Friday, September 3, 2010

Guinta’s record on abortion at odds with stump rhetoric

August 30, 2010 by ShawnMillerick  
Filed under News & Politics

When Republican congressional hopeful Frank Guinta (NH-01) talks about abortion on the campaign trail, he leads people to believe he is as hardcore on the issue as anyone. He even told Foster’s Daily Democrat recently that he is pro-life – with no exceptions. Giunta rarely talks about his actual record on the issue, however. Perhaps [...]

Mahoney: ‘Recovery Summer’ really a ‘Cruel Summer’

August 25, 2010 by ShawnMillerick  
Filed under Business

Vice President Joe Biden will be in New Hampshire on Thursday to discuss the so-called “Recovery Summer,” brought about by the stimulus act. Republican Congressional hopeful Sean Mahoney says this has really been more of a “cruel summer” because of the Obama administration’s policies. His campaign has released a web video to that effect:

Mahoney launches jobs tour in Exeter Wednesday

July 7, 2010 by ShawnMillerick  
Filed under News & Politics

Republican Sean Mahoney (NH-01) has talked a lot about jobs in his campaign for Congress. But now he’s launching a jobs tour called, “Roadmap to Recovery: Small Business, Big Jobs.” Foster’s has the story: EXETER — Republican congressional candidate Sean Mahoney will travel to downtown Exeter today as part of a campaign initiative focusing on [...]

State Dems caught lying about Mahoney’s comments on Social Security

July 4, 2010 by ShawnMillerick  
Filed under News & Politics

The New Hampshire Democrat Party got caught fibbing in an attack on First Congressional District Republican candidate Sean Mahoney on Social Security this week. In a press release, state Dems claimed Mahoney had called Social Security a “bailout” and that it had been caught on tape! There’s only one problem. Let Nashua Telegraph state house [...]

Liberal blog swears revenge against state’s media

July 3, 2010 by ShawnMillerick  
Filed under Business

After a series of embarrassing revelations about Democratic office holders has cause the once ascendant Democratic Party in the Granite State to look confused, corrupt and cantankerous, a leftwing blog is swearing revenge against the state’s mainstream media. Liberal blogger Dean Barker posted the following on his small blog “Blue Hampshire”: I am sick and [...]

Shea-Porter’s actions belie claims to support government transparency

July 3, 2010 by ShawnMillerick  
Filed under News & Politics

Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter claims to support government transparency. But when a reporter from the New Hampshire Union Leader asked her for information about lists of students she obtained – lists that violate policy in at least one district – she called in the lawyers to erect a wall of silence. At issue is a [...]

Mahoney pounds Shea-Porter over House budget failure

June 22, 2010 by ShawnMillerick  
Filed under News & Politics

Republican congressional candidate Sean Mahoney wasted no time in criticizing Democratic incumbent Rep. Carol Shea-Porter over news on Tuesday that Democrats in the House of Representatives will not pass a budget this year. “After engaging in a multi-trillion dollar spending spree that has imperiled the U.S. economy, Carol Shea-Porter and Nancy Pelosi now say they [...]

Guinta staffer: Gatsas is a ‘jerk’

June 20, 2010 by ShawnMillerick  
Filed under News & Politics

Kevin Landrigan of the Nashua Telegraph has a small item in his Sunday column this week about a chasm forming between First District Republican hopeful Frank Guinta’s public and private reactions to Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas’ endorsement of Sean Mahoney: The Guinta campaign shrugged off the Gatsas endorsement in public, noting only that as a [...]

Mahoney Web Video: Carol Has Changed

June 8, 2010 by ShawnMillerick  
Filed under News & Politics

In a surprise move, Democrat Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) filed for re-election today. The move was a surprise because Shea-Porter didn’t really tell anyone when she was going to file. Some speculate she was attempting to avoid an impromptu tea party from breaking out. One of Carol Shea-Porter’s possible Republican opponents Sean Mahoney launched a [...]

Sean Mahoney wants you to vote for Carol Shea-Porter?

May 13, 2010 by Shawn Millerick  
Filed under News & Politics

We’ll not exactly. But Republican Congressional hopeful Sean Mahoney does want people to go onto his website and vote for Democratic incumbent Carol Shea-Porter’s most “laugh out loud” comment. Mahoney’s homepage has been taken over by a poll called LOL Carol in which users are asked to pick the “most outrageous” comment from four videos. [...]

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