Dave Danielson: Conservative Republican or Union Tool?

Granite State conservatives are starting to murmur: Why is Big Labor bankrolling and making turnout calls for a Republican candidate for State Senate? Dave Danielson is running for state senate in district 9 to replace retiring Senator Sheila Roberge. The district covers the towns of Bedford, Merrimack, New Boston, Greenfield and Mont Vernon. Conventional wisdom [...]

Another: Dem State Rep.: Palin more dangerous dead than alive

Another New Hampshire Democratic official has taken to Facebook to fantasize about former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s death. State Rep. Timothy Horrigan from Durham posted on the popular social networking site to speculate on whether Palin is “more dangerous” dead or alive. “Well, a dead Palin wd be even more dangerous than a [...]

Local Democrats wish death upon Sarah Palin

There’s only one way the tragic airplane crash in Alaska that ended the life of former-U.S. Senator Ted Stevens could have been better, according to New Hampshire Democratic activist and State Rep. candidate Keith Halloran: If Sarah Palin had been on it. In a Facebook post, Halloran, who describes himself as “an active local citizen [...]

‘Grandstander’ Guinta jonesed on stimulus money, now opposes it

Republican congressional candidate Frank Guinta has made his fierce opposition to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act or the stimulus act, and government spending generally, the cornerstone of his campaign message. But a new revelation in the New Hampshire Union Leader shows Guinta may actually be “grandstanding” on this issue. Guinta has called the stimulus [...]

Soucy conspicuously shielded from FRM inquiry

One central figure at the state’s Banking Department throughout much of the period during which Financial Resource Mortgages was running its Ponzi scheme has avoided any scrutiny from the joint legislative committee investigating the scheme. State Banking Commissioner Peter Hildreth has been put on paid leave for his failure to address numerous fraud complaints against [...]

Hassan: “Republicans should recuse” from FRM hearing

State Senator Maggie Hassan has lashed out at her Republican colleagues on the joint legislative committee to study the state’s FRM scandal, implying they are not impartial and should recuse themselves when former-Attorney General and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte testifies next week. Hassan, facing criticism about her own political biases in calling Ayotte [...]

Hassan’s Hodes ties threaten to turn FRM hearing into political stunt

State Senator Maggie Hassan (D-Exeter), who heads a joint legislative committee to examine the Financial Resources Mortgage, Inc. scandal and who has called Republican Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte to testify, has deep political ties to Ayotte’s Democratic opponent Paul Hodes and has even attacked Ayotte on behalf of Hodes in the media, a review by [...]

Kathy Sullivan in wild exchange on WMUR

Perhaps succumbing to the pressures of the Democrats’ declining fortunes in the Granite State former Democratic State Chairman Kathy Sullivan appeared to come unglued on WMUR’s Close-Up on Sunday. Sullivan, wearing what can only be described as Sarah Palin glasses, repeatedly interrupted fellow guest Republican consultant David Carney’s comments with wild, penetrating cackles of uncomfortable [...]

Web remark shows Levasseur glorifying gun violence against Republicans; Lynch, Dems silent

Controversy continues to swirl around embattled Dem. State Rep. Nick Levasseur as a second comment on a social networking site appears to show him glorifying gun violence against Republicans. Levasseur has been in the center of a storm after claiming on Facebook that “two nukes just wasn’t enough” for the Japanese. After the anti-Japanese comment [...]

Monitor demands answers from Stephen instead of Lynch?

He may only have been a candidate for governor for a little over one week now, but the editors of the Concord Monitor want specific answers from Republican candidate John Stephen on subjects as granular as prison recidivism rate. A Sunday editorial by the famously liberal paper appears to hold Stephen more accountable for state [...]

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