most outrageous” comment from four videos. [...]
How to contact NowHampshire.com
May 13, 2010 by Shawn Millerick
Filed under Business
Many folks have tried to contact NowHampshire.com recently without success. We welcome all tips and scoops and will always protect our sources’ anonymity. Please send all correspondence to shawn.millerick@gmail.com.
Binnie trashes Arizona law he defended one week ago
May 7, 2010 by Shawn Millerick
Filed under News & Politics
Republican Senate candidate Bill Binnie “defended Arizona’s law requiring officers to question suspected illegal immigra[nts] about their status,” during a debate at St. Anselm College last week, according to NECN. But at a second debate on Thursday Binnie came out against the law, reports New Hampshire Union Leader’s Clynton Namuo. And when his views were [...]
Kelly Ayotte’s first ad
May 5, 2010 by Shawn Millerick
Filed under News & Politics
Seen here:
Shea-Porter falsely claims she doesn’t use term “teabagger”
April 26, 2010 by Shawn Millerick
Filed under Health
Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) chastised a supporter at a recent town hall meeting for referring to opponents of President Barack Obama’s new health care law as “teabaggers.” But Shea-Porter has defiantly refused to apologize for having used the term herself in the past. The questioner, who later identified herself as a public school teacher, [...]
Source: State Dems scrambling to deploy tea party ‘crashers’ UPDATE: Sullivan denies
April 14, 2010 by Shawn Millerick
Filed under News & Politics
New Hampshire Democrats are engaged in a statewide search for liberal activists willing to attend so-called tea parties on Thursday and carry signs expressing racist or fringe sentiments, a Democratic source with knowledge of the effort tells NowHampshire.com. According to the source, who sought anonymity for fear of reprisals, the Dems’ last minute scramble reflects [...]
Dem strategy of blaming Bush proves unpopular in New Hampshire
April 8, 2010 by Shawn Millerick
Filed under News & Politics
National Democrats have made clear they believe the strategy of blaming unpopular Republican former-President George W. Bush still has some political mileage as they head toward the November elections. But that strategy may have hit a brick wall in Alton, NH this week. Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) faced a hostile crowd at an Alton [...]
Reid Losing Union Support Over Card Check
January 15, 2010 by Shawn Millerick
Filed under News & Politics, national
In recent weeks it has become clear that health care reform legislation could spell the quick end of the Democrats’ control of Washington D.C. From Massachusetts to Nevada, polls are showing anger with an overreaching majority on this and a host of other issues. At times like these, Democrats more than ever need to hold [...]
Ayotte paints Hodes as status quo agent in new vid
October 30, 2009 by Shawn Millerick
Filed under News & Politics
Former state Attorney General and Republican candidate for US Senate Kelly Ayotte today released a web video that turns Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes’ (NH-02) words against him. The Ayotte video samples one of Hodes’ own web videos to position the Democrat frontrunner as an agent of the status quo. In the video, Hodes stares into [...]