Boutin defeats Goley in bellwether state senate special election

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 by Ray Buckley, poured money [...]

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 [...]

Did the Democratic Party attempt to silence critics of Pelosi’s health care reform plan?

The below excerpt is from the Concord Monitor’s story on yesterday’s Organizing for America rally, which attracted a group of counter-protesters who oppose Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s health reform measure (which passed the U.S. House on Saturday night at 11:00 PM).
We have contacted Democratic Chair Ray Buckley to see if the account is accurate and under [...]

Buckley and Sununu in battle of ‘burps’

Democratic Chairman Ray Buckley just lobbed a hot one at Republican Chairman John Sununu over Sununu’s comment over the weekend suggesting that every time a Democrat burps Republicans will explain why that burp is bad for America.
“John H. Sununu and the Republican Party’s strategy to divide, distract, and deceive is not what the people of [...]

Buckley contradicts Shea-Porter; acknowledges she was removed from Bush event

onfusion continues to reign regarding what exactly happened during a George W. Bush town hall event in 2005. Was Carol Shea-Porter, then a private citizen, removed from the event or wasn’t she?
Not even Democrats can agree.
In a major counter-offensive against assertions that she was removed from the Bush town hall event for being disruptive, [...]

State Dems call for investigation over Manchester decision on Obama school speech

The New Hampshire Democratic Party is calling for the Manchester School Board to investigate a local superintendent’s decision to allow individual schools to decide whether or not they should carry President Barack Obama’s speech to school children on Tuesday.
So far, no Manchester principals plan to carry the speech live.
“The School Board should have an [...]

Blog with ties to state Dems: Schools bailing on Obama speech because he is black

A liberal blog is reacting angrily to news that schools in Manchester, Somersworth and Rollinsford have decided not to participate in President Barack Obama’s speech to every student in America.
Bluehampshire.com, a small but influential blog with ties to the state Democratic party, says the schools are not participating because the president is black.
Several state Democratic [...]

Hodes to Attend Liberal Blogger Bash in Lieu of Town Hall Meetings

Democratic Rep. Paul Hodes (NH-02) has no publicly scheduled town hall meetings with constituents planned for the August recess but he will appear in Concord as the “featured guest” at the Blue Hampshire Bash, a party for liberal bloggers on August 24th, NowHampshire.com has learned.
Controversial San Francisco-based blogger Markos Moulitsas Zúniga will also be a [...]