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January 2014

NH Legislature Seeks to ‘Maximize’ Benefits of 1st in Nation Primary100th Anniversary

Manchester Union Leader At a public hearing on House Bill 1400 Tuesday, Norelli told the House Election Law Committee the state’s first-in-the-nation primary is a source of great pride and has put New Hampshire at the center of many historic events. “The formation of this commission is an important step to position our state to …

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Notable Quote – Kevin Williamson

“The annual State of the Union pageant is a hideous, dispiriting, ugly, monotonous, un-American, un-republican, anti-democratic, dreary, backward, monarchical, retch-inducing, depressing, shameful, crypto-imperial display of official self-aggrandizement and piteous toadying, a black Mass during which every unholy order of teacup totalitarian and cringing courtier gathers under the towering dome of a faux-Roman temple to listen …

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Blogline of the Day – Erick Erickson

“Barack Obama is learning what it is like to be a tree falling in a forest. Only with the tree, no one is around to hear it. With Barack Obama, no one cares anymore.” – Erick Erickson, RedState Managing Editor, talk show host, lawyer

Tweets / Observations / Snark from watching Obama’s 5th small ball State of the Union

You know, it’s been while since being on Twitter – good tool for times like this.  And a good workout for the fingers (which are pooped!).  A couple I need to follow up on for fun and adventure:  #GROK #SOTU #NHPOLITICS Yes, I am ready to rumbleeeeeee! What’s the over / under on the number …

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Notable Quote: Dalrymple – The Modern Liberal Intelligentsia…

One might extend La Rochefoucauld’s famous maxim that neither the sun nor death can be stared at for long, by saying that no member of the modern liberal intelligentsia can stare at a social problem for very long.  He feels the need to retreat into impersonal abstractions, into structures or alleged structures over which the …

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GrokTALK! January 25th, 2014 with CNHT Chairman Ed Naile

Last Week I hinted at a special non-resident voter, registered from the same apartment as Michelle Bensignor in 2008.  Learn who he is in this segment (hint-It’s Geoff Wetrosky) as well as why Caitlin Legacki “voting” in New Hampshire when she admits she was not here is such a big deal. We also talk about …

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