After vow of silence Shea-Porter continues to talk about controversial 2005 town hall ouster

Politico asks this morning if Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) has “gone native”:
Has Washington changed Carol Shea-Porter?
It’s a question that’s being asked in New Hampshire as the Democratic congresswoman gears up for reelection amid criticism that she’s become an insular member of the political establishment she once confronted as a grass-roots activist.
While Republicans have [...]

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 [...]

Portsmouth PD: Shea-Porter was removed from Bush town hall by two police officers

Two officers of the Portsmouth, New Hampshire Police Department removed Carol Shea-Porter and Susan Mayer from a February 2005 town hall event hosted by then-President George W. Bush at the request of the owner of the property, a spokesman for the Police Department tells NowHampshire.com.
The revelation contradicts statements made by Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter as recently [...]

Shea-Porter wants apology from Semprini; Offers no apology for ‘tea bagger’ remark

A nasty he said/she said has broken out between Democratic Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter and former state Republican Chairman Wayne Semprini.
Last week Semprini authored a letter to the editor of the Portsmouth Herald accusing Shea-Porter of deliberately disrupting a town hall event by then-Congressman Jeb Bradley in 2005. Semprini said Shea-Porter was hostile and wore a [...]

Shea-Porter Refuses to Apologize for Using “Tea-Bagger” Phrase

The Portsmouth Herald is reporting that the Portsmouth Republican City Committee is demanding an apology from Rep. Carol Shea-Porter for using the phrase “tea-baggers” to describe opponents of health care reform. But the embattled congresswoman is having none of it:
On Wednesday, Shea-Porter told the Herald she was simply repeating a term widely used in the [...]