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.. Jeanne Shaheen "Billy" Dr. Jay Buckey
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As I watched this weekend’s roundtable discussion on Fox News Sunday, I had to chuckle when Juan Williams mentioned Billy Shaheen as they talked about the ongoing nastiness being unleashed against Barack Obama by the Clinton campaign. Ah yes, Billy Shaheen, gone, but not forgotten. And just in case readers might not know, Billy Shaheen is the husband of former NH Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, currently a candidate seeking the Democratic nomination for the US Senate seat presently held by John E. Sununu. And while Billy has been run out of Hillary’s campaign in order to placate the denizens of the mainstream media, make no mistake about it– the Shaheens are still tightly tied in with the Clinton slime machine. After all, they share many common footsoldiers, including NH’s very own "queen of mean", former state party chair Kathleen Sullivan.
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Let’s review. Recall that Billy Shaheen attacked Barack Obama’s teenage drug use, and as I reported in this prior post MSNBC National Affairs Writer Tom Curry had this to say about it:
it is difficult to imagine a strategist as canny as Shaheen is making a thoughtless “mistake.” A deliberate “mistake” — maybe.
And we now know that it didn’t end there. The battle continued and went on to include a last minute email signed by prominent Hillary-supporting NH Democrats calling into question Obama’s committment to the murder of babies abortion. It contained, according to his supporters, questionable and misleading information. The Washington Post has even published a post-primary day story about it:
The presidential campaign has moved on from New Hampshire, but it has left behind it deep fissures and feelings of resentment among local Democrats that some fear may linger all the way until November.Some supporters of Barack Obama, stung by his narrow loss to Hillary Clinton, are lashing out at a large group of Democratic women leaders in the state who signed a letter criticizing Obama’s commitment to abortion rights, a letter that went out by e-mail to many New Hampshire voters two days before the primary.
Other Obama backers are upset about efforts by top Clinton supporters to remove poll observers that the Obama campaign had stationed around the state on primary day, an intervention that the Obama supporters say hindered their get out the vote efforts.
Obama supporter Bill Siroty, a former Democratic chair for the town of Amherst, said the ill will is running so high that it could keep Democrats in the state who supported Obama from rallying behind Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, should she win the nomination.
Guess who’s name was included on the list? Who did I see on TV last night defending the Obama hit piece?
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Kathy Sullivan, who else? The woman who drafted Jeanne Shaheen…
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Former State Democratic Party Chair Kathy Sullivan seting the stage…
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This Wednesday, the OTHER candidate seeking the Democratic nomination for NH’s Senate seat, Dr. Jay Buckey, is holding a press conference about national security and energy. While as a conservative, I disagree with his politics and plan on supporting the present Senator, John E. Sununu, in the Fall, I still find Dr. Buckey a refreshing alternative to the Clinton-like politics offered up by the Shaheen team. I wonder if the Democrats, facing a general election fight against a generally likeable person without a lot of negative political baggage like Senator Sununu, might do well to consider bringing someone with cleaner hands to the voters.
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"But Doug, why worry about what the Democrats do? I mean, why not let them pick the worst candidate?" That’s easy. If the GOP suffers another across-the board rout at the ballot box in the upcoming November elections, I MUST care about WHICH Democrats end up representing me down in Washington DC. The only way to understand the contenders is to study them. I’m pretty sure I know where Shaheen and her supporters are coming from. I’ve got to believe that, even from Democrats, there’s got to be a better way…
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For those interested in Dr. Buckey and what he has to say, here are the details of tomorrow’s event as provided by his campaign:
Buckey to hold press conference on Nat’l Security and Energy
Dr. Jay Buckey, former Astronaut and Major in the Air Force Reserve, will hold a press conference this Wednesday, January 16. Dr. Buckey will off a major policy proposal addressing national security and energy. The intent of the proposal is to allow the U.S., to go on the offense against terrorism, end our dangerous dependency on unstable regimes, fight climate change, and grow our alternative energy industry rapidly..When: Wednesday, Jan 16. 12:15-12:45 PM..Where: The Hawthorne room at The Radisson Hotel at 700 Elm St in Manchester, NH..Biographical InformationJay Buckey, M.D. is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from New Hampshire. He flew as a payload specialist astronaut on the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1998, and he also served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve for eight years. He is currently a professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School and an adjunct professor of engineering at the Thayer School. He and his family live in Hanover, NH.
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Team Shaheen back from a bout of campaigning…