Sentinel editor disappointed in process, but blames Republicans for C-SPAN flip

An editor from the Keene Sentinel is placing partial blame for President Barack Obama’s C-SPAN flop-flop on Republican opponents of health care reform efforts in Washington, DC.
While campaigning for the presidential nomination in New Hampshire, then-Sen. Barack Obama told the editors of the Keene Sentinel, “we will have a public process for forming this [health [...]

Sentinel, Foster’s silent on Obama C-SPAN flip, Telegraph weighs in [UPDATED]

The editorial departments of two Granite State newspapers to whom then-Sen. Barack Obama made his now-infamous promise to broadcast health care reform negotiations on C-SPAN are silent in the wake of that broken campaign commitment.
Neither the Keene Sentinel nor Forster’s Daily Democrat responded to NowHampshire.com’s request for comment as to whether they feel presidential candidate [...]

Shea-Porter: Obama Afghanistan plan ‘irresponsible’

New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) is changing her position on the Afghanistan war and is now a vocal opponent of President Barack Obama’s plan to send an additional 30,000 troops to that country.
During her 2006 and 2008 campaigns, Shea-Porter argued that Afghanistan, not Iraq, was the central front in the war on terror [...]

Local participant in ‘Jobs Summit’ a major Democrat donor

Frank Alix, a New Hampshire businessman who participated in President Barack Obama’s so-called ‘Jobs Summit’ last week—and offered a glowing review of the administration’s policies to state media—was a major donor to the 2008 campaign of Democrat U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, NowHampshire.com has learned.
Alix appears not to have shared that information with the media.
“We have [...]

Bosse enters race for GOP nod in New Hampshire’s satirical 00th district

Republican activist and free market think-tanker Grant Bosse formally declared his candidacy today in New Hampshire’s 00th Congressional District after news that the Obama administration has attributed a majority of the state’s stimulus jobs to that non-existent district
New Hampshire has only two congressional districts, neither of which are numbered “00.”
“Even a fake district needs real [...]

POLL: 69% of Granite Staters say stimulus has been unsuccessful in creating jobs (Updated)

A new poll shows a significant majority of Granite Staters believes President Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly known as the stimulus, has been unsuccessful in creating jobs in New Hampshire.
The poll, conducted exclusively for NowHampshire.com by CrossTarget, shows that sixty-nine percent of respondents believe the stimulus has been unsuccessful in creating jobs. [...]

Hannity highlights Shea-Porter’s stimulus walk-back

Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter is making national news again. This time conservative radio and television personality Sean Hannity is highlighting controversial remarks she made about the stimulus not meeting expectations after a new report shows it has created very few jobs in the Granite State:

Obama Puts Union Strings On Job Center

Delivering on President Obama’s promise to boost the labor movement, the administration has announced a $35 million federal construction project in New Hampshire that requires union representation for the workers and forces nonunion employees to pay dues and contribute to a union pension fund.
Mr. Obama issued an executive order in the first weeks of [...]

Economy recovering but still fragile

WASHINGTON – Adding to evidence the recession has ended, housing construction rose in August and fewer laid-off workers sought jobless aid last week.
Still, the reports suggested a slow and fragile economic recovery. The rise in housing starts was due solely to a jump in the volatile apartment-building category, and unemployment claims remain far above levels [...]

Nashua hospitals want reform, reduced costs

Nashua’s two hospitals endorse health care reform, but warn that any public insurance plan must decrease costs, otherwise they won’t have the funding to provide the same level of services.
The top executives of Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and St. Joseph Hospital welcome federal legislation that would provide coverage to thousands of Americans who lack [...]

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