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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Hodes Stumbles in First Senate Test

Officials at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have reason to be concerned this week with the performance of the candidate they have called their “presumptive” nominee for Judd Gregg’s open Senate seat in 2010.
This past Wednesday those running for Congress across the country submitted their first quarter fundraising figures. According to published reports 10 of [...]

Transgender Group Helping Martin Despite His Silence on Issue

A transgender rights organization is sending paid, out-of-state operatives to New Hampshire to elect “Bud” Martin to the state Senate, NowHampshire.com has learned.
The group, called the Human Rights Campaign, is dedicated to, among other things, “equal protection under the law” for “transgendered Americans.”
Transgenderism is a hot button issue in New Hampshire these days as [...]

NRCC Hits Shea-Porter Spending in New Radio Ad

The National Republican Congressional Committee today announced a new radio ad campaign hitting Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) for “authorizing to spend American taxpayers’ money at the rate of a billion dollars an hour.”
“Carol Shea-Porter has failed to be honest about her willingness to support a pork-filled stimulus package and a budget that taxes, spends [...]

Group, Obama Focus on Better Chronic Disease Management

The state chapter of a national health care organization is urging Congress and the president to reform America’s health system by tackling the problem of chronic disease.
You may have seen the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease featured on WMUR this weekend as they set about the work of educating the public and the politicians as [...]

Romney: EFCA Still a Threat

Much of the air seems to have been let out of the so-called Employee Free Choice Act—or “card check”—balloon but that doesn’t mean small business owners can rest, according to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
“[The Employee Free Choice Act] would be a black cloud on entrepreneurship in this country and to small business,” said Romney [...]

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