A tale of two tales – "Bold & Brash" was the phrase that Gov. Sununu tried to use to characterize Jack Kimball as being unfit to be his replacement. "Send me reinforcements" was the battle cry of NH Speaker of the House Bill O’Brien (who also noted that Jack is the guy that the NH Democrats fear most) gave in nominating Jack to the next Chair of the NH GOP.
On the left is Gov. Sununu’s last Chairman’s speech. While he did review the immediate past good results, he spent the majority of the time speaking to the future in that the minutiea is of the prime importance and needs to be managed, that the "watch is now ticking well".
Unfortunately, that "future speak" very much also included his determination to determine the outcome of that that day’s upcoming election to replace him. Several times, it was evident that he was disparaging the Liberty & Freedom candidate, Jack Kimball, by using the phrase "Bold & Brash" and by the "below the surface" political slur" meme that Prez candidates might not be welcome in NH due to a litmus test (picked up from NH Journal in a political questionaire that was then used against Jack).
On the right is NH Speaker of the House Bill O’Brien’s nominating speech for Jack. The obvious comparison almost does not need mentioning (but hey, why not?): where Sununu’s could be construed as "anti-Jack", O’Brien completely avoided the negatives of either candidate and was a rousing "Pro-Jack" stemwinder. He realizes that we are still in a war against the Democrats and they will try anything to regain power. Bill knows Jack, knows his stances, and agrees with the political philosophy. He realizes that in this time to come with attacks on the way, the NH GOP needs a person on the parapets willing to take on all comers and defend the Party as the "face of" the Party.
The Sununu’s contention was that…
…"Establishment" candidates, more moderate candidates might be put off by having Jack Kimball as Chair. I heard from a number of sources that while this past week’s events might have convinced those on the edge to switch and vote for Juliana Bergeron, this speech was so blatant in tone and in its switch from "report" to "political arm-twisting", she actually lost votes. I have also heard that this may now open the door for for more TEA Party oriented folks (either candidates or "helpers") -to come to the State more freely – that a more "welcoming" climate may now be in force?
Question: Gov. Sununu ever think that maybe his stance against the TEA Party movement might have kept a bunch of other folks out of the State as well? Think about it – things in politics often cut both ways…..or WAS that actually part of the calculus in advance?
