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October 27, 2012

“Coquettish waif discussing electoral virginity” – the sequels are coming

That Steve – he certainly has his way with words, eh?  The video that Steve posted of Lena Dunham has received all kinds of attention today from the Right side of the blogosphere – and none of it positive.  Pretty much, it has made the faux Julia by the Obama campaign look tame by comparison.  …

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Maggie Hassan – campaign laws are for the little people (just like property taxes)

Hmmm, so how come Maggie “The Red” Hassan gets to ignore NH campaign finance law (what, she think she’s Obama and “campaign by executive decree” and ignore any law she doesn’t like?  We have a President who routinely does this – and doesn’t care what the little people (er, like Congress) care.  Is this a …

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Data Point – 2012 Q3 GDP

The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today that Q3 GDP ticked upward to 2.0 percent, after clocking in at 1.3 percent in Q2. But that headline number gives only limited amount of information. Here’s a more detailed breakdown from today’s BEA report. It could have been worse: Personal consumption improved to 2.0 percent in the …

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A possible Congressional seat pickup by a Repub in Arizona in a Dem leaning District?

From time to time, we get requests from other parts of the country to see if we’d give a little blog time to issues or candidates from far away from GrokLand here in NH.  We’re generally happy to do so, so Rob, here you go!  From a post from my blog friend Jim Hoft at …

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Guest Post by NH House Rep. Greg Hill – “Dems misrepresent the education tax credit program.”

 Dems misrepresent the education tax credit program. I attended a candidates’ night last evening in Northfield and listened carefully to the Democratic candidates for state representative and senate. They all opposed the new education tax-credit program (and, oddly, spoke out against voucher programs as well, which aren’t even available to NH parents). The reason the …

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