Buckley privately invokes 1994 as Dems struggle

He may be full of bluster and contemptuous insults for Republicans while in New Hampshire but privately New Hampshire Democrat Party Chairman Ray Buckley is nervous that those Republicans will pound his team in the 2010 mid-term election.
During the DNC’s winter meeting in Washington this weekend Buckley and Democratic Party Vice Chair Martha Fuller Clark [...]

Will Paul Hodes return the money he raised with Harry Reid?

Political insiders are wondering if New Hampshire Senate hopeful Paul Hodes will return now-tainted money he raised with the help of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on June 3rd in Washington, DC.
It’s unclear how much Reid delivered for Hodes. But what is clear is that Reid is in hot water.
According to a new book:
Senate Majority [...]

Lamontagne, Binnie hammer Obama’s Homeland Security Secretary; Hodes silent

A day after New Hampshire Senate hopeful Kelly Ayotte called for the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano over the Obama administrations failed intelligence regarding and confused response to a Christmas Day terror attempt, Ayotte’s Republican opponents are also criticizing Napolitano.
Both Ovide Lamontagne and Bill Binne have issued harshly worded statements against Napolitano, but [...]

State agency openly lobbies for ‘second stimulus’

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation is openly asking for a ‘second stimulus’ from the federal government in a press release issued on Wednesday.
“This past year virtually doubled the NHDOT’s annual federal funding for transportation improvement projects,” said Commissioner George Campbell. “New Hampshire’s needs still far outweigh available funding, and we would welcome passage of [...]

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 [...]

Obama channels Shea-Porter, calls opponents “teabag people”

The nation’s public debate has sunk to new depths as the President of the United States now refers to his political opponents as “teabag people”.
Obama’s rhetoric mirrors that of our own Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), who also has referred to opponents as “tea-baggers” and has refused to apologize even after she learned the derogatory [...]

Stimulus has created 221 private sector jobs in New Hampshire

President Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as the stimulus act, created or saved only 221 private sector jobs between February 17th and September 30th NowHampshire.com has learned.
And despite President Obama’s heavy emphasis on road and bridge repair during the debate over the stimulus, the measure has created or saved only [...]

Sununu urges Republicans “not to be polite”

New Hampshire Republican Chairman John H. Sununu urged New England Republican activists to “rub [the Democrats’] noses in every trivial issue” during a GOP forum in Rhode Island this weekend.
Sununu also told Republicans “not to be polite,” according to the Providence Journal.
“Every time they burp,” Sununu said, “we explain why that burp is bad for [...]

Gregg calls McChrystal revelation “startling”

Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) calls the recent revelation by General Stanley McChrystal that he has only spoken to President Barack Obama once “startling.” McChrystal is the U.S. Commander in Afghanistan.
Gregg’s comments came during a Monday appearance on Fox News Channel’s America’s newsroom.
“President Bush spoke to (Gen. David) Petraeus on a very regular basis,” Gregg [...]

Shea-Porter: Republicans “were behaving in a way we never behave”

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter lashed out at South Carolina Republican Congressman Joe Wilson for his outburst before a joint session of Congress last week and at Republicans in general for vocally opposing President Barack Obama’s health reform initiative while speaking at the Strafford County Democratic Party Picnic this weekend.
“They were behaving in a way we never [...]

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