http://www.nowhampshire.com News from New Hampshire Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:24:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rep. Stephen Lynch of the House Oversight Committee suggested during a hearing last week that Congress should “blow up” the federal health benefits program known as FEHBP. But a growing number of experts think that this scorched earth approach to a system that 8 million Americans rely on for ... http://www.nowhampshire.com/2010/03/14/stephen-lynch-wants-to-%e2%80%98blow-up%e2%80%99-rare-government-program-that%e2%80%99s-working/ It usually takes much longer in his career for a fading celebrity to sink this low: http://www.nowhampshire.com/2010/03/14/tom-brady-swears-off-super-bowl-rings-becomes-global-warming-pitchman/ 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 ... http://www.nowhampshire.com/2010/03/14/monitor-demands-answers-from-stephen-instead-of-lynch/ Republicans Senate hopeful Ovide Lamontagne pounded GOP rival Kelly Ayotte and “the DC establishment and party bosses” in an “open letter of John McCain” on Saturday. McCain was in the Granite State to campaign for Ayotte, whom he has endorsed. “I am disappointed, however, that you have chosen to return ... http://www.nowhampshire.com/2010/03/14/lamontagne-pounds-ayotte-in-open-letter-to-mccain/ In addition to Robert Raben, the lobbyist for the adult entertainment industry that NowHampshire reported on earlier, Two lobbyists on the host committee for Paul Hodes’ fundraiser being held in Washington, DC tonight raise questions for the New Hampshire Democrat who has long advocated financial, energy, and health care reform. ... http://www.nowhampshire.com/2010/03/11/hodes-fundraiser-host-committee-heavy-on-lobbyists/ Tonight in Washington, Paul Hodes will attend a private fundraiser hosted in part by a lobbyist who for years represented the adult entertainment industry. [caption id="attachment_3585" align="alignright" width="213" caption="Scene from a recent Freedom of Speech Coalition fundraiser"][/caption] According to a published report by John Distaso of the New Hampshire Union Leader, among ... http://www.nowhampshire.com/2010/03/11/skin-flick-lobbyist-pimps-for-hodes-warning-graphic-content/ [caption id="attachment_2645" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Hassan"][/caption]A disgraced former Obama administration official who once thought the U.S. government may have been responsible for the deadliest terror attack in American history will spend time in New Hampshire on Monday, a guest of a New Hampshire Democrat state Senator, NowHampshire.com has learned. Van Jones, one ... http://www.nowhampshire.com/2010/02/21/van-jones-911-%e2%80%98truther%e2%80%99-to-visit-school-tied-to-dem-state-senator/ Here is Charlie Bass' announcement video: Here's what he told the Union Leader's John DiStaso about the tea party movement: Bass rejected any suggestion that he's simply a Washington insider retread, a charge his opponents of both parties rolled out immediately in various forms yesterday. "There's a big difference between experienced leadership and ... http://www.nowhampshire.com/2010/02/18/bass-announces-for-old-seat-praises-tea-party-movement/ In what political observers are viewing as a major blow to Democratic Gov. John Lynch’s agenda and a foretaste of a potential Democratic bloodletting in November, Republican David Boutin defeated Democrat Jeff Goley in the District 16 state Senate special election, despite being vastly outspent. Goley and the Democrat Party, led ... http://www.nowhampshire.com/2010/02/16/boutin-defeats-goley-in-bellwether-state-senate-special-election/ [caption id="attachment_3553" align="aligncenter" width="320" caption="Sgambati"][/caption]Jim Forsythe enters the race for the GOP nomination in state Senate District 4. George Hurt is already in the race. Democrat Kathy Sgambati currently holds the seat. Below is Forsythe's press release: Forsythe Declares Candidacy for District 4 State Senate Seat Laconia, NH- Conservative Republican Jim ... http://www.nowhampshire.com/2010/02/15/forsythe-enters-district-4-senate-race/