Binnie leaves door open for tax increases (Update: Campaign disagrees)

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Bill Binnie seems to be open to raising taxes to reduce the deficit, a video of a recent candidate forum shows.
Answering a question this weekend about whether he supports a special commission to reduce the federal budget deficit, Binnie said, “I think it was a very good idea and I [...]

NH primary veteran Steve Forbes endorses Lamontagne

Two-time contender for the Republican presidential nomination in New Hampshire Steve Forbes is lending his name to the campaign of Senate hopeful Ovide Lamontagne. Forbes was the favorite of many Granite State conservatives in 1996 and 2000.
“I am proud to lend my name as a strong supporter of Ovide Lamontagne and his campaign for U.S. [...]

Ayotte out ahead in GOP Senate primary

The Senate campaign of Kelly Ayotte has released an internal polling memo showing them substantially ahead of the primary competition in the race to replace the retiring Judd Gregg.
The memo, from Ayotte’s pollster to the campaign, shows Ayotte winning 43% of the Republican vote to rivals Ovide Lamontagne’s 11% and Bill Binnie’s 5%. Binnie is [...]

Binnie makes moves to own January

The U.S. Senate campaign of Bill Binnie certainly is making aggressive moves to own the month of January. And beyond, perhaps.
Veteran Republican strategist, and Sununu family consigliore, Paul Collins started consulting for Binnie this week, placing a master of New Hampshire politics, ahem, behind the wheel of the Binnie operation. Binnie also impressed the [...]

New ARG poll has some problems, but …

Supporters of Ovide Lamontagne’s bid for U.S. Senate are no doubt heartened by the topline results of a new survey by the American Research Group showing their man, along with fellow Republican Kelly Ayotte, ahead of Democratic Senate candidate Paul Hodes.
And make no mistake, the news will provide a nice boost for Lamontagne’s campaign, which [...]

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 [...]

Ayotte calls for resignation of Napolitano

Former New Hampshire Attorney General and Republican Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte is “outraged at the systemic and human failures that led to the successful infiltration of a Northwest airplane on Christmas day by an Al Qaeda terrorist.”
And she wants President Barack Obama to demand the resignation of Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of Homeland Security.
“The President [...]

Binnie cites Kathy Sullivan as his electoral validater

Granite State political observers are scratching holes in their heads trying to decode the moves of Bill Binnie’s campaign for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.
Some moves have been brilliant, such as the hiring of Paul Collins. Others have been good, like rolling out the “Pasta and Politics” meet and greets to immerse newcomer Binnie [...]

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 [...]

State Dems launch false attacks on Ayotte

The New Hampshire Democratic Party launched a hard hitting attack on Republican Senate hopeful Kelly Ayotte this morning for holding an “event with tea party extremists,” Dick Armey and FreedomWorks this afternoon.
“The farther right we look, the more new friends Kelly Ayotte seems to be making in Washington,” said Emily Browne, Press Secretary for the [...]

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