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.
The poll, conducted on behalf of former-WWE CEO Linda [...]

Local participant in ‘Jobs Summit’ a major Democrat donor

Frank Alix, a New Hampshire businessman who participated in President Barack Obama’s so-called ‘Jobs Summit’ last week—and offered a glowing review of the administration’s policies to state media—was a major donor to the 2008 campaign of Democrat U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, NowHampshire.com has learned.
Alix appears not to have shared that information with the media.
“We have [...]

Republicans blast Shea-Porter as a ‘flip-flopper’ on Afghanistan

In a new web video, the New Hampshire Republican State Committee blasts Shea-Porter for changing her position on the war in Afghanistan, of which she once said, “we should be working even harder there to make sure our Afghanistan mission does not fail.”

Source: Hodes joined Obama, stars for state dinner

U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, (D-NH), attended President Barack Obama’s State Dinner Tuesday night in Washington, NowHampshire.com has learned. The Second District congressman was accompanied by his wife, Peggo, at the star-studded affair honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Hodes was the lone member of New Hampshire’s Congressional Delegation to make the cut for what was Obama’s [...]

POLITICO: Carol Shea-Porter “doesn’t say outrageous things” [!?]

In his analysis of why the NH-01 congressional contest will be among the “most interesting showdowns of 2010” POLITICO’s Charles Mahtesian asserts that Rep. Carol Shea-Porter “doesn’t say outrageous things.”
We invite our readers to determine for themselves if they feel he has accurately portrayed the Congresswoman’s statements and behavior of late:
1. Last April Shea-Porter had [...]

Business groups vie for influence

The painter and the local pizza parlor have a new voice in the Legislature. But do they need one?
Former Republican state senator Bob Clegg, a lobbyist for Legislative Solutions, recently founded the Small Business and Small Industry Association.
“It’s designed to have a voice in Concord for all the small businesses that now don’t seem to [...]

Slow, weak recovery forecast for New England

PORTSMOUTH — While the “Great Recession” may be technically over, the outlook for New England remains questionable with a key regional economic group predicting a slow and weak recovery through 2010.
University of New Hampshire professor Ross Gittell released his economic forecast at the New England Economic Partnership fall economic outlook conference, “Re-energizing the New England [...]

Wolffish ugly, tasty but not endangered

PORTSMOUTH — It may be ugly and it may be delicious, but the Atlantic wolffish is not an endangered species, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced last week.
With large jagged fangs, bulging brown eyes, a big nose, fat lips and the complexion of a rubber boot, the Atlantic wolffish has a face even a [...]

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 [...]

Binnie stumbles out of the gate on gay marriage

Political talkers are this morning pointing to this section of the Concord Monitor’s story on Seacoast businessman Bill Binnie’s announcement yesterday and claiming he may not have been fully prepared:
Binnie, 51, stressed his resume as a businessman dealing with economic problems. “My experience building business, creating jobs, dealing with business challenges all over the world. [...]

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