His Excellency, Governor Groomer, has been harsh regarding US Senate candidate Don Bolduc. Unsupportive. He took sides until his guy (Chuck Morse) lost the primary to the General. So what’s changed?
Typically, when Granite Staters choose the wrong Republican, the money people fold up their checkbooks and disappear in the mist. They’d rather have the Democrat than that Republican. It happens almost every year. So, what’s changed?
Sununu suddenly thinks Bolduc is a great guy.
“We’re going to be having a good time in early November. Senator Hassan is going to lose, no question. She’s one of the most unliked, with the lowest favorability ratings Senators in the country. General Bolduc won a tough fought primary with very little money,” Sununu said. “Now he’s raising some money, he’s getting some national attention, he’s an amazing individual with this war hero background that just wants to stand up and serve.”
Is it Bolduc or the NH GOPe?
Bolduc got endorsed by the best US ambassador to the UN in my lifetime (part-time turncoat), Nikki Haley (R-GOPe). Now, Sununu is saying nice things. Tom Cotton, who isn’t supposed to be a GOPe guy, supports Bolduc. So, what gives?
Did Don’s flip on the election legitimacy thing unlock the hearts and minds of the Republican Donor class?
Whatever the change in climate, someone told Chris Sununu it was okay to like Don Bolduc, and I’d like to know who.
His dad. That’d be my guess. Sununu Sr., former Bush white house chief of staff and connected GOPe insider, has a lot of influence with the RINO caucus, Never-Trumpers, and such. Did he pop the cork on this, or has Don impressed them with his ability to jump on a different flank, and they feel confident he can be massaged when needed?
Dean Spiliotes, SNHU Civic Scholar and founder of NH Political Capital, said it’s likely a bid for party unity going into November.
“This doesn’t mean that Sununu has changed his opinion of Bolduc. It’s simply your typical party unity play, and perhaps a way for Sununu to remove a potential distraction from his own reelection bid,” Spiliotes said.
I’m impressed by your credentials, Dean, and hey, appearances on NHPR and CSPAN, good for you, but I’ve been in the NH political weeds for almost 15 years, and I can count the times the GOPe backed a non-GOPe candidate for office. The number is very close to one.
And while I would love to believe that they understand that this moment in time is more critical than their good-old-boy/gurl club bullsh!t, that would be like asking a blowfish to make a baked Alaska. It’s not in their nature.
I am suspicious.
I want Don to win, but I’m not ready to commit to any theory about why the left on the right is suddenly supportive. Is it all talk and no checks? I didn’t look.
I know that Gen. Bolduc is a seasoned warfighter and knows a thing or two about misdirection in the battlespace. And while I can’t say it for a fact, I would feel a lot better if this was all a tactic to get what he needs to get elected so he can vote based on how he ran for office up to the day before the primary.
The way he answered questions for us in his two-hour GrokGauntlet.
I’m voting for Don no matter what and still holding out hope that is the guy we’ll send to DC if he displaces Margret Wood (Hassan!), but you have to admit, this sudden outpouring of enthusiasm has to make you a bit suspicious.
