If a NHGOP-Establishment candidate wins a primary, the mantra will be “UNITY.” For example, if Mowers wins the CD-1 primary we will be told over-and-over-and-over again … by the same voices who refused to support Trump in 2016 and 2020 … that all that matters now is defeating Chris Pappas, that Mowers may not have been your first choice but we have to focus on what UNTES us not what divides us, UNITY, UNITY, UNITY.
EMPTY WORDS … because Sun-King Sununu and his cronies have no intention of supporting Don Bolduc if he is the nominee. Indeed, Sununu’s left-brain, Paul Collins, said as much, without directly saying so, when asked by NH-NeverTrump Journal, if Sununu would support Bolduc:
Granite State Republican insiders tell NHJournal the governor’s brutal attacks on Bolduc mean it is all but certain he will endorse in the race. “How can you say the front-runner isn’t acceptable and then sit on the sidelines and watch him win?” one NHGOP insider said.
So, would Sununu back Bolduc if he becomes the party’s nominee to take on Sen. Maggie Hassan, another target of the governor’s attacks?
“As he always has, the Governor plans to support the republican ticket in November,” said Sununu senior advisor Paul Collins.
Collins could have said YES. He didn’t. Collins could have said that Sun-King will support the nominee. He didn’t. “Support[ing] the Republican ticket in November” is Establishment-speak for Sununu and his cronies have NO intention of supporting Bolduc. They just can’t say so directly because that would make it difficult to preach UNITY if their candidates win in CD-1 and CD-2.
By the way, this is NOT an endorsement of Bolduc. I haven’t decided if or how I’ll vote, but if I were to vote right now it would likely be for Fenton. And, to be clear, this is NOT an endorsement of Fenton either.
